#suddenly there is no more sadness here

[ananxiousgenz]

the weird thing about having a horror podcast as a piece of comfort media is being sad and going "you know what would make me feel better? listening to that traumatized British man read out people's deepest fears and horrible experiences! that will cheer me up!" and then it WORKS.

#listening to the dulcet tones of jon sims read about a man getting eaten by the sky #suddenly there is no more sadness here #the magnus archives #tma vague #tma #the magnus protocol #tmagp shitpost #tmagp

[dannyphannypack]

i’m very sorry, but you guys have got to properly label your ao3 fics because “bad parents jack and maddie fenton” is starting to really get on my nerves.

and if, in the middle of the fic, you decide to add a tag like that: PLEASE communicate that you’ve done so in the chapter notes. because i don’t recheck the tags after i’ve bookmarked something.

please. i don’t think it’s that big of an ask.

#did we watch the same show ??? #this is the woman that carried danny on her back across the forest #the ones that went around town blaring announcements of ‘cutest sweetest boy in the world’ when he went missing #the people that accepted him without question not once #not TWICE #but THREE TIMES. #and if it was the odd fic here and there i wouldnt be frustrated #but suddenly its ALL OF THEM. #PLEASE TAG YOUR FICS PROPERLY. #danny phantom #power to you and your artistic vision i guess but im begging over here. #im getting old im 22 i cant take these surprises anymore #its not even bad anymore its just abusive #and more than half the time it has nothing to do with the plot. it’s just a device to get danny somewhere or make him sad #im sorry im getting mad again i’ll stop #tag your fics end of story

[coulsonlives]

Re-reading the comics and I totally forgot how dark they are

#zuko #zukaang #aang #atla zuko #atla aang #atla #avatar the last airbender #the promise #unpopular opinion maybe but i loved how nothing in this book was cut and dried and how everyones' trauma came back to haunt em #progress isn't linear so i don't mind zuko's behaviour here #he suddenly has a lot more pressure on him and he's obviously scared shitless he'll do the right thing etc. like shit just got real #super sad #aang didn't want to kill ozai but idk he was just being a friend to zuko here because zuko asked it of him #aang was obviously conflicted BUT he also wanted to uphold his duty to the world #which zuko totally sold him on and used as an argument for aang to honour the promise. #i can totally see that happening #i loved the ending too how zuko turned out to be right all along and it was the generational trauma that just convinced him he wasn't right #like is some of the characterization/plot contrived? sure totally! but wow i'm shocked to see how ice-cold the overall reception is #@tumblr stop messing w my tags and sticking them in the post body omg #atla spoilers

[gunstellations]

unreachable

#kaeluc #my art #suddenly thinking about younger kaeluc.. #growing up but theyre in an adults world #two peas in a pod but the distance is noticable all the more when theyre growing older #expectations and responsibility #vs feelings of being an outsider who doesnt deserve any of this #what they have created for themselves #each thinking is slipping away and theres nothing they can do #add a budding romance to it and youve got angst for days #also maybe kind of an au thing here bc im sure crepus would make sure it wouldnt get too bad for kaeya ok #but i just like to think he could be a bit of a wrangly little sad boy with too much love to give #dont worry give it a couple of years theyll have figured it out and be besties again before the inevitable happens :') #you can read this as ragbros too without the romance its up to your own intepretation tbh #i love the idea of that as well im all about exploring every possible dynamic of their sad little found family

[lunarharp]

some illustrations/vibes from my uhh 29k memory trauma/disability focus orufrey fic, into the deep end.

#witch hat tag #orufrey #idk what more i'll draw so i'll just put these here. i think my failing eye qifrey will be with me forever now. #yesterday - i realise this is probably weird - i BURST into tears for ages like hot tears bc i just suddenly was overwhelmed #by oru's feelings rather than qifrey's. i was just in my orufrey mindscape as usual teehee and i just. oru wanted qifrey to be able to look #at him so much suddenly. and realised that can't ever happen again. i could literally cry a lot again now. i wrote oru trying so hard #to focus on the good qifrey can still have from living and i felt bad and HE felt bad in that moment for being SO sad about it #but until then i/he hadn't processed the truly painful parts of disability that you can't deny. sometimes it hurts so bad and it's unfair #the thing is i do feel that shirahama is leading up to this. disability is so central to witch hat and as for qifrey's narrative... #mm. i can't really believe the powerful and desperate emotions orufrey give me lol anyyyyywwaaayyyyy read my fic haha #i want more ppl to read it and tell me they enjoyed it..but you can't beg for such a thing. no matter what orufrey is..god they are so much #i am so glad from the bottom of my heart that i encountered this manga. #the first drawing is meant to express the feeling of pain coming from one place in your body. and feeling like a conduit #*oru voice* You are a human being.

