#he was just a kid

[sapphicmuppet]

feeling very very emotional over Buddy dawn rn. A kid who despite not liking Kristen or the Bad Kids, still volunteered to revive them during the last stand. A kid with complete trust in his religion and peers, who died alone by being slashed in the throat before he could realize what was happening, by someone he trusted. People he trusted hiding behind lies and hurting people and killing him in the process (Bobby, kipperlilly). “Helio wouldn’t have let that happen”. Kristen who died on the first day of school, with no intervening miracle. Buddy who was completely devoted to his god and was brutally murdered by his friend, no time left for saving throws. Buddy who is a complete reflection of who Kristen was and who she would continue being if she never questioned her religion. Helio who didn’t intervene when she died, and was only spared because of people she met hours ago, Buddy dying without any miracle or saving throw, by someone he had been led to trust for months. someone hold me actually.

#never has there been a faster switch up #me to buddy dawn now and me to him an episode ago #he was just a brainwashed kid #he was just a kid #eouewwwghh #buddy dawn #the ratgrinders #d20 fhjy #fantasy high #fantasy high junior year spoilers #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #the last stand #kristen applebees

[doberwollf]

Procrastinated last night and drew some more edgy art of Travis :)

#travis phelps #sally face #sally face fanart #sally face fandom #travis phelps fanart #sally face travis #salvis #sal x travis #religious trauma #tw religious themes #tw abuse #he was just a kid #kenneth phelps #fanart #my art

[toastybugguy]

“Liam, it’s okay.”

“They can’t see me like this… like…”

“Like a monster?”

For @scottappreciation ’s Scott McCall Week 2023 — Day Two: Quote

#YEAH. yeah #you ever think an unhealthy amount about all the times scott tells liam the things he wished he’d heard? cus i do. #godgodgod. thinking about s1 scott after having seen s4 makes one SO emotional #HE WAS JUST A KID #JUST A BOY #afraid of himself….. ohhhh snif… euueheheuheu…. #teen wolf #scott mccall #scottmccallweek23 #liam dunbar #teen wolf fanart #fanart #toastytag

[bisexualchaosdemon]

Hold the fuck–

(The Sunshine Court, ch.2)

Most of them graduated already? That would imply that the four unnamed Ravens were like, what, 20-23? When Jean was 16?

#the more i think about it the worse it gets #he was just a kid #jean my poor baby #i am unwell #tsc spoilers #jean moreau #the sunshine court #tsc

[skeleton-mischief]

Nightmare Sans

Oh sinful child, wash off your bones but never forget that blood is thicker than water. Nightmare, was it all really worth it?

Headcanons below. Warning though, I changed some stuff up for the og story to fit how I like it teehee

- Official height changes, but he can be from 5'7 to 6'6(Jesus 💀)

- He/They

- Nihilist, he despises Fate and the Creators

- The embodiment and King of Negativity/A God if you will

- His castle was created when he was corrupted, and later on decided to make it himself

- Naturally cold to the touch, he's not easily affected by temperature

- Has synesthesia, he can see and smell others emotions/aura

- He likes sea animals, they're odd and yet so pretty and mysterious

- Has khopesh blades for weapons because they're twin blades

- He dreams of other versions of him, but he can never find them and often he is haunted by them

- An angry crier, hyperventilates and gets frustrated. Tries to be quiet, but sometimes ends up being loud anyways

- Pessimistic, cynical, observant, responsible, sarcastic, serious, assertive, untrusting, cunning, ruthless, manipulative, reserved, blunt, bitter, intelligent, patient, authoritative, cocky, and stubborn

- He is outright nasty to others, the type to jab at others when possible

- He grows more exhausted overtime once his resentment and bitter anger starts to fade over time

- he is more emotionally driven when his brother is involved in fights that he gets involved in, while more logical otherwise since Dream is the only one to get him like that

- He knows he's fucked up and deep down wants to repent for the wrongs that he has done towards the multiverse. And yet, he has his duties to fulfill

- He fears being vulnerable and doesn't get close to others as a result

- He makes deals and can "play" with his victims when he chooses to. Alliances are all well and good as well, but he is only loyal for as long as the contracts are fulfilled and as long as the other is loyal

- Time thaws his heart, in truth he can feel just as much as a child as Dream at times

- They have a giant library that they read

- Has wonderful manners and speaks very formally. Due to their origins, they also happen to have an accent of some sorts

