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marvelousjj · 1 year

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Some people have been checking on me to see what's bee going on with life. I figured I would post here about what's been going on. I'm gonna put most of it under a read more so nobody gets triggered. Might delete this later. I'm just feeling really down lately and could use some support.

First I have to take you way back to my senior year of highschool. For context I'm turning 33 in March. My parents were going camping, I was going to a performance I was in, and my brother was going out of town for a conference. My parents and step brothers went first, then I left, followed by my brother. I was called suddenly being told my mom was picking me up and I had to be outside waiting. After a silent car ride home we arrive to find a cop car waiting. After being interrogated for an hour the cop leaves. Why was the cop there? My parents claimed they came home to the door open and drugs on the coffee table. They said nothing was stolen. I took a drug test, came up negative for everything (and was even supervised while taking the test). I went to be crying that night and the following morning I was woken up at 6am saying my step dad would be home at noon for lunch and I had to be gone by then.

I had a whole second year of highschool I had to do. I didn't know how to live on my own, and suddenly I was sitting in a diner with a duffle bag, and not knowing where to go. I got up, I found a place to stay eventually, and I graduated the next year. All without my parents help.

Now...We can fast forward to present day...

I had moved back home after a very nasty breakup of a toxic relationship that lasted 3 years. This is after a long time of working on getting myself back on top, being diagnosed with debilitating anxiety and ptsd from said event that happened when I was in highschool. My mom came to me with information that my dad was gambling all their money away. Like, her whole savings. Then one morning I wake up to find I slept through my mom finding him smoking (and this is in his words) not meth but the closest thing he could make with over the counter stuff. She kicked him out and said she wanted a divorce. Little more context. I have an 8 year old child and have a history with my biological dad of drug abuse, so I have quite a bit of issues with that stuff. After FOUR DAYS he comes over in the middle of the night, and she lets him sleep over without telling my brother and I. When she comes downstairs and tells us he's moving back in, we both explained why we weren't comfortable with it, she had nothing to say.

I was heartbroken. I was basically told that after I didn't do anything all those years ago, I was kicked out, but all he had to say was sorry and he got to come right back. When I asked for an explanation (never even got an im sorry after all these years) he explained to me that there were other children in the house they needed to think about? And that if CPS got called they would lose all the kids? I had proven my innocence only to find out it didn't matter. I was a scape goat for my parents.

So my brother and I looked for a place, and I told my parents I wasn't interested in hearing anything they had to say and bid them a wonderful life. This apparently has caused my mother to harass me with messages (until finally I gave her one final warning to back off and now she has blocked me), saying my brother and I have given her ptsd over it, and claiming that I'm doing things like pulling the victim card. She even talks about me in chat like I'm not even there.

I can't go a single day without having a panic attack. I'm constantly on edge, my sleep schedule is all out of whack, and on top of that I'm getting ready to start life over in Indiana.

I don't know why I wrote this...other than it's really lonely right now. I feel like that same scared teenager and I'm realizing that my parents were never really in my corner. I guess I'm just looking for support. I'm not very good at making friends in person so a lot of people on here are my support circle.

Anyways...I'm gonna go try and find something to do. Thanks for reading if you did. And know you are loved and appreciated.

#⧗┊ protocols ooc.#tw depression #tw gambling addiction #tw drug abuse #tw gaslighting #might delete later

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lukebcnnett · 6 months

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✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* look, a new neighbor moved into the chaleur compound. it’s LUCAS “LUKE” BENNETT !! they are a CIS MALE ( HE/HIM ), they look like JACOB ELORDI and are 28 years old. did you know SELF ESTEEM by THE OFFSPRING is their favorite song ? they told us they’re a BARTENDER at RIYU NINE and live in THE PATRIE TOWER. they remind me of LIES THAT SOUND GENUINE and SETTING 5+ ALARMS AND IGNORING THEM ALL. ✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* ( aj )

name: lucas alexander bennett age: 28 birthday: march 30th zodiac: aries hometown: tba orientation: straight positive traits: extroverted, assertive, persuasive, resourceful, observant negative traits: reckless, competitive, dishonest, stubborn, selfish

luke is six when he beats his dad in a game of poker for the very first time. sure, his dad might've dealt him two kings on purpose and angled his own cards where he could clearly see them, but a win is a win no matter how it's done. his old man taught him that.

he later finds that he has quite a knack for winning, even without his dad's base dealing. for one thing, he's a natural liar; will look you dead in the eye and lie without so much as a flinch or a guilty conscience. for another, he's brave (or dumb) enough to take big risks. sometimes the gamble pays off, sometimes it doesn't. the latter is true for his dad who, when luke and his sister turn fourteen, admits he's lost the twins' entire college fund in an all night poker game.

luke doesn't get to see much of his dad after that. his mom files for divorce and takes the twins with her to florida. switching schools mid-semester sucks; luckily, making friends has always come pretty easy to him.

while the three of them settle into their new home, luke does his best to acclimate to life as a child of divorce. he's still got the deck of cards his dad gifted him on his 12th birthday, and he uses it to take all of his classmates' lunch money behind the bike sheds at school.

luke doesn't go to college, instead he works double shifts bartending at a rundown nightclub. his spare time is mostly spent in underground poker clubs, where he quickly makes a name for himself.

luke can't even begin to describe the rush he feels at the poker table, when he’s got pocket aces and some swanky kid with daddy’s money raises their bet. nothing beats the feeling of clearing out an entire table in a high stakes game; it’s a better high than any drug could ever give him.

and maybe that’s why it’s so hard to quit; one wrong move and he’s flat broke and moving back into his mom’s basement. it's like a repeat of his dad's mistake, only luke refuses to believe that he might have a gambling addiction.

luckily, he's got his sister, the better twin, to save his ass like she always does. she lets him stay in her apartment at the chaleur while she works abroad in exchange for taking care of her plants and his promise to never touch a deck of cards again. luke’s pretty sure he’s killed two of her plants already, so what’s another broken promise added to the list?

