#berserk button

[tlaquetzqui]

George Rape-Rape’s thing about “oh Tolkien could afford to spend decades working out Elvish” is fucking ironic now that it’s been 12 years since A Dance with Dragons. You could’ve just said “Tolkien was a linguist and I’m not” and nobody would hold it against you. But you had to pretend he had advantages over you, which he absolutely did not, other than talent and not being a piece of shit.

Tolkien didn’t sit around with his thumb up his ass for three US election cycles while people mailed razor blades to his editor and gave one-star reviews to other fantasy writers’ first installments just for not being the concluding installments. You did, George.

#berserk button #things that ain't so #they had to add the quasielemental plane of salt back to the inner planes just for me #anti got #anti asoiaf #anti grrm

[besttropeveershowdown]

The Best Trope Ever Showdown: Round 1, Side B

Berserk Button

No propaganda was submitted.

Caper Crew

No propaganda was submitted.

#the best trope tournament #polls #berserk button #caper crew

[pony-central]

Berserk Button List (Updated)

As TV Tropes states, a Berserk Button is described as "someone who appears normal. But, one small mistake leads said person to go into an unstoppable rage".

This list has been updated with new characters added

Sick PonyCentral

Any mention of Purity Senpai sends her into Anger Mode. She will shoot a powerful beam of red energy that will end up bursting a hole through your roof. She also gave him several concussions during her time at the PTIAFTC

Insulting her sister will end up with you possibly ending up in the hospital

Don't call her "Sickly Kayleigh". You will regret it instantly

If you say that purple is the worst colour, expect to lose a tooth

Talking to her about her dad will result in her setting your house on fire

Never talk shit about her green pizza

SpongeBob SickPants is a major Berserk Button to her

Don't insult Disney in front of her. She will kill you

Also don't make fun of her weight. She will not take it too lightly

Naughty PonyCentral

Saying that her x Nathan Files is a zoo ship will end up with you in the hospital, or dead

If you argue with Nathan, she will blow a hole in the roof of your house

Nathan's late father was a massive Berserk Button for her

Sick BF

Anything involving Senpai. Sick Boyfriend even kicked Senpai in the nuts due to the beef they have with each other

Don't compare him to the Bubbly Bikini Boatin Sick Boyfriend. He will beat the shit out of you

Being stuck in the same room as Senpai triggers Sick BF's anger levels. He also threatened to kill him at one point

Both of his parents are a Berserk Button, considering how his dad straight up abandoned him for 13 years. His mum had also sent him to a school where he was bullied frequently

Subverted with Pollyanna, who was his ex-bully

Whenever someone makes fun of DrugFriend, Sick Boyfriend will snap at them

Flappy Bird always makes Sick Boyfriend swear like crazy

Having the WiFi router disconnected will send him into a violent state

Sick Girlfriend is also one to him, and she still is at this point

Don't insult jawbreakers in front of him, considering the fact that they make his teeth bleed whenever he takes a full bite out of one

Don't steal his potato chips

DrugFriend

Don't insult his cooking

Saying that Taco Bell is the worst place to eat will cause DrugFriend to kill you, as he did so with a gang of thugs who insulted the restaurant

Among Us is one Berserk Button for DrugFriend. He once played as a Crewmate, and he had a rage-quitting moment where he smashed his computer

Anything that involves the danger of his friends

Don't steal his beanie

Freund XML

Dare to insult his hometown and you will be met with a knife to your shins

If you state that FNF is cringe as hell, he will beat the crap out of you

If you lie to him, he will shout the F word at you in a blind rage

Insulting his family is a big no no

Trying to do therapy with him while talking ABOUT his dead mum will result in him slamming his hands on the table

Don't hurt his girlfriend in any way, or make her cry. He will kill you

Nathan Files/Naughty Boyfriend

Haters

His dead dad was one to him

If you insult his girlfriend (Naughty PonyCentral), or cause her to cry, expect Nathan to kick you in the stomach until you throw up your lunch

