#that place is fucking Scary

[ohbo-ohno]

dog hybrid johnny who gets “rescued” from a dog fighting ring by ghost but instead of getting him like therapy or smth ghost just keeps him as his own personal guard dog and treats him basically the same :/

#ghoap #bo writes #posted this on Twitter with shaking hands while sobbing btw #that place is fucking Scary #just deleted it from Twitter actually #can’t handle it so sorry 💞💞

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

some Lights Out au scribbles. thinking about Sally... thinking about her A Lot... shhhh she's sleeping<3

#okay so i said that i wasnt gonna flesh out this au. im a fucking liar #i made. i made a doc. ive been trying to pin down what i want this au to be #my brains not cooperating! #its like 'heres a general vibe and some vague images' #thank you!!! thats absolutely useless!!! tell me what its about!!! #im starting to get an idea tho. its in the brain rotisserie. braintisserie. rotibrainerie #i think i need to go sleep #scribble salad #welcome home au #wh lights out au #welcome home #IM HAVING FUN WITH IT THO #leaning into the horror #wally is not having a good time!!! no one is!!! #the dark is a scary place full of scary things #but at least they cant see you if you hide

[xhanisai]

Adrien/Chat Noir would absolutely have an existential crisis when he first went into space with his partner.

Like wow.

It's so vast. So dark. So empty. So silent.

It just makes Earth, them, and everything they fight for so fleeting and so meaningless in comparison.

What is the point when they'll get blown up by the Sun in a few billion years anyways?

#miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug and chat noir #astronomykari is back #i love space but holy shit every once in a while I need to humble myself and remember how fucking scary that place is

[unluckyprime]

welcome to adulthood or whatever . the sun is an asshole

#normals acc has 4 likes and I am so correct abt this #anyway I’ll post just the pic and closeups in a sec #dndads #dungeons and daddies #lincoln li wilson #normal oak #scary marlowe #taylor swift dndads #i fucked up and linc looks short i promise it is just supposed to be bc he is closer to the camera 😭😭😭😭 #digital art #illustration #mae hales #the other comment is hermie being like ?? im on my way #or some shit #we never really found out how that happened like did she just corner hermie and Go YOU HAVE TO ENTER ANOTHER REALM . SORRY #I’d buy it thats basically what she did to the teens in the first place

[scootarooni]

Happy pride!!!!!!!🏳️‍⚧️

#the world is a very scary place for trans folks rn but we are not alone #we can face this together and come out on the other side together too #you are loved you are cherished you matter and if you dont believe that now i hope there is a very near future where you do #in the face of extermination say fuck you #vocaloid #sf a2 miki #sfa2 miki #utatane piko #piko utatane #pride #pride 2023 #pride month #trans pride #transgender pride

[paper-starz]

TOMORROW TOMORROW I LOVE YOU TOMORROW YOURE ALWAYS A DAY AWAYYYYYYYYY

GUYS GUYS ITS COMING OUT TOMORROW

ITS ONLY A DAY AWAY

TOMORROW

THE WEBSITE WILL UPDATE

TOMORROW

Can you believe it guys?

The update! TOMORROW

The update’s coming tomorrow!!

WOOHOO

I AM SO HAPPY WITH THIS INFORMATION

The updates coming tomorrow, oh wow

Can you believe it? The update??? Tomorrow??

It got here so fast

The update!! TOMOR—

#welcome home #UGH IMMA BE SOOOO BUSY #whoever figures out the reference gets a nice hug from me #yes #i am going fucking insane #I’m so excited it’s scary #stimming allll over the place #THE UPDATE #ITS COMING TOMORROW #speaking OF tomorrow #there’s gonna be lots of #changes #especially with urs truly #imma be changing as well! #I’m still gonna be the same old paperbag #kinda #you’ll find out tomorrow

[skywardmika]

fable is so funny because the game will be one of the most charming, silly little games ever and then at certain points you're suddenly experiencing the horrors

#mika.txt #fable #fable 2 #fable 3 #got to the part in 3 where u first get to aurora #and the whole dark temple is genuinely freaky #this could also apply to wraithmarsh in 2 #was TERRIFIED of that place when i was a kid #actually i still am #fuck wraithmarsh its scary

[who-is-page]

Life is hard! Consider buying my stuff!

