#this will get bloody and sad

[kidovna]

manifested mileven at the snowball in 2016, so now I’m manifesting byler at senior prom🪻🌻

#updated haircuts!!! #byler #stranger things #byler fanart #mike wheeler #will byers #artovna #the fact that there were times when I LOVED mike/el so much and now I just get sad every time I see them is crazy #no one talk to me about the l bloody smitten comment. sorry I briefly made you British in 2016 dustin #random fun fact: finn wolfhard liked that old artwork on instagram when I first posted it and I hadn’t even tagged him. #I’d tagged him in a few other mike wheeler pieces I’d done and I guess he was snooping 😆 #back when the cast weren’t so popular and they were so little 😭 #prom byler

[canisalbus]

It's quite funny having followed you for years and years and knowing Machete as his dark, bloodied, cunning (and always on the edge of getting horribly murdered for his hubris) incarnation, and coming into 2024 and just... yeah he's gay now. Maybe he's even happy. Redemption at last... perhaps he DID get assassinated indeed and all those AUs are just his personal afterlife (does he get to go to Heaven? Seems so!)

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#redemption at last #personally I've always known he isn't as cool and cunning as he pretends to be #but when he didn't have anyone to interact with the dorkier more humane side never surfaced #the art I made of him was overwhelmingly serious and angry and sad and portrayed him in a more mysterious light #I didn't really talk about him or answer asks about what his deal is #(or any of my characters for that matter for years I just didn't feel comfortable opening up about them) #which is fine on it's own but I think he's currently benefitting from having a wider spectrum of emotions to choose from #doesn't mean that the dark bloodied cunning version is outdated I think these are traits that can coexist in a single character #answered #anonymous #but in a way seeing that he can be happy caring and genuine and gets tummy aches and likes snails and fresh bread #and has a small handful of loved ones and these positive qualities you might've not known about before #makes the misery more potent when they are taken away from him #at least in my opinion

[mortellanarts]

Hm.... Do you hear something?

Look at the details I put into this thang

#zero escape #zero escape spoilers #999 spoilers #blood cw #clover 999 #clover field #I am not immune to making fanart for the axe ending #9 hours 9 persons 9 doors #I'll be yelled at for this one aren't I welp! I'd like to issue an apology by promising wholesome field sibling content in the coming days #and that WILL happen because you see I want this on ig but I #I cannot have this there without a spoiler buffer qwq #my art #I was dying to use this pallette for clover since I stumbled into it during last year's 999 week so I made it sad! #and bloody!! #also this is going to be a color palette trickle down effect also because in trying to make this brighter (task failed) #I got a new idea >:3 #final note on this someone bonk me next time I have to draw the inside of this ship so I don't get lazy and use a screenshot again it's. hm #the third time I think

[activatebutterflyshield]

More of me running my mouth about music as inspiration except this time its just Dear Wormwood

Prelude. Prelude. PRELUDE. This is probably just a music nerd thing but its so perfect. Despite my horrible understanding of music theory, a prelude is usually the first piece of music that is meant to represent the succeeding and usually longer movements in a single work, but they could also stand alone. The Prelude to Dear Wormwood works as both. It starts out quiet before building up with just absolutely amazing wordless vocals and its just so great folks. Its a summary of the whole album in a minute and nine seconds its amazing folks

Okay Bitter Water. The first time I heard this one I thought oh, its a metaphor for alcoholism. Yes, it can be a metaphor for alcoholism, but it is also so much more. In the broader context of Dear Wormwood its an acknowledgement of how bad a relationship is and that the singer, the victim, feels like they can never escape it, but it can be so much more folks. It can be a about a love lost, with the one who lost the love pining and wasting away without their soulmate. Said soulmate could be a part of the griever themself. It can be so much. Its also a banger but thats a given for the whole album. “terrible fire of old regret is honey on my tongue” is also eternally amazing this whole thing is poetry mates

There Beneath. Calm and flowy and existential kind of but I make a lot of things existential and where were we? But also the line “I saw the morning lead a cavalcade” is bloody amazing. Its such a great and poetic way to describe the breaking dawn, the rising sun, the beginning of a new day and so many other things mates its amazing. Like a veteran adventurer recalling the times when their friends got them out of hard scrapes or something idk

In the Blue Hours of the Morning. It’s a nice waypoint, a chance to catch your breath before the next song which I will go off about but this bit is really just like its title. The time before the cavalcade, when theres still enough light to see by yet its so calm and still and not quite awake yet

Exeunt, which is. It is. Well, exactly what it says on the tin, an exeunt, which is a stage direction for when an actor goes off stage, but its also the most poetry ever. Everyone loves “Fluttering your lashes like ashes and ember” and rightfully so but everything in that song is so bloody strong. “Crocodile eyes I have seen how you hunger”???? “No I cannot trust what you say when youre grieving”????? Like its such a powerful song with all the musicians going ham on the everything and then the lyrics and then the context? Its great its just great

