#And terribly dramatic

[prompt-of-the-day]

Dialogue: #046

"Do you know where's mom?"

"Who knows? Maybe Paris or London, Hawaii or New York. You'll have better luck stalking her socials. I'm sure her followers know all about her whereabouts and her latest boytoy."

"You shouldn't talk like that."

"Like what? Like I am aware of reality? Oh, you sweet summer child who has never known winter, blind yourself and cover your ears, it doesn't change what's truly, deeply, clear."

"I don't even know why I bother."

"At long last! Something reasonable. I don't know why you bother either. In fact, please stop. It'll be better for everyone."

#daily prompt #writing prompts #dialogue prompt #gender neutral mc #Child of summer #Child of winter #sibling relationship #disfunctional family #Winter is just done with everything #And terribly dramatic #I'm getting theater child vibes #Summer is in denial

[elloras]

Ted Lasso: All Apologies

#ted lasso #tedlassoedit #ted lasso by episode #roy kent #<33333333 #keeley jones #rebecca welton #roy x keeley #roykeeley #phoebe kent #phoebe o'sullivan #* #shout out to drakkywolfe because talking about our baby roy headcanons helped me fully realize this: #when roy says football is 'who i am. it's all i am' he's not being dramatic he's not exaggerating he's saying it very literally #football was everything. everything -- his only hope and his future and also the thing that took him away from his family #but also let him support his family. apart from that he was just a kid from a working class family in south london which is still described #to this day as a scary place and he very likely was terrible at school and that little fake grass pitch was the only thing he had and #it was the only time his emotions were celebrated or even allowed and #it's not that he forgot who he was outside it he never knew #yeah. roy kent. that's all

[hdusa]

owadwjdj

minutetech is never talking to me again after i post this kings smp video. lord forgive me for what im about to do. 😭😭😭😭

#hello it is me princezam #honestly its not even that deep im just being dramatic but still #it can always end terribly and horrifically

[eleonorpiteira]

Tragedy of Spring, a re-imagination of the myth of Hades and Persephone

Gouache on hot press watercolour paper, ~14,8 x 21 cm

A little personal victory, even though I could probably do better in digital... (the understated pleasure of being able to hold your work on your hands though! 😊)

#greek myth #re-imagination of myth #Hades #Persephone #hades and persephone #illustration #traditional art #traditional illustration #gouache painting #gouache #gouache illustration #art only tag #a re-imagination where Hades isn't an asshole #it's spring so his girlfriend just left and he's feeling lonely #so he's being dramatic in front of a carving of Persephone #it's the only thing that has green in the Underworld when she's gone...terribly romantic #anyway scanning traditional art?? terrible affair omg I did my best

[mrghostrat]

vampire!aziraphale is making me SCREAMMMM why is this so perfect omg you're a genius!!!

HONESTLY i can't believe i don't see more of it??!!!?? that's our angel right there. there's no other choice really. here's hoping we can spark a whole wave of vamp!aziraphale to fill the gap, better late than never 👀

#ask a rat #this baby can fit so much ineffables in it #haughty old fashioned aziraphale #living out his dramatic fictional tropey dreams #crowley being cool and suave and goth but mostly terrible at his job #hereditary enemies in the most lustful way possible #THE HUNGER #mustnt be seen together mustnt touch him but i know what you smell like #vampire au

[hellenhighwater]

Wait is that actually your ex-boyfriend's hand? What happened to him?

He works with real live dinosaurs so....

Nah, he and are are super good friends--we were before we dated, and remained so after, because the breakup was extremely amicable, and he's one of those people who's a terribly good gift-giver. Most years we still exchange gifts sometime between our respective birthdays and christmas, and he sent me that hand (it's a replica) as a gift one year. I made him the archaeopteryx fossil bowl this year.

Just because this is the OG bone-stealing witch website, I will clearly state that the only real human bones I possess are my own. My animal bones are all either scavenged myself or gifted to me by the people that scavenged them. (I have a sort of energy that consistently makes people go "I saw this dead thing and thought of you!")