Having a pizza delivered late to his house will make him very impatient

Georgia NoLastName was one to him prior to the events of LAFB The Sequel

PonyCentral

Cobalt Bee is a massive Berserk Button for her. PonyCentral will NOT hesitate to give CB a verbal warning to leave her the fuck alone, while holding a grudge against the bee

Don't say that the ice cream machine at McDonald's is broken. She will scream into a pillow

Don't make her mad, due to her autism

Whatever you do, DO NOT BRING UP HER CONTROVERSY. She will block you immediately

Don't give her any cardboard boxes. You will regret it

Boyfriend

If you steal his Donut Stash, then he will shout and/or swear at you

Him losing a rap battle is no big deal. But if you kiss his girlfriend, then you're on thin ice

Telling Girlfriend his secrets will result in him giving you a death glare

Cave Boyfriend/Dee Dee Warnings

If you're a transphobic person, CBF will kill you

Saying that they should be a boy instead of a transgender icon will result in you being arrested

Rufus Cole/Young Boyfriend

Insult strawberry ice cream, and you will have your legs broken

Heck, even stating that VANILLA ice cream is better will result in your fingers being bent the wrong way

Deny him a Happy Meal, and he will punch you in the face

Baxter Wow/BF Wow

Vance. Just Vance.

If you insult his singing voice, he will beat you up

Burn his fries, and you will lose your lives

Evan Barsham/YBS Boyfriend

Making him late to school will get you arrested

YourBoySponge is one for him for no reason whatsoever

Leave a funeral or a wedding, and he will swear at you

Freundin's Berserk Button is losing a rap battle

Sick Patrick

Don't call him tubby

Stating that he can't date Sick PonyCentral will result in him beating you up

Also, deny him a Krabby Patty, and you will end up going to the dentist

Insulting Sick PonyCentral results in him insulting you back

FNF Convict Boyfriend

He will devour your soul if you insult his species

Being a jerk to him will result in him enslaving mankind

Corruption Insanity Evil Boyfriend

Don't mock his species. He will kill you

Demon DrugFriend in general despite having a decent friendship with him

Sleep during a rap battle, and he sings aggressively. Interrupting him is what gets him to start swearing at you

DDTO Boyfriend

The DDLC girls in general

Call him worthless ends with his microphone up your butt

Dave Sides/D Side Sick Boyfriend

Insulting yellow causes him to lash out at you

Calling him ugly will result in him killing you or beating you up

Benedict Gumballs/Popsicle Boyfriend

Sick Boyfriend trying to eat him is a Berserk Button for him

Don't forget to give him his spare gumball eyes. You will regret it if you don't

Grayson Humerus/SpingeBill Boyfriend

Don't call him crazy. He will attack you

Don't steal his hat. You will end up dead

#fnfspongebobparodies #friday night funkin #Updated list #berserk button

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

The Inspector’s love of the derby has been lifelong.

Which is part of the reason he goes a bit berserk when someone touches the hat on his head.

#Inspector Spacetime #Berserk Button (trope) #Berserk Button #bowler hat #derby #derby hat #the Inspector (character) #lifelong love #part of the reason #he goes a bit berserk #when someone touches #the hat on his head

[superbat-love]

Superman’s Berserk Meter

When Batman is dying

When Batman may be dead

When Batman is actually dead

Superbat Master Collection

#batman is superman’s berserk button #superbat #dc #dc comics #official #superman x batman #batman x superman #superman/batman #batman/superman #superman #batman #clark kent #bruce wayne #superbatcollection

[99thpercentile]

Alice is not creepily obsessed with Sam’s love life or crossing boundaries. she keeps leaving the room when she can no longer handle the conversation! all the things she’s saying are attempts to signal “everything’s fine I’m cool,” she’s just failing spectacularly at being convincing.

being brokenhearted isn’t a crime. she’s not having feelings AT anyone jesus christ

#Alice Dyer #The Magnus Protocol #tmagp #tmagp 14 #tmagp spoilers #original #claiming that people Having Emotions is manipulative or w/e is my berserk button #sorry she’s not doing a good enough job hiding her feelings for you!! #but Sam and Celia aren’t obligated to manage her feelings and Alice Does know that. #if they feel uncomfortable that’s a them problem tbqh #Alice is giving them every opportunity to pretend she’s fine and let her get over it on her own

[silvermoon424]

I watch a lot of Hope For Paws (an animal rescue channel) videos and it always fucking infuriates me how so many people just abandon their pets on the streets. They don’t try to find another home for them, they don’t drop them off at a shelter, they just… leave them outside.