#i'm running on 4 hours of sleep so pls excuse any mistakes #chaleurhqsintro #tw gambling #tw gambling addiction

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starlight-bread-blog · 3 months

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Heavy trigger warnings for sa, victim blaming, and gambling addiction.

This is very early on to make a critical meta of Hazbin Hotel, so consider this a contained critique of ep4 alone. And if the show goes in a whole different direction, I'll gladly eat my word.

Angel Dust is Victim Blamed in Ep4

A character doesn't speak for its show, but it seems like they were playing it straight. And they took it too far. Their situations have simularities, but cannot go beyond a small parallel.

Husk had power and but lost it because of his addiction. Now he's stuck serving an overlord. Angel had no power and made one mistake. Now he's getting r*ped and abused. These situations are not the same. Which makes the next bit very distasteful:

No he isn't. He's a sa survivor. That is victim blaming. Making an endearing song about how they're similar where Husk is calling Angel a loser, is straight up victim blaming. What makes this even worse is that Angel is now convinced that he's a loser.

There's another massive issue with framing Angel Dust and Husk as similar, one that I've spotted in Poison as well. I think it's perfectly illustrated here:

But we weren't talking about Angel Dust supposedly having a sex addiction. We were talking about him getting r*ped because of a contract. The show is painting a picture of Angel being drawn to sex work and being a loser for it. Angel Dust's "appletite" is not the issue. He is not the issue.

But looking back at Poison, I don't think this issue stems from comparing Angel to Husk. Because in his own song, he says this:

"Addicted"? What does he mean by that? The feelin' of... getting r*ped?

The show is mixing up a sex addiction with sexual abuse and the implications couldn't be worse. They're making it seem like Angel Dust caused his sexual abuse because he was an addict. Like it's his fault for being "drawn" and I don't know what the intent was, but someone fucked up.

I came into this episode hearing it was insensitive, but coming in with an open mind. I honestly didn't expect victim blaming. I didn't expect sexual abuse to be compared to following orders. I didn't expect a sa survivor getting called a loser. And I didn't expect lines like "I can't help but swallow". Again, if they subvert this, great! I'll be happy. But for now: He didn't cause any of this. He's not a loser.

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appleflavoredkitkats · 1 year

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thinking about the wasted potential of us never seeing that side of c!fundy that's allegedly addicted to smoking and gambling, which is a tragic mirror to c!schlatt's own downfall

#fubdy #jschlatt #mcyt #dream smp #not the same addiction ofc but. the concept of addictions in general #addiction tw #gambling tw #smoking tw

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asocialmoth · 1 month

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Finally gotten around to watching The Magnus Protocol ep 9. A week late but yeah. Spoilers and gambling under the cut

"Wait... cursed dice? That gives you good things and bad? This isn't the gambling Web statement I've thought would've been a great concept is it?"

"-the thing is though I don't really know if they ever made me roll them"

"HOLY FUCK IT IS"

Yall don't know how much I've been thinking of a gambling thing for the Web. Well not brainrot levels but I did think it would be cool. The Web in TMA was the super plot relevant mastermind so while it is my favourite entity it also felt a lot less real than other entities. Iirc the only non-directly plot relevant Web statements that touched on addiction was TMA 172, and while I love domain statements I wish it had regular ones too.

Here we finally have a statement/case that touches on the loss of control without it directly being a case of "creepy spider monster/avatar did this to you". It was completely the statement giver's own relinquishment to the luck of the dice, and stealing the luck of others, and there's nothing worse than losing control to your own decisions. Though I do get that writing that would be tricky while being sensitive, even here its more about losing yourself to power and stealing control from others than just gambling addiction turned up to 11 with supernatural elements. Also yeah there are literally no web motifs in this but its Web in essence and that's what matters, even if the powers are different here.

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"-they're not random it all balances out"

My sibling in the Ceaseless Watcher all random things balance out, I didn't come home from back to back tests about statistics to hear this

#tmagp #the magnus protocol #tmagp 9 #addiction tw #tw addiction #is that how you do trigger warnings #btw this is me talking about a disorder (gambling specifically) which i have no experience with being in a media i like #if any of this is insensitive please let me know.#tmagp spoilers

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meat-pvppet · 3 months

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I may not be well

#Just a bunch of personal interpretations of the player character #I subscribe to the idea that the player is a gambling addict or smth and this is his purgatory #Or smth like that idk #Also yeah sorry i use he him for the player mostly cuz #Im #The guy playing #So #Hes a he cuz im a he #Ig #If that makes sense #Anyway GAMBLERS FALLACY I HAVENT SHOT MYSELF IN A WHILE #buckshot roulette #buckshot roulette oc #?#buckshot roulette player #tw shooting #shooting #Yeah #.png

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fuck-customers · 1 year

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If you come to the gas station and park in front of the kiosk for an hour or more and do nothing but go back and forth to your car buying scratch off tickets…know that we are definitely keeping a mental tab of how much money you are spending and this goes DOUBLE for if you get one that’s a winner and you just use it to buy more tickets. We are judging you so hard.