I don't have a problem with owning human remains that are ethically sourced, but the reality is that unless you can very precisely trace the origin of human remains to the specific person who clearly and unequivocally stated in life that they're cool with someone keeping and displaying their now-unused crunchy bits, it's...probably not ethical. So if someone has some of their own bones that they're done using that they want to send my way: cool, let's talk, ideally before it's necessary to have the conversation by seance. Otherwise, I will continue to be perfectly happy with my replica remains.

I'd like to will my crunchy bits to someone who will make dramatic monologues to my noggin, but hopefully that's not an issue I'll need to deal with for a while yet.

#is the gift giving secretly a competition? maybe but in a fun way! both of my college ex boyfriends and I are still close #in fact we're all going on a big college buddies camping trip this summer #my third college ex boyfriend no longer exists #because she came out as trans #good for her! #we are also still on friendly terms but we don't keep in touch as much #anyways truly genuinely i dont care what's done with my body after i die but I DO want my estate used #to put up a really dramatic ominous angel in a cemetery somewhere #so that future melodramatic counterculture kids have a place to take terrible futuremyspace selfies #it is the gift i wish to give to future generations #nobodys making morbid statuary for the graveyards anymore

[taz-writes]

here's a hot take for today

the narrative function of sex is the same as the narrative function of fight scenes is the same as the narrative function of songs in a musical

no i will not explain

#taz talks #writing #actually i WILL explain but i'll do it in the tags #these each serve the same function within their respective appropriate genres #each one is a kind of revelation #they heighten the connection between 2+ characters and highlight relationships and feelings and needs #they are out of place in genres where they do not belong and/or as curveballs when the narrative did not provoke them from the start #but they have the same sort of emotional/dramatic build-up #talk -> sing -> dance (talk -> yell -> stab) ((talk -> flirt -> You Know)) #and they are all expressions of intense physicality and intimacy through physical gesture and interaction #they are fundamentally empty and boring if there is not a deeper purpose or drive behind them #although they can still occasionally be entertaining on their own if your audience is specifically seeking that experience out #people who do not like them will be very unhappy to encounter one where it isn't supposed to be #it is very easy to ruin the mood with poor word choice #many people have an inherent sense for terrible ones but it's often difficult or complicated to explain precisely why a bad one fails #when executed properly they are a very raw and intimate expression of a character's most fundamental needs and desires #the fluff is stripped away and there is nothing left but a series of needs. conflicting or cooperating. #and even when you're lying during one it's still a form of truth #none of these things are remotely necessary to tell a powerful or compelling story but if you're going to use them you need to do it right #also all 3 of these things are difficult if not impossible to write if you are not both interested in them and personally invested #this post brought to you by me trying to write smut about my dnd characters and failing because i generally hate /reading/ smut #so i have none of the vocabulary or instinct for it that i do for. say. graphic violence (or lyrical poetry)

[stardustvanfleet]

soft pretty bob jakey bc i’ve been having a tough week and i miss him :-( 🩷

#i want him to post soooooo bad. #these past couple days have just been…. so terrible for me. today i was at the restaurant and i started crying in the kitchen #and the owner saw me. and asked if i needed to go home for a while. #so now i’m waiting and i have to give her a call soon to see if they can manage tonight without me or if i need to go back in. #and dude…… not to be dramatic but i’ve been sitting here crying for the past hour i really do not want to go back in #i really don’t feel like i can wait tables tonight. i’m exhausted and just so sad. idk. #li speaks #jake

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

do—

Do Howdy and Barnaby ever get together in your human au 🥺🥺

of course they do, who do you think i am

oh BOY do i have things to say about human!Laughingstock! im so unwell about them allow me to talk and talk and talk and ta-

