#working for a living is torture

[vasattope]

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#first day of work after a month and I wanna cry #waking up at ass o'clock isn't funny when you're not on vacation #I forgot my headphones at home #also I was getting there early but the train is late #people are rude and don't respect personal space #also they talk too loud #I hate it here #unemployment is the best thing that could happen to my mental health right now #I'm not even kidding lol #working for a living is torture #(I'm not even at work yet) #(this is what happens when I'm forced to listen to my thoughts in the morning) #anyway I hope everyone has a great day #I'll just try to survive it 🙃

[canisalbus]

To me, Machete kind of has the energy of a secondary villain/coldhearted side character in someone else's story that a lot of fans latch onto, moreso than the protagonist. Question is, would he be the villain in anyone's story?

Why, thank you! I'm actually glad to hear he gives off that vibe. I don't think he set out to become a villain but a lot of people certainly view him as one.

#in the 16th century canon he starts out as an introverted but sincerely well meaning guy that never quite manages to find his social niche #he was a sensitive kid and when subjected to enough pressure #his insecurity fearfulness and powerlessness mutate into distrust resentment aggression suffocating repression and self-restraint #I don't think he's a bad person in fact he consistently tries very hard to do the right thing #do his job properly avoid letting people down and get through life with a sense of dignity #but he is supposed to come across kind of cold impersonable and difficult to be around if you don't know him personally (and very few do) #people can sense there's something wrong with him and are put off by it #Vatican is a nest of vipers and as the stakes rise he retreats deeper into his coldblooded untouchable work persona #he has no choice but to start lying scheming blackmailing and eliminating his enemies #in order to maintain his position keep Vasco safe their relationship under wraps and his own head above water #essentially playing by the same rules everyone else in the holy see has been playing with for centuries #eventually he loses his spot as the secretary of state and is manipulated/forced to take on a role in the roman inquisition #and if people were sort of iffy about him before being the authority overseeing trials torture excommunications and executions doesn't help #and since he has so few allies and such an infamous reputation he's an easy target for scapegoating whenever necessary #towards the end it dawns on him that he's become the kind of twisted cruel corrupt person he used to fear and despise #and the guilt moral injury and abject self-loathing had largely sapped him of his will to live by the time the final assassin gets him #answered #anonymous #Machete #Vaschete lore #he thought his dream of priesthood would make him a better person more worthy of admiration safety and love but he climbed too high #and got roped up in the dangerous games that take place under god's nose and slowly got strangled to death

[puppetmaster13u]

Mini Prompt

"It's me or him, Bruce!" Jason screamed, green covering his vision as he held a gun to the Joker's head.

"Pull the trigger."

"What?!"

Batman Bruce His Dad simply tilted his head, voice quiet, emotionless almost.

"I have decapitated that thing no less than three times for what he did to you. Pull the trigger."

#batman au #batman #dc #dcu #prompts #immortal joker #they're gonna have to get creative #Jason & Bruce bonding via murder and torture of the joker #Dick: I also killed him so we had to spread a rumor someone resuscitated him when he came back #Jason (voice cracking): What #Dick: Yeah that's how we found out he was apparently unkillable #Tim: We're working on ways to permenantly disappear him though :D #dark batfam #if it counts as such with it being the joker #unrelated did you know a human can live with a lung removed and all the bones in their limbs gone

[ecstarry]

barty “the tortured artist” crouch

#okay but trust fund barty living as an artist #and like taking his notebook everywhere #reaaaaally leaning into the torture of being an artist when flirting #it only works on 20 year olds though #but i love him #barty crouch jr #barty crouch junior #bcj #marauders #slytherin skittles #slytherin #moodboard #euge’s moodboard

[cairsns]

THE SMALLEST MAN WHO EVER LIVED is Remus/Sirius (and James) to Peter after he betrayed them

#not sure why it took me so long to realize that #peter pettigrew #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter #James in parentheses cuz he’s dead #hp marauders #marauders era #the marauders #hp #the smallest man who ever lived #tsmoel #ttpd #the tortured poets department #ttpd x marauders #I wanna scream this at the top of my lungs #like it make so much sense to me #everybody think of ‘Peter’ for obvious reasons but I think this one works better #this is their forever anger song to him

[trolls-poppy-specialist]

Me: Carmen seems to be strong. Also me: Because she's strong, I guess I should... *opens documents* WRITE SOME ANGSTY FANFICTION ABOUT TRAUMA AND SUCH AND SOME BEHIND THE SCENES THINGS