I think a lot of these people assume “it’s an animal, they’ll use their instincts to survive” when like 2 seconds of critical thinking disproves that. Even non-domesticated wild animals that were raised by humans will usually be helpless surviving on their own because they just weren’t raised to have same skills and instincts as their wild counterparts do. That’s why sanctuaries and rescue operations for exotic pets exist; these animals will die in the wild so people want to provide them a safe space.

If it’s that bad for a captive-raised tiger, why the FUCK do idiots think a domestic dog who has never had to take care of itself will be okay being let loose? Maybe we should drop their animal neglecting asses into a jungle and see how well they do. After all, humans still have survival instincts so I’m sure they’ll be able to tough it out.

#this is seriously one of my berserk buttons #there is NO excuse to abandon an animal #at the very least tie them up outside of a shelter with a bowl of water so someone will save them #absolutely no fucking reason to EVER put an animal on the streets #animals #animal rescue #rant

[hypokeimena]

"give me culturally christian vampires." wow imagine a culturally christian vampire. maybe they'd be repelled by christian holy symbols, like they wouldn't want to touch a crucifix and maybe they couldn't stand on holy ground or holy water might bother them! what a funny way of bringing christian superstition into the timeless and completely universal vampire myth that has NEVER been culturally specific before :)

#other cultures... have other blood-drinking or life-sucking monsters. the vampire is... not those things. or at least isn't anymore. #UNNECESSARILY CUNTY POST SO I'M LOCKING IT SORRY THIS IS JUST MY BERSERK BUTTON #why do i vampirepost

[smallfrenchstudyblr]

Social scientists really out there with absolutely ZERO consideration for the policies that their research might end up supporting.

"But it's science"

IT'S FIVE WONKY ECONOMETRICS TOOL FROM THE 70S IN A TRENCHCOAT TO HELP YOU CONCLUDE THAT HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE LEADS TO BETTER SUPPORT FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE ???

BUT ONLY IF SAID VIOLENCE IS "SUFFICIENTLY SALIENT" ???

Did you think down for a hot second to consider how this can interpreted? OR DID YOU WANT THAT SWEET ACCEPTANCE IN APSR SO BAD ????

#Social scientists with too much python and not enough braincells are my berserk button #I cannot believe I just read this with my own two eyes #I know publish or perish is bad and turns us all into soulless machines #BUT DUDE #You cannot just write that and put it out there ?? #tw homophobia

[maybeitsalivescribbles]

VH - Lost Soul

(tw: it’s backstory time for Vampire Hero, and it isn’t very nice. Lots and lots of torture mentions.)

Vampire Hero was in hell, although not for the reasons Villain thought.

According to his watch, he’d been trapped in this maze for hours. Amid the many gifts his vampire nature had given him, a sense of direction wasn’t among them. He’d tried to punch the walls, but that would have taken too long to burst through them. They were even thicker than the skull that had thought of such a stupid thing to build. What he could do was leaving a dent to make sure that yes, he’d been there before. He had his phone on him, but there was no wifi, so no way to use his GPS. He had very little battery left anyhow– he had emptied most of it to send his wife pictures of bats on his way, which was as far as he was concerned a very good and judicious use of it. All of that was already a bore, but to make the game even funnier, the labyrinth was full of traps.

Full of pathetic traps. The ground collapsed under his feet, rocks were falling on him, all of that accomplishing nothing – but it was annoying enough that it disrupted his concentration, preventing him to find a way out. That was not the main problem, though. There were screens everywhere, too high to reach, and Villain. Never. Stopped. Talking.