Caesar. A calm follow-up to the headbanger that is Exeunt, but its no less amazing. Im just drowning in symbolism for this one mates. Not only is the morning back and breaking over a palisade but also historical references!?! The backlogs of random anecdotes and stories are tickled awake by the “Look to the sky where the sign will be shown” bit so much like it aint even funny. Its a reference to Constantine the Great, who saw the symbol of the Chi Rho and went on to become roman emperor with it painted on his shields and its so much potential in just three stanzas

This Will End. Fellows this one just hurts. Its so bloody sad and yet such a strangely jaunty tune like the singer has just accepted their sad life and Im always like no! It can get better! You just gotta try a bit! Mates! Im bleeding out!

Pale White Horse. Ohhhhhhhhhh I can get so deep about Pale White Horse but so much of it is about WWI and the Spanish Flu Epidemic and other stuff I do not care to dredge from the depths of my historical brain fluids but its so great as a thing about war and trauma and abuse and so much other stuff just like recognizing someone doing something terrible and that can be either interpreted as oh thats conformation that they were always terrible or oh goodness thats not possible why no why are you like this you are not like this right and there’s no in between. And both hurt!

Where Is Your Rider. Enough metaphors to fill a graveyard (hey Crane Wives fans. Hey. Did you get it? Eh? Idk I thought it was funny) and then some but also oooooh the lines just go so hard sometimes. “But these bones never rested while living / So how can they stand to languish in repose”???????? Like mate youre dead but youre still going to push on and keep on fighting mates it hurts it hurts too much there are too many characters and situations and just stray thoughts I can peg to these two lines alone help

Soldier, Poet, King. Need I say more? Yes, I need to say more. Everyone above and below knows how bloody legendary this song is but take this as a sign to listen to it again. Its just that good. Someone once tired and broken who has found support and is coming back to finish the job they couldnt finish on their own is just oooooooooooooogh mates. Also funny ha ha DND party. Two sides of the same polyhedral dice. Probably a d100 with all the nonsense I can drag out of it at this point.

Dear Wormwood. The album namer. UGH I cannot get enough of this one. Just some of the lines in this one mates. “And in my hour of weakness / You were there to see me fail”???????? “I know who I am now / I know who I wanna be / I wanna be more than / That devil inside of me”??????????????????? Its just so perfect and so amazing and it gives you a warn hug and it punches you in the gut and it helps you up and gives you hot tea and the works mates its just so great

Danse Macabre. One last instrumental. A Danse Macabre was usually a piece of art with people dancing next to skeletons, representing the inevitability of death and the equality in the grave and so many other sad and mopey things but also its just such a fun jig. It really does feel like a bunch of spooky scary skeletons jamming on their graves. And that’s a one liner I never thought Id need to write.

Thus Always to Tyrants. Bloody hell this is the perfect ending song. The singer immediately starting off with “Let me die, let me drown, leave my bones in the ground”, proclaiming themselves free of the worries and pains they started the album with, singing as the blazing sun rises that yes, they are, if not happy now, then at least better now, and that anyone who threatens that will face the new and improved them is just ooooooogh. Mates. If theres one song you need to listen to if you somehow made it to the end of this thingie without also being obsessed with the Oh Hellos, its Thus Always to Tyrants. But please listen to the whole of Dear Wormwood first. It makes the impact so much better.

#me running my mouth #the oh hellos #dear wormwood #i just needed to get out. some. not all. of my thoughts about this bloody legendary album #im gonna do more #probably #theres so much i can say about. uh. most of the songs i listen to regularly #if theres gonna be another one then itll probably be through the deep dark valley #or maybe that one about coyote stories ive already started but that thing is more specific and also sad to read since its about sad stuff #like climate change and capitalism and such #but it will be finished eventually

[writer-rider-flirty-thirties]

I reread The Black Games trilogy and I realized I never truly finished the last two chapters of the third installment (despite reading the whole triology at least five times) and y'all...

It rocked me emotionally.

Anyways, I love the trilogy so much and I'm so happy I finally got to finish it!

(also, it has my favorite OCs ever!!!)