#carmen sandiego #carmen sandeigo 2019 #carmen sandeigo netflix #carmen sandeigo #carmen sandiego 2019 #sorry shadowsan #im torturing your adopted daughter #she cried a lot #went through physical pain #gone through trauma #and somehow lived #this is related to my sickfic post #im still working on it #in the name of angst

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

the high prices of fucking Everything is so exhausting i stg

#i need to take an uber to the vet TEN MINUTES AWAY #i repeat IT IS A TEN MINUTE DRIVE #and its gonna cost me nearly 60 bucks. the FUCK #and who knows how much the checkup for my cats is gonna cost #let alone whatever prescription they need for the long drive #im so tired. im so so tired #its moments like these where i can see my future #ah yes. working 9-5 for a company that sees me as nothing more than a tool to be replaced when broken #just barely scraping by on minimum wage in a world where that isnt enough to pay for essentials #left with no time or energy to actually enjoy being alive or do the things i love #years and years of the same exact shit over and over and over again hating every second #and KNOWING it could be so much better but also knowing that it fucking Cant. sigh #sorry sorry im just. angry again at the absolute state of things #i would love to love life but my fucking god the world at large makes it tough #white-knuckling the little things once again #man its just. its so STUPID lmao #like why are we torturing ourselves like this? why are we just Accepting this #life could be so great but stupid shit like taxes and inflation and utilities exist #most of the shit we have to pay for should be free. it should be free. #it shouldnt be difficult to Live just because the majority of us don't have the fake fucking paper to buy things #its pointless its ridiculous and it makes me furious #why should i kill myself just to survive huh. why should i. why should any of us. #we all deserve to fuckin. idk enjoy sunsets and good food and art and each others' company. #instead everyone's stressing themselves to death over making rent and getting groceries and paying bills. fuck. #id love to be able to create art that Sells and open a shop or something #but also the thought of creating purposefully marketable art purely to make money fucking kills me inside #comms are one thing but... just... sighing sighing sighing. man idk #i just dont know. ill deal but everytime i manage to think positively reality comes in with a sledgehammer and now i want to go back to bed #the point is to live BUT YA CANT FUCKIN LIVE BC POINTLESS STUFF REIGNS SUPREME. WHO'S GONNA COMMIT ARSON W ME CMON LETS GO #this stupid fucking country and this stupid fucking government. i hate it here

[mishkakagehishka]

"We're old moms, we can't wait to stop breastfeeding so we can get [very excited, shrill even] botooooox!!!"

We are never making it out of the patriarchy.

#every time i open instagram i see videos promoting botox for the moment you turn 20 and face lifts and plastic surgery #and skincare regimens that are not care at all but just fifty products to torture your skin (and spend money!!) #the ties between the patriarchy and capitalism that support one another are terrifying. #but not even that . i feel like i'm going insane #how did we in this day and age normalise so much of this shit #what happened to feminism... why am i seeing a man who works as a plastic surgeon #talking about ''when a client walks in and i know EXACTLY what she needs to change so i am able to get her to #sign up for four more procedures asides from the one she came here for ^_^'' i'm going to kill you. #beat you with rocks. do you guys know botox is a bacteria? do you guys know about botulism? #you throw away a can of food because it's slightly dented so you don't die from botulism #but you inject it straight into your forehead because someone told you signs you #lived a long life full of expressing your emotions guilt-free was what made you ugly #the way i see influencers who will call themselves feminists talk about those wrinkle-free straws... don't sleep on your side #don't breathe wrong don't crease your eyebrows don't smile don't cry don't drink from straws #you're all fucking insane. and wrinkles are caused by your skin losing elasticity. you will STILL have wrinkles #if you live long enough that is (<- can you see why it's a blessing?)

