“this character should kill their abuser” i agree. unfortunately they wouldn’t do that.
nothinggg better than torturing an emotionally repressed character until every single trauma they've ever refused to process starts spilling uncontrollably out of the cracks. like a matryoshka doll situation of repressed trauma and baby you better believe i'm going in there with a hammer
i loooooove giving my ocs perpetrator trauma. you hurt people, used and abused and destroyed them, and you will never wash out that stain. you will grow resentful of forgiveness because you refuse to forgive yourself. they don't know what you did like you do. you wear that knowledge like armor, like a sick badge of shameful pride. you can't cut off the hand that struck out and throw it away. you can't pull out your teeth and become something kinder, something more vulnerable.
battle couples has gotta be one of my favorite tropes though. The “you got me?” “Yeah, I got you.” The kiss for good luck. Fighting alongside each other for so long they know every strength and weakness. The dichotomy of being fucking terrifying to their enemies, but so soft with each other. When one is in danger and the other goes feral, protects them at any cost. When everything is over and done, it’s all “let me see where you’re hurt,” and washing off the dirt and blood.
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avangelical - Ava, digital setting (think a mix of Wreck-It Ralph, Tron, etc) MMO bot OC who went from a life of game-displaced crime to being infected by an eldritch digital supervirus
closely associated with @turbotime2crew and @creeper-pasta
Content warnings: alcohol mentions and alcohol abuse, body horror, bugs, drug mentions and drug abuse, excessive profanity, gore, parasites, sexually suggestive language, toxic relationships, violence
trashdotexe - Dot, multiverse-aware, developed, canon-divergent Undertale Alphys (from the 'Queen Alphys' neutral ending)
Content warnings: anxiety, body horror, depression, survivor's guilt
one-sided platonic feelings always hit me so hard. like. i want you to love me like a son, but to you i’m not much more than a servant. i swore our oath of brotherhood out of real devotion, and you swore it out of convenience. i want to go to the ends of the earth and the depths of hell for you and follow you until the end of time, and in your mind that’s no more than what i owe you