~

so in this au they're like... the ultimate slowburn. their feelings for each other slowly simmer and grow over the course of *checks nonexistent watch* a lil over a decade i think. it's not very dramatic - just soft & silly w/ just a heap of pining and a pinch of angst for Flavor

it starts when they were teens - Howdy had a lil crush on Barnaby in middle school. and how could he not? Barnaby was cute, hilarious, and kind. at this point, they weren't friends! Barnaby knew Howdy's name, but only because they'd shared a school since elementary (as with 6/7 of the other neighbors) & speaking from experience, you just Know Those Names. Howdy slowly "grew out of" this crush, especially when the friend group started forming and he & Barnaby became actual friends.

that crush would fluctuate over the years. It starts out strong and then softens into just this hum in the back of Howdy's mind. always there, often easy to ignore, just... part of him, in a way.

Barnaby has a similar experience. when he and Howdy became friends, he got a lil crush - how could he not? Howdy was cute, laughed at all of his jokes and had a few of his own, and was endearingly eccentric. but at the time, Barnaby didn't recognize the crush for what it was. so he elected to ignore it until the crush dwindled to something easily manageable, something he wouldn't realize is still there. as with Howdy's, it'd never fully go away

and its noticeable enough to their friends that they'd all kinda side-eye how touchy Howdy & Barnaby are with each other (Barnaby is a physical guy, but damn. if Howdy is nearby they Will find a way to be touching at all times), the way they always laugh at each others jokes, the way they always ask "where's [x] / is [x] coming with" whenever the other is absent. but the group couldn't be sure if they were looking into it or not. it's too subtle. over time they get so used to it that they don't bat an eye - Howdy is Barnaby's best friend after Wally. of course they're close!

but then there's this one college party Howdy drags Barnaby to (and by extension, Wally). they're drunk off their asses, Wally's edible has kicked in, the party is pretty chill and everyone is having a decent time. all three of them are on the couch, and Barnaby and Howdy start drunk-complimenting each other. naturally, this feeds their mutual attraction, and one thing leads to another! they make out on the couch. naturally with Wally sandwiched between them, snacking on chips and committing the moment to memory (it's a surprise tool that'll help them later!) neither Barnaby nor Howdy will remember this

now, something i'd like to state for Barnaby in this au! he has had a lot of relationships - from one night stands to actually dating someone for months. sometimes the one night stands were a "he takes someone home after a date, & they leave while he's sleeping and ghost him" situation. with actual dating, the other person always breaks things off after a few weeks, if not days. it breaks Barnaby's heart a little bit every time. to the point where in his mid-20s, he just... stops dating. he avoids other people's advancements towards him, he always takes a friend with him to bars/etc as a buffer, he becomes an expert at gracefully turning people down

("why, pray tell" no one asks "do they always leave him? he's such a catch!" that he is! when he was in school, it was his friend group. he'd try to introduce his 'girlfriend' to his friends, and it'd be an immediate "eugh, you're friends with those freaks? no way!" as an adult, people found it off-putting how (by societal standards) unusually close he was with Wally. also, again, a "weird" friend group. they'd think it's too much, or just not their scene, or 'why don't you date your little blue haired boyfriend', etc. Barnaby never holds it against Wally or his friends. he has the mindset of if that person was the one, they would accept every part of Barnaby - and his friends are indeed part of him. Howdy has also dated around a little, but to a much lesser extent. he's too busy! he doesn't have time for that!)

but the ball really starts rolling in their late 20s. something the group does together - as a fun lil rare hobby - is LARPing. they get really into it! Sally made them all custom costumes, Julie helped make the weapons (like a giant sword for herself), etc etc. they fully commit to the bit (even Frank <3). so at this event's point in the timeline, Eddie is fully integrated into the clique, but that's unimportant - just to show where we are!

so they're all doing their thing, it's a pretty big LARP event - there's always way more people than our dear neighbors, yk. they're just part of the crowd! & there's a big battle hosted, the group is split between teams, but Barnaby & Howdy are on the same side! yay! during the battle, Barnaby is "mortally wounded." Howdy half-drags him away from the main battle under the cover of their teammates (including Eddie and Julie) and sits him down by the tree. now, Howdy & Barnaby are the ones who get into the roleplay the most. they get lost in the sauce! they perform the hell out of everything they do!

