#questionable coping mechanisms

[likeprongstostars]

i will single handedly fix the black brothers relationship even if it's the last thing I do

#questionable coping mechanisms #marauders fanart #marauders era #regulus black #regulus black fanart #sirius black #sirius black fanart #black brothers #my art

[gayhawkelatehomicide]

Alike In Sorrow

Finished the first section of a bigger thing I'm working on so I'm throwing it out here for a vibe check ig

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Words: 603

Rating: T for Kiera's mouth and discussions of past character death

Other tags: major character death, not in this snipped but in the past, this is sad y'all, questionable coping mechanisms, Cole therapy, my obsession with the canticle of trials

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Title is from the Chant of Light, Trials 1:8

“You have grieved as I have.

You, who made worlds out of nothing.

We are alike in sorrow, sculptor and clay,

Comforting each other in our art.”

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     "Rush of rage, blinding, but it's not real. It's just sadness wearing a mask. Didn't even bring her body back, nothing to burn, buried beneath silent stone. She doesn't mind. She knows you tried."

Or: Hawke meets Varric's newest project.

     "Scratching, clawing, catching, crushing. Left her there, in the deep dark and damp. Mother's eyes when I told her. I tried, I tried, I tried." 

     Hawke just about jumps out of her skin at the sudden voice, and she's on her feet with her sword between herself and the intruder in her quarters before she has time to process his words. That weird spirit kid Varric's sort of adopted is perched in the casement of her open window, despite the fact that her room is in the top of one of Skyhold's many towers. 

     "What are you doing in here?" She demands, lips thinning into a displeased frown. There's climbing into her window, which might be forgiven because the kid is Varric's, but bringing up her sister is a quick way to get on Hawke's bad side. 

     "You think very loudly," he answers, head ducked to hide his eyes and most of his face under the brim of his ridiculous hat. "The hurt is heavy, hidden but held. Guilt and grief, the Gray could've saved her. But it didn't matter. There was nothing you could've done for Bethany." 

     Hawke grits her teeth, resisting the urge to swat him off the window. She reminds herself how much Varric apparently likes this kid, and how unflattering his stories would get if she were to hurt him. She gets her temper under control. It's harder than it used to be, before the chantry. Hawke sits down in her chair and puts her sword back across her knees, picking up the cleaning cloth from the floor. She returns to the soothing, repetitive process of working oil over the blade. 

     Her voice is controlled, when she speaks. "When I want someone poking around in my head, you'll be the first to know. In the meantime, get lost, would you?" 

     "Rush of rage, blinding, but it's not real. It's just sadness wearing a mask. Didn't even bring her body back, nothing to burn, buried beneath silent stone. She doesn't mind. She knows you tried."

     Hawke's head snaps up, furious and ready to put up with whatever retaliation if it means she doesn't have to listen to this anymore, but the window is empty. She can't remember exactly why she's so mad, but it's still there, vitriolic and seething. Maker, why am I so angry? She shakes her head at herself. 

     There's a piece of paper weighed down with a shiny rock on the windowsill. She has no idea who put it there, but curiosity—and, she'll admit privately, her fondness for shiny things—has her hauling herself out of the chair to go investigate. The rock gleams when the sun hits it, some kind of crystal polished just enough to catch the light. The paper bears a sketch, shaky but recognizable, of a young Leandra Amell. It resembles the portrait Hawke gave Bethany, after they cleared the slavers out of their family home. She stares at it for a long moment, unsure what she's feeling. 

     A drop of water lands on the page. Hawke watches it sink into the paper. Three more join it before she realizes she's crying. Her hand clenches closed, crumpling the paper and the incriminating tears. She scrubs the back of her hand hastily across her cheeks, tosses the rock onto her bedside table, then hurls the balled up paper out the window. Watches the wind catch it, and carry it over the battlements. She hefts her sword onto her shoulders and heads downstairs to find something to hit, something to do with the fury churning in her gut.

     It's just anger. That's all she has anymore.

