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𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐘'𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟏 & 𝟐 /  𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠.

❛ We should pretend it never happened. ❜

❛ I was having a bad day. I am having a bad day. ❜

❛ Boundaries don’t keep other people out; they fence you in. ❜

❛ Life is messy, that’s how we’re made. ❜

❛ What if I’m making a mistake I can’t undo? ❜

❛ Even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying. ❜

❛ You get any sleep? ❜

❛ Eventually you grow up, one day you open your eyes and the fairy tale disappears. ❜

❛ It’s just that I hardly know anything about you. ❜

❛ Lighten up. It’d be good for your blood pressure. ❜

❛ The problem with secrets is even when you think you’re in control, you’re not. ❜

❛ I am so sorry. ❜

❛ What are you doing here? ❜

❛ It’s got a nice ring to it. ❜

❛ What is going on out here? ❜

❛ You know what? It’s no big deal, you don’t have to lie. ❜

❛ Whatever happened to being practical? ❜

❛ Let’s play a game of whose life sucks the most. ❜

❛ You were like coming up for fresh air. It’s like I was drowning and you saved me. ❜

❛ Actually I prefer to be called ruler of all that is evil. But I will answer to Satan. ❜

❛ You could talk, you know, I mean, if you need to. ❜

❛ You said that word so many times today, it doesn’t even sound like a word anymore. Just saying you can talk to me. ❜

❛ Ironically that same family togetherness is thought to be the reason that depression rates actually do spike at the holidays. ❜

❛ But here’s the truth about the truth: It hurts. So we lie. ❜

❛ If you knew this was your last day on earth, how would you want to spend it? ❜

❛ You almost died today. ❜

❛ So this whole lying thing, this is working out for you? ❜

❛ This thing with us is finished. It’s over. ❜

❛ You’re not gonna die. ❜

❛ Human beings need a lot of things to feel alive. ❜

#ﾟ » dash : prompts ｡

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Rainer Maria Rilke, Ahead of All Parting

#ﾟ » character study : cold comfort of a beating heart ｡

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𝚟𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚜​ ｡

       @hallohaunt​​     🖤      for     a     starter     .

                                 ❝                    𝐡𝐞𝐲        ,        𝐛𝐮𝐝        ,        𝐚𝐫𝐞        𝐲𝐨𝐮        𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝        ?        y’look        like        you’ve        seen        a        𝘎𝘏𝘖𝘚𝘛        .        .        .       ———        i        know        i’m        pale        ,        but        i’m        not        𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭        pale        ,        right        ?                ❞    

SNAP   !          there goes the spine  .         eyeballs melt  ,     leak out of their sockets               crooked smile on bloodied lips and smashed out teeth  .          they’ve seen it all before  ,     in night terrors and the nightmares of being awake  .         classic ghost torture  ,     a picturesque depiction of francis bacon’s work    (  but they know nothing about art  )  .          idle gaze blinks up to meet the voice  ,     words a confusion concoction of nothing but noise  ,     before slowly lowering again to avoid the sun’s blinding grin  .           ❝     oh  ,  stop it you  !        i’m gettin’ all flustered and shit  .         you’re a real charmer  ,     aren’t you  ?     ❞

#vampirefiles #ﾟ » thread : vampirefiles ｡ #this is perfect tysm <3

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Salvador Dalí’s surrealist dream sequence in — Spellbound (1945) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

#ﾟ » aesthetic : something lurks in the dark ｡ #me vs my undying love for dalí and surrealism

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someone  doing  tarot  reading  with  herschel  and  all  of  the  cards  ending  up  being  DEATH ,  even  though  there  is  only  one  death  card  in  the  deck .

#ﾟ » character study : cold comfort of a beating heart ｡ #ah yes the gems u find on ur old blog <3 #this is still one of my fave things #just. turning around card for card and them all being death? #then when herschel leaves the deck's back to normal #burn the sage and never invite them over again uwu

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#ﾟ » visual : static in your brain and blood in your mouth ｡ #this look's just *chefs kiss*

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𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜· ｡

                ‘ do you scare easy? ’   i feel like i do. i feel a lot like i used to not right up until recently. right up until-   ‘ i used to not even flinch at shit, ’   i interrupt myself.   ‘ never. i’d be stone cold the whole time and now all of a sudden i feel like i’ll burst into tears if microwave dings were any louder. that feels so embarrassing. ’

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❝     NOTHING REALLY SCARES ME  .     ❞          they simply say with the utmost conviction  .          it’s a lie  ,     a tale they made up in bursts of denial and not yet fully erased childhood trauma               but they insist  ,     amused tone and smile intact  ;     as if nothing’s broken or wrong  .          as if there isn’t anything to be scared of  .          ❝     toaster’s must be a real horror trip to you then  .          all the waiting  ,     the anticipation  .  .  .      when will it pop out  ?          now  ?          or perhaps  .  .  .     now  ?     ❞

#morrispains #ﾟ » thread : morrispain ｡ #SCREECHES !!!!! #i read horror / comedy oc and nyoomed so fast uwu #im SO excited thank u sm for the starter MWAH <3

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I am someone who did not die when I should have died.