& since Barnaby is "dying", he really acts like it. Howdy acts accordingly, but again, they get a little too emotional, a little too into it, a little lost in the sauce. genuine tears are in their eyes, Howdy's voice is genuinely shaking a little as he holds Barnaby in his "dying moments" (Barnaby is holding the sword between his arm and his side. he has ketchup on his armor.) Eddie and Julie are getting choked up just watching this happen. and as Howdy & Barnaby look into each others' tear-filled eyes, those little feelings that have been so quiet for so long come right back babey! full force! but then they all get hit with "arrows" and have to die right there and then, and the moments over. but! both Barnaby & Howdy walk away from this LARP session grappling with Partially Realized Feelings.

Barnaby struggles with this the most, since yk at this point he's sworn off dating. he's being careful with his heart! but when he tells Wally all of this, cause he tells Wally everything, Wally's like "oh. yes, i know! remember that one college party where you two kissed for an hour". and then he goes on to point out every instance where he's thought "right, Howdy and Barnaby are in love" (bc Wally is way more observant than he lets on! he saw that shit! his peepers were peepin!)

BUT IT'S STILL A SLOW BURN BABEY!

Barnaby and Howdy don't approach each other about this. they're both in the boat of "well, i'll just keep going and see what happens" to the point where they're practically dating without ever saying anything to each other. Howdy notices how Barnaby lingers around the store more. Barnaby notices how Howdy keeps turning up at his work to talk more. (they already chat so much...) but they still! dont! say! anything! but they both Know! they're not emotionally circling each other they are Dancing to their Own Music!

and Barnaby is letting himself believe that this can work because, well... Howdy already accepts him as he is. Howdy is part of the group. Howdy loves Wally just like the rest of em. Howdy has seen Barnaby at his (presumed) worst and didn't even flinch! as for Howdy, well, he just thinks this is right! his whole life no one has really caught his eyes or heart, but Barnaby is different. he's always been in Howdy's peripherals. it feels natural to love him so deeply. Barnaby slots into his life like the final piece of a puzzle!

there's a lot of stuff that happens in this inbetween state - Howdy's store burns down & almost takes him with it, there's some family drama that needs to be handled, The Crash happens, etc etc etc - so it's a while before they "actually" get together. but they're both patient! they've waited this long, even if they didn't know they were waiting. neither of them are in a rush. they're young. they have time.

#oughhhhhh so normal about them sooooo so normal (lying) #'do you know how they get together' yes. obviously. its not dramatic or a big thing or anything #they're just at a function together - maybe there's a little late evening art show in town that wally is participating in #or an afterparty for one of sallys successful plays #but in my mind barnaby and howdy are ofc sitting together off to the side #Flirting. yk how it is. barnaby's like 'hey can i practice some pickup lines ;)' & ofc howdy agrees yk yk #they're all terrible btw. howdy laughs at every single one. barnaby is on an emotional high. the rizz is strong w this one #one thing leads to another - barnaby says a terrible line essentially asking if howdy wants to ~come home with him~ #but like. howdy agrees. and immediately the tone between them goes from lighthearted & joking to dead serious & tense #everything between them has gone unspoken until now but Now Theyre Saying It #suffice to say they leave the party early! they're giddy giggly lil bitches about it - acting like teens sneaking out yk yk #GOD THEY'RE SO FUCKING AGHHHHHH THROWING THEM FULL STRENGTH INTO A WOODCHIPPER #sorry. sorry. im calm now. thats a lie. i will proceed to explode #but anyway anyway #so that was a whole thing & basically long story short Barnaby has the morning of his dreams #Howdy makes him and Wally pancakes and they all have a nice quiet breakfast together. The Domesticity🤌 #im gonna go shove my head in a blender now. excuse me #rambles from the bog #wh modern human au #gonna leave that as the tag #but yeah their story is just! slow! its a soft descent! #meanwhile frank & eddie are stumbling through their feelings like newborn fawns #but yeah and howdy & barnaby continue to take their time #its a while before barnaby is like 'hey wanna move in with us?' #howdy '....yeah sure' #and Boom! Howdy moves in! #and they actually get married a while later without anyone but wally knowing. they do it for tax reasons initially. #since they're not ready to be Married married but! they! want! the! benefits! #they keep their own last names and dont have rings bc again! theyre not ready for that yet! #FUCK IM OUTTA TAGS I HAD MORE TO SAY! TUMBLR INCREASE YOUR TAG COUNT! AGH