My life isn't quite falling apart, but things have gotten really tricky lately. One housemate (and their super destructive, permanent houseguest) is refusing to pay their share of rent or utilities for the next three months, and another is refusing to pay their full share of rent for that same amount of time and is making us cover around $75 every month, and I'm having to double-up my hours at work while still being a full-time student (and also one of my professors, who we're 99% sure is using ChatGPT to generate her citations because none of them exist and we pointed this out, hates my guts and has been grading me really harshly and forcing me to go full-sail on every assignment to ridiculous degrees in order to pass this required class).

My spouse is working on getting full-time at their job, but it looks like they won't be able to until December, and we also have no idea how much rent is going to increase this year-- my guess is it's going to go up another $500, same as last year, to a total of $3,000, so things are gonna get really fucking bumpy until around January, probably.

So basically, if you like the work I've done, consider throwing me a tip on Ko-Fi or buying my stuff on Itch.io:

(Also I promise we have more stuff lined up that we want to polish and publish, life has just been super-duper fucking busy! There is so much more going on right now than what I've mentioned here, especially in terms of surprise medical bills and other horrible surprises. And we haven't forgotten about Inky Paws issue 2, either, which we're still hoping to have done by December and which will STILL always be entirely 100% free to download, no matter what our living or money situation looks like. That will never ever change, so please don't worry!)

#personal #yells #one of the surprise medical bills was MY TOOTH FUCKIN BROKE #I need to get a whole ass crown!!! wtf I'm anti-monarchy this should be illegal to happen to me #there are other surprise medical bills too but that's the one I'm most like are you FUCKIN srs rn #I love dentists and I think they're the coolest so it's like not scary or anything it's just. it's SO EXPENSIVE. #All the other bills should be at around $600 or below but this definitely won't even with insurance and I'm like whyyyyyyy #I should have gotten the crown like a week or two ago but I literally just cannot afford it rn so I'm trying to just be careful #with the patch the dentist put on it a month or so ago.... #sorry I'm just using the tags to SCREAM at this point like oh my god guys #you would not believe some of the bullshit that is going on rn #My housemate's permanent guest? it's their partner with assault charges #Who kidnapped a cat #Burned their last place of residency down #Bite and shanked their mother at 5am while she was asleep in her bedroom #And got my housemate arrested on false charges last year for funsies #And jumped off my roof #And brings stray animals in the house #And makes the hugest messes in the kitchen and living room without cleaning them up #(And I think she's a local drug dealer but that's more just a DO IT IN YOUR OWN FUCKING HOUSE AND NOT MINE thing) #So the whooooole polycule is on high alert that this person is gonna go off the rails and hurt people/pets at any time #I'm so unbelievably stressed out and worried about my cat especially #And like. I have PTSD dudes! This is so unimaginably fucking awful for my mental health! #If it weren't for my support system I would be in PIECES right now. I am so lucky to have partners and friends who care. #Also if some of that list sounds Weirdly Familiar to you it's because I wrote a fictional AITA post for NaNoWriMo '21 based on some of it #Yeah THAT is how long this stuff has been going on and what I've listed here is only Tip Of The Iceberg #Those two people will be gone by the end of November but oh my god I'm so stressed about retaliation and shit #The housemate in question tried to deflect by being like-- oh well she was just off her antipsychotics! #Like dude I don't know how to break this to you but. 1) that's a reason but not a justification for her behavior #2) She's an awful and horrible person both on and off her meds so obviously it is not the sole fault of her psychosis

[gaypleasantview]

Student of the year, a great friend, the perfect son. Dirk has made every effort to do well in all areas of his life. Question is, is it enough to make him resist temptation once he finds out something no one was supposed to ever know? And will he be able to stay out of trouble with an unwanted companion by his side?