- His goo tends to always return to him so one ability of his is flicking goo before it can harden and sharpen like spikes at a location

- He can be hit with anything and not get affected unless it's a weapon from his brother

- Strong positivity makes him nauseous, lightheaded, and weak

- Can sense other people's emotions but has the most influence on negativity

- Can analyze others extremely well, reading their body language and analyzing their words

- Hobbies of theirs include reading and writing, or even playing piano since he has a fondness for it

- His magic smells of something akin to earthy scents and moisture, like oak with wet dirt that carries a faint sweetness of decay. His magic tastes something akin to apple

- He's intolerant to children being injured, bullied, or abused. It reminds him of his childhood and thus he is protective of them

- Despite scaring most children, he refuses to harm them and is quite patient and kind to them

- He misses his brother, he does. He tells Dream things he doesn't mean in moments of anger or to get at him, but he doesn't mean pretty much most of it. He doesn't actually blame Dream, at least since he's matured over time

- He never got closure when Dream turned to stone, so those wounds opened up easily when he found out that he was alive. He tried to bury his past but his brother, whose bone is of a porcelain memory to his origins, haunt him

- He can't stand the color yellow, it reminds him of Dream. But, he has secret items that are of a yellow color

- He is fond of flower language and his favorite flower is the purple hyacinth. Fun fact: hyacinth blossoms under full sunlight, and they have wonderful symbolism. Dahlias, orchids, and hydrangea are those he is fond of as well

- He treasures the few things he's gifted, but rarely does he receive anything

- He gets slightly uncomfortable around stone, even if he knows that no one is inside. It just makes him secretly nervous

- Loves animals, but he won't touch them due to his goop and negativity

- His teeth can form into sharp fangs and he has clawed hands, his bone sharpened over time

- He avoids water because if he's fully submerged you can see the inner body that negativity possesses. Aka his original one

- He usually is covered in goop but rarely does it remove around him as a sort of venom situation. In fact, the two are separate entities in some ways, working as one

- Funnily enough he's a perfectionist who likes his things organized, especially when it comes to plans

- Does not use or understand slang

- He is a wonderful strategist, he even plays chess and can use the pieces as a visual understanding of it

- Hates sleep and avoids it until it's impossible to do so

- Can go into other people's dreams and cause intense nightmares, but he cannot do the same for his own and he is forgotten the moment the individual awakes

- He actually cares deeply for a lot of things, but he refuses to acknowledge this under most circumstances. If he vocalizes it, he threatens others to not do anything towards it

- He doesn't hate Error or even Ink, but he finds both to be a pain in the ass. Ink is one of the few he can't wrap his head around and he is one of the few who suspects Ink, especially because his emotions and aura seem....odd

- A more quiet and reserved being, he doesn't talk much unless he has to address someone or when he chooses to respond

- He's hard to read due to his air of apathy, he has learned how to avoid others detecting how he feels

- Even after eons, he won't let anyone else harm Dream

- The stronger the negativity, the larger he grows

- His original name is Night, him and Nightmare are separate but very much intertwined

- His original job was to protect those from negativity and also balance emotions in hard times to guide others, allowing sadness to occur

- Used to Call Dream Sunny as his nickname, and he refuses to let anyone call him Nighty since only Dream called him that

- People like to think of Night being manipulated by negativity but also it's important to note that what if that negative entity actually did feel that pain Nighty went through and was a source of comfort for him when Mother Tree wasn't? Yes, it eventually hurt him by convincing him to eat the apples to be corrupt, but if it's a parasite in my interpretation? I'd want to be maybe like- a situation where the corruption was also genuinely caring of Nighty while simultaneously being the reason Nighty indulged in his anger and hurt

- Multilingual, he knows every language fluently

- He had time to learn how to read and write, he forgot that Dream didn't the first time he saw a tree inside an AU carved by Dream with horrible writing underneath. That realization sort of made his "soul" crumble at the thought

- He has severe thanantophobia, he actually is deeply afraid of dying despite his circumstances. It's something he stresses out about and when Dream became more dangerous, he grew more nervous

- He's actually insecure about his aura at times, especially near those he doesn't wish to harm. He worries if they don't want to be around him because of it, which just worsens his aura