#dragon age #da2 #dai #my writing #kiera hawke #hawke at skyhold #pre-adamant but the mood is still there yanno #trauma #your friendly neighborhood therapy spirit doing his best #major character death #not in this snippet but in the past #this is sad y'all #questionable coping mechanisms #Cole therapy #my obsession with the canticle of trials #sad bastard warrior hawke

[thestayathomedragon]

welp if I'm gonna let my chronic pain, general depression and heightened anxiety make me chicken out of work I might as well channel my rage into some fan fiction am I right? :D

#just goose things #writing stuff #my fan fiction #questionable coping mechanisms

[opia-jpg]

she's like if internalised homophobia was a girl

#shiori takatsuki #takatsuki shiori #rgu #revolutionary girl utena #referenced from @kittileecreates cosplay on instagram i stumbled upon by chance #shiori my beloved toxic wife #shoujo kakumei utena #sku #my art! #digital art #fanart #rgu fanart #revolutionary girl utena fanart #id in alt #i ♡ toxic lesbians i ♡ unhealthy relationships i ♡ questionable coping mechanisms #artist on tumblr

[reverbtunes]

worm tales with skz

➤ summary : “would you love me if i was a worm?”

➤ pairing : skz x gn!reader

➤ genre : literally just crack pls and fluff bc channie manages to make everything perfect

➤ warnings : slight mentions of food, lots of mentions of worms, seungmin’s reader likes worms

➤ a/n : why not? also go check out @portalhan​ ‘s version of this ! their imagines were really fun to read sjdksj <3 lowercase intended !

➤ masterlist !

bang chan !

“would you love me if i was a worm?”

“yeah.”

needless to say, you were both shocked and heartwarmed at the way your boyfriend answered your question without the slightest hesitation. at first, you thought he hadn’t heard you properly, since he was on his laptop, working; so you decided to repeat yourself.

“babe, you’d love me if i was a worm?”

chuckling, chan calmly replied, “i heard you the first time, love. yes, i would.”

looking up at your jaw wide open, he gave you a bright smile and said, “i’d love you no matter what you were, thought you’d know that by now.”

shaking off your surprise, with glee filled eyes, you scooted closer to him on the couch.

“what if i was a pair of wet socks? you’d still love me?” you asked him cheekily.

grimacing, channie lightly replied, “i’d hang you out to dry and then proceed to love you.”

‘he’s the one,’ you thought with a smile on your face as you contentedly lay your head against his arm.

lee know !

“minho?” you called out for your boyfriend, earning a hum in response. you walked into the living room and saw him watching a new movie that had come out the last week.

“would you love me if i was a worm?”

blinking a few times, minho stared at you blankly. two seconds later, he bluntly replied, “no.”

“what?” you asked, placing a hand on your chest, “i thought you said you love me unconditionally??”

“yeah, well the conditions included you being a human, darling. or a cat, at most.”

“if you’d love me if i was a cat, what’s wrong with worms?”

“everything??” he asked. as if it was obvious, “now hush and let me watch my movie.”

he lifted one of his arms as you flopped beside him, huffing at his answer to your question. but, as you felt his arm gently wrap around your shoulder, you thought that maybe you were happy he loved you as a human.

changbin !

“baby~” 

you softly smiled as you heard changbin calling. “yes~?”

he walked into the kitchen, and on seeing you making dinner, walked up to you and wrapped his arms around your waist.

“would you still love me if i was a worm?” 

you burst out laughing at his question, and then genuinely considered it for a second.

“hey! it’s a serious question,” he said, lightly sulking with his head on your shoulder.

“i know, i know! and my answer is.... yes-”

“really?!” your boyfriend interrupted, spinning you around with such excitement in his eyes.

nodding, you answered, booping him on the nose, “uh huh! i mean, you’re already a dwaekki, it’d be wrong if i didn’t love you as a worm.”

rolling his eyes, changbin let go of you and, leaning on the counter, he replied, “no matter the reason, you’d still love me~ and no take backs!”

you held out your pinky, lightly giggling, “no take backs, i promise.”

interlocking pinkies and standing in the kitchen as you were, you knew you wouldn’t give this up for the world.

hyunjin !

as soon as he heard the jingle of your keys, hyunjin sprang up to ask the question of the day.

you stepped inside and were about to announce that you were home, expecting hyunjin to be in your room, but were surprised to see he was already waiting at the door for you.

“would you love me if i was a worm?” your boyfriend asked excitedly.

mentally laughing at his antics, you pretended to think for a moment, and then abruptly said, “lie down on the floor.”

“huh?”

“lie down on the floor, on your stomach!”

“but wh-”

“just do it, will you?” you pleaded, eventually convincing him because who could say no to that face?

hyunjin reluctantly did as you said, and then lifted his head slightly to look you in eye with the most bewildered look he could muster.

“alright! now wiggle.”

“what???”