[martyrbat]

true strength — batman secret files (2018) #1

(ID below cut!)

[ID: A short story with a guiding narration:

His knuckles ache with each blow, bone grinding into bone. The criminals shout what they always shout. And Superman comes from above. — We're shown Batman fighting against several men that are trying to overpower him. He blocks an attack as he strikes another man. Above him, in the far distance, Superman is soaring through the air to get to him and help.

Superman gives a speech. They've been friends for so long. Colleagues. Soldiers in the fight. Superman knows his soul, he says. He knows he's a good man, he says. — Now, in the safety of the Batcave, Batman sits in front of his computer desk. He's facing Superman, who's standing in front of him with his hand outstretched. He opens his fist to reveal what he's brought.

Inside the Phantom Zone there is an impossible universe. Inside the impossible universe is an impossible planet. On the impossible planet is a small, impossible rock. Platinum Kryptonite. — Bruce pushes his cowl off as Superman presents the radiant silver rock to him.

It gives you powers. Powers like Superman's. Superman tells him to touch it. “Just touch it, Bruce, just once, and it lasts a lifetime. Then you can fight as I fight, as you should fight. With true strength.” A smile. A whoosh. Superman leaves. — Superman leaves the Kryptonite on the desk before he departs. Bruce doesn't move any closer. He stares at it somberly, deep in thought.

He looks at the gift. His mind wanders. — A red-tinted multipanel sequence shows Bruce imagining a scenario if he did gain Superman's powers. A woman is being held hostage by the Joker. She has a gun pressed to her temple as she stares at Batman with fear. Silently begging him to help and to save her like how he's saved countless others. The Joker pulls the trigger. But before she can be another person he couldn't possibly save, Batman's eyes glow with red electricity. He vaporizes the bullet with heat vision before it can even finish leaving the barrel.

He keeps his hands at his side. His knuckles ache. At least two of them are broken. Footsteps echoing down the stairs. The smell of stirred milk and white sugar. A polite clearing of the throat. Alfred says nothing. Their routines are well established, words are unnecessary. — Bruce continues to stare intensely at the well-intended present as Alfred approaches him with a tray. Bruce finally tears his gaze away from the Kryptonite to look at his lifelong friend before looking down at the steaming teacup that Alfred hands him.

His hand shakes. His loose knuckles stab into his skin. He can’t hold on. He always has before. But now he can’t. — His hand continues to tremble and before he can take a single sip of the hot drink, the cup is shattering against the ground.

The pain is not great. Not as great as it has been. Not as great as a bullet burrowing, or a back breaking, or a knife sinking into his throat. This is nothing. But still. His knuckles ache. — Bruce grabs his own gloved hand, cradling the back of his broken knuckles. He looks up and quietly asks, “Alfred. Am I enough?”

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#happy sad boy sunday !!! #here's your reminder that imposter syndrome is something very real and something anyone can experience. #there'll always be those fears that you arent enough or capable of something. that others are better and you're a fraud #but those fears arent reality. you're where youre at and you're capable of doing these things #(rather it be art to writing to academia to saving a cursed city) because YOU put in the effort and made it possible. #just because you may struggle doesnt mean youre incapable of these things or you dont belong suddenly. it just means youre human. #its okay to struggle. its okay to have bad days even with things you been capable of doing flawlessly before. youre not suddenly #a failure. youre not lying to anyone or yourself. it just means you have to treat yourself with more patience and kindness and #remember to take a breath. remember to allow yourself to learn and grow or to approach something difficult with the wisdom that it wont #always be & that its okay to have an off day/week/month/year. youre human. these moments are going to happen. its inevitable. #you're still doing great and im proud of you for just being here. try to be proud of yourself too; u deserve it. #c: batman secret files (2018) | i: 1 #crypt's panels #transcrypts #posts from the crypt #bruce wayne #batman #superman #there's something to be said about clark trusting bruce enough to give him this opportunity but.... thats another post jdofhc

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

hey hey when Paul (or whoever that was writing the book of Hebrews) tells us not to complain or God might strike us dead, how do we separate that from toxic positivity