- He thought Dream died long ago, as he was disoriented and was too busy grieving. He didn't actually want Dream to die, and I actually hc that he threw the cloak over Dream to protect him as an apple happened to fall underneath with Dream. He was ashamed when Dream saw him again, and saw who he became. Still, he didn't want to change his ways because of the resentment he still held at the time

- He used to visit Dream and would cry next to his statue before he went off to feed off negative timelines. Even then, he would visit on their birthday

- He destroys mirrors and refuses to look at himself. He doesn't want to remember what he used to look like or who he's now become

- He has a secret painting that he was able to create deep inside his castle, one of Dream. He has destroyed previous ones due to finding them imperfect, a disgusting reminder, etc. this one though, this one he keeps

- His favorite fruit is pomegranate, he can perfectly deseed it and it's his favorite snack other than apple pie

- He used to be great with animals, barely do any of them approach him however

- He likes forests, the scent and even the sensation. He just wishes that he could feel Mother Tree again

- He enjoys herbal tea, actually much more than coffee and his favorite is lavender tea

- He avoids anything related to apples or fire, it reminds him of his past and in fact he grows nervous about it

- Doesn't realize that his tentacles react to his emotions, going so far as to flick with irritation at times

- His tentacles often just appear at will or with extreme emotion, but when they do appear to be actually quite painful since they tore through his back bones. Nowadays, he's numb to it and the bones have attempted to grow back due to magic healing he's attempted to find

- His tentacles actually can act like tree branches or at least resemble them. Firm, shaped similar, etc

- Genderless but prefers masc pronouns

- He actually never lies, but twisting the truth so hard involves enough intellect and leaves him to be a dangerous figure

- on the aroace spectrum

- Gets really goopy when sleeping, to the point he looks boneless

- Out of respect and guilt after coming back to his senses after the incident, he used parts of Mother Tree as custom furniture inside his castle so that she doesn't go to waste at all.

- He actually could hear her screaming when he was corrupted, and that sound haunts him

- He forgot what a hug feels like, the only time he was ever hugged in his life was with Dream. Time caused him to forget

- I feel that his form, present, isn't his true form but he keeps it up because it not only was the turning point in his life, but what protected him. It's why I think it works as something else when it detached itself. The goop at this point is a different part of who he is, and only when he is alone does it detach to speak

- Even if he causes nightmares and enters inside other monsters minds, he actually just has dreams. He dreams of what would've happened if they were happy, being raised by the mother tree, if he and his brother grew up without being guardians. It haunts him, makes him question if he was actually just justified in what he did. Was his actions worth it?

- He hates losing control of situations, absolutely throws a fit

- Struggles getting drunk, so he only drinks wine and magical drinks. Smoking doesn't please him, goop covers it anyways

- He doesn't discriminate, fools. Useless hatred feeds him, sure, but that doesn't mean he agrees and even will react violently towards blatant hate crimes

Closing Notes: no one talk to me, no one look at me. I don't exist, these two are the reasons I need therapy

#headcanon #undertale au #alternate universe #nightmare sans #nighty #utmv sans #utmv au #utmv #dreamtale #he deserves better #i want to cry #i want to hold him #tell him that hes going to be okay #he was just a kid #hes so traumatized #ourgh

[meenawrites]

Neteyam and Spider

Guys it's SO important to me that Neteyam cared about Spider. 

In my own personal mind, at first, Neteyam went to meet Spider because both Kiri and Lo'ak were obsessed with the human boy at the lab. He knew his mom disliked the kid though so he mainly went to keep an eye on him and make sure he didn't hurt his siblings. But it becomes clear pretty quickly that the kid is harmless. He's just quick and curious and frankly kind of entertaining. 

I think Neteyam would remain semi-wary because for him, especially at a young age, his parents can do no wrong so he has a hard time reconciling what's he's seeing and how his mom feels about the kid. 

In my mind I think the final straw for him, kind of the deciding factor on his personal view of Spider would be an incident that I'm going to write in my Spider Chronicles, but it involves Spider saving Tuk when she was a baby during that dangerous moment when everyone's backs are turned for a split second. Spider gets injured in the process and that's when he realizes two things: Spider's human body makes him way more fragile than he thought and that his parents are not gods, they're flawed. I think that realization comes early to all the kids except Tuk because of Neytiri especially's treatment of Spider (like earlier than other kids have the realization that like my parents are people not perfect). 