“What is good and evil ? Do you know for sure what the limit is ? Good is supposed to follow the law, but is the law always good ? Isn’t it pride to do what feels right ? You think you want to stop me, but aren’t you being selfish by doing what you want ?”

She’d kept going like that for hours now. Nails on a blackboard would have sounded nicer. Not only the words were as hollow as a dead snail, but the inflection of that pompous voice was unbearable. Vampire Hero was seriously tempted to hit his head against the wall to stop hearing anything, but that didn’t seem like it’d work in the long term.

At his limit, he stepped up, his lips pinched, and finally yelled back:

“Four words. Grow the fuck up.”

“That’s all you have to say ? You’re not much for philosophy.”

“You call that philosophy ? I hate to break it to you, but knowing that good and bad are social constructs is not some kind of genius insight. All I see is a kid yelling at me that she’s very smart. You don’t give a crap about all of this. You just want to prove to yourself how very superior you are.”

“Do you think you’re better than me ?”

“The bar is low.”

“Oh, because you’re good now ?”

Vampire Hero stopped dead in his tracks:

“Even before, I was better than you."

He raised his arms and bared his teeth, his voice loud:

"You think that you’re bad ? You’ve got nothing on me ! I lured people and made them dance with me over broken glass. I had them rot blindfolded in animal cages for days until they had to lick their own blood. I had cozy nights with them having a friendly little chat in the living room while I was drinking from a corpse, and they knew that if they broke they were next. I made them starve and eat their loved ones. And I loved it ! I loved all of it ! I loved the light dying in their eyes. I thought I was clever ! I am half the reasons you’re shaking at night !”

“Zdiiiiiiiingbonnng,” made the rock on Hero’s head. He sighed in exasperation and stopped talking, wiping gravel from his hair.

“I know about you.” said Villain. “The hero agency’s lackey. Aren’t you ashamed ? You were a great prince, once.”

“Actually, I never was really tall.”

“Go ahead, hide yourself behind this kind of childish retorts. But admit it: you’ve sunk low. You arrest people who weren’t caught like you and you bring them to the authority, like a good dog. Has it ever occurred to you how much of a failure you’ve become ?”

“No.”

“Then why did you stop ?”

“If I tell you the story, will you finally shut up ?”

“Perhaps.”

“Worth it.”

Vampire Hero jumped over a couple of spikes, groaned when he realized that his jeans had a new hole, and said:

“Once upon a time, asshole, I was living happily in my castle all alone. I was rich, I was immortal, I had everything I wanted, and what I wanted was a lot of toys.”

He glanced around him, noticed nothing that indicated he was on the right path, and sighed.

“By toys I mean humans, of course. I chose among the prettiest, kindest, bravest, and I tortured them to death. I hurt them until they didn't have anything to break. I was good at it. I experimented things that would give you and all of you so-called Supervillains nightmares for years. But, you know. Decade after decade, still doing the same thing – I was getting bored. I felt empt- aw man, a dead end again ?”

He turned on his heels, swearing. That was obviously the wrong way to solve his problem. The walls were smooth and impossible to climb, so it had to be arranged. He caught a rock and throw it against the hard surface with a little more strength than necessary.

“Well, anyway. I heard there was a great conqueror who wanted the world. I made my first travel since decades, by curiosity. I wanted to see by myself who could challenge me.”

“And you fought him and you lost ?”

“I told you to shut up. I met her, and not long after I was her lucky, lucky husband. I never had her ambition, but of course I supported her. She encouraged my own little hobby in return, so I became her special torturer. My life was even more perfect, and there was this void inside me, and I hated it, and I didn't understand it. And what happened happened. I tortured the wrong person.”

“Define wrong ?”

“It was the daughter of a vampire hunter.”

“A poor choice.”

“Yeah, tell me about it. The guy was really good at his job. He was already pissed off because of the world-conquering plan, but after I did that, well, he cursed my wife and I – oh, enough with this.”

Punctured by rock impacts, the wall in front of him wasn’t so smooth anymore. Vampire Hero took a run-up, jumped and landed on the top of it. He had a nice view on the labyrinth now. For the first time, he took the right direction.

