#this bad boy can fit so much angst

[otemporanerys]

Life Behind Enemy Lines - Ch 19

Gareth said he didn’t want to talk about what went down with Sidonis, and Shepherd had no choice but to respect that. She busied herself elsewhere during the day, but there was no ignoring him not coming to see her in the evenings.

The first night, she was so tired she fell asleep the second she walked through the door. The second night, she plowed through her paperwork, patiently dictating sit reps to EDI. The third night, she had nothing more to report; she tried to watch some stupid holo, but it couldn’t hold her attention.

Shepherd had grown accustomed to the company, and she didn’t know what to do without it. Read more

#species swap #my fic #this bad boy can fit so much angst

[lucids-mii-topia]

Miitopia Au: Traitor Hero

[SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME]

This au starts off a short bit after Ending B of the game: The Great Sage and Reborn are traveling together when an accident happens with the Reborn's spellcasting and it's revealed that they still have some of their dark curse powers, and it's making their magic unstable. Since it was discovered early, the Great Sage and Reborn travel to the skyscraper to try to find an answer, but when they can't find an answer, they ask for the Hero to come to Skyscraper so they can figure out how to resolve the issue.

The Hero suggests that they could use some of their divine magic to absorb the lingering dark curse power from Reborn. At first, the Great Sage is a but concerned about what could happen, but they don’t have a reason to distrust MH...after all, MH saved their lives already, so they agree and the spell to remove the lingering curse is preformed. It goes well, maybe a bit too well, as Reborn is unable to do magic at all, but that must just been an honest mistake.

Right?

After stealing Reborn's powers, MH's form changes, the dark curse powers mixed with their divine given powers and they essentially become a godlike entity (similar to darker lord but bigger and the appearance is different depending on their class), they reassure GS at first that it's ok and that this is a good thing but when they try to leave with the exhausted reborn, MH's demeanor shifts a bit. First, trying to convince them not to leave, and when that doesn't work, they get more and more demanding, until the stairs are blocked by a magic force field

The miitopia skies turn red as MH goes mad with power.

Reborn tries to defend GS, but due to being powerless, they get struck by a bolt and easily tossed aside. Originally, MH was just going to trap them in the skyscraper, but in a fit of rage, skyscraper is destroyed. GS and Reborn are presumed dead.

MH, now basically a god, recruits their old teammates into their army as high-ranking commanders, leaving out the part where they murdered the great sage because that won't get the gang back together easily, and uses their new powers to "enhance" their teammates' job skills. After amassing their team again, MH retreats to the otherworldly to prepare everything, but for now everything is calm.

The sky turning red and skyscraper being destroyed are recalled as a horrible storm that happened one day, but nobody knows the cause.

Nobody except the great sage and reborn. While plummeting to the ground, GS regained consciousness and was able to slow the descent of them and reborn. They survived, just wounded, exhausted, and unaware of the fact that everyone thinks they died.

#miitopia #miitopia au #miitopia headcanons #bad end? #yeah we can say it's a bad end au #this bad boy can fit so much angst #i have so many things i want to draw with this au but i got sick #miiblr

[sparklestheunicorn]

*infomercial voice* You think the normal Blackthorn's are a tragedy? Well let me introduce you to the Blackthorn's in Thule, where most of them are dead, one is endarkened, and the last one is fighting a war - and dead according to the normal Blackthorn's. Just imagine how normal Julian feels when he sees her, because yes, he is feeling again.

#this bad boy can fit so much angst #tda #tsc #ME! #draft purge

[lovesickeros]

☆ what a kind god, what a cruel god

{☆} characters zhongli {☆} notes cult au, imposter au, drabble, gender neutral reader {☆} warnings blood, light angst {☆} word count 0.5k

You are a kind God - with hands that heal instead of hurt. Words that forgive, instead of rightfully insult. The stories do little justice to the breadth of your gentleness, extending your love to the slimes that coalesce at your feet, eager to know the touch of the Divine. The birds that sing with the wind your praises from upon your shoulder.

But to him, your kindness is so very cruel.

They do not deserve it. He does not deserve it.

Your forgiveness should be a blessing after all they have done, but it feels like swallowing acid instead. It makes him feel sick and lightheaded, throat constricting until he struggles to breath against the weight of his sins, heavy upon his chest.

He wonders if your hatred would be easier. Even apathy, he thinks, would be preferable to the way your screams intermingle with the softness in your voice as you cradle his face between his hands within his dreams. Even in the waking world, your every word is shadowed by broken pleas, drowned in golden ichor as it rises up your throat, silencing your screams - it haunts him, and he cannot handle seeing the way you look at him in concern. He does not deserve it.

Try as he might, he cannot forgive himself. He does not think he ever can - not when he wakes to the feeling of blood on his hands, his tongue, filling his lungs until all he tastes and smells is blood.

If you had been a little less kind, he thinks he would find comfort in your cruelty.

Your anger would be a mercy.