I literally just watched a lady spend a hundred dollars, get a two hundred dollar winner, and then just blow it all on more scratch offs…all losers, and then spend two hundred more after that.

You have a problem. Get help please.

…also it’s just really annoying.

#tw #cashier problems #submissions #gambling #addiction

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cheesecakeonthelanai · 1 year

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THE GOLDEN GIRLS ~ LIFE LESSONS

Sophia finds out that Dorothy had won money on a bet after going to the racetrack with Rose to help her find inspiration for her horse paintings, and she worries that Dorothy's gambling addiction from 15 years ago may have resurfaced. Dorothy dismisses her mother's concerns, claiming that she's no longer has a problem, but she soon becomes obsessive to the point of lying to everyone and even missing multiple interviews for a vice-principal's job. Seeing the returning signs of addiction, Sophia confesses to Blanche and Rose that Dorothy's past gambling problem had gotten so bad that it forced her to borrow money from loan sharks and, if Sophia hadn't given her the money from Sal's life insurance, Dorothy would have lost her house because she couldn't pay them back. Later, when Dorothy attempts to trick Rose into giving her more money, she's caught off guard when Rose admits to purposely going along with Dorothy's lie, helping her realize that she needs professional help to overcome her addiction once again.

If someone you know is suffering from a gambling addiction, please assist them with getting the help they need by directing them to your national gambling helpline, Gambler's Anonymous, or your local mental health support centre.

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grimsley-official · 8 months

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“Newly Appointed Elite Four Member Grimsley Accused of Gambling Addiction!”

Recently, rumors have popped up claiming that Dark Type specialist, Grimsley, suffers from a crippling gambling addiction! I, being the diligent journalist that I am, set out to investigate these rumors!

The first step in my plan was to locate and interview Unova’s Gym Leaders in hopes that they may have any additional information about these allegations. I made my way through each and every Gym Leader, unfortunately none of them wanted to give a statement about their dear coworker’s behavior. This, however, did not sway me! In fact, in only motivated me further!

So what did I do?

I climbed up Victory Road myself! It’s a treacherous path, not for those faint of heart. Thankfully, I had my wonderful partner to help me through the twists and turns. After many a trial, I finally reached the Pokémon League. Of course, this isn’t where my struggles ended as they wouldn’t let me inside the Pokemon League! Even after explaining I was a journalist for a region-wide famous magazine, they wouldn’t allow me into the building without eight Gym Badges

I felt defeated. It felt like my duty to solve this mystery and I was getting nowhere. That was, until an anonymous viewer of our magazine sent in a photo they managed to capture our very own Elite Four member Grimsley!

(*A photo is attached. It looks to be taken outside of a popular casino in Nimbasa City. Grimsley is scowling at the camera as his hand goes to block the lense. Despite the photo being blurry you can still clearly make out the subject’s face.*)

Proof that Grimsley has been sighted in the same vicinity as a casino! At this point I believe that many assumptions can be made with the utmost accuracy. However, I will be continuing my investigation to solve the mystery we still have at hand. Is this really an addiction? Or is it simply a hobby of the Dark Type specialist that people have blown way out of proportion? Until next time!

#pokemon #pkmn irl #pkmn rp #grimsley irl #tw addiction #tw gambling #tw gambling addiction

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fallsekings · 2 months

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OOC: This is completely random, kind of, but if you like the zombie genre or monster type things, like The Walking Dead, Resident Evil or anything like it, you may from time to time see an advertisement for a game called State of Survival. Never entertain the thought of playing this stupid game because it will take advantage of you and your money.

State of Survival is a zombie game that has had crossovers with the above mentioned fandoms as well as DC. It has characters like The Joker, Daryl Dixon, Eva, Chris, and Leon in it. If these are your favorite characters, don't let them being in this game lure you into playing it.

The game is a scam to squeeze as much money out of you as possible. You have to spend 5,000-10,000 a month on average to be able to stay competitive in this game. Last year, everything they released was 250,000 dollars in total to max everything out.

I used to love this game and even roleplayed a few characters from it. But trust me, it's not worth picking up and playing. It's even broken up marriages because it's addictive and it's habit forming. Once you're hooked, it's hard to break the habit of spending time and money on the game. Just stay away from it.

#out of notes #tw: addiction #tw: gambling

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strawberry-barista · 2 months

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"What, me? Pfft... All right. I'll tell you a little. The name's Sanae Hanekoma. Born March 4, blood type A. I'm a Pisces, and one hip café barista, mista. I'm a big gambler. My favorite word: "windfall." "Natto" gets my tummy rumbling. As for my physical dimensions. . ."