Anne Carson, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays by Euripides (via violentwavesofemotion)

#ﾟ » character study : cold comfort of a beating heart ｡

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GRAVITY   FALLS   SENTENCE   STARTERS ,   PART   TWO .

“   there’s   a   burning   question   my   heart   longs   to   ask   of   you  .   ” “   leave   that   thing   alone  .   ” “   aren’t   you   supposed   to   be   on   lookout  ?   ” “   are   you   scared  ?   ” “   i   run   away   from   nothing  .   ” “   i   don’t   often   do   this ,   but   i   feel   the   need   to   give   you   an   award  .   ” “   did   you   hear   that  ?!   ” “   but   what   was   that   noise ,   then  ?!   i   just   heard   a   monster   noise  !   ” “   i   just   realised  …   i   love   you  .   ” “   come   check   this   out  !   ” “   i   just   wanted   attention  !   nobody   pays   any   attention   to   me   anymore  …   ” “   in   retrospect ,   my   plan   seems   a   little   contrived  .   ” “   well ,   time   to   get   back   to   work   on   my   death   ray  .   you   got   a   screwdriver  ?   ” “   five   bucks   says   you   can’t   do   it  .   ” “   five   bucks   says   you   can’t   do   it   with   your   eyes   closed ,   PLUS   me   singing   at   the   top   of   my   lungs  !   ” “   i   have   very   keen   powers   of   observation  .   ” “   i   was   cleaning   up   when   i   found   this   creepy   room   hidden   behind   the   wallpaper  .   ” “   i   like   your   gumption ,   kid  !   ” “   i   think   it   needs   more   glitter  .   ” “   you’ve   brought   every   threat   to   my   power   together   in   one   easy   to   destroy   circle  !   ” “   you’ve   gone   too   far ,   _____  !   ” “   i’m   not   scared   of   you  !   ” “   don’t   you   toy   with   me ,   _____  .   ” “   nice   shot ,   pumpkin  .   ” “   wait ,   no   ——   it’s   too   dangerous  !   ” “   i’ve   got   some   children   i   need   to   make   into   corpses  .   see   you   real   soon  .   ” “   when   i   get   my   hands   on   you ,   kid ,   i’m   gonna   disassemble   your   molecules  !   ” “   you’ve   tricked   me   for   the   last   time  .   ” “   you’re   a   kid  .   you   don’t   know   any   better  .   ” “   are   you   honestly   telling   me   there’s   nothing   else   we   can   do  ?!   ” “   my   brain   isn’t   good   for   anything  .   ” “   what   other   choice   do   we   have  ?!   ” “   i’m   starting   to   think   there’s   no   way   out   of   here  .   ” “   when   one   door   closes ,   choose   a   nearby   wall   and   bash   it   open   with   brute   force  !   ” “   i   think   i’m   gonna   kill   one   of   you   now ,   just   for   the   heck   of   it  !   eeny ,   meeny ,   miney ,   mo  —   ” “   you’re   going   down ,   _____  .   ” “   let   me   out   of   here  !   ” “   you   made   a   fatal   mistake  .   you   messed   with   my   family  .   ” “   i’ll   give   you   fame ,   riches ,   infinite   power ,   your   own   galaxy  !   ”  “   would   you   be   a    dear   and   fetch   me   the   sawed   off   shotgun  ?   ” “   we’re   mad   with   power  !   …   and   love  .   ” “   i’ve   come   this   far  .   i’m   not   giving   up   now  .   ”

#ﾟ » dash : prompts ｡ #i'll turn these into lil starters #+ also hop in to get some plotting done #<3

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Oxenfree - Cold Comfort

#ﾟ » jukebox : whose voice will speak through you tonight ｡

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#ﾟ » aesthetic : something lurks in the dark ｡

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𝚠𝚝𝚛𝚜𝚜 ｡

❝     WHAT  -        nihilism  doesn’t     lift     your    spirits       at  4  in  the  afternoon   ?     ❞          she  would  smile  if  she  had  the  energy  to  do  so  ,   settles  for  watching  them  instead,   soft  glow  of  the  sun  caught  in  raven  curls  making  them  appear  almost  otherworldly    (    ODDLY      FITTING    )    –––––    only  the  chatter  of  students  reminding  her  that  there  are     other  people     in  the  little  bubble  they  created.  she  could  enjoy  this,  she  finds.  could  truly  sit  out  here  and  muse  about  the   SENSELESSNESS  OF  COLLEGE   with  herschel  …     and  enjoy  it  !   but  exhaustion  sits  heavy  somewhere  between  her  sixth  and  seventh  rib,  behind  her  eyes,  in  her  aching  legs  and  when  she  moves  her  head  just  so,   she  can  feel  the  kink  she’s  been  trying  to  get  rid  of  for  a  couple  of  weeks  now.   the  kind  of  tiredness  that  isn’t  fixed  with  a       proper    nights    sleep   . 

