#the tragic thrills

[rei-the-head-shaker]

Good night to you all, amazing souls! 🖤🌙

#good night songs #persephone #the tragic thrills #spotify

[wanderlustvenus]

#The Tragic Thrills #Photography

[fairydustfromhell]

#persephone #the tragic thrills #music #Spotify

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

do you ever think obsessively about how in the original, pre-editing version of succession season four, roman freaks out at the sight of gerri in 4.10 not just because he fired her and let her down but because he fired her and let her down and then she still comforted him in front of the whole world in the lowest moment of his life and he couldn't bear it and now he's seeing her again after she did that, or are you normal

#this HAUNTS me this THRILLS me i will NEVER forget you cut funeral scene #i will always wish you were nestled in your rightful place in the runtime of 4.09 #adds so much delicious and absolutely ruinous complexity #dollsome's deep thoughts #romangerri #roman x gerri #they should have heeded the pink notecard on the writer's room board!!!!!!!!! #really needed that 'i still see you as a person even if you failed as a project' beat from gerri #and roman tragically and totally not being able to accept being treated so kindly

[friendlylocalwhumper]

Hey there whump-fellow! I was wondering if you might help me out a bit. I'm writing an original superhero story for Camp NaNo this year and I want the main character's superpower to come with whumpy side-effects, but I am having a hard time coming up with anything even slightly original in that regard. Do you have any suggestions or examples I might play off of? Also, I am going to ask around to a few whump blogs to cast a wider net! Any suggestions as to whom I should ask?

Telekinesis/mind reading with a side effect of migraines. Agony, sensitivity to light/noise. Days-long pain after just using their powers once, which causes the pavlovian response of an awful headache starting up just at the thought of using their powers.

Fire powers that leave burns, thick scars that hurt less and less the more the powers are used but the nerves die more and more, meaning that the whumpee loses feeling in their fingers, then hands, then arms. They will miss out on feeling gentle breezes, soft blankets, holding hands with a friend.

Ice powers that cause frostbite. They can put out a fire, stop an enemy instantly, catch someone who is falling before they die… but the pain afterward is intense, and they always have to weigh the benefits of saving lives versus potentially losing a part of their own body. Or their powers give frostbite to anyone that the ice touches!

Invincibility that lasts for as long as it’s being used, but after the battle is over, in safety, all the damage hits at once. Bruises bloom in purples and blues, cuts spring forth and leave the whumpee scrambling to apply pressure and soak up too much blood before they pass out.

Invisibility/phasing that is strategically useful because the whumpee can sneak or pass through obstacles, but it makes their body have too loose a grasp on reality and their loved ones lose memories of them. They may be able to sneak into a dangerous place and get out unharmed, but their mother or partner will now struggle to recall their name.

A superpower that was desperately wished for in an hour of need, but now every time that it’s used, something precious has to be sacrificed. For the power to be used, an hierloom has to be chosen to disappear from existence, or a limb has to be chosen to never work without pain again, or a comforting memory has to be forgotten. Eventually this would leave the whumpee tougher, less sensitive to loss, but they would also have so much less comfort to come home to. This power would work great as a “gift” from a deity, fae, supernatural creature, or a naively summoned ghost.

Villain-turned-hero who used to use their powers for evil, but now that they are fighting for good, their powers keep trying to turn on them. They used to melt guards’ weapons and locks off vaults, but now that they try to melt doors shut to keep out storms or villains, the molten metal sputters and hits their skin. Or they used to make their nemesis’ armor, tools, or on their most evil day, that nemesis’ most cherished friend disappear; but now after a long hard day of protecting people, when they come home, they find that their partner is missing. They find that their car keys are gone, their fridge, their shoes. Sometimes it is a small thing they won’t even miss, and sometimes it is something so devastating to lose that they fall to their knees and sob.