[annagrzinskys]

oh i just had a thought that HURTS. so people have made posts about jiang cheng doing the self sacrifice ritual and wwx coming back in jc's body to get revenge for jin ling dying right. and yeah. that's some knives to the heart.

what if wwx came back as someone else and the curse wound would only go away if he killed jiang cheng. idk like a sibling of a demonic cultivator that jc killed or something

#pain #the untamed #yunmeng bros #obvs would be better if wwx went to lotus pier first upon resurrection #and only later realises that in order to live (again) he has to kill his brother #more knives if jc's side of the core loss comes out before wwx can do anything #idk how it would work #but even just thinking of wwx realising it's jc who must die #(also i love jc i would want the dead demonic cultivator to be not bc of torture or murder but like just a normal fight #and maybe the dead demonic cultivator losing control) #jiang cheng #wwx

[runespoor7]

this is nieyao to me

NMJ: i could fix him

JGY: you don't have to

NMJ: no i'm gonna

#nmj wanted to be jgy's moirail SO BAD #he was vibrating with it #little diamond glints in his eyes whenever jgy comes into a room #the socially higher partner being the soothing partner what a TWIST #you see nmj and you nod to yourself ah yes classic highblood in need of a supportive and shooshing moirail #instead nmj has fantasies of gently putting a hand on jgy's shoulder and telling him 'guangyao u know this was wrong' #and jgy melting #'oh nmj. u are right. i won't murder an officer who isn't working for the enemy during wartime anymore. i wish i hadn't hurt ur feelings.' #or meng yao would be torturing people in wrh's palace #and nmj would beg for their lives and appeal to meng yao's better nature! meng yao u r better than this! nmj knows u r!!! #and meng yao's eyes would go soft and he would not kill nmj's fellow soldiers #nieyao #of course this means that while lxc was trying to sell him on his picket-fence fantasy of the world's future most fucked-up auspisticeship #nmj came around to the idea with Designs on acting pale toward jgy #incredibly funny to me that lxc was like i can fix them

[casiavium]

I really need to be cleaning my room but. fanfiction I'd write if I had time but I Do Not

There are several ghiralink fic storylines that are along the lines of "Link gets exactly what he thinks he wants and turns out it isn't really what he needs" (whether real or a dream-state) that have him taking Ghirahim's sword and gaining complete control over him and the themes are of personhood and power and complacency. be careful what you wish for type things. A few that are Ghirahim killing Link/Link losing and realizing he would rather have him alive and fighting instead of dead/given up because it was more fun than way, but usually end up being sad. oh well I guess for the former and teaming up with Link to defeat Demise for the latter.

What I want to write is the themes of scenario 1 but role reversed so it's like scenario 2 with Ghirahim having the "this isn't what I wanted" moment. Ghiralink adds, usually as a joke, a level of "if I can't kill you, maybe you could join me ;)" and I want to write more or less Link doing that, Link being a perfect subservient extension that does everything he wants him to and he doesn't regret it (he can't), but Ghirahim having the realization that he doesn't want someone who is nothing more than an object for him to use. A doll. A sword.

And then, how Link has guilt over Fi and the Master Sword and his role as hero and how Hylia controls him but he's no better than her, Ghirahim realizing Link is now what he is to Demise and rethinking his own position. Is this what Demise thinks of me. Is that why he treats me the way he does. And he takes his anger out on Link but Link can't fight back anymore. Link doesn't want to fight back anymore, and not in a depressed it's hopeless kind of way, but in the same way Ghirahim accepted Demise pulling the sword out of his chest.

When Ghirahim is empty and goes isn't this what you wanted, Link can genuinely say no because he has a hero's heart and conscience and never meant for anyone to get hurt. When Link goes I am what you made me, Ghirahim has to face that fact that yes, he is, and he is made in my image, and I do not want this anymore.

#ghiralink #ghirahim #I want skyward sword bad ends but I want them completely different from what is already out there #I want the dark ending from Ghirahim's POV where he got what he wanted and everything is perfect and Link isn't ever an issue anymore #and like honestly. I don't want it to be a sex thing. like yeah that could be part of it but I don't think it would work as well #how I wanted the sword spirit au to go but did not manage to make it work this way 😔 #I want Demise to win and Link to live and Ghirahim to know he does but not see him for a few weeks/months. to not even think about him #or feel any guilt that he's probably rotting away in a dungeon or getting tortured or whatever. no even excited about that just apathetic #and entirely focused on Demise (who is in turn pretty apathetic about him but he doesn't even realize) until one day he sees Link and he's #*not* a prisoner. he's just another solider in a demon army or a regular servant or maybe even a bodyguard to Demise. and he speaks with him #and there's no trace of animosity or anger or sadness or anything. there is no war in ba sing se etc. #and then I don't have anymore than that it's just kind of wouldn't that be fucked up huh #for Ghirahim to have absolutely no underlying thoughts of demise actually sucks or foreshadowing he's not the perfect blade he presents as #and all of that to snap when he sees an enemy completely changed. he wanted Link dead. even when he says you could join me #he would expect push back and fights and relapsing into wanting to be the hero. he never considered what if he wasn't an enemy at all

[andthendk]

Update: In case anyone's been wondering where tf I disappeared to - I've been working on an animation after deciding never again (ah yes), just to torment myself 😇⭐️ Needless to say it's taking 53728 souls and a pound of flesh to finish 🔥🔥 So excited to share once it's done though!