#the black games #inspired by the hunger games #zutara #fanfic #fanfiction.net #prince zuko #katara #au #how will i recover #it's not fluffly but my heart is filled with fluff #Katara is such a badass #i love her #such a slow burn #enemies to lovers #kind of #more like opponents to allies to lovers to enemies to lovers to - #you get it #i'm obsessed #it's dark and bloody and sad #but so so so so good #the black games triology #The Rise of One #The Phoenix Queen #“You fell so I jumped.” #atla #avatar: the last airbender #amazing fic #by Mrs Pettyfer

[i-want-to-be-spaghettified]

i miss the stars

#I can’t see them anymore #it’s sad #I thought the light pollution was bad back home but bloody hell #the sky is just a wash of desaturated purple #don’t get me wrong it’s pretty #but it’s not the stars #and I miss being able to see the stats and find constellations and #idk man #I just miss them #stars #light pollution #astrophysics

[craycraybluejay]

How many great artists and scientists and iventors dyou think died in slave plantations, concentration camps, and meaningless bullshit wars and genocides?

#i think about it every now and then and feel like crying #you know? #someone who died to the cruelty of humanity could have cured cancer #and their lives matter either way but #it causes me anxiety to think that even with whatever value I have it can only mean so much #people are irrational and cruel. i could invent fucking time travel and in some spaces it simply would not matter #how do you play at stocks and mind games with someone who does not Think in that way #a smart play for power or play for anything else is only useful so long as other involved parties arent insane or stupid #how frustrating is that? #irresponsible stupid people in power make my blood boil more than just the power itself #you cant even concede to someone like that either bc they wont understand compromise or surrender #but also its like telling a bully you'll tell his mom that his dad cheated #but the bully is stupid and beats you up anyway and now you both lose because youre definitely going to tell now #you could have come out both winners if he understood your leverage and backed off #but now youre both losers cause you are still all bruised and bloody and he gets to deal with his parents messy divorce #don't negotiate with stupid people. recognize when they arent understanding and just try something else like running #dont fret sometimes an appeal to emotion will kick em into gear #'ill tell your mom' vs 'your mom will be so devastated and sad when she finds out :(' #obv dont do that unless someones abusing their power over you/hurting you in a situation you cant just run from #because the best solution if possible is almost always run. leave. get away. #but if you have to fight you want to get at any angle you can #you want to corner the other person so they go from being offense to defense #and if youre just digging/prepping for a bigger thing you want to get them frazzled enough to make a mistake #again. this is for self defense especially in long term abusive/toxic situations #people who abuse using their power usually have ego problems. sometimes you can take a gamble and go for the ego #they do this to you. do it BACK. #and preferably have a weapon on hand if they are liable to violence and unpredictability #better to look for a lawyer than check on the status of your life and health insurances #it is never too late to fight back. some people will tell you helplines but they have not helped me or anyone i know #so i'm telling you how to fight back and protect yourself by any means necessary

[rowenabean]

Setting in motion plan: beat the SAD sads, winter I will be ready for you 💪

#i am SUCH a summer girlie it is actually bad for me #already getting the anticipatory sads bc the mornings are getting cooler and it's still Bloody Hot in the daytime

[every-yumichika]

#bleach #mangacap #ikkaku madarame #kenpachi zaraki #yumichika ayasegawa #volume 16 #chapter 139. Drowsy. Bloody. Crazy #pg. 178 #dumb and dumber #but my fave dynamic. sad we don't get to see more of the three of them together

[madscientistic]

ive been crying over demoman tf2 for like a week, i dont know whats going on

#he deserves so much better #i read all thw comics i studied all his voicelines #i want to give him a hug #you can tell he has a ton of self loathing that boils over when he gets really drunk #it makes me so sad… #everyone thinks im just a one eyed bloody monster😞😞😞😞 #he has also… been thru… so much… #fuck i could go on and on #bothering you with my bs

[tresdem]

Man, but the thing I realized in hindsight is Gabriel never once thanked Aziraphale. He took advantage of his kindness and then when he remembered again, he just bailed with Beelzebub.

Aziraphale is left behind with the aftermath of all of this, including the responsibility of arch angel, which he takes to make a difference! Because I think he does do it in order to be there, to be a voice and an advocate for humanity as others have said. It's a broken system and maybe he doesn't know how broken- but even if he did, Aziraphale always has to try. Always has to do the Right thing.

But because of Gabriel really, Aziraphale's happy ending is...not so much.

#good omens #good omens season 2 #good omens season 2 spoilers #and it's just sad #because he's worked so hard for humanity #and he thought he was working with Crowley #but there are some things Crowley can't and won't do #and I think that Crowley sees a system that can't be changed #and refuses to sink himself into it #refuses to beat himself bloody against the glass window he can't get out of #but Aziraphale can't #Aziraphale has to try #and now he has to try alone

[agenttexsflippedshit]

I have this thing that happens with longer personal writing projects where I go, “what would the query letter to an agent look like” - partially bc I’m a creature of habit and want to publish everything, partially because fits about focusing on the through line and can help me figure out the core of the project.