she  chuckles  regardless.  the  remark  so  perfectly  timed  as  she  was  caught  up  in  her  own  thoughts  that  she  can  not  help  but  light  up  just  a  little ;   it’s  nice  to  be  seen -  even  when  this  is  far  from     HER   BEST   !    brow  quirks  slightly  as  she  mirrors  them,  legs  stretching  until  she  bumps  feet  with  herschel ;  almost  playfully,  almost  innocently  so.  ❝   my  look  ?    that’s  not  a  very  charming  thing  to  say ,   you  know  that,  right? ❞      ah  but  what  difference  does�� it  make  anyways?    she  spends  her  nights  trying  to  look  appealing  enough  to  be  tipped   ( never  appealing  enough  to  be  terrified  to  walk  home  alone … )    and  if  she  can’t  find  the  energy  to  cover  up  the  dark  circles  decorating  her  eyes  complimentary  during  the  day,  really,  then  who  can  blame  her ?   still,   question  lingers  in  their  statement  and  that  catches  her  off  guard  …    if  it’s  concern,  she’s  not  used  enough  to  it  to  be  able  to  tell .  ❝    you  don’t  like  it  ?    i  worked  hard  on  this.  weeks,  you  could  say.   besides,  you  don’t  look  like  one  to  talk !   do  you     EVER      sleep ?   ❞

❝     NIHILISM IS GREAT  !          but you gotta present it with some kind of pizzazz  ,  y’know  ?          actually captivate the masses or they’ll take the lesson of     ‘ nothing really matters ‘     and apply it to your class  .     ❞            analytic response is accompanied by various hand gestures in the form of dismissive waves  .           apparently they know more about holding a lecture than actually attending one  ,     thus throwing a grin in paige’s direction with a hand shielding their eyes from the sun  .          the almost smile goes unnoticed  ,     but amused tone of voice is enough confirmation for them to continue on as they did before  .          tired or not  ,     she will have to sit through the banter and get some talking done               it’s what the therapist just recommended  ,     didn’t you know  !

a slight wave of pride washes over them as the sound of a faint chuckle dances towards them alongside a chill breeze  .          well  ,  at least she’s still got her humour today  .          always nice to realise someone’s awful days don’t ruin the good within entirely  .         feet bump against paige’s purposely once more  ,     then they throw their head back with a breathy laugh  .          ❝     first of all  ,     that could’ve easily been a compliment  .          did i say it’s a bad look  ?          nah  ,  you just assumed it’s what i said  .      ❞           hands come to rest between thighs as they lean forward with a smirk  ,     their shoulder nudging paige’s in playful annoyance  .          it’s hard to ignore someone’s tiring efforts to keep up with life               unless you really don’t care  .          paige  ,  according to herschel’s own logic  ,     doesn’t look bad in the slightest  ;     but drained of colour and essence as aura glows tiredly around the edges of blonde hair and little pointy nose  .          their own exhaustion is teeth sunken into pallid skin and claws dug into aching spine               a type of tired one never truly recovers from  .          ❝     sleep is for the weak  .     ❞           they claim with a final nudge against her shoulder and foot in unison  .          ❝     i’ll do that in a nice and comfy coffin  .     ❞

#wtrss #ﾟ » thread : wtrss ｡ #herschel stop talking <3

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❝     THAT CLASS IS SO BORING  .          i seriously don’t get how you manage to stay awake through it  .     ❞          spoken like a true faux philosophy student  ,     exaggerated sigh falling from chapped lips as they stretch their legs and blink into the autumnal afternoon sun  .          they never liked school to begin with  ,     barely graduated high school and then left college at the first chance to avoid further boredom in the form of endless lectures  .          thus one could be surprised to find them here  ,     sitting comfortably on a wooden bench outside the building they had walked out of merely minutes ago               him and paige  ,     the actual student  ,     that is  .

around them  ,     the campus is idly filled with casual chatter and the occasional sprint as someone tries to get to their lecture in time  .          a liveliness  ,     herschel notes with tentative curiosity  ,     which seems to lack paige’s current state when they turn back to look at her  .          perhaps they judged too soon  ,     or maybe it is less the class and dry professor to blame for conspicuous sleepiness painted all across her features  .           ❝     now  ,   i would love to just assume you agree with me here  ,     but this strange little feeln’ tells me there’s another reason for your  .  .  .     look today  .     ❞

                             &    ,              @wtrss​  ｡

#wtrss #ﾟ » thread : wtrss ｡ #paige: is a tired baby #herschel: interesting. is it bc u hate college too? makes sense uwu

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The Avalanches // Frontier Psychiatrist

#ﾟ » jukebox : whose voice will speak through you tonight ｡

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Some people are just born with tragedy in their blood.

Donnie Darko (via moss-girl)

#ﾟ » character study : cold comfort of a beating heart ｡

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Timothée Chalamet as Kyle Scheible in Lady Bird (2017)

#ﾟ » visual : static in your brain and blood in your mouth ｡