“ That’s cheating,” complained Villain.

“I don’t care.”

“What then ?”

“What then ? I had a bad century. The hunter couldn't kill me, so he drank my blood to prolong his own life and tortured me. He got good at it, too. I felt what I’d made the others feel, but only at first – after ninety years it was back to nothing. I was 300 years old and reality was fading. I was a leech. I hadn’t made a thing for myself.”

“You mean you went soft because of a little torturing?”

“No. I got old. When you have a couple of centuries, this torture-people-to-death shit doesn’t have the same kind of kick anymore. You try to get creative, but it doesn’t help. You feel nothing. So there’s nothing else you can do but stop. And speaking of stopping, it’s your turn.”

Vampire Hero was now at the center of the labyrinth. He jumped to a silver door, decided he was too done with the whole thing to use the knob, and broke it open.

Villain turned towards him, a small smile on her face, and opened her arms in a welcome gesture:

“Behold, vampire ! This room have been made of silver walls and floor. You won’t be able to enter without squirming in agony and -

Vampire Hero stepped in. Villain braced herself for his cries of pain, but there was none. He still looked bored out of his mind. There was a long silence.

“That’s – that’s not possible.”

Hero laughed. A slow, sinister laugh that made Villain’s eyes open wide.

“What are you ?” she whispered. “You can’t be a vampire. You should be crawling on the ground.”

“Don’t you listen ? I told you I’ve been tortured for decades. You know what an immortal body does when it regenerates back for the hundredth time ?"

He pointed to himself. There was a subtle change in his appearance. He still looked like his unimpressed self, but his usual lightness was replaced by something much darker. It was his eyes. Staring into them was like gazing into some horrible, nameless abyss. There was nothing human about them. They could only belong to some ghastly creature who'd lived centuries, not particularly nice ones.

Vampire Hero chuckled, and Villain shuddered.

"It gets tougher," he only said. "I’ve lost touch and taste. I feel nothing. Nor warmth or cold, and certainly not pain. My body is cut from the outside world. There's not much that feels real to me. You know what it is?”

He walked towards Villain, who took a step back and said:

“I hope you realize you’re monologuing yourself.”

“Habits die hard. I want to go back tonight and kiss my wife on the top of her head, just in the middle. It’s our habit. That’s all that matters. If I have to be on this side to support her, so be it. I don’t care about evil or good, and it won’t prevent me to eat your vocal chords if you’re off again. So, are you going to keep talking or finally shut the hell up ?”

“You know what, I think I’m good.”

*

Vampire Hero is a recurring character. His job is to troll current villains. Check the Vampire Hero Masterlist or Tag for more snippets with him.

Or back to Hero x Villain Masterlist.

#hero x villain #hero villain community #writeblr #writers on tumblr #original fiction #my writing #writing snippet #writing drabble #writing dialogue #villain and hero #creative writing #vampire #vampire hero #hero and villain #heroes and villains #fucking finally #this snippet took way too much time and effort let me tell you #I’m sorry villains saying they’re very clever because they know *morality is relative* is a berserk button #no fucking shit genius #it gives me euros holmes flashbacks #“good and evil are not real things I found this all by myself look at me that makes me so fucking clever I’m basically an X-man” #gaaaah #Moffat’s characters were never dumber than when he wanted to show off How Clever they were #anyway. #I’m calm. I’m cool. I’m calm.

[tanadrin]

wikipedia for some reason collects a bunch of David Bentley Hart's replies to reviewers critical of All Shall Be Saved, and some of them are pretty great: "he is, when reading a complex text that has not been carefully explained to him several times in advance, damned near a functional illiterate."

#universalism is a berserk button for a certain kind of person #and it's really funny #because people seem to be less emotionally invested in like #the trinity #or the eucharist #or even the resurrection itself #than they are in the idea some people are going to burn in hell forever

[tlaquetzqui]

Google Docs: Hey you should put quotation marks around this proper noun in your story.

Me: Hey we should put quotation marks around “human” in the phrase “human rights”, during my trial at the Hague for what I do to your programmers.