#CANT BELIEVE IM POSTING THIS #everyone next to each other up down right and left are directly connected btw #okay so ive been creating this story since 2008 and it has an extremely important place in my heart #so posting this is literally. what #AND SCARY AS FUCK #idk when im gonna release it im actually terrified to do that but by posting this im pushing myself into revealing it to the world #so yeah #wheewwwww #project: cr #ts2 premades

[sillysealfan]

so dash tag came back this month

#everyone in sparky's wiki comments are making fun of him for liking fidget spinners FUCK all of you he's safe with me #i get to use animal jam tags because it takes place in same universe probably im into the lore i KNOW THINGS shut it #ive never done any “rendered” art before it was scary but his head lightening bolt was AWFUL since i headcanon him as a #patterdale terrier x pug #i guess this also counts as a slight redesign because the original needed a little work i think #can anyone tell i wanted the style to be like littlest pet shop esque #special interest for almost 9 years she is in every breathe i take #animal jam #animal jam classic #animal jam art #ajpw art #aj art #aj #feral art #sparky #jamblr #my art #redesign #ajpw #dash tag #dash tag art #lps #littlest pet shop #lps art #furry art #furry fandom #furry

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Bro I was reenacting the "Just So" clip while I was putting away the dishes and when Frank yelled at Barnaby I was gonna say "oi fuck you" y'know because I was being silly but what came out was an almost PERFECT imitation of Barnaby's voice- I couldn't even finish the "fuck you" because I broke down laughing

Btw the reason this is so funny is because I'm a 5'2" Latino AFAB with NO experience in voice acting whatsoever yet for some reason the spirit of Giant Blues Clues decided my vocal chords were the PERFECT place to set up real estate

Anyway peace and love

HAGHASBCAKJSCNAKLD I WHEEZED

#the spirit of giant blues clues were the perfect place to set up real estate #PLEASSSSEEEEEEE #how dare you people come into my inbox and be leagues funnier than me- #fuck now i really want to hear barnaby's va say 'fuck you' In His Voice... what i wouldnt give... #i think it would heal something in me! i can imagine it well enough but to Hear It... #but yeah thats so fucking funny. peace and love Indeed! #rambles from the bog #i actually had a similar experience once if you dont mind me uno reverse carding you #when i lived with my mom i made a game out of trying to scare her #so one night shes downstairs in the dark. messing with the printer by the light of the stairs #and i am not a light person by any means. but im fucking Quiet. i regularly sneak up on my cats #so i snuck up behind her- #and im afab w/ no experience in va too. my voice is a lot higher than id like it to be. #but holyyyy shit when i said 'Hello' - STANDING RIGHT BEHIND HER MIND YOU!!! - my voice dropped Several octaves #im talking roadhog from overwatch level deep. deeper than mark introing three scary games #im talkin Downright Demonic The Devil Himself Possessed Me deep. deep as the marianas trench #to this day i have never startled or scared anyone that badly. she literally almost fell over. i saw true fear in her eyes #so. 🤝

[lesbiancassius]

crazy how oblivion and eternity are the only possibilities and they are both equally horrifying

#june.txt #sorry. existentialism on main #i guess eternity is less scary if the universe is truly infinite so one does not lack places to go. but infinity in an uninfinite universe? #hell.a ctual hell #and if it's oblivion then tehre is fucking oblivion just actual nothing #and what do you do with that. accept that everything that has ever been will end? #im going to send myself into a panic attack

[babacontainsmultitudes]

always always thinking about your post that was like “normal has a very high threshold for being loved that is nearly impossible to meet and he will do *anything* to feel validated” and then today in the discord during the part where willy reveals it could’ve been either normal or scary, will said “willy fucked up normal would burn the entire world down for the tiniest crumb of validation” and just. screaming screaming forever about this boy’s inability to ever feel loved enough, he is every webweaving post about always devouring and never feeling full from love, this boy is RAVENOUS and it’s hard to understand how the oak good-boy morality can even supersede that, he has every trait imaginable to become a villain and it feels like the only thing preventing that is the desire to be good, bc tbh I don’t think he wants to be good more than he wants to be loved

SORRY FOR TAKING ALMOST TWO FUCKING WEEKS TO ANSWER THIS ANON!