“c’mon, wiggle around!”

deciding to humour you, hyunjin started to wiggle, twisting and turning his torso and slightly pushing ahead with his legs.

you were practically in stitches by the time he stopped, clutching your stomach with tears coming out of your eyes. once you calmed down, you slowly kneeled down and kissed hyunjin on the forehead, and whispered, 

“i would adore you if you were a worm.”

han !

“my love, my darling, treasure of my life?”

jokingly rolling your eyes at your boyfriend’s nicknames, you look at him inquisitively.

“would you love me if i was a worm?”

“would i what??”

jisung repeated his question slowly, looking at you expectedly and hoping a good answer.

“what the- of course not?”

“excuse me?”

“babe, worms are weird and wriggly and slimy, of course i wouldn’t love you.”

“you mean to say that if you found the poor, helpless worm called han jisung struggling on the street, you wouldn’t pick him up and take him home?” jisung said, borderline offended, and you couldn’t tell whether he was serious or not.

“ji, honey,” you started, taking his hands in your own, “i really love you, but if i saw you as a worm on the ground? it’d be hard for me to not step on you, much less take you in.”

han stood up, pulling his hands away from yours, as he raised his head and, with a swift turn, stomped away to your shared bedroom. maybe he really was upset, but you’d make it up to him with cuddles, apologies, and the reassurance that you love him plenty as a human.

felix !

“lixie, i’ve got a question,” you announced loudly, gaining the attention of the man currently sitting on the floor of your living room, eating a burrito.

“what’s up?”

“would you love me if i was a worm?”

flabbergasted. dumbfounded. rendered speechless. any other synonyms his brain could come up with while in this state.

what did you mean? was it a trick question? if he says yes, will you be disgusted at the thought that he would love a worm? but then, if he says no, what if you think he doesn’t love you? maybe he should answer and then offer his burrito as a peace offering so you don’t get too mad.

“yes....?” felix replied hesitantly.

“is that a question or an answer?” you asked, folding your arms across your chest.

“i don’t know, this is stressful!”

“just answer yes or no!”

“okay then... yes, i think. i’d keep you in the garden so you could have good food and i could have good plants. but i swear, if you ruin any of my plants i-”

giggling, you sat down beside him and tell him you love him and to go back to his burrito, giving him a sweet hug. poor guy deserves it.

seungmin !

you knew to expect absolutely no mercy when it came to seungmin. yes, he loved you, but doesn’t mean he won’t be brutally honest as he always is.

“min, would you love me if i was a worm?”

you swore you’d never seen him that disgusted since he’d seen jeongin eat ramen with ketchup. 

“why a worm? that’s horrible.”

“well, that’s kind of the point! if you really love me, you’d love me no matter what i was,” you explain.

“baby, you know i love you, but a worm?? did you know some of them don’t have a head, only two tails? and they’re so wriggly and slippery, remember the time we tried fishing? do you want to become slimy fish bait?”

“you’d use me for fish bait???”

“it would give your life more purpose than just eating and shitting out compost.”

“i’ll have you know worms are one of the most important creatures in the ecosystem. and i came here expecting a one word answer!” you argued. you were quite fond of the creatures, but you’d kind of expected this reaction when it came to your boyfriend.

seungmin let out a deep sigh, and stated bluntly, “no.”

“no??”

“one word answer, babe.”

he was a menace, but he was your menace.

 i.n !

“jeongin!!!” you call out loudly, startling the poor man sitting at the kitchen counter, waiting for his sandwich to heat up.

“yeah?”

“would you love me if i was a worm?”

“what the- no? obviously??”

“excuse me??? why not?”

“uhm, let’s not get into why not, but you realize you’re never going to be a worm?” jeongin tried to reason with you.

“you don’t know that!��� you cry out indignantly.

“yes? i do???”

“okay well, since you’re against the whole human-worm transformation thing, hypothetically speaking, would you still love me?”

“babe the answer’s still a no,” your boyfriend deadpanned.

“well, guess what? since you just shattered my worm heart into three million pieces, good luck getting me to love worm-you!!”

#this just gets ridiculous-er by the WORD #by the time i wrote jeongin's i was so disappointed in me bye #anw don't question my coping mechanisms #skz x reader #stray kids #stray kids x reader #bang chan x reader #lee know x reader #changbin x reader #hyunjin x reader #han x reader #felix x reader #seungmin x reader #jeongin x reader #stray kids fluff #skz fluff #skz crack #stray kids crack #skz scenarios #stray kids imagines #skz imagines

[pratchettquotes]

The ability to ask questions like, "Where am I and who is the 'I' that is asking?" is one of the things that distinguishes mankind from, say, cuttlefish.*

*Although of course it's not the most obvious thing and there are, in fact, some beguiling similarities, particularly the tendency to try to hide behind a big cloud of ink in difficult situations.