★ Disclaimer: Unlike many, I do not assign specific years to TWEWY or to my own Hanekoma and his universe. Personally I feel each game is simply a representation of the time in which it was created and do not attempt to use technology or similar context clues to determine the year. Therefore, such elements are based on whatever reads best at the time, and Hanekoma's zodiac is based on his personality. ★

⚅ — TLDR — ⚅

Sanae Hanekoma is an angel that watches over Shibuya as its acting Producer. He’s laid back and doesn’t often lose his cool, but he takes his job very seriously.

⚅ — Table of Contents — ⚅

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⚀ General Information

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Greatest Joy

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Motto

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⚀ Habits and Hobbies

Likes

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⚀ Background

Childhood

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Death and Afterlife

⚀ Abilities

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⚀ Relationships

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⚅ — General — ⚅

⚀ Name: Sanae Hanekoma

⚀ Nicknames: Mr. H, H-Man, Fuzzface, Coffee Man, Pops, Tito

⚀ Age: 152 (physically 36)

⚀ Date of Birth: March 4

⚀ Zodiac Signs: Pisces, Wood Horse

⚀ Gender/Pronouns: Male, He/him

⚀ Orientation: Panromantic Demisexual

⚀ Race/Species: Japanese Human-ascended Angel

⚀Hair/Eye Color: Black/Black

⚀ Height: 175 cm (5'9")

⚀ Weight: 120 lbs.

⚀ Scars/Marks/Etc: Hanekoma has very small, mostly unnoticeable scars over the majority of his body from regular bumps, scrapes, and accidents that occurred during his life. One feather on his wings is smaller than the others from where it had been pulled out many times over. He has a sizable scar on his leg from being shot by Apichisi.

⚀ Body Modifications: Hanekoma has a blue and red tribal tattoo wrapping around his upper left arm resembling his noise form. He also has regular ear piercings.

⚀ Style: Hanekoma visited a casino once and was so enamored by the uniforms there he decided to just start emulating the dress. But doing so properly was still a little too restrictive, so now he wears oversized shirts and doesn't button anything all the way. For shoes, he always wears sandals for maximum comfort. He's always got an expensive watch on his wrist, but these days he's taken to wearing earrings as well.

⚅ — Personality — ⚅

⚀ Positive Traits: Compassionate, loyal, creative, affectionate, brave, intelligent, open-minded

⚀ Negative Traits: Selfish, impulsive, impatient, stubborn, obsessive, greedy

⚀ General Mood: Relaxed, content

⚀ Greatest Joy: Creation, meeting people

⚀ Greatest Fear: Losing the city/his loved ones

⚀ Motto: "Enjoy every moment." and "The world ends with you."

⚀ General Description: Hanekoma has an easy-going personality and a generally happy disposition. It’s incredibly difficult to rile him up in any regard, and he will often simply let insulting or hurtful comments roll off of his back. He may come off as if he doesn’t take anything seriously, but in fact he is incredibly perceptive and analyzing. He has a tendency to take people under his wing, especially if he can see in them the potential for a lot of personal growth. This most often comes in the form of protecting players from shady dealings during the Reaper’s Game. He can sometimes have a parental attitude towards others, but he has no trouble at all with pushing people to their limits if it means they might reach a breakthrough in their character.

⚅ — Habits and Hobbies — ⚅

⚀ Likes: Coffee, gambling, new experiences, meeting new people, long conversations, Shibuya, art in all forms

⚀ Dislikes: Close-mindedness, extended isolation, threats to the city, a lack of personal growth

⚀ Favorites: The colors red and black, jazz and hip hop music, Haruto Abe's house blend coffee, the word windfall, natto, money, poetry

⚀ Spending habits: Excessive spender, but very careful with his money. Gambling can sometimes be the exception, but these days he leaves his cards at home to limit his gambling.

⚀ Tics: Rubbing/holding the back of his neck, rolling a pair of dice in his hand, running his fingers through his hair, tugging his chin

⚀ Hobbies: Hanekoma seems to run a café as a primary business, but in fact this is a hobby of his. He also works as a multi-talented artist that dips his hands in almost every form of art from graffiti to music to fashion design. Hanekoma takes a deep pleasure from being an active source of growth and change in his city and does so primarily through his work as CAT. More recently, Hanekoma had learned how to tattoo, and had a tattoo parlor that he runs as a hobby as well. Appointments can be made by anyone, but the business is not advertised at all.

⚅ — Background — ⚅

⚀ Childhood: Hanekoma was born and raised in Shibuya by two loving and supportive parents. His family was always lower income, though, so they never had a glamorous or fruitful existence. During summers Hanekoma would go into the country where his grandparents lived. Death was introduced early in life with the passing of his grandfather, and he was taught to accept the natural course of life. As a student, he was charismatic and did well on his work, but he would skip out unnoticed when he thought he could get away with it. He never caused a lot of trouble, but he always bent the rules as much as possible.

⚀ Adolescence: Hanekoma was a stressed teenager, but he never showed it to those around him. He began to live to please his parents and teachers, but he yearned to experience life his own way as well. Both of his grandparents now passed, he no longer took summers in the country and instead spent his free time exploring and learning Shibuya in and out. He fell in love with the city, but he also instilled in himself a wanderlust.