But you are not. You are..kind. Gentle. So many things he once praised on bruised knees at an altar that towered far above him, drowned in gold and silks, every word he speaks a prayer to the most Divine. And he cannot bear the weight of knowing that he could have destroyed that part of you - he cannot bear knowing that he didn't, and you look upon the man who wore your blood like a second skin with a kindness that burns him like a hot iron.

He did not deserve such a loving God.

"..Zhongli?"

He pauses in his internal struggle, hands shaking on his lap. He clenches them into fists, blunt nails digging into his palms until they stop - yet you look at him with furrowed brows, concern gleaming in your eyes, and he feels sick all over again. But for you, he would do anything. Even if it meant pretending he did not feel like a monster in a mortals skin when you smiled at him like he was worth anything.

"Yes, Divine One?"

He chokes down the phantom taste of iron upon his tongue, forcing himself to smile to soothe the worries that crease your brow.

"You said you'd take me to the Chasm today."

He feels..relieved as the worry melts away from your features. It is the very least he can offer - he shall take upon your burdens, your worries, so that you may look upon Teyvat with love, and not fear. He will carry the sins of the many, so that you may look upon the nations with pride, and not horror.

It is all he can do, to ease the way his chest aches when you smile at him, hand tugging at his sleeve and forcing himself unsteadily to his feet.

He does not deserve you - but for today, he can pretend. Just a little while longer.

#sagau #self aware genshin #self aware genshin impact #genshin sagau #imposter au #sagau imposter au #fic tag #angst #zhongli #sagau zhongli #pulls out the whiteboard who wants 2 hear my psychoanalysis of zl in sagau!! #imposter au zl who resents himself and is just a little fucked up over what happened and refuses to accept that he can be forgiven :) #he needs therapy bc he refuses to accept that hes allowed 2 be a little traumatized!!!! #as u can see he did not handle anything well ever and he is mentally unwell. perhaps a little unstable. #making the genshin men as pathetic as possible one man at a time #I JUST THINK. there is a lot of potential 2 be had for post imposter au characters. #slaps zl this bad boy can fit so much self hatred and internal resentment and trauma and lack of self worth and #yeah :) #writes the most unhinged shit ever. refuses to elaborate. leaves

[mispelled]

Tfw you've just escaped the narrative

#man #poor chosen #they just went through the worst traumas of their life and got a gay partner at the same time #*slaps tco* this bad boy can fit so much angst #mispelled draws #misp draws #animator vs animation #ava fanart #ava tco #ava tdl #ava the chosen one #ava the dark lord #chosen x dark #chodark #ava chodark

[heartfulselkie]

More Kwami Swap Amnesia AU but it's all angst this time

Seeing someone going through the same pain you experienced creates a whole new kind of horror

#(slaps au) this bad boy can fit so much angst in it #kwami swap amnesia au #selkie draws #kaleidoscope au

[luminousstardust]

whatever you do don’t think about laudna pushing herself away from imogen after they’re reunited because she’s afraid that imogen will be disappointed in her for giving into delilah and possibly reawakening her again after imogen and the rest of bells hells worked so hard to severe her connection to laudna. and don’t think about how it directly parallels imogen pushing herself away from laudna after she was resurrected because she felt like laudna’s death was her fault, either.

#*smacks imodna* these bad boys can fit so much angst #but it’s so good i’m eating this shit up #imodna #laudna #imogen temult #delilah briarwood #bells hells #critical role #critical role spoilers #cr spoilers #bells hells spoilers

[miramelo]

GREETINGS, MY FELLOW OUTCASTS!

Let me welcome you to a never seen before show, be prepared to be disturbed and appalled by a peek into the bizarre!

The weird, outside the the norm and only only one CIRCUS GOTHICA

Our star is just dying to meet you.

#dpxdc #danny fenton #Freakshow #Circus gothica #The dying star au #This bad boy can fit so much trauma and angst[pats Danny's head] #I have so many aus and y'all will have to suffer for it >:3c #This au also has defying death as a ship cuz I am a sucker for those “Danny and Dick meet at the circus” prompts #melo's art

[theglidingbat]

Me trying to sleep:

My brain: ahaha what if the justice league were on a mission and everything was going smoothly and they win against the big bad but batman is missing and clark tries to hear for his heart beat but he can't hear it so while everyone is celebrating clark is just having a mental breakdown as he gets on his knees and screams and cries searching for Bruce's body finding it and clutching the now dead bat to his chest and then his vision gets dark and the same day repeats again so he has to watch bruce die again and again in different ways being able to do aboulstetly nothing about it.