Eheh, firstly *thank you* because this message is very sweet and made me extremely happy. The post you’re talking about took a good while to write and came with a lot of anxiety so it’s very nice to hear that you’ve kept fragments of it with you, I really do appreciate that!!! 💜

I’d debated for a bit on answering this privately to be honest with you, as not every fire I’ve sparked is one whose flames I wish to fan, so to speak, but everything you wrote is just so on-point and well-articulated that I couldn’t resist. Otherwise. *Ahem*. I know it's very very silly to respond to a response about an essay with what is essentially another essay, but you see, in thinking of how to answer your message, I got a little caught amongst many other things that have been on my mind... And I've seen some takes that have annoyed me for one reason or another and couldn't decide how to address those and. Well. Ultimately I decided that the stuff I wanted to talk about was connected *enough* to the stuff brought up in your message (as well as in my original post) that I could put it all together, soooooooo if you'll entertain me rambling once more~

Let's start by saying that, I recently saw a take going around stating that “Scary’s internal issues caused her external issues while Normal’s external issues caused his internal issues” (among a number of other statements that I frankly found pretty questionable), and I must say, for reasons that I hope to explain, I disagree with this assertion on both accounts!

In Scary’s case, this statement completely erases and undermines the trauma of her dad walking out, and what that does not only to her confidence and sense of self-worth, but to her relationship with her mother as well. And the degree of the impact of this external trauma on her internal view towards and treatment of herself is clear as day just by looking at the stark contrast between Terri and Scary. Scary (Terri) is someone who once had confidence in herself and could find validation and motivation internally, most recently evidenced by Terri's words of encouragement to Scary whilst under beacon of hope:

But then her dad leaves, and things get harder at home, and Scary starts to fight with her mom (her mom who she once called her best friend!!!), and she starts to feel worthless and unlovable- something that only gets worse with time as Willy alienates her from the rest of the group, case in point with this revealing exchange:  

No one’s told her they’re proud of her in a long time (sound familiar??),

her teachers at school shut her down when she tries to speak her mind or otherwise dismiss her behavior as “acting out” seemingly without any sort of intervention or attempt to actually check in with her,

[the above teen fact is from episode 31]

Only then, in response to her diminished sense of self-worth does she begin to cut herself off from the rest of the world and from her former self, most importantly quitting soccer (which we know matters a lot to her!),

and those things leave her even more vulnerable and supportless and ashamed. Not to mention all the mixed emotions she must feel when Terry walks into the picture, between actually liking him but not being able to see his love as genuine due to her relationship with her bio dad and all the frustration and shame she must feel as a result.

This is not to claim that Scary’s internal struggles do not inform a lot of what happens to her and the people around her over the run of the season- of course they do! (In fact some of the later things mentioned above are examples of that- I guess I got a bit carried away). But Scary’s major internal struggles that affect her throughout the course of the adventure are preceded by a slew of important external events that negatively affect her psyche and are in many cases out of her control. Scary’s internal struggles did not originate in a vacuum, and I absolutely would not say that they “caused” the bulk of what she has been through.

Unlike Scary, Norm’s excessive dependency on external validation to feel like he’s worth anything begins when he is very young. [Emphasis on “excessive” here, since obviously everyone requires validation from others to some degree, the point being just that this trait is so very pronounced in Normal and, as I argued a bit in the post anon is referring to, usually the most important factor informing his courses of action, superseding (but not implying the absence of) any desire to be good and help those around him. Will’s statement (the one which anon quotes) seems to corroborate this.] We know that things go so far back from Sparrow’s account in episode 17:

It’s important that this is about Normal’s kindergarten experiences too, because it tells us that Normal’s predominant internal issues go back farther than this and hence were not caused in and of themselves by his peers- instead being perhaps more fundamental to who he is as a person.

This is not to say that external events do not exacerbate the state of Normal’s psyche. In his youth most notably, we can infer that he interpreted Hero’s treatment (which of course he did not understand at the time to be her training) as favoritism, and I think it’s pretty clear by this point that his resentment of her is tied to the degradation of self-esteem that he experienced as a result.