⚀ Young Adulthood: As a young adult, Hanekoma began to fear the retaliation from his parents for not going into a university, and so he quickly moved away from home as soon as he could. He lived by himself and spent his days living a fairly closed in life until the day his mother called him to inform him his father was dying. He rushed home immediately, and finally he made amends with them just a few days before his father's passing, learning that he'd never had any reason to fear in the first place. He lived with his mother afterwards, but she passed mere months after his father. After this he began traveling with a gaggle of friends he'd made over the years, eager to fill the void his parents left behind. It was through this venue that he was introduced to casinos, and he became addicted to gambling. He visited a casino wherever he went and lost more and more money, until he couldn't afford to travel anymore. Still obsessed with gambling, he began spending his money in pachinko parlors and illegal gambling dens.

⚀ Adulthood: Hanekoma wasted away all of his money until he could no longer support himself, and he found himself on the streets and struggling just to exist. He spent many days in alleyways and abandoned buildings. Having worked up quite a debt, he often found himself being attacked and was always on the alert, though any time he could get money he usually found himself playing street craps with it or in some other gambling den. This carried on until one particular winter he nearly died from the elements alone and was approached by an old man offering shelter. As much as he wanted to refuse, he knew he didn't have that luxury and finally gave in. The man, named Haruto Abe, took him into his home and got Hanekoma back on his feet. Therapy, a job at his own café, training in learning how to support himself, and the love and support he hadn't seen since his parents. Hanekoma did pick himself back up and went on to open his own café, Wildkat, and slowly healed into a person that loved Shibuya once again.

⚀ Death and Afterlife: Hanekoma met his end at the hands of a man he used to borrow money from. In the end his old gambling habits caught up to him anyway. Hanekoma fought to the end, but his opponent was in possession of an illicit firearm and determined not to let him get away with his life this time. Hanekoma entered his Game a little bleary, but not without help. Abe, much to Hanekoma's surprise, was able to find him right after his registration into the Game and give him pointers, with the explanation that he had a sixth sense which allowed him to see into the UG. Hanekoma followed Abe's instructions expressly and was able to win his Game, allowing him to become a reaper (per Abe's suggestion). From there Hanekoma quickly rose in rank, casually raking in more and more souls. All the while Abe kept feeding him secrets about Composerhood and the Higher Plane and angels, priming him for the position of Producer. Once Hanekoma finally reached his ascension, he was offered the position of Producer in lieu of Composer and he took it. Abe disappeared directly after this and wouldn't be seen again for many years.

⚅ — Abilities — ⚅

⚀ Angel: As an angel, Hanekoma has the ability to see and interact with the RG, UG, and HP at any given time. He also has the ability to scan living humans, players in the Reaper’s Game, and reapers. He can jump from one universe to another. Hanekoma has knowledge of taboo noise and refinery. He will not use these abilities unless pushed to extremes, however. And finally, Hanekoma has the ability to imprint on both people and players. The most common way for him to do so is through his art and tattoo work.

⚀ Noise: Hanekoma has a noise in the form of Panthera Cantus, which act as two entities with separate abilities. Leo Cantus is fast and teleports away when hit directly. Tigris Cantus can create clones of herself and can only be hit through her shadow, not her actual body.

⚀ Human: Just through his physical body, Hanekoma has considerable skill in street fighting, and he often chooses to do most of his fighting through this method (genuine quarrels, as opposed to testing an individual, in which he would use his noise form).

⚅ — Relationships — ⚅

⚀ Overview: Hanekoma makes friends easily. That being said, he also tends to keep people at arm’s length without them really realizing it. He says very little about himself while working to get to know others on a deeply personal level, earning the trust of many despite keeping himself a secret. He enjoys being social and making new friends, and he understands the power personal bonds can have on society as a whole. He actively encourages friendship, but he will never seek to deepen a bond any further than that.

⚀ Romance: Romantic relationships are, for the foreseeable future, strictly non-canon for this blog. Hanekoma is in a romantic relationship with himself, literally, as far as his canon is concerned. However, non-canon ships are available to plot and write.

⚀ Family: Hanekoma has no biological children, but he has a few canon familial ships. The first is his Composer, Joshua (@kingsmedley), whom he treats like his son. The second is a young reaper named Joel (@mundanemiseries), whom teeters back and forth from being like a nephew to being like another son. There is also Sho Minamimoto (@the-grim-heaper), whom Hanekoma considers a child of his even if he has no solid, concrete evidence that Sho feels the same way.

⚀ Important Individuals: Haruto Abe (@falseapostle) is the man that took Hanekoma in and is an angel. Hanekoma treated him as a parent in his living life and as a mentor, but after his return they grew a closer, more romantic relationship. Now that they are separated, both physically and emotionally, Hanekoma has forgiven him but doesn't interact with him at all. Raizen (@fangedstories) is Hanekoma's warden angel, an angel that checks up on him and makes sure he isn't breaking angel law. Apichisi (@catncore) and Eanas (@dandybarista) are older angel counterparts from another universe. While interactions are largely non-canon, these two have played roles in significant canon events. Similarly, their Joshua (@the-composer) has also participated in some of these events. Hope (@hopeful-hugz) is a character that is entirely non-canon for Hanekoma, however is still important to some canon events. When speaking with other characters that have non-canon relationships and interactions with Hope, they may come up in conversation. Otherwise, Hanekoma's secondary therapy works much differently.