And I think he takes it upon himself to try to make up for some of the pain his parents have caused the boy, so he helps him carve his first bow or maybe gives him his old one. I can see him replicating the fishing experience he had with Jake but in private with Spider instead or looking after him more closely after the incident. 

I think Neteyam actually has a tight ball of protectiveness reserved for Spider but he's careful about when and where he shows it because he doesn't want Neytiri to hate Spider more if he overtly shows how much he cares about the boy. The other kids already do and he can see how much it irks his mom so in front of her and Jake he takes a bit more of a neutral stance to kind of keep the peace, which his parents don't pick up on right? Just more of him having this burden of being the eldest and feeling like he kind of has to take care of everyone's feelings. 

I don't think Neteyam and Spider aren't close, I think their dynamic just has more layers to it than Spider's relationship with the other siblings do. Lo'ak and Spider are equals to each other, partners in crime, both always down for an adventure. Kiri is his best friend and has always seen him as himself, not human, not like he doesn't belong, just him. Tuk views him no differently either and is kind of blind or at least kept in the dark for the most part about the issues surrounding Spider. But Neteyam is painfully aware of how human Spider is, not in a way of we're fundamentally different, but in the way of he's different, he's treated differently, he's smaller than us, not as fast, and the mere air could kill him. He's just painfully aware of how much of a risk being human in this environment puts Spider in so he always has an eye out for him. 

I think Spider would have a bit of a love hate relationship with how Neteyam views/treats him because of that. Like Spider has worked so hard to make up for his disadvantages in the environment and to keep up with them, and he hates Neteyam reminding him how different they are even if he is looking out for him. The other part of him loves that Neteyam cares and craves his attention. I think there's also the dissonance of Spider being older than Neteyam but Neteyam treating him like the younger one of the two. Part of Spider hates it because he's learned he's not allowed to be weak or vulnerable because there's been no one to take care of him or put his well being first, so it feels weird that someone younger than him is. But the part that craves care and attention also loves it. I imagine their relationship being very laden with that kind of dichotomy of Spider's fear of being vulnerable and his need to be cared for. 

I think the only reason we don't see Neteyam and Spider be as close in the movie as he is with Kiri and Lo'ak for example is precisely for the reasons I listed above, just that the connotation of their relationship is different. 

As he grows up, Neteyam finds himself having to keep a weird balance between being the responsible child, trying to give Spider as much attention as possible but not letting Neytiri really see that, and his duties as a taronyu and son of the Olo'eyktan. 

It's overwhelming frankly, but Neteyam's disposition makes him keep quiet. I think he actually is able to relax on the rare occasions he gets some snippets of alone time with Spider because they actually spend time quietly together. Like Spider can be hyper and a handful but he's also able to tone it down and just exist for a while, and he knows Neteyam kind of needs that. So sometimes they just spend like 20 minutes laying on the forest floor next to each other during Neteyam's free time or kind of talk quietly about random things, maybe some human books Spider read recently. I imagine Neteyam would be quite into human literature so he gets it secondhand from Spider cause he doesn't have time to indulge in it himself. 

When his parents leave Spider behind to the RDA, it kills him. He'd still had faith in his parents enough that they wouldn't at least, and no matter how he tried to rationalize it in the months following, it still felt wrong to him. 

Then the RDA have found them and attack, and Lo'ak is like we can't leave Spider. I don't think Neteyam follows simply because it's Lo'ak asking because we know he does have some authority as the eldest and could have been more insistent about not going back. I think he realized that if they went back to their parents right then and asked them to help get Spider back, they wouldn't consider him a priority AGAIN, so Lo'ak and Neteyam going back for him now are really the only chance he has of escaping the RDA's clutches. So of course he turns back with Lo'ak. He already felt like he'd failed Spider a first time, he wouldn't let it happen again, not to someone he considered his responsibility and he cared for so much. 

So yeah... they make me sad and I need more of them just talking or bonding like please.