The superpower of being able to compel that the truth be given after they ask a question. Very useful for a detective, a hero in a corrupt society littered with propaganda, a spy trying to work their way up in an evil organization. But if they ask a question that someone doesn’t know the answer to, it can drive that person mad. If they ask a question someone would rather die than answer, they will give the truth but then be emotionally broken from admitting that aloud. If that person would rather kill than answer…

Any power which has no direct side effects immediately after use, but which is forbidden or horrifying for some reason. Maybe it is the power to bring the dead back to life for just long enough to answer questions, which is morally complicated. Maybe it’s the power to cause intense agony without leaving physical marks. Maybe it’s the ability to travel through time, which causes alternate universes to sprout up and can cause mass deaths, confusion, or chaos in the future. Whatever the power is, it has to be used for some reason, and hiding its use and its consequences leaves the hero afraid, unable to trust anyone, and devastatingly ashamed. This could lead to angsty confessions, betrayal, abandonment, a public execution, banishment, etc.

A very subtle, pleasant power that is embarassingly weak in a time when more power is needed. the ability to numb pain, which feels useless during war when people are bleeding out and losing friends. the ability to see the future in a time when everyone knows what the horrifying outcome will be and no one can stop it. the ability to stop time, but not to move or change what is happening, which just leaves the hero stuck to think, to rely on their own mind to try to solve a terrible problem while seeing everyone frozen in a moment of pain or fear.

I’m not sure about other whump blogs you could ask, but anyone who sees this post is totally welcome to add ideas! The side effects of the superpower don’t have to be direct or ironic, so any random idea could be perfect for the story! No idea is bad!

#whump #prompts #writing prompts #story ideas #this was extremely fun to think about #thank you for asking me! #this really has me thinking about tragic powers and makes me wanna write… #i would be so thrilled if this inspired somebody to write a story with one of these powers!!!! #superhero #villain #answered #Anonymous

[unopenablebox]

only two things are beasts. animals and my girlfriend

#as always reverse cat lady in effect. sublimating through affection to my girlfriend my desperate desire for companion animals #box opener #gf is usually a nice beast but sometimes a tragic beast or (i tell them) experiencing beast sorrows #animals are not as often beasts as my girlfriend who is always a beast. often it is 🌸 who is the first to identify e.g. a bedraggled beast #in the image of a deflated bathed yorkie #but they can be beasts to me as well though it occupies less of my internal monologue. a small extremely chipper black and tan poodle i saw #today was definitely a beast. and also outrageously charming #other things less so. at times. #girlfriend tag #i'm not sure im a specific noun to 🌸 other than rarely and preciously boyfriend. usually i just get delighted gerunds #e.g. said in an immensely thrilled tone: ''sulking?? oh‚ sulking??!!?!?'' #i was sulking. it was adorable of me as well.

[janeaustenlover]

hello! i don't wanna be rude because i love everything you said about thg and tbosas already but i wonder... what do you dislike about movie snowbaird so much?? i feel like tom and rachel had perfect chemistry and tried hard to give love story justice

you're not being rude, don't you worry <3

the only issue i've with movie!snowbaird is the opposite of what netflix did to 'lady chatterley’s lover' adaptation? i mean, they reduced this tale of class conflict to a simple love story, whereas lionsgate has decreased the romantic aspect of the coriolanus x lucy gray dynamic as much as possible.

the themes the both novels address are so rich?? LCL and TBOSAS examine the sources of class enmity and imagine how it might be overcome through tenderness, passion and intimacy. however, those film versions strip out either the social context and class detail of the book, leaving simply a love story with a happy ending, or the worst flattening of the novel happens in the film’s depiction of the romance/romantic elements. and choosing one side over showing the coexistence of those characteristics in an interpersonal relationship takes away most of the psychological complexity of the characters (to me)!

please, don't get me wrong: there are things to enjoy! the music is magically atmospheric, it hints at emotional depths and nuances that the script skates over. the scene in which they're holding hands in the dark of the arena has a joyous sensual quality and i'm beyond grateful for an opportunity to see such a tiny but meaningful book moment on screen.

but overall the love story feels so dull… that those who have read the novel will be disappointed (one way or another) and those who haven’t will wonder what all the fuss was about.