Then of course there is the dance. Sparrow’s words to Normal during the dance obviously consist of a very pivotal moment for Norm within the context of the season, but I think it’s important to remember and not erase the fact that Normal’s internal issues with validation do not begin at the dance, as established in the kindergarten case but also further exemplified by Norm’s primary motive in becoming the school’s mascot in the first place (to get everybody to like him). I think it’s important to remember this in part since it informs so much of Normal’s reaction to what his father has to say, immediately afterwards but also throughout the whole rest of the season. No kid wants to hear that their parent isn’t proud of them, but the severity of the response to this sort of statement is going to vary drastically depending on the person, and in Norm’s case, given his natural disposition, it’s devastating. [and I swear there’s a teen talk moment where Will says basically this but I can’t find it for the life of me rn damn it lol maybe I’ll edit in the clip later if I do]

Of course in this specific case, one can still mostly say that the problem stems from outside of Normal, and that his preexisting issues exacerbate his response but are definitely not the cause of it. Outside of this instance, however, this is not always true! In fact, Normal’s excessive dependency on external validation and related rejection sensitivity (negatively) inform a large amount of his interactions with those around him, particularly Lincoln and Taylor (imagine me underlining “Taylor” several times as I say this). Truthfully that’s a whole ramble on its own, but with respect to more recent events, I have to admit that I was genuinely quite irked to find a lot of people blaming Taylor and Lincoln for Norm’s response to their uh. mech shenanigans in episode 37, choosing to frame this as an act of moral failing or even malice on their part, rather than a reflection of Normal’s own issues and room for growth. Lincoln and Taylor were simply focused on the mission at hand, and there was no good reason realistically speaking to have expected them to be aware of Normal’s emotional state at that point in time (or in general, to be aware of the jealousy their bonding moments evoke within Norm- particularly when Normal consistently fails to communicate and address those emotions with them in a manner that is direct and not passive-aggressive). Lincoln in particular is very clearly stated as not even having fun in that moment, very understandably being focused instead on the fact that his friend Scary is around his father, who he just witnessed, you know, murder someone. This is not an instance of the world going against Norm for no good reason other than to put him through it, this is a very clear example of Normal’s internal issues affecting the way he perceives external events in a manner that is not actually very reflective of the reality of the situation, and which of course feeds in further to his cycle of self-loathing (and I won’t go into it here since I sort of did in the post anon is responding to- but Normal’s negative reaction to Lincoln breaking the pick to gain Scary’s trust is another important example of this [tbh all the more so now coupled with the hypocrisy of how he handles the anchor in Goofs but that’s a tangent]). As aforementioned, Norm also struggles a good chunk of the time to actually explain his feelings in a manner that is direct and does not rely on blaming others for not picking up on his dejection, as exemplified in how this discussion goes with Lincoln in the most recent episode:

The treatment from fandom of this whole instance being reflective of a reoccurring issue I tend to have with a large chunk of the fandom, wherein the collective memory of canon tends towards getting warped to account for Norm’s mental state. Sometimes that’s hailing him as some morally-perfect, emotional reincarnate of Henry (as though the pride layer didn’t happen, as though Goofs didn’t happen, as though all of Norm’s relationship with Taylor isn’t what it is- …I feel like I should stop implying stuff about the significance Taylor and Norm’s relationship and not elaborating but it really is an essay in and of itself LOL), other times it’s just downright turning everyone around Normal into a villain, a persistent phenomenon which I sort of illustrated in the above example but also touched upon in an earlier essay (arguing that despite the fandom’s quick jump to villainize him- Lincoln breaking the guitar pick would prove to be an act of love). Sparrow also takes a good brunt of the damage from this. Sparrow saying he’s not proud of Normal gets turned into Sparrow not loving Normal (despite an abundance of proof in canon to the contrary), his apology for what he said and the support he shows for Norm in light of his alternative plan on dealing with the Doodler are completely ignored by most of the fandom, as are any other demonstrations of emotional availability and shows of growth that he displays throughout the course of the season, and the true motives behind Sparrow’s insistence on Normal living a “normal” life- to protect him from the childhood that he but also that Hero had to undergo- is somehow framed as Sparrow actually holding some kind of favoritism for Hero. It’s as though there is a complete inability on a larger scale within the fandom to see Sparrow as separate character outside of the filter of Norm’s emotions, and the other teens (including Hermie) get a similar if less pronounced treatment.