Me: well fuck-

#batman #superbat #clark kent #superman #angst #takes your lil sunshine blorbo and makes him go thru hell for the fun of it #sorry clark ily #but *pats Superman* this bad boy can fit so much truma and corruption

[pocketgalaxies]

She read Orym's mind. That's how she knew. (requested by anonymous)

#critical role #criticalroleedit #orym #orym of the air ashari #liam o'brien #gifs #* #*cr #*request #cr3 #otohan thull #angst tag #scheduled #18m c3e39 #*slaps orym* this bad boy can fit so much guilt in it

[chilei-the-hotsauce]

reference sheet for my wet little meow meow

they have comited so many war crimes uwu

#and they're supposed to be dead #spite and hatred keep them together uwu #idk what kinda curtains zeus had but damn they can make it work #my art #digital art #art #oc ref sheet #reference sheet #deity #*slaps sona* this bad boy can fit so much angst #and LORE #hehehehe

[notozthewizard]

I'm no writer but listen. I've just realized how perfectly my old fantasy race fits in BBC Merlin's universe. Creatures literally made of tiny specks of stardust and enough energy condensed in one place and Merlin being the product of so much magic accumulated in the land for years after the ban, going "unharvested" and being contained until the land couldn't take that much anymore.

Hunith finds him one day in the woods. A little babe. Not even crying, just looking curiously at the world around him. And who is she to just leave him there to be found by who knows what? Yeah, he might have really sharp teeth, unnatural skin color and she definitely can't deny this little being's connection to magic but she has already helped a grown ass dragon lord. She's not going to leave an unarmed baby to fend for itself, thank you very much. So she takes him against her better judgment.

Merlin grows and learns everything pretty quickly. She notices the older he gets the more similarities he starts sharing with her. His hair turns darker and a little curly. His complexion soon mimics hers. And in what feels like mere moments he almost doesn't look like a magical creature at all. One day he leaves the house when she isn't looking. Someone in the village sees him but they don't notice anything abnormal about him. They're just surprised Hunith's sickly baby they've only heard about has grown so much. Hunith sighs in relief.

She started researching what kind of creature he may have been years ago but after the purge it was hard to find any kind of books and sources that might mention magical creatures, even those more common. And Merlin? Well, Merlin is something she has never even heard of. Whether in legends or stories told to her when she was just a kid. Where did he even come from? What happened to his parents?

At some point she contacts Gaius. He doesn't know much. He's heard of ancient and powerful creatures but there's so little to go off here. Maybe some legends? But no actual proven sources. So he turns to his books. And more of them. And another secret stash after that. And a hidden room with more illegal knowledge. Until he finally finds something that just might be a clue. Old sightings. Stories of ancient gods that blessed people's lands and healed the sick. Or mentions of evil devils hiding in caves and scaring everyone who dared to come by. Every single one of them has something that fits Merlin's story but none of them match entirely. And then it hits him. What if he's all of those creatures? Because they're one and the same, just interpreted very differently by different people. Some scared of magic, some not being able to imagine their life without it. Creatures changing their appearance to fit. Just like Merlin did.



Will definitely do some designs for this. Maybe quick illustration concepts. Also I can ramble so much longer about the details of this specific race so might also add another post with some more context to how I imagine these guys, what their role in the world is etc.

#me looking at this au: this bad boy can fit so much angst in it #you don't even know #you will soon though #bbc merlin #merlin emrys #merlin #hunith #bbc gaius #merlin au

[doerrferr]

hey, fun thought! crowley gets caught up being accused of a witch during one of the witch crazes whilst definitely not helping out accused or ill children / people (presenting as female or not it doesn't matter, those mfs accused anyone regardless of age or gender sometimes- but always outcasts, sort of disliked and/ or vulnerable people in society)

like in my head it's very likely for that to have happened because, yknow, sauntering vaguely downwards and all BUT like think about it - they're extremely clever, kind but always deny it, would probably be vague with answers, or very short tempered (justifiably) with the humans 'investigating', baby girl has to keep her eyes hidden which won't help her case. they would in most likelyhood be a prime target for being accused especially if they're new to the community they're at, and if they are known/seen in the community pretty much at all.

further on that fun thought, it could've happened to aziraphale as well. in my brain he probably managed to get out of the situation faster than crowley (idk why maybe angel stuff, or because crowley swoops in to get him out)

but just like... AAA. so many events in history that these ineffable idiots would've had to live through and watch, and aziraphale wouldn't be able to interfere with some because it's "god's will", and crowley has to avoid being seen as good in any way especially getting back to hell. and it's not like they can tell the future or it's like dr who or anything, they're living and adapting with the times as they come , these events are happening to them in real time and in all likelihood because of assignments they'd have to be in the local vicinity and probably witnessed a lot of them. they can't be avoided.

#ineffable idiots #these bad boys can fit SO MUCH ANGST #good omens 2 #good omens #crowley #aziraphale #neil gaiman #bildad the shuhite #anthony j crowley #fanfic ideas #but like think about it #the emotions #and emotional complexity to these idiots is insane #the amouht of trauma??? #like damn #or damned #twice in crowleys case #these bitches need therapy #good omemes #seriously get these FOOLS. IN THERAPY. STAT #anyways #ill be back #this thought brought to you by #an autistic idiot and their cat