⚅ — Canon Events — ⚅

⚀ Hanekoma and Joshua have had multiple falling outs, the last of which resulted in Joshua going to therapy and learning how their codependency was making them both unhealthy. As a result, Joshua and Hanekoma almost never come into contact anymore, for the sake of earning independence from one another. To this day, however, Hanekoma has never been so close or so attached to any other person, and even now he will put Joshua over any other person in his life.

⚀ Hanekoma met Apichisi and Eanas while traveling and refused to take no for an answer when he tried getting in their business. The intention was to help, but the push resulted in an altercation with the universe's Joshua, which then resulted in a deeply traumatizing battle with Apichisi. Shortly after this he also exchanged words with Eanas which led to his being banned from the universe altogether. Over the time of his absence he healed, and he made amends with the universe, but he still occasionally has nightmares related to the fight with Apichisi. In this altercation Hanekoma was shot with an angelic bullet that disabled his ability to heal. This is where he received the scar on his leg, a mark where the bullet once was.

⚀ Hanekoma received an arm tattoo from Apichisi during one of his visits. He imprinted on the tattoo so Hanekoma now feels his presence at all times. Apichisi then taught him how to tattoo on others as well, effectively allowing him to take up the occupation in his own universe.

⚀ Apichisi taught Hanekoma how to preen his own feathers and preen the feathers of others. Before this point Hanekoma didn't touch them at all. To this day his wings are extremely sensitive because of this, but he does preen himself regularly now.

⚀ Hanekoma developed a crush on Eanas, and it helped to cause the events of the banning situation. Canonically, he has moved past this and now remains romantically involved with himself, but non-canon threads playing on this may still occasionally pop up.

⚀ Haruto Abe reappeared in Hanekoma's life, making the excuse that he'd been unable to visit beforehand. He began manipulating Hanekoma, making him believe that he was harmless and merely misinterpreted while threatening and mistreating everyone in Hanekoma's life. Abe continued this farce with the intention of isolating Hanekoma to the point of him returning to the Higher Plane for reconditioning. But the longer he stayed in Shibuya the more attached he became to Hanekoma's loved ones. In the end, he could no longer continue the ruse and chose to end it. Hoping to make Hanekoma hate him and earn his own exorcism, Abe ripped a feather from Hanekoma's wing. Joshua attempted to exorcise him, but only succeeded in cutting him off from the Higher Plane. Abe was transferred to Shinjuku of Apichisi and Eanas's universe. For a time after this, Hanekoma attempted to pull the feather any time it tried to come in, but eventually he allowed it to heal. Ever since this, this particular feather has always grown in shorter than the others of its like.

⚀ Hanekoma began going to therapy. ★ In compatible threads, Hanekoma attends therapy at Hope's medical facility STM, where therapists have multiversal licenses that allow them to work with angels. ★ In all other threads, Hanekoma attends therapy at a regular office, and he simply avoids talking about forbidden subjects, choosing to translate them into situations he can talk about legally (e.g. explaining the feather incident as pulling out a good chunk of his hair instead of a feather).

⚅ — Links — ⚅

⚀ Headcanons

⚀ Musings

⚀ Desires

⚀ Aesthetics

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dylangrimm · 10 months

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(alyssa sutherland) [THE GAMBLER]. Please welcome [DYLAN GRIMM (she/her)] to Huntsville, WV. They are an [40]-year-old [RESIDENT] who lives in [THE COMMUNE]. You may see them around working as a [O'CONNOR’S OUTDOORS CASHIER]. Poor unfortunate soul. We’ll see if they survive.

FULL NAME: Dylan Mallory Grimm

PRONOUNS AND GENDER: Cis woman, she/her

AGE: 40

SEXUALITY: Queer

OCCUPATION: Cashier at O'Connor's Outdoors

HOMETOWN: Hunstville, West Virginia

RESIDENCE: The Commune

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Death mention, divorce, gambling addiction

TL;DR:

Huntsville local, but her parents split up when she was seventeen. Her mother moved to Massachusetts, and when Dylan was given the choice to stay or go, she left.

Her mother died just after Dylan graduated college. She had never been close with her father – especially not after she chose to live with her mother over him. After her funeral, they all but completely fell out of touch.

By that time, Dylan had started her own life. She worked as a dealer at a casino to pay her way through college, and by the time she graduated with a business degree, she'd been promoted to managing the place.

She initially refused to gamble, especially in her workplace – she watched over the years as her regulars got more reckless, and almost always left with less than they'd come in with. What she felt for them was pity.

Then one day she got roped into a game of poker, and walked out with ten grand in her pocket. That money paid for her wedding with her longtime girlfriend, and got them a decent honeymoon. It was like a switch had flipped – she understood. She kept it out of her own casino, only registering that she was developing a problem when she was driving two towns over and pretending she was going to work, only to spend the day in a rival casino. It went well at first – she was winning more than she lost, and she played small. Then things started to shift, and she was desperate to level out. They didn't. She dug deeper, and she got more frantic.