Terry Pratchett, The Last Continent

#unseen university #wizards #the last continent #terry pratchett #people #cuttlefish #philosophy #big questions #identity #similarities #coping mechanisms #a big cloud of ink #where am i

[zxal]

the biggest structural flaw with arc v imo is the absolute failure to engage with yuya's professed "make everyone smile" motivation on anything more than a glancing surface level. Ray tells zarc that yuya is the part of him that wants to make people smile, and yuya has that revelation himself in the finale (that zarc wanted to make people smile just like him) but doesn't manage to extract any takeaway from it other than "I guess we weren't so different" or "I guess zarc wasn't all bad" Which Like, Huh? guys, zarc wanting to make people smile was, like, the whole fucking issue. zarc felt pressured to conform to an audience's expectation of him (wanted to make them happy) and it made him hate humanity because what he wanted no longer mattered. It made him do things that disgusted him and it was never enough. He couldn't fill the hole in himself with other people's smiles. yuya is trying desperately to please everybody right up until the credits roll and he's miserable the entire time, he's still that part of zarc that desperately wants approval from others, without even the aspects of zarc that made dueling enjoyable to him (yuri's sadism, yugo's competitiveness, yuto's vindictiveness). I'd go so far as to wager that it's because Yuya is that aspect of zarc that he struggles so much more with zarc's influence compared to the others, BECAUSE HE'S EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME THING. it's not about entertainment or smiling or fun, it's conformity and it's going to break him. and they never address it. EVER.

#yugioh arc v #ygo arc v #arc v #they don't even bring up things like 'you can't make people enjoy something' or 'bottling up emotions is bad' #they really have yuya's dad tell him 'if you feel like crying just smile!' #and yuya goes okay i'll internalize that! and doesn't think about it doesn't question it. doesn't grow beyond that coping mechanism. #it makes me insane. What if you were an atomic bomb and you were shaped like a boy and you were so so empty inside. #yuya sakaki #.txt

[lotus-pear]

do you hate Dazai?

it’s not hate exactly……i don’t hate anybody. it’s uh. it’s rly complicated yk? like he’s a bastard but he’s MY bastard. i hate that he’s alive but if he actually killed himself i would snap and absolutely go on a fucking rampage. no one would be spared

#healthiest coping mechanism. no better way than to lose yourself in your grief by killing everyone and then yourself yk? #so to answer your question yes. but also no. #lotus’s asks

[loupy-mongoose]

I'm imagining how Randy told his mom about his new circumstances.

"Hey, mom. I died, but also kinda didn't. But I'm a magical kitty now! And also a father...?"

He was a wee bit more tactful than that. XD

For those wondering, the order of events from Viv's side is this;

She hears about a wildfire in Hoenn that, as she understands, is in the location where Randy worked for the lab. She tries to contact him with no luck. Naturally, she's heartbroken.

Suddenly, a short time after, she receives a call from him, explaining that he's somehow ended up in Sinnoh. He has no idea how, but that's where he is and he's... Well, he's alive. (He wasn't okay, as he was grieving for Akoya, in great pain, and still reeling from everything.)

As time goes on he contacts her once in a while, just to keep her in the know as he slowly improves. He lets her know that Lav sees him as her dad, and he doesn't have the heart to fully reject that. So they take her in as an honorary family member. He also tells her that Akoya is missing, and he suspects she might be dead. (He was too distraught to get that info to her in the first call.)

After four years have passed since the fire, Randy informs her that he's starting a League journey with Lav. This is the last she hears from him for a long while. (Also the last time he talks to her before learning what happened to him.)

Then, she gets a call from him saying they need to visit and talk in person.

And that visit is where he tells her what happened.

I haven't yet decided how long it took for Viv to accept him as Randy. But that happened before he and Akoya officially became mates and later got married, because Randy knew if his mom didn't accept him, he wouldn't be able to either. He was interested in taking Akoya as a partner before that acceptance happened, but he didn't want to string her along only to break her heart again.

#cozykomala #ask #You got a little more than you bargained for with this question lol! #Looking at this all... #It would've made more sense for Akoya to go find Viv after the lab event. #Maybe she couldn't bring herself to. #Or maybe she didn't know the way. #Maybe she just retreated entirely into her wild instincts as a coping mechanism.