And right now it’s very much like, why should anyone care about my lil guys? What are their journeys and what is compelling enough to encourage people to go beyond the first paragraph, let alone the first page?

Which in turn leads to the question of like, why am I compelled by these stupid guys?

And honestly, it’s because I sat them down and gave them my issues and pushed them to the point of absurdity and said “go live with that for a while and get back to me” and now they’re fucked up in some pretty fun ways and I like writing about the hopes and fears that it inspires

But I’m still like, questioning why anyone else would care about this, beyond the queer rep

#I live in fear of writing a book for publication and the marketing resting solely on the queer rep #like yeah nothing I touch is straight obvi #but also this isn’t going to be for people that expect family values #there’s a lot of myself in this which isn’t Great but also not the bits you’d expect #I love by the ‘art should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed’ mantra and this really hits that #but it’s also very sad and I can already picture the kind of drama this is going to inspire #I hope this is what gets published. I hope it blows up booktok. I hope breadtubers make videos on this work because no one knows #what the real takeaway is #bc tbf there is no good takeaway beyond the fact that people can love you #with all of their hearts even #but it’s not enough to save you or prevent bad things from happening. #the love is there and casts its hue to the world but a knife is still a knife and bloody hands are still bloody #huh. talking in the tags just helped me figure this out. #thanks for the help everyone

[billiejean485]

... Did he -

Did he JUST D:<

#manipulative scheming bloody BASTARD #So this is why Adrien has 0.5% will of his own #(even when he's not controlled) #so this motherf* could make him do whatever he wants whenever he wants??? D:< #I hope you CHOKE on your fake pancakes Gabriel #even if Nathalie will be there to give you first aid and save your sorry a** #gabriel agreste #adrien agreste #alliance #alliance ring #ml illusion #illusion #boy bunch of illusions in this ep #miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug season 5 #no srsly #I hope he gets to live the rest of his life as a lone sad adult

[scattered-winter]

i want sooooo badly to lash out and pull away from everyone but the god damn people pleaser in me .

#sorry to make two personal posts in as many hours but man . #i dont want to go to the family gathering. i dont want to talk to people. i dont want to celebrate holidays. #i dont want to do ANY of this i want to be left alone. smfhhhhhhhhhhhh. #(all this is in context with irl family btw. friends in phone ilysm this doesnt apply to u <3) #like i get that we're all grieving together or whatever. but i want to stop being civil about it. #everyone in my family is very religious and theyre using god and church to cope with this. as people do. #but im NOT religious im in fact the only one in the entire family who's NOT religious and i am not comforted by any of that. #''we need to be grateful for this trial that jesus has given us'' ok well what if i set something on fire. #i just. want to fight someone. bloody fists blood in my mouth kinda fight. #none of this ''good christian sadness'' shit i want to fucking fight someone. biting and clawing like a wild animal because i feel like one #et cetera. #this is senseless and meaningless don't mind me i just donnnnt wanna go to the family gatherings <//3 #its like. everyone's SO determined to pretend like everything's fine and normal. carrying on with things like every other year. #and i get that theyre trying to deal with this shit but things are NOT normal. they will in fact never again be normal. #idk. i need to punch someone. i need someone to punch me. and then i need to be alone by myself for 300 years. #winter speaks #personal

[hey-sherry]

Sherlock being a lil weirdo at the asylum, again

#sherlock holmes the awakened #sherlock holmes #light of the abyss #my screenshots #he had NO business looking this hot when possessed and yet #rly sad we didn't get a ~posessed~ makeup just to go full unhinged when he gets all bloody and gritty

[unofficialadamtaurus]

Oh I see how it is. When Neopolitan beats one of the mains to a bloody pulp it's forgivable because she looked a little sad but when I ADAM TAURUS do the exact same thing it's suddenly unforgivable. /heavy j obviously but the double standard is absolutely insane.

Hmmm what’s the difference between Emerald and Neo and Adam…it’ll come to me but hmmm I can’t figure it out…hmm…hmmmmm

#invincibleweasel #unofficial adam answers #adam taurus #rwde #purely in the world of the show the double standard for characters is wild #Neo perpetuates atrocities and takes glee in inflicting pain #but she’s got an uwu sad backstory and lost someone she loved so she gets an ambiguous ‘death’ that isn’t really a death #based on what the show just established with Ruby #emerald likewise perpetuates atrocities but expresses minor qualms with it #but faces exactly zero repercussions for switching sides out of her own self interest #adam gets stabbed in the front and back in the first bloody on screen murder in the show #then plummets over a cliff #smashes into rocks on the way down #and finally hits water #minutes after revealing his WAY MORE TRAGIC BACKSTORY #the racism is insane #the difference is he’s a Faunus and that’s it /s