All leading up to her recent release from MCI-Framingham prison. She served two years after embezzling a little under eight grand from the casino she managed.

should be noted that she ruined her wife's (now ex-wife) life with her gambling. she drained both their bank accounts to try to dig herself out of her debt. (she is the one who proposed the divorce so none of her legal fees fell onto her ex)

got released from prison and was surprised to find she would still be divorced and her now ex had no interest in reconciling

with her life in massachusetts in shambles, dylan decided to visit her first home to figure out her next steps – had no intention of staying (mostly because her parole wouldn't allow it), and was shocked to find she couldn't leave.

she's trying to figure out how to adapt in the sudden place of her nightmares, but she's predictably handling poorly. she's resourceful, but she isn't exactly ethical most of the time.

FUN DUMB STATS:

Birthday: December 1

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius ☉ | Sagittarius ☽ | Libra➶

MBTI: ENTP

Enneagram: Type 6w9

Temperament: Sanguine

Moral Alignment: True neutral

Element: Earth

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

childhood friends

ex-wife

prison penpal

ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS:

tbd

VIBES:

pinterest | playlist

#huntsvilleintro #gambling tw #addiction tw #divorce tw #death tw

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acefms · 1 year

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MEET ACE!

basic info.

NAME: ace miller

AGE: thirty

HOMETOWN: philadelphia, pennsylvania

BIRTHDAY: october 19th

ZODIAC: libra

GENDER: male

PRONOUNS: he/him

SEXUALITY: bi bi bi

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: single

OCCUPATION: cartoonist/animator for tv shows/comics/movies — is currently working on his own comic (name tbd)

[ tw: gambling, addiction ]

• Ace grew up in south Philadelphia with his mother and father until the age of seven, when after years of a toxic relationship, his father left and never came back. Ace struggled with the abandonment throughout his life, but was lucky enough to have his grandfather who was more of a parent to him than anyone else could ever be. Through his grandfather he discovered his love and talent for art, and began to use it as his form of escapism. It was his saving grace during his turbulent teenage years.

• His mother was loving in her own way during his childhood, but was always driven by materialistic possessions that she couldn’t afford. Her job as bartender just wouldn’t cut it, and she began to gamble. But after a few wins, she found herself hooked on the feeling and soon developed an addiction that grew out of control. Ace had to take on two jobs before he was finished with high school just to help pay off her debts which left him drained to the point that he struggled to keep up.

Despite this, she continued to try and live lavishly behind his back while he was on the verge of a mental breakdown due to how many things he had to juggle at once. By the time he graduated high school, he’d grown to resent her completely and she continued to put her addiction, and boyfriends, above him. They have no relationship at this present time and he has no current desire to ever see her again.

• Leaving for college (which his grandfather had paid for), he gained a dual-degree in graphic design and animation and built his way up in the business, taking a good few hits before finally landing his dream job working on tv-shows, films, online content as well as comics. He genuinely loves his job and it’s probably the one aspect of his life he’s completely happy with. He is very creative and has several little worlds inside his head.

• He traveled for years, moving at least every six months before finally settling in Denver in attempt to build some kind of solid life, but so far the only part he’s got right is raising a a crazy pup named charlie.

HEADCANNONS

• he never sleeps before 2am and never wakes before 10am. he will literally be acting like it’s the middle of the day in the middle of the night.

• he’s a terrible cook. he can heat things up and make basic stuff, but overall he’s kinda hopeless. someone help him.

• he drinks way too much coffee, and occasionally too much whiskey and beer. randomly likes to get high a few times a month if he needs a little help falling asleep.

• before he realized his mothers addiction, he would often take trips with her as a young boy to vegas or places alike (most of, but not all, his time was spent waiting for her in hotel rooms) and he’s actually decent at playing poker, but he hates to gamble. she taught him how to play. she also taught him how to play pool.

• during his time travelling he’s spent a lot of time sleeping in his car (when he wasn’t abroad) and he actually really enjoyed the outdoors.

• he has a small ace of spades tattoo on the inside of his middle finger on his left hand. he got it as a dare when he was drunk at seventeen. he hates it, but he’ll never get rid of it. he also has a fingers crossed tattoo on his right forearm, and a melting smiley face on his right index finger. more tbh he has at least ten. random tattoo supremacy.

• aside from his cartoons, he also loves to spaint and just get as creative as possible with anything artistic whatsoever. though he doesn’t let many people see the results as somehow they feel a lot more personal than his cartoon/animation work.

POSSIBLE / WANTED CONNECTIONS

roommate/neighbour — probably the person he interacts with most, and the one who sees him acting like it’s the middle of the day when in fact it’s 3am.

casual hookup/hookups — pretty self explanatory. something very casual as he’s not in a headspace for anything serious. can be underlaying feelings or not, we can plot it out!

bail me out — the one who he randomly ends up on wild nights out with and the one who has to bail him out of ridiculous situations and vice versa.

someone he met while travelling — totally open to anything tbh. could have met them abroad, could have ended up camping out together.

please feel free to message me if you’d wanna explore any of these or have anything else in mind I’d love some connections for Ace !

#chq;intro #hiii !!#so happy to be here #gambling tw #addiction tw

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teyvats-worst-hero · 1 year

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Saw a post about gambling addictions and gacha games (like Genshin Impact), and I had a lot of add-ons so I made my own post!