#animating is the art form of torture #anyone who does this for a living has the willpower to possess gods #MAD RESPECT #I could've worked on at least 2 reels by now #and what of my Halloween art hmmm?? #*cries in the club* #you'd think I'd learn after a rude repost of my last work #artwork of any form never gets protected for squat #hopefully it gets done by next week #😭😭😭

[petricorah]

quick oc sketch bc i can

#just trying to practice cooking poses tbh #ive been trying to work on a little teaser chapter about her and im super excited! if i can get it done #but rn she and the other characters are just living in my brain. taking up space #vampire diner #<----that's the tag to block if you don't wanna see oc stuff lol #she can't eat human food but her sense of smell is heightened so i imagine it's both pleasant and a little torturous if she's cooking some #thing good

[likea-black-widow-baby]

Marvel Women as The Tortured Poet's Department + Anthology Songs

Valkyrie: Fortnight

Peggy: My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Jane: Down Bad

Simmons: Fresh Out The Slammer

Melina: Florida!!!

Wanda: Who's Afraid of Little Old Me?

Pepper: I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can)

Gamora: loml

Natasha: I Can Do It With A Broken Heart

Carol: The Alchemy

Kate: Clara Bow

Maria Rambeau: The Black Dog

Dottie: imgonnagetyouback

Bobbi: The Albatross

Daisy: Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus

Kamala: I Hate It Here

Angie: I Look In People's Windows

Nakia: Cassandra

MJ: Peter

May: The Bolter

Cassie: Robin

#MJ is not just peter because it's peters name #look at the lyrics and think about the end of NWH and tell me you don't want to walk into the ocean #I had to omit a few because they just didn't work #some of them would fit characters that already have songs #example: The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived would work well for Daisy but I picked Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus #if anyone has ideas for the missing songs do send an ask or leave a comment!! #the missing songs are: #The Manuscript - thanK you aIMee - So High School - The Prophecy - But Daddy I Love Him - The Tortured Poets Department - How Did It End? #Guilty as Sin? - So Long London - The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived #taylor swift #marvel memes #natasha romanoff #gamora #daisy johnson #pepper potts #peggy carter #taylor swift rule

[gentil-minou]

Has anyone done a Secretary Kim wangxian au but with wwx as the genius but clueless CEO and lwj as the extremely competent secretary with a crush he's resigned to never getting anywhere so he quits leading to wwx realizing his feelings and trying to win him back?

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Stygian Tech's CEO Wei Wuxian is acclaimed for his innovative work in clean energy especially since he was forced to drop out of college early due to poor funds.

What most don't know is that his BFF from uni, Lan Wangji dropped out with him and took on the role of his secretary

Thanks to lwj's unsurprising talent for organization and his surprising knack for creating space to network, ST was able to get the funding it needed and wwx was able to put his focus on his projects.

He really couldn't have done any of it without lwj, and now at ST's 10 year celebration he means to commemorate lwj for all his help with a plaque in his honor, to go with all the other ones lwj keeps on the wall behind his desk.

They all proclaim him as LAN ZHAN THE BESTEST FRIEND EVER.

Lan Wangji loves them almost as much as he hates them.

Because you see lwj has harbored a crush on wwx since their very first meeting during a heated debate in their entry level environment sci class.

A crush is putting it lightly. He's known he's been in love with wwx for the past decade. Why else would he drop out of his prestigious university against his family's expectations to work as Wei Ying's secretary? For Wei Ying, of course.

Wei Ying's ideas from the very start were unfounded and actually realistic, able to settle debates about clean energy from all sides in ways that made both happy while still being good for the environment. It wasn't fair that his ideas would have to be shoved away because of a lack of money. Lwj couldn't do that to him, to the world.

So, the day after Wei Ying dropped out, so did Lan Wangji

He's spent the last ten years taking care of the tasks Wei Ying could not, so that he could focus on his inventions and marketing them. They made the perfect team, with LWJ happily working behind the scenes to keep the operation organized and running smoothly, and Wei Ying at the the front charming investors and launching his business off the ground.