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

annoyed

#illustration #art #my art #utmv #cross #cross sans #cross!sans #xtale #xtale cross #xtale sans #human cross #human!cross #human cross sans #yuri finally draws a human guy?? shocker i know HHHH #i thought i'd practice drawing different facial structures and went with something other than fem cross and honestly? #i was being dramatic LMAO i'm not as bad at drawing dudes as i remember xD this was very fun to draw against all odds<333 #get ready to see more human bsg cause i've had their designs in mind since 2021 and i need to put this excess artistic energy somewhere HHG #sorry for the lack of activity btw i'm terribly busy with school :'D #i'm nailing my exams so far and i'm planning on keeping it up that way for as long as i can >:') #that and i'm learning things on the side...like coding!!!! #it's so fun and frustratingly difficult at the same time waa i need to find a course on how to make a game xd i have so many plans hehe >:) #thank you all for your patience muah muah<3333

[asleepinawell]

As you’ve called us to the stage, so shall we perform. And creation magics never fail to please.

#final fantasy xiv #ffxiv #final fantasy 14 #ffxivedit #gamingedit #hythlodaeus #emet-selch #emet selch #endwalker #endwalker spoilers #myedit #mp #the boys get to be dramatic one last time as a treat #field of white flowers...a classic #prismatic but visually close enough to the trope #when emet selch told the wol to envision what they wanted to be made #my first reaction was DOES NO ONE REMEMBER HOW TERRIBLY THAT WENT IN EDEN #the titan car....for starters #anyway they did better this time...character growth

[birb--birb]

The more I play, the more I think people that who super dislike Astarion have never experienced a trauma before.

Like ofc you're allowed to dislike a character for any reason, but it also makes so much sense why he is how he is when you unlock his positive approval rating covos. He's a snarky stab happy fuckboy yes, but his quest for power isn't unjustified. Astarion is scared, he's terrified he'll be brought back to Cazador and tortured 5 ways to sunday, if not outright killed. The tadpole is what's keeping him safe, and he isn't going to give it up without a fight. So he thinks the only way to ensure his safety and freedom is to go full scorched earth, take as much power by any means possible no matter who it hurts. He's a spurr of the moment decion maker, of course he's not going to think it through. When your ticket to freedom after 200 years of torture is right there, you don't stop to think about the cost of it, to yourself or others.

Astarion doesn't want power so he can rule over the sword coast, he wants power to make sure no one ever can ever hurt him again. You hear something simular in folks who have experienced trauma (plz understand that I'm generalizing here, trauma is processed differently by different people no one brain is the same). Anger, grief, fear, confusion, terror all are things that can go through your mind after a traumatic event occurs. Your brain is trying to find a way to make things hurt less, so if there's a chance for revenge, or the ability to take back power, you bet your ass its gonna sound delicious to your emotionally flooded brain. This is what I think is at the core of Astarions story. That this confident, cunning, flirtatious vampire is mostly an act, it's what he's practiced and what's protected him thus far. He likely learned that showing any sort of vulnerability is a weakness that will be used against him. His grab for power is selfish yes, but not in the way it seems at the surface. But absolutely power will corrupt absolutely, which is why I say his desire is justified, but not exactly supported depending on what type of run you're doing.