Here’s some things to keep in mind when you’re pulling in Genshin:

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1. You don’t need to own the character to enjoy them

Tell me why you love this character. Are they interesting? Is their design cool, is their move set new and exciting?

I’m glad you enjoy them! But all these things can be enjoyed without ever owning the character. Read them, write them, draw them, watch them. Enjoy your favorites without ever spending a dime!

The only thing you’d be getting for yourself is an in-game model, and if you really wanna see that, you can always co-op. One of my favorite characters has been fangirled over for a whole year, and I still don’t have them. And that’s fine by me, cause there’s other content.

2. A 5-star costs 90 wishes

Instead of thinking that pulls are based on luck, think of it as a 5-star costing 90 wishes, with the ocasional bonus. It’s a fixed cost with an ocasional reward. No gambling involved when you apply that mindset.

3. 10 pulls make the gambling worse

DO NOT DO 10-PULLS REGULARLY.

I technically have nothing to back me up on this. But it’s something I’ve noticed, and something I’ve experienced.

10 pulls are designed to upset you. If you’re spending a large amount of fates at once, your brain wants to be rewarded. But it will probably turn purple. Instead of being happy, you’ll know it’s guaranteed, and you will see it with disappointment. Or, it will turn gold, and you’ll get a standard character or weapon, and you’ll be even more upset.

In addition, the structure of the pulls means you have to wade through lots of 3 and 4 stars before you ever even see who you got. Anticipation is carefully cultivated, and there’s a 50% chance of being let down hard.

There is only one way to be “rewarded” for a 10 pull, and it’s the most unlikely, expensive outcome. It encourages sunk-cost fallacy and real life spending.

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Mindfulness is crucial to avoiding the effects of gacha games, but I don’t look down on the people who fall into it. It’s designed to exploit the human brain. YouTubers, who ultimately use the game as a career investment, make whaling and spending look normal. The jokes in the community make it look normal. It’s hard to look at your favorite media and go “This is actively trying to take advantage of me.”

But please, be careful out there. Even if you do end up spending money on gacha, never EVER let yourself spend more than $20 in one place. Even that’s a little much for me personally, and that should be a HARD RULE. No if’s and’s or but’s.

You deserve to be happy when you play a game you love. Not distressed by gambling losses.

#genshin impact #genshin #gacha games #gambling #gambling tw #gambling addiction #gambling addiction tw

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oculiaperticlausi · 6 months

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— INTRODUCTING DAMIEN BAILEY

welcome to marina, DAMIEN BAILEY ( cis-man, he/him ) ! they are a/n TWENTY-EIGHT year old who has lived on the island for HIS WHOLE LIVE BUT LEFT AT 18 AND CAME BACK A FEW MONTHS AGO. word on the street is they’re currently living in MARINA HEIGHTS and works as a COMPUTER PROGRAMMER & SOFTWARE ENGINEER. everyone also says they look a lot like LUCIEN LAVISCOUNT. what do you think? — ALYSSA, 29, SHE/HER, PST.

The Baileys were a close knit family, a politician, a doctor and their two sons. Expectations were not as high as some would assume. All the parents wanted was for their kids to be happy, healthy and to live out their dreams.

From a young age, Damien thrived for excellence, wanting to be the smartest, the funniest, the best at everything he touched and he never disappointed. In fact, sometimes he was more competitive than he should have been.

The only thing his mother ever tried to control was setting him up with the perfect girl next door. Something he should have been more into but it was hard to feel that way when the expectation was practically shoved down his throat.

Lunara was perfect on paper, the best girl for him. But when he did actually start to date her... He always wondered if it had more to do with what his mother wanted or if he actually had feelings for her.

So, when he got into the best computer programming school in the state, Harvard. He broke off their relationship and said it was for her sake, for her to enjoy the rest of the high school career without him but it was simply an excuse.

He settles into Cambridge and about a year in is when his older brother came crashing into town.

Of course, Damien took him in, allowed him to stay in apartment but he would disappear for weeks and return as if nothing happened.

It's a pattern that went on for years, sometimes his brother would come up bruised up but wouldn't give him an explanation.

A few months ago, he decided to follow his brother one night, not being able to handle another fucking disappearance. It's when he ended up picking up his brother's bloody body off the sidewalk, demanding he tell him what was going on.

His brother confessed he had an gambling problem, owed some bad people money... money he didn't have. Money he knew he couldn't ask their parents for.

At first Damien wasn't sure what to do, at least until they broke into his apartment and trashed it, knowing if these people got a hold of how rich they truly were, it was only a matter of time before they went after everyone they loved.

He built his brother a new identity and faked his death, begging his brother not to get into anymore trouble.

It was the last time he saw him before he came home to Marina and pretended to bury him with their family. He may have actually died but the grief was real.

A grief that brought him closer to Lunara all over again, showing him that maybe... maybe all those years ago it wasn't just his parents throwing them together.

Everything was going great.. at least until the night of the frightfest where someone hit him on the back of his head and because of the rest of the chaos, no one found him for a hours.

When he woke up the next day, the last few months and everything that happened were simply erased from his mind.

#damien bailey — intro.#character — intro.#death tw #gambling addiction tw #physical assault tw #memory loss tw #attack tw

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