#anyway all of the above is just my personal opinion take it or leave it lol #but FINALLY my tragic gothic doomed ship is receiving proper recognition and support from tumblr community!!!!!! #and i couldn't be more thrilled tbh #anon #ask

[earthandsunandmoon]

best day ever when the library has a great lakes documentary narrated by gord downie that I'd never even heard of :D

#thrilling. i get to listen to gord talk about water for over an hour!!! #it's insane coming from a shit little university to one of the top research universities in the country........theres so much nice stuff #and #it's spring break so i don't even have to share with 40k undergrads #the tragically hip

[azumasoroshi]

oh of course izaya is an oscar wilde fan. he would definitely use this as his bio for his private discord/twitter account

pulls out the importance of being earnest and the picture of dorian gray. time to analyze these from the psychological/literary perspective of izaya lets go baby (he has his own category)

edit check tags and rbs for some actual analysis stuff lmAOo

#izaya orihara #as a lit student and psych student izaya is literally ticking all of my boxes rn #bruh imagine if i made a dorian gray!izaya au. fucking imagine #every time he does something particularly sus he comes home and his image gets older and uglier #it fits too because izaya is like. young adult man. seducer of women. there's absolutely a theme of eternal youth in there #he wants to be young forever so that he can continue flipping through the streets and keep his mind sharp and keep being an informant #he never wants to gain enough wisdom to think 'man this sounds like a bad idea' or 'i'd be better off staying out of this' #im not sure how i would end the au though pff knowing me id just make it shizaya and have either a happy ending or stupidly tragic ending #happy ending: izaya grows a few braincells and starts to find contentment in growth rather than the thrill of stasis #tragic ending (spoilers for dorian gray. whoops): izaya goes insane from seeing his portrait so marred and stabs it and dies #good ending could be ketsu compliant and the picture reverts back to normal after he undergoes the Royal Ass-kicking #hm. ill workshop this more #meanwhile the whole thing with Earnest and the multiple names and stuff sounds like something izaya would to fuck with people #which would just be funny #plus the gay jokes are peak izaya #durarara #starts reading all of oscar wilde's works so i can write more entertaining izaya fanfiction #thats just how it goes babyyyy

[pancakehouse]

hello bab!! absolutely obsessed with this prompt game idea xx im giving you a choice between 12 and 19--take your pick xox

send me a richard siken line and i'll write a mini fic inspired by it

hi omg HELLO ridi!! isn't it insane! prob the worst idea anyone's ever had im so excited about it!!!!!

ahhh god okay i went with:

19. i take off my hands and i give them to you. (oh also, vaguely nsfw? like not at all but also sorta, to be safe!)

“Did you know I’m left-handed?” 

The question startles Remus. At first, he’s sure he’s misheard, muffled as the words are, spoken into the small dip of skin where his collarbone meets the bony juncture of his shoulder. It was never a spot Remus thought was particularly notable or interesting, at least not until the day Sirius Black decided to attach his lips there, and make it so. 

Remus' breath hitches. “Hm?” he murmurs. His hand tightens in Sirius’ hair, fingers scraping scalp, and he tugs lightly until Sirius lifts his head. “What?” 

Night sky leaks through the curtains, and Sirius’ eyes are shining, lips parted and cherry red. There’s always something that sits heavy in Remus’ stomach on the nights they do this, like holding your breath underwater, or the slow tick of a broken clock. Something that’s over, inevitably, just as soon as they're brave enough to admit it. 

“I said-” And Sirius is grinning, because surely he’s only thinking of the bulge in Remus’ trousers, and how they can be as loud as they want now, here, in their flat, and is not - like Remus - thinking of all the ways he’d break himself apart, limb from limb from limb, if it might drag this thing out a little bit longer. “I said…” Sirius leans in, presses a kiss under Remus’ jaw, “-did you know-” another kiss to his throat, one to his chest, “that I-” cold fingers, skirting under his waistband, “...am left handed.” Sirius finishes with a poke and a loud, wet smack just above his belly-button. He snickers into it, warm breath tickling the hairs there. 