#spider socorro #spider soccoro #spider soccorro #Neteyam #Neteyam deserves the world #Neteyam best big bro #He was just a kid #Avatar 2 #Avatar the way of water #Neytiri #Jake Sully #Kiri #Kiri x Spider #Lo'ak #Tuk #Tuktirey

[vroom-vrooms]

When my card declines at therapy so they show me little max (I can’t save him)

#max verstappen #I just read that ‘I needed it. I needed the discipline’ #he was a kid #he was just a kid #he was a fucking kid #I can’t save him #formula 1 #f1 #formula one #idk if this has been done before #sorry if this has been done before lol

[bubbleboybev]

does Gerard still believe he deserved it? did he lie awake at night on his lilypad wondering why his parents didn't find him? did he think they didn't want him anymore? did he spend 10 years blaming himself? he told Ylfa she didn't deserve what happened to her. she didn't do anything wrong. gerard didn't either. he was just a kid. is that guilty and terrified kid still inside him? is he still that kid deep inside who believes he's bad? if course he didn't want to go out and fight. the world outside the castle walls was hell to him. when he started to turn into a frog again did it all come back to him? does being separated from Elody give him flashbacks to the parents who didn't look for him? he was just a kid. he was only 10.

"I was admittedly a little bit of a prick when I was younger."

"How old were you?"

"Like 10?"

"I don't think you can be a prick when you're 10. I think youre just 10."

"I was a Prick though... I was -yeah.."

"I would just run around...I was yelling and stuff. I'd be like 'look at me, mom and dad! look at me!'... and they havent looked for me that hard."

#MY HEART #HE WAS JUST A KID #prince gerard of greenleigh #neverafter spoilers #neverafter #dimension 20 #brian murphy #brennan lee mulligan

[starstuc]

me next week defending little touya, from people who think that endeavor did nothing wrong with him and think that touya was dramatic and that it was his fault all along

look at him 🥲

#i will defend him with my life #he’s everything to me #he’s so cute #he was just a kid #that wanted his dads approval #todoroki touya #endeavor #mha #bnha #dabi #todoroki enji

[3hobbitsinatrenchcoat]

My brain: hey you know how the Pines family is canonically Jewish?

Me: yes... Why?

My brain: :3 Hey don't think about Stan's first Chanukah away from home. Don't think about him spending a few dollars he can't spare on birthday candles stuck into a stick he whittled out because he can't afford a real menorah. Don't think about him alone in a shitty motel missing his mom. Actually do think about it. All day.

#gravity falls #he was just a kid #stanley pines

[z0nefive]

i know it's all i talk about but i feel genuinely devastated when five finds everyone dead like that scene makes me feels so many feelings

#the umbrella academy #umbrella academy #tua #tua netflix #five hargreeves #number five #hargreeves siblings #HE WAS JUST A KID #i cannot. #i can't even listen to that song without wanting to curl up and cry

[idk-bruh-20]

Anyone happen to know who made this originally so I can credit them?

#my internet searching has led me only to pinterest 😔 #fanart #it's so beautiful though you knoww? #look at how little! #and how the baby peter is looking up at older Real Superhero peter with so much admiration and awe #! #and idk older peter's entire body language just seems so... kind? forgiving? #like he's looking at his younger self and realizing: wow that really was a child I was a child back then #forgiving himself for things he maybe used to blame himself for #he was just a kid #peter parker #spider-man #spider man #iron dad and spider son #irondad and spiderson

[toast-of-eden]

Kim Namwoon: I feel like you and I are on the same wavelength.

Kim Dokja: Yeah, honestly we are.

Kim Namwoon: Cool then imma do that thing we agree on, brb.

Kim Dokja [turns to camera]: Yeah I’m gonna kill that guy.

#literally why is KDJ an actual sociopath #he was JUST A KID #like this was the opening sequence #kim namwoon #kim dokja #omniscent reader #orv #post by toast #fic

[insufferablemod]

time 2 be mentally ill about ds again! :)

#im not ok.................................. #he was just a kid #rambles

[sillyygooz]

I am literally in mourning over finishing the scythe series I still need to read cleanings though but like. Citra and Rowan content. AO3 here I come. 😞

#arc of a scythe #im so sad right now #that boy waited 117 years for her #like yeah he was a murderer #but i dont care #he was just a kid #and got thrown into that kind of life #citra and rowan for life #the ending to the toll was so sad #but in a good way

[firehandlerfred]

"Look mom, I'm here. Very top of Arasaka Tower" what if I just screamed. Just fucking lost my shit.

#This is gonna be my obsession for the next two weeks #IT WAS SO GOOD #SO BAD FOR MY HEART BUT SO GOOD #He was just a kid #didn't even had dreams just had a higher tolerance than others #and sometimes that's enough #but it wasn't #not for him #he wanted to make HER dream come true #take her to the moon #I'm going to spontaneously combust #i am not ok #cyberpunk edgerunners