#I'm kind of struggling rn guys #being at a *insert denomination here* school full of people who are all trying very hard to appear more or less perfect all the time #is killing my nerves #because see I have just begun to truly break out of my own perfectionism #I wanna put it to death SO badly #but how am I supposed to do that when I constantly feel like I have to perform all the time???? #or else be considered a 'bad example'???? #there are people here who know me. from years ago and only like 3 of them but still. #I don't enjoy sensationalist preaching #at all. and I feel like there's some of that going on here. #sensationalist and also like. massively dragged out of context in order to make a point. #hhhhh. #gurt says stuff #delete later #I have worked SO HARD to get to this school!!! WHY am I suddenly feeling terrible about the decision to come here!!!!!!!! #just... say some prayers for me plz. I'm exhausted and sad and I miss my family right now. #and it feels like all my friends are out there doing Real Stuff (joining the military; getting married; learning hard skills) #and I'm just over here wandering around campus and feeling alone in a huge crowd of people

[moreawesomethantheaveragepossum]

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#a little life update for the mutuals. #this is really hard but also it's my blog!!! I'm gonna be a sad bitch on it!!! I'm gonna use it to grieve!!!!! okay here we go #my partner Oliver and I were in a car accident (moose) the weekend of thanksgiving (Canada) #I made it out alive. he did not. I'm fucked up about it.  #....I had more to say but suddenly I can't. #anyway. that is why half my posts are tagged with 'grief' now. #cause I'm fucking broken. #I was going to marry him #oliver

[lovelaceisntdead]

Oh. having a bad time.

#I've been holding it together all day but suddenly everything is really getting to me #so sick of feeling like this. i want to be able to have a nice time and enjoy myself but i can't walk around for more than half an hour #without feeling so exhausted #and i saw my brother today and i was really trying not to let it get to me seeing him doing so well #and I'm really happy he's doing well it's not that i just get so jealous that he's able to do all the things he can #i thought I'd been doing well the last couple of weeks bit maybe i was just repressing because now i cant fucking breathe #and i miss the cats so much i know it's been literally a day but I'm so used to having them there all the time #i am so tired. i want to sleep. but I'm so sad #I'm so anxious and i feel like I'm being short with everyone and it's making everything really tense #i don't know what to do. #I've been looking forward to this week for ages and i knew it would have an impact on me but i didn't think I'd feel this bad #I'm just really upset i don't what the point of this is but i just need to get this out because i feel like imgoing to explode #i think I've been feeling triggered since yesterday but not purging it so my body has just been feeling it and then its all spilked over #i know it started in the car because the roads we took to get here are the ones i used to take for my hospital appointments

[mythvoiced]

“you really don’t have to do that, not for me.” ( for….van 🥲🥲😭 )

@clemencetaught | more random dialogue prompts | ♥

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Minute faltering.

There aren't a great many things Patrick and Van get to have in common. Pretending might be one of them, though. Patrick's entire existence, as far as Van's understanding of circumstances goes, relies heavily on pretending just in the right tone, in the right direction, with the right people, at the right time, to make sure he gets to live long enough to be forced to try again.

In contrast, Van's pretending is... well... it's like pretending he hasn't stubbed his toe, while Patrick pretends he hasn't been stabbed.

But pretending he still does. He pretends he likes it around here, pretends he genuinely gets it, that he more than empathizes with the plight of being a so very bored Capitol citizen he must continue to surround himself with Victors, because who else could invigorate his so very dull and rich life?

Van pretends in front of Patrick as well. What else is he supposed to do? He's supposed to function as a benefactor here. As selfish as it may sound, as disgustingly privileged to even get to pick and choose, Van doesn't want in on this gun's blazing.

He wants to help.

His feet are firmly planted on the line, he does what he can within the confines of his own gilded cage. He uses money and names, he tugs and playfully curls the strings of someone's mind around his fingers and makes them wonder, oh, aren't there better things to do? Don't the Victors deserve a little more?

It's not an easy task, hell, hell hath no deafer than the madmen who want to own others. But it's not... well, it's a stubbed toe compared to a dagger in a heart.

He pretends in the way he looks at Patrick, polite and frozen smile, it's easier to not accidentally drop the act if he always keeps it up. Their exchanges are rarely verbal, Patrick is more than smart, it isn't difficult to get what point he needs to get across to actually reach the Victor, let alone watch it implemented much better than he could have on his own, what with his lack of intimate knowledge on the matter.