“Yes, Pads,” Remus huffs, stomach trembling, his voice horribly shaky. “Seeing as I shared a dorm with you for seven years, and classes for just as long…yes, Sirius, I had noticed sometime in there that you were left-handed.” 

There’s a moment, still and quiet. The sheets are warm, and balmy summer air drifts through the open window. A bird perches on the sill, claws scratching into chipped white paint and grass that’s sprung up between the cracks. They look at each other - him and Sirius, not him and bird - and the heavy feeling in Remus’ stomach feels sort of nice. Like a weighted blanket.

Eventually, Sirius nods. Slowly. “Well, good,” he says. His mouth quirks in the corner. “Good, because I’ve noticed things about you, too.” 

Remus’ hands find themselves back in Sirius’ hair.

Have you? he wants to ask. What kinds of things?

And then: because there are so many things i’ve noticed about you. i noticed that you went for a run in the rain yesterday and your legs were hurting after and your hair looks lovely when it’s damp. and last week at the park your hands smelled like orange slices and sometimes you smile when i walk into the room and also sometimes you don’t. 

…have you noticed how i always smile? when i see you. but maybe it’s not obvious. maybe you don’t think it’s obvious, just like you don’t think i know you write with your left hand and have a scar across the middle knuckle from Prongs and maybe you don’t realise i kiss it every time i have the chance and maybe you don't notice how the smell of oranges in summer always makes me sneeze. have you noticed that? what else is there to see?

“Alright,” he says instead. Because it’s their flat and it’s his bedroom and Sirius’ knees are around his hips, and maybe he doesn’t feel like being brave enough to acknowledge anything else right now. 

“Alright?” Sirius laughs. “You’ll allow it?” 

“Sure.” Remus cups his cheek, grins slowly, hesitantly, into their next kiss. Do you feel this? he wants to ask. My hands, these hands, these lips…they’re all yours. Do you have any use for them? “Yeah, alright, I’ll allow it.”

#FINALLY a sort of chance to write my fwb post hogwarts pining moment!!! what a thrill they are SO tragic and sweet! #thank you babe for sending this!! kissing you!!!! #sooo wild sitting down to write bc i can laugh on here and say 'god im so slow at writing. haha. just a little quirk about me ;-P' #but to experience it in action...whew. rlly such a spectacle. so much drama for like 300 words its a bit unnecessary if u ask me #my writing #also you n brynn are so in sync shes also sent in 12 so that one will be next xoxoxo <3 #ridi tag #wolfstar #mads’ drabs #<- HA sorry so sorry that’s incredible

[probayern]

trying to process that i got that ken ending and taylor sang clean at my show. in the same night. contact me in 1-3 business days

#fuck welcome to new york i'm so annoyed about that #i thought we escaped it when she didnt do it the first night #but clean is like top 5 songs she couldve played for me so im happy !!!!!!! #and as a ken girlie. im thrilled he did not actually become logan in the end i did not want it #i know this is a tragic ending but in some ways it's the most hopeful one!!! #bella things

[cyanastrologist]

I get billionaires aren't great people by any stretch of the imagination but I think it's tasteless to be celebrating like school children at the passing of human life during the Titan sub implosion

A 19-year old lost his life. I don't care what his background is

#hannah.txt #oceangate #supposedly the 19-year-old was originally against it but agreed to go as a fathers day present to his dad #i havent found any sources to confirm this #but that makes the whole thing even more tragic if true #bc a parent dragged their own child into danger for thrills #not surprising bc yknow. billionaires. but still

[stackslip]

fucking love how togata found this old gay couple fleeing persecution and was like "these bitches gay! good for me" and made them his personal lackeys

#eli talks #he was probably about to murder them and heard their tragic story and got excited about thrilling Forbidden Romance #fire punch