[Actually, I would argue that to some degree all of the kiddads except Terry (and Lark since he’s not officially a dad) tend to be perceived and criticized predominantly through the noise of their respective child’s emotions/behavior. In Grant’s case, Lincoln 1. spends a good part of the earlier half of the season asserting that his dads are the best dads in the world despite everything going on and 2. has a very unfortunate tendency to compartmentalize and push down his negative emotions as much as possible- in typical Wilson fashion- so the complexity and severity of Lincoln’s issues with his dad generally go understated, and only now that Lincoln has begun to be more vocal and upfront about his issues has some of Grant’s parenting finally begun to come under fire, and even then mostly only his more recent transgressions. In Taylor’s case, Taylor’s emotional security/stability and general fondness for his dad mean that Nicky is being hailed by many people as “the best dad” where in fact Nicky- while certainly helping the teens out in many ways and perhaps even acting as a friend to them- has done just about jack shit for Taylor as a *father*, and really if Taylor has anyone to thank for being as well-adjusted as he is now, it’s definitely his mom! But I digress.]

Normal and Scary are very similar, but the way fandom treats them is very different. People (mostly) seem to be able to acknowledge that Scary, in spite of her mistakes and flaws, is a scared, tired kid with a good heart who is capable and deserving of love. In Normal’s case, I just can’t seem to shake the impression that the fandom (in general) would rather strip Norm of all the things that make his character complex, and nuanced, and flawed, reducing him to an utterly uninteresting husk of a character before depicting him as anything other than a perfect goody-two-shoes who has never hurt anybody in his entire life or daring to acknowledge the fact that “Normal has been through a lot, is hurt, and deserves a good support system and emotional validation” and “Normal can at many times be his own worst enemy, sometimes makes mistakes that affect those around him, and has room to grow emotionally” are notions that can and should coexist. Or at least, that's my two cents on the matter.

#dndads #thank fuck this draft actually saved I was so sad when I thought it didn't #dungeons and daddies #scary marlowe #normal oak #I know this post kind of goes a million different places- sorry about that haha. #Had a lot I wanted to get out but didn't have it in me to make these into separate posts #I hope people get where I'm coming from with this?? I didn't want to be too mean towards the fandom at the end aha #but I get irked what can I say #normally oak swallows garcia #normal #lincoln li wilson #taylor swift dndads #taylor swift #sparrow oak #sparrow oak garcia #dndads s2 ep 38 #I thought about linking the post I mentioned at the very beginning but decided against it... I actually hate targeting specific posts #(and in general try not to do that- feels a bit rude) #but also eh rules were made to be broken ig #long post #baba babbles

[blazeball]

what...the fuck... is this place....

#in all my years of playing i did not go far enough in stantons liver to reach the place with. The obelisk #and then it teleported me to a really creepy place with a breathable atmosphere and an orange sky. and a couple loot boxes but nothing else #an then it teleported me to this fucking room #its obviously eridian made but like #Why. #the music is so CREEPY TOO #like thi sis obviously an easter egg but its so scary. What the hell #borderlands #quincy.txt

[geooooooorge]

it hasnt stopped raining since the beginning of summer and half the country is flooded now, this years summer fucking sucks

#im terrified #it cant flood me cuz i live on the hill but???? ive seen pics of places like half an hour from me just drenched in water #waters rising up to the roofs of houses its fucking #scary #:( #anja's random #slovenia #slovenija #flood #flooding

[opens-up-4-nobody]

...

#hm. some choices to make tomorrow #bc i could ask my advisor if thr lab needs a tech this summer so i could get paid to make media and do transfers #but then im at risk of getting sucked back into school stuff #but if i dont then i have to find a different job which is scary. i mean im sure i could find something but ya kno #but i would be getting a job i could just not think abt it when i leave. which ive never had before #and im feeling a bit better now so im like fuck u give me challanges. ya kno? #my counselor thinks i should just go back to ohio for the summer and i could but i dunno #i feel like it would b harder to live with my dad all summer. i dunno. maybe i should. maybe not. i feel like i could do more here #im just sorta lacking purpose rn. ugh. #i mean here i can just walk more places so i could potentially get out more than i could in rural ohio #but that assumes i would actually go out. bleh. i hate this. gotta make annoying choices #but whatever. im just lucky that ive got enough saved up that im not gonna b in trouble not getting paid much over yhe summer #so. could be worse. just wish it was better #unrelated