Idk man I just immediately looked at this man and went "aweeh.... it's traumatized". That boi ain't got any coping skills whatsoever and I'm a sucker for characters who's confidence is just a ploy to keep you from seeing just how fucked up they actually are. Anyways each character in this damn game is written so freaking well I could write a billion essays about it everyone say thank you Larian

#i can fix him and i *will* die on this hill #thank you for coming to my ted talk #baulders gate astarion #baulders gate 3 #astarion bg3 #astarion ancunin #character analysis #im only in act 2 so my tune may change but i still stand by the fact that he wants power out of fear #im so stoked to do my durge playthrough and just enable his terrible decisions #i will cry #trauma mention #abuse mention #if i dont get a dramatic “i will never be controlled again” monologue i will simpily perish #i just think hes neat #and dont you worry i have feelings TM about karlach gale and shadowheart too #its just astarion brainrot hours #i can fix him #i can make him worse #bg3 analysis #bg3

[notbecauseofvictories]

I never want to read about people having healthy, loving relationships in fiction. Not for any particularly noble or logical reason, I just hate it.

#I have to make friends in reality! I have to date and have emotionally honest conversations with my mother in reality! #I have to fucking self-actualize with my goddamn stupid self #IN FICTION I NEED YOU TO NEVER SPEAK OF YOUR EMOTIONS AND BLOW SOMETHING UP TO AVOID DEALING WITH THEM #have terribly ill-advised sex with someone who you feel complicated feelings for! and then #and this is key ABSOLUTELY DO NOT ADDRESS IT #no one ever gets therapy. everyone represses the hell out of everything they're feeling and then they die. #......maybe MAYBE you get a dramatic deathbed confessional but that's only if you've been viciously repressed enough to earn it. #anyway I need these characters to live the life I cannot because apparently I want to be ''fulfilled'' #and not ''viciously repressed and an unknown cipher to the people I love'' #......................................................I'm drunk and annoyed. #from the bookshelf

[aaandbackstabbed]

Goldie: I’ve only ever said I love you to three people. My dying brother, my nephew and my dying husband. And I only regret one of them.

Della: which one do you regret

Goldie: your bastard uncle he pulled a 180 on me and survived and now I look like an idiot

#she was so annoyed when he pulled through #grateful #But pissed #How dare he almost die have a really emotion loving moment #where she said I LOVE YOU and then just continue to go about his life #goldie is dramatic af #she is also terrible at emotions #and she doesn’t want to get any better #goldie o'gilt #scrooge mcduck #incorrect quotes #ducktales #scroldie ways #aunt goldie

[lorillee]

honestly though if franziska wasnt a prosecutor im absolutely convinced she wouldve been like a prodigy world class classical pianist competitor/performer or something

#like its classy its dramatic its obscenely competitive its something that can be judged and be performed to a standard of perfection #franziska would be THE rachmaninoff piano concerto girlie. im telling you. #ace attorney #franziska von karma #lorillee.txt #actually no sorry now im just imagining a terrible von karma-edgeworth family soap opera pianists au #ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh oh this is terrible . this is horrible. im gonna be thinking about it for the next week straight

[russilton]

I deeply enjoy George getting Esteban a cheap, funny, but legit thought out gift bc it let us see Esteban remember George Knows Him even if he would rather die than admit it

The Merc family bond persists even if Esteban acts like he would sell them all for a corn chip now

#the este link to the Merc pack is so- he was with them for such a short amount of time #but they still all mention him #talk about him #tease him #he’s like the dramatic cousin who pretends he doesn’t know his family #but if Pieter tried to slag them off Esteban would immediatly whip round like an angry dog #like that’s his terrible family how dare you- no I don’t know them #anyway that and George’s clip is all I watched #I’m not sitting around for all that but it def confirmed that Kmag and George don’t give a solitary fuck about one another