Lan Wangji doesn't mind his secretarial duties, he used to find solace in them, in fact. Knowing he could take care of the small things so that Wei Ying could put his brilliant mind to use, it was all the satsifaction he needed.

Until now, that is.

He's put his life and career on hold for so long. He has his own dream of creating his own start up, and he can't keep playing the secretary role forever.

And more importantly he can't handle his heart breaking with another plague about their undying friendship, and just their friendship, again.

So, on the night of ST's 10th anniversary, as he drives wwx home (he only trusts himself to get wy home safely; he will need to work on that) he tells him is quitting, putting in his 2 weeks notice.

Wwx thinks he's joking. Is Lan Zhan quitting some secret smoking habit? A prank?

He laughs and laughs, but lwj doesn't laugh with him. His grip tightens on the steering wheel and he looks straight ahead at the road in front of them.

Oh, Wei Wuxian realizes. He's serious.

The rest of the drive is uncharacteristically silent though the tension cuts.

Lan Wangji stops in front of Wei Wuxian's home, providing details about his plan for offloading his duties in the coming weeks in short clipped sentences. He's already scouted the secretarial department and selected a promising woman named Luo Qingyang who will take his place nicely and he thinks will fit wwx's rather eclectic style of running his business.

But wwx doesn't want anyone to take lwj's place. Lwj had been his partner for so long through all the devastating hurdles and endless nights working. How can he possibly go on without him?

But he will, he has to. Because Lan Zhan wants to leave. So he swallows his tears and smiles, as wide as he can make it stretch.

He says good, and he thanks Lan Zhan.

He holds that smile in pretty plastic place, all through his goodbyes, even as he chokes up when he says his usual farewell, "See you tomorrow Lan Zhan"

Then he goes inside his home, and and collapses into choked sobs right there in the entrance as he hears Lan Zhan drive away.

(threadfic here where i'll probs continue this or i'll make an actual oneshot idk anymore)

#what is is about wangxian and fitting all the kdrama tropes perfectly #but anyways cue shenanigans as wwx tries to win lwj back #and lwj misunderstands thinking wwx just wants him for his secretarial skills #no you buffoon he's been in love with you too hes just also a buffoon #and then they kiss yeah #mdzs #mo dao zu shi #the untamed #mdzs fanfiction #wangxian #wei wuxian #lan wangji #secretary kim au #bushy writing #i feel like i've seen this the other way around but if you as me this seems more likely #wwx could never be a secretary he lives his life in haphazard post it notes #lwj has bought him a planner every year for the last 13 and every year wwx fills it with doodles and little anecdotes abt how amazing lz is #this is somewhat ooc because lwj would absolutely torture himself by staying on forever just to work by wwx's side #but well plot reasons you know

[skitskatdacat63]

I meant to write more for a pt 2 lore post earlier but didn't end up doing so, so pls take these AU sketches(Mark & Jense and then some assorted sketchies)

#i should never have drawn them as catboys bcs now they appear as catboys in mind half the time 😭😭 #its only on paper but i drew more catboy sketches of them than whats included here 😭 #seb reminds me of my cat where hes being all nice and cuddly and then will bite you out of nowhere #seb in his frilly nightgown is very important to me!!! #i meant to draw both of them in nightgowns but brain wasnt worked too well tonight #so thats why these are mostly half finished #the bottom seb is too remind myself i have a regular art style 😭😭😭 #mark in this au is so funny to me. bro is tortured by having to be with seb like practically every waking moment #he basically is a offically provided live-in bestie 😭😭 #*based on real life thing. i think its funny how you can be royalty yourself + #but bcs youre not part of the imperial family you can still be reduced to the job of having to dress the emperor 😭 #^ so thats mark in this au #seb promoted him to an important role when he became emperor but still makes mark do his old duties 🤭🤭 #jense is in charge of all the horses and transport and things. thus: ye olde horse girl #im sorry but in historical AUs all f1 drivers are legally obligated to be horse girls. its literally canon #so sorry for the catboy sketch. it will happen again. #but ig i dont wanna go too deep into lore stuff in these tags cause yeah. another post in the works!! #i think about it and have talked about it a lot. but its hard to like contain all of it to bullet points and such #my brain is not built for writing fic i think so idk of youll ever get that from me. but lore yes i will deliver #sebastian vettel #fernando alonso #jenson button #mark webber #f1 fanart #formula 1 fanart #catie.art. #formula 1 #boy king au