[pokimoko]

in memory of - Moon Knight Fic

By pokimoko

Chapters: 1/1

Word Count: 23K

Fandom: Moon Knight (2022), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Marc Spector & Randall Spector, Steven Grant & Marc Spector, Layla El-Faouly/Marc Spector, Jean-Paul DuChamp & Jake Lockley, Steven Grant & Randall Spector

Characters: Marc Spector, Randall Spector, Steven Grant (Marvel), Jake Lockley, Layla El-Faouly, Jean-Paul DuChamp

Tags: Guilt, Ghosts, Character Study, Canonical Character Death, Extended Metaphors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Angst, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Mental Health Issues, Marc Spector Needs A Hug, Protective Jake Lockley, Introspection, Steven Grant is the Best, Self-Hatred, Grief/Mourning, Suicidal Thoughts, Brotherly Love, Randall Spector? More Like Randall Spectre! (sobs), Internalised ableism, Canon Jewish Character, Canon Autistic Character, Ableism, Brotherhood, Survivor Guilt

Summary: Marc is haunted by the ghost of his brother. Steven finds comfort in the company of an imaginary friend. And Jake? Well, he's just trying to do the best he can with the cards he's been dealt.

#ao3 fanfic #marvel #mcu #mcu fic #moon knight #marc spector #steven grant #jake lockley #randall spector #layla el faouly #jean-paul duchamp #my fanfiction #my fanfic #my writing #this was meant to be a short story #ten scenes tops #clearly it got out of hand #the thrilling continuation of sad stories by me #because i don't know how to write anything else really #this was one of the stories where my brain would just lob these tragic scenes right at my poor soul #and I would be like *sob* okay i'll write that #also the thrilling continuation of jake having a bad time #i'm so sorry my guy #i really just put him through the wringer don't i #screechthemighty made me realise surface pressure is a very fitting song for jake #and in this story especially does it fit like woah #jake lockley is the big brother in this story and it shows #when i drafted this post the story was 14k and meant to be nearly finished #oh i was boo boo the fool

[birlwrites]

to prove that sometimes i DO think about things other than regulus/evan/rosewater, i was looking in my warmups doc and discovered a snippet of a fic in which regulus had a will they/won't they thing going on with blaise zabini's mother

#they had a Something at hogwarts but nothing came of it #and then reconnected after the tragic death of giada's third husband #(i named her giada) #WHICH I KNOW SOUNDS OMINOUS BUT SHE WAS TARGETING POLITICAL OPPONENTS #to marry and then murder them #(obviously this required faking agreement with them) #regulus is alloro and Very ace in this one #blaise is thrilled to have a stepdad who doesn't kick the bucket in under 2 years #and they're family friends with the parkinsons and blaise and pansy grow up together #that's pretty much all i had it's like 1 page

[midnightthvnder]

TAG DUMP 5 ;;

jackal, etykraks, and iiksiiks

JACKAL:

jackal tag ;; the hunt is not the thrill i’m after

jackal hc ;; dim the lights and lock the door and never set me free

jackal ic ;; i am your power and your pain

--

ETYKRAKS:

etykraks tag ;; you know our love would be tragic

etykraks hc ;; my whole existence is flawed

etykraks ic ;; take me to bed and rip me apart

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IIKSIIKS:

iiksiiks tag ;; i’ll come crawling back for more

iiksiiks hc ;; i’ve already got you right where i want you

iiksiiks ic ;; make me believe there’s only us

#ooc ;; sticks and stones may break my bones #info ;; from marathon to waterloo in order categorical #tag dump #jackal tag ;; the hunt is not the thrill i’m after #jackal hc ;; dim the lights and lock the door and never set me free #jackal ic ;; i am your power and your pain #etykraks tag ;; you know our love would be tragic #etykraks hc ;; my whole existence is flawed #etykraks ic ;; take me to bed and rip me apart #iiksiiks tag ;; i’ll come crawling back for more #iiksiiks hc ;; i’ve already got you right where i want you #iiksiiks ic ;; make me believe there’s only us #THAT SHOULD BE ALL THE TAGS FOR NOW. HAHA.