And then... he doesn't anymore.

Because if Patrick says 'not for me', perhaps, just for a small, dangerous moment, they're done pretending.

And Van can be done pretending to himself as well, that he's truly that careful of a person. That he wouldn't do ridiculous things for a person who looks like that.

For the Gentleman, who looks like he's dangling from fishing lines made of electrical wires, exhausted and bled out, and still smiling politely to all those who want to poke at his bleeding purple wounds.

"I'm going to be very direct now," Van starts, and the smile's gone. The polite air is gone. Probably also the reason why he steps closer as they stand outside in the corridor leading to Van's door, why he lowers his voice.

"One, you're very important to the people you surround yourself with, whether you want to be or not. You're not always here when the Victors you tell me to call for arrive, so you don't see their faces or hear their words when they speak of you, but I do. Strategically speaking alone, if you're unsafe, how will they ever be, how will they ever try to be. A martyr works, a survivor works better. Two," he takes a breath, tries to remind himself he shouldn't... he doesn't have the right to care this much...?

"You're my primary contact to Victors, I need to prioritize you, I need to talk to you and hear from you. Three, and I don't know if I'm crossing a line here by saying this, so I'll extend my apologies as soon as we're done," Van turns to smile, all sharp falsehoods in a row as a neighbour walks past and doesn't even bother hide the knowing, appreciative gaze. Victors are the finest on the menu, aren't they?

Van steps back into his flat, opens the door a little wider. "You deserve the reprieve. Now, if you don't want to come in and want me to stop calling for you so often, I will. If you want out of this arrangement, consider it done. Otherwise... would you like to come in and have something warm to drink?"

#clemencetaught #the wolf;patrick #the wolf;van;hunger games verse #DEPRESSO EXPRESSO DEPRESSO MWAH ♥ #for being such a terribly TERRIBLY sad verse I sure as MITTITYTY have WAAAY too much FUN with it #i'm sitting here and clapping my lil hands together like 'YAY MORE THG PAIN I AM SO READY' #Ferre... Ferre have a flower 💐 OR SEVERAL~ do you like flowers~ #surprise live action gif suddenly - switching things up >:3 #;queue

[dykedivorce]

i have zero idea whether patty & allison are going somewhere romantic at this point but god . every single one of their conversations is fraught with tension and the 2397 things they've never told each other and the 9823 times they've missed their chance by this little and if it all stays subtext i'm fine with it because it's just so. fucking good

#i have soooo. many thoughts about allison's reaction to patty telling her she's moving in with tammy #'you won't be living here anymore.' #it's so. characteristically selfish in a way because i think she liked believing that wherever she ends up after her fake death #she could always think about patty in her house and paint a pretty accurate picture of patty's life without her #but she's suddenly forced to confront that patty will move on. is already moving on. #and the woman allison is leaving behind won't stay frozen in time Right Where You Left Me . mp3 style #so it genuinely is Goodbye forever bc even if they see each other again some years in the future Patty will not be the same #but of COURSE there's also the possible romantic dimension of. well. being heartbroken that the woman you love is pulling away from you #and knowing you have no right to be sad because you were pulling away from her in a much more Real way first #doesn't it make you gnaw at your fingers that it's constantly a game of. pulling & pulling & pulling until they're both left with nothing #AND it's also. allison knowing patty isn't herself with tammy but always compromising and pretending to like things for peace's sake #so part of the heartbreak also comes from. seeing your best friend invest herself in a relationship you know won't make her happy #kcfh

[shatterstar]

If you see me on Spotify listening to rush limelight 45 times in a row don’t worry about it

#my former managerbestie (SAD!*) is really into prog rock and I’m a casual enjoyer so usually when he puts on his prog rock playlist #I know like. the popular stuff kinda well and I recognize a song here and there but whenever this one comes on I suddenly know every word #and he just looks at me slightly confused #Brother 18% of my Spotify top100 was all songs off a playlist I made of songs that remind me of a comic book character #I like to listen to songs and rotate him in my mind. You wouldn’t get it. Well you might #this man is like the first person I’ve met who’s got more ‘was raised on another planet’ vibes #than I have #He will do something insane like have all the clocks in his house set 24 minutes fast #or pour a bowl of cereal and wait 10 minutes so it gets maximum soggy #and be like umm it’s just because I wasn’t raised here (USA) and I have to be like. Dude I know other immigrants you are just weird as hell #in general #(*Well there’s other nucleic acids biotech R&D departments that will hire us for our joint next generation sequencing and omics slay)

[tardis--dreams]

I wish i could skip forward to December 23 already

#i cannot stand my own whining but god i hate my life rn lol #i mean it's all my fault but i don't see myself improving in this environment #i should just try to ignore myself for the next 3 weeks #i can start packing up and throwing away stuff i won't need here anymore and maybe I'll feel less stifled #idk #just get through it i guess #this weekend I'll be away one last time and then there's only 2 weekends left #then it's essentially only 2 more weeks because the last week doesn't even count #finals start in 2 weeks already so i should be occupied #i still haven't even started my paper i already asked for an extension for and should hand in in November #instead of October #i just need to start focusing on anything but food intake and exercise and my body and I'll be fine #the days only seem to go by so slow suddenly because i'm literally not doing anything but hate my current state #so tomorrow I'll work on my paper and go running or take a walk and I'll book my bus tickets for the weekend #I'll find some enjoyment in occupying my mind with anything but myself #(sounds wrong. but i guess my problem really is that I'm focusing too much on how i dislike everything about me and need to change it #while the solution would be to simply not care and live my sad little life) #void screams #(((affirmation: i will not cry myself to sleep tonight ♡ i will face another day without a mental breakdown over how Wrong i am ♡))

[craycraybluejay]

I purposely put myself in situations that inspire and stoke less than healthy patterns or put myself closer to said situations and then wonder why im feeling all insane. I think I want to convince myself that it's 'all temporary' and that whatever happened before in my head won't happen again. But it will. If only I could go off the deep end in one fell swoop in every way ever. Even that horrible thing you're thinking about, whatever it is. Yes, even that one. Just do everything terrible ever and then end it with suicide which is also Terrible Thing bc God forbid someone has autonomy over a life he not only didn't ask for but was given little reason to stay in. Ruin everyone's opinion of me. Inspire only fear and vitriol. Hatred and hurt and pain pain PAIN. Sure! I am a bad person! What are you going to do about it! By the time you figure out enough to send a mob after me, I'll already be long dead. You'll have to wash the smell of rot out of your fucking walls. Bitch.

Wish I could just. Grow from morbid into truly heinously unforgivable like that corpse flower. Despite what anyone believes, it would be growth. Just in a different, undesirable form. But wouldn't it be rad just to go apeshit? For a final trigger to send me bouncing round the walls intent on seeing blood? Everyone would hate me. That would be ok. I don't mind. People can feel how they feel. I know I unnerve people. It's like they can see the thoughts behind my eyes. Tick-tock, tick-tock; counting down into the next impassioned tirade. Is it about music or hurt? Or both? Breaking or building. Corruption or innocence. Life, death, rainbows and bloodbaths. Madness pulling at the corners. "Why are you staring?" I don't know. Your left forearm has taken a starring role in my next idea. It's not personal. Or maybe I like your smile. Or maybe I actually do just wonder how you look when you bleed. You'll never really know. Might be all of the above.

Sometimes the demon overtakes. I wouldn't say I have a split personality disorder, I don't really fit the criteria. I gave him a name though. Anyway he does that. And then suddenly I am not in a harmonic split of choice and rationale. A correct and healthy balance of right and wrong, good and bad. Suddenly I am tilted, the entire world is tilted, I feel dizzy and I don't know if it's somewhat physical or all mental. Everything shifts. Things mean something different. I'm more alien and darker. And that little voice (not an actual voice, no hallucination) is urging urging urging like it's the end of times, and we only have 24 hours left on Earth and nothing to lose. That whim? Do it. The other one too. You know you want to. What? Too pussy? Coward. Come on. You know me. I'm you. What's stopping you?

And then rationale and logic and all that are on the Defensive. No. Don't do it. Fight it. [More of the demons temptations.] Okay. Maybe do it a little but only in a really roundabout way that doesn't hurt anyone. Okay. Let's maybe go for a smoke. Let's close our eyes and fantasize. Think think think. Fight it. [More More More.] Hey maybe we should talk to someone? [Who is there to talk to? You're a freak. You say any of this shit to anyone they'll try to put a stop to it by treating you worse than farm animals. Worse than garbage. They deserve to die. They think you deserve to die. Doesn't that make you angry?] Okay so that's not an option. Um. Just hit something solid really hard until you're too tired to fixate. I don't know. [Aw. Is it not working? Little tired of rationality, aren't we? Relax. Let go. Don't think. Just do. Shoot first, questions later. Imagine how easy and simple things would be. They already are. Let me take care of you.] Tired tired tired. War.. Bed. Now. Don't look at anyone. Don't touch anything. Don't speak. Don't THINK. Shh quiet quiet quiet. [You can't silence me, idiot. I am you. What's the point of this? Who are you appeasing? There is a hell but there is no God. This isn't a war. There are no sides.] [Indulge.] Indulge. [Give.] Give. [Take.] Take.

#personal vent #delete later #multiple personalities #to be clear i am not claiming to have did or anything like that. you guys can have your system stuff and whatnot thats not me #mental breakdowns #its every day bro B) #its usually not as bad as is written here but thats just an example of a moderate day of it #without getting into specifics #just moderate #but the demon does get specific. he likes to tease and insult but it doesnt make me feel sad. worse. invigorated #actually schizospec #psycho in a way thats only hot to psycho chasers because im being super fucking vague about the possible subject matter #moment i get specific im getting more threats than your average US elementary school #edgy joke #does anyone else have something like this? #in a psychosexual downright toxic psychotic relationship with my demon which is just me but with a weird shift #like putting ur car in reverse. idk bruh. idk how to explain it #him talking to me is one thing. i can still take back control if i snap out of the trance. but when he overtakes literally the whole world #looks different. like actually literally different. like fucking. imagine if everything that was green was suddenly just 1 hex point darker #slightly darker green. madness inducing. #i. dont know what i want. i just want to feel in full harmony. i want to indulge the demon. i dont want to. i do. i dont. i #i think i just need to get in a good slapfight or tussle once in awhile and clear my head good #tell my friends 'hit me' when i feel the world sliding off to the side a bit and hope the momentary shock will fix it #idk does that work?

[jentlemahae]

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#okay i need to vent a second #im literally heartbroken rn #this friend of mine just told me that she feels that ‘our friendship is starting to revolve around me’ bcs i asked her to help me once with #wheelchair practice and i was late to a meet up once and i am genuinely without words rn #like she’s been late multiple times and i’ve always let it go bcs i don’t think it’s that big of a deal but im late once and suddenly im an #awful friend #and yeah i need some more accommodations than most people but i feel like it’s obvious why #and to say that it weighs on u is genuinely cruel to me #cause i always try to make myself smaller so i dont bother people and u know that very well so to call me a weight is the cruelest thing #and she said that she feels like our friendship now is just about me discovering the world and her just being there #an insane thing to say when she knows how hellish these past years have been for me and how now im finally able to go out #it’s like am i not allowed to be happy? #i am so sad but also so angry #also the fact that she sent me this when she knows i’ve just started uni and im so stressed and overwhelmed is just beyond me #like does she even like me? does she care about me? she claims she does and then does this like wth #and i dont wanna be a bad friend and maybe she’s right and i am but im trying my best here #and im always there for her when she needs me so i dont get why she’s trying to make it seem like im not #like idek how to answer her #this is really not what i needed rn

[ultravioart]

sigh. okay so. I want to do a "absolutely opposite quirky pixie dream girl cliche" for dominator because that seems much more interesting to me than what is canon, so I shall do some further research into said cliche before making specific content for her with the dominion au.

#og term was used to criticize sexist writing where a “quirky dream girl” character was used as a 2D plot device to boost the sad lonely mc #she is used to teach a lesson and fix a man and then disappears #the anti-MPDG is nuanced and can easily be mistaken for MPDG or even demonized. #anti-MPDG requires skilled writing showing its the mc's fault not the girl... otherwise it's just normal MPDG #so imo? don't aim for an anti-MPDG just to the exact opposite of what the MPDG cliche IS lmao. #instead of helping a man to love life she breaks him into pieces and makes him hate everything even more #she's not a plot device--he is. #She isn't appearing and suddenly gone with whimsy--she is here to stay and it's TROUBLE. #etc etc #I have to research it further and get grips on what this cliche is better before doing more with the idea #bc tbh Wander seems to fit the trope more than dom LOL #static youthful soul but wise beyond years #aims to save someone and teach them to love themselves and others and life #and like magic is there to teach a lesson and then moves on #Helpful Pixie Dream Wander is REAL lmaoooo #dominion au