#artificial stupidity #berserk button

[pepperpixel]

“Pepper, have you ever even read the comic that the powerpunk girls are from?”

No, I have not. But I did obsessively watch this one powerpunk girls amv on YouTube as a child. And they’ve been permanently in the back of my mind since then. So.., you know, I don’t think I rlly need to read the comic! GhGH- I think my heart and soul knows the powerpunk girls well enough.. at this point!

But anyway, yeah. Have some berserk art ghghg (also w 1 blossom)

#powerpuff girls #the powerpuff girls #ppg #powerpunk girls #ppg berserk #ppg blossom #doodles #I drew her a lil more crazed her then I rlly wanted to.. she’s def more the cunning conniving one. #the manipulator. the ‘gaslight gatekeep girlboss’. if u will. #she def can get all excitable sometimes tho! #snd. I think she’d absolutely love teasing blossom and pressing at all her buttons. #getting her all riled up is fun! #but! w most ppl she’d be more cool and collected. I think.. #but!!! yeah!!!! she was v fun to draw! I rlly liked drawing the ribbon in her hair! #it required me to think… it was kinda difficult. but still fun! it makes fun shapes. #but yeah. it’s the annual ‘pepper having in-depth thoughts about her ppg as high schoolers au’ time #it’s always there. in the back of my mind. since I was like fucking 9 years old #it will be there till I die I guess ghghgh.

[pony-central]

Berserk Button For Each Character in my Comics Part 2

Purity Sick Boyfriend

Purity Monika in general.

Don't tell him that he can't be friends with a demon

If you hurt Demon DrugFriend, Purity Sick Boyfriend will break your legs

Any mention of Purity Senpai will cause him to cause chaos

Demon DrugFriend

Haters cause him to go Full Kill Mode

Anyone who brings water into Hell City causes him to lash out

If you hurt Purity Sick Boyfriend's feelings, Demon DrugFriend will destroy you

Steven Graphite

Steal his pencils and you're dead

Erasing his house will cause him to attack you with his stationary collection

Dee Dee Warnings/Cave Boyfriend

Step one foot into her home and you will be killed instantly

If you say that Cave Boyfriend is only meant to have He/Him pronouns, then Cave BF will put you in a headlock

Deny her love and she will break your heart. Literally

Call her a freak. I dare you. Don't come crawling back to me once you end up with her shoe in your butt

BoFren/Cas Van de Pol BF

Don't call him short. He will kick you in the nuts or Between Me Down There

Calling him high pitched will give him the time to punch the crap out of you

Don't compare him to an action figure. He will bite your hand

Bentley Scartho/Scarey Boyfriend

Calling him lanky will cause him to flip out

Don't call him shrimp either. Same reaction as Cave BF if you do

Jaxon Biomes/Anime BF

Don't hurt Squidward. If you do, Jaxon will punch you in the face... Repeatedly

Jeremiah/Bro Friend/SpongeQuan BF

Don't say that white lightbulbs are more superior than the black ones. He will give you a black eye

Being called a black sheep causes him to smash the music set with his microphone

Characters for Part 3?

#fnfspongebobparodies #friday night funkin #Berserk Button #Lists

[inspectorspacetimerevisited]

If there ever comes a day when the Inspector doesn’t enjoy a good cuppa,

the programme will basically be done for.

#Inspector Spacetime #Spot of Tea (trope) #Spot of Tea #Brits Love Tea (trope) #Brits Love Tea #Trademark Favourite Food (trope) #Trademark Favourite Food #tea #milky tea #a good cuppa #if there ever comes a day when #the Inspector (character) #doesn't enjoy a good cuppa #the programme #will basically be done for #it will be the end of the world #don't spill the tea #Berserk Button (trope) #Berserk Button

[icouldhyperfixatehim]

"nobody deserves physical harm" "i'd never resort to that" "violence isn't the answer" these pearls of wisdom brought to you by the man who hit his kid nary a few eps ago for being lippy

#also when dr ten does violence it's sexy so jot that down #cooking crush #shit dads press my berserk button lmao #liomsa