[cursedcommutethoughts]

I really need someone to fill me in with what happened after the Gotham War thing and Bruce's little breakdown. I was lurking, and saw flashes of what was going on, and then it stopped. Not dissimilar to a fever dream. Here is my current impression of what is going on based on what random panels go across my various dashes.

Bruce had an alternate persona that took over occasionally and took over and was a raging dick to all of Bruce's loved ones. During this time Jason got a microchip in his brain. It is unclear which Bruce did this, so I'm just saying he did that while in the midst of a psychotic break. Alternate persona got downloaded into a robot, Bruce fought it, and that batfamily... did the batfamily help? And I think Joker and Jason are working together in an event called the Joker war? Anyways, I think the robot escapes? And I have no idea what the state of the batfamily is, and who's talking to who currently. Or where the whole people turning into animals thing lies in continuity. I have questions. Is Nightwing talking to Bruce? Have Bruce and Jason talked? Where is Jason? Did Bruce keep custody of Damien?

I know I would have answers if I followed the comics more closely, but I still like Batman and I believe that if I kept up with comics, that would quickly change.

#batman #bruce wayne #dc comics #questions #I really want to blame the microchip on the alternate persona or the mental breakdown #But I can only really do that if Bruce acknowledges that was messed up #And I don't think he will #Denial is a coping mechanism #the struggle of being a casual fan

[canyourscienceexplainthis]

Antidepressants: $50

Rewatch the boiling rock: free

#real question how do I tell my therapist that my main coping mechanisms are crafting intricate stories about childrens cartoon characters #without feeling super embarrassed #atla #zukka

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

#i will never not be mad about the fact the poll options are too short for most of my all time favourites to be included #so feel free to reblog with a different fave! #if tumblr allowed then i would have included: #‘​i had questions for the tap dancer on my lap and she had childproof caps on her answers’ #and ‘in my heart there’s this hotel suite where you’ve lived so long it’s kind of strange now you’re gone’ #amongst MANY others #listen the gist of this entire post is just that i am obsessed with the way alex writes #which i’m sure is not news to anybody here #am i ill and stressed and using polls as a coping mechanism again? yes. yes i am #alex turner #arctic monkeys #polls #lulu posts

[kassandras-one-braincell]

starting to clock why my brain gravitates towards the ol' murder murder ladies au when i'm feeling like shit. having one woman who not only loves and desires you, but places you on a pedestal so untouchably high that you are the solitary tear in the warped sheet of their entire worldview? being one of the final remaining tethers to her sanity? someone who would do whatever it takes to soothe your pain, with no care for the consequences, because there's no price she's not willing to pay for your happiness and security? who eliminates the need for moral introspection because she's fucked - completely, and unapologetically so - but you love each other unconditionally, and loving her is the most sordid misdeed you could hope to do? ideal. add to cart.

#i'm just saying a maniacal bloodstained eivor holding me in her arms would do wonders for my cortisol levels #supporting women's wrongs is my passion #as are questionable coping mechanisms

[magicbungelic]

The fact that there's so much media I adore and brings me so much comfort, and my brain decided to hold onto characters from the only ones that made me feel like shit, thanks !

#so much for a coping mechanism right brain #god i hated adventure time #and my brain was like oh look this character reminds me of you sacrificing yourself for someone and now youre not even the same anymore #love it make one of them ! #or the one that reminds you of how you feel like an object to people #even better #make one too #with all due respect of course #i love these sillies in my head #even if they dont talk to me at all #plural #pdid #plural community #questioning system #questioning plural #osdd #osdd system #did #did osdd #did system

[littlechillis]

i miss you on a train, i miss you in the morning

#this was the coping mechanism in question #in my rambo feels last night #good morning/afternoon/evening goonerinas! i hope i didn't ruin your day <3 #aaron ramsey #arsenal #arsenal fc #edits!!

[taylorswiftstylequestions]

“You smoked them are seven bars of chocolate” is so hilarious to me

I need more people to be talking about how amidst all the morbid imagery and deserved tragedy / sadness across TTPD that it is also simultaneously the funniest body of work she's ever put out and if that doesn't remind you of a certain someone (me) I don't know what to tell you.

#remember when people asked my opinion about the whole Situation and all i could muster was #if you are not laughing you are crying and so we must laugh and support womens wrongs! #and how this album truly is the most devastating shit you'll ever hear served on the side of some dark cringey dad joke humour #tss ttpd party #because there are two coping mechanisms: Question...? as a surprise song and The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived