“what? Whatcha Lookin’ At?”

tco: "they’re too many, dark.." tdl: "shh.. they have feelings too, you know? i'm a good father, unlike someone we know." (tco: "right… a great father.")

banner style✨..if only i still had discord nitro

Ways I Show a Character is Emotionally Burned Out (Before They Even Realize It Themselves)

I love writing characters who think they’re fine but are actually walking emotional house fires with bad coping mechanisms.

They stop doing the things they used to love and don’t even notice. Their guitar gathers dust. Their favorite podcast becomes background noise. Their hobbies feel like homework now.

They pick the path of least resistance every time, even when it hurts them. No, they don’t want to go to that thing. No, they don’t want to talk to that person. But whatever’s easier. That’s the motto now.

They’re tired but can’t sleep. Or they sleep but wake up more tired. Classic burnout move: lying in bed with their brain racing like a toddler on espresso.

They give other people emotional advice they refuse to take themselves. “You have to set boundaries!” they say—while ignoring 8 texts from someone they should’ve cut off three emotional breakdowns ago.

They cry at something stupidly small. Like spilling soup. Or a dog in a commercial. Or losing their pen. The soup is never just soup.

They say “I’m just tired” like it’s a personality trait now. And not like… emotionally drained to the bone but afraid to admit it out loud.

They ghost people they love, not out of malice, but because even replying feels like too much. Social battery? Absolutely obliterated. Texting back feels like filing taxes.

They stop reacting to big things. Catastrophes get a blank stare. Disasters feel like “just another Tuesday.” The well of feeling is running dry.

They avoid being alone with their own thoughts. Constant noise. TV always on. Music blasting. Because silence = reckoning, and reckoning is terrifying.

They start hoping something will force them to stop. An accident. A missed deadline. Someone else finally telling them, “You need a break.” Because asking for help? Unthinkable.

u ever look at smth you made and ur like damnnn wtf i’m so talented actually

what if your pets were actually spies (secretly human)

*spider-leg pats*

“off of me, dark.”

(“..basically babysitting kids here.”)

no way i got this idea from a tt skit xd

My friend called the phantom ruby “The Power Of Gaslighting” and I can’t get over that

Alright alright alright! @sxncvut Here is my entry for the contest! Meet Anima! Or Animat. Or... The Forgotten One. To be honest I'm iffy on the names, you can change it if you want. So I wrote down some notes on the image up there, as you can tell, but they were eeeeh because I honestly rather typing so ellaboration time now! Do you remember that old flash game of AvA? Anima was that animation. Left on Alan's website and forgotten as traffic dwindled, Anima never had to hide that he was alive: his whole purpose was figthing the player, after all. Whether that be as the stick figure, or as the cursor, Anima fought. Anima lived. Anima was forgotten. (That is, in fact, why I tried Anima as their name. Or Animat. Animation and Animator both start with those letters and for the purposes of the game, Anima was both). Regardless, they were forgotten. Abandoned. They did not escape, no. What happened was that Chosen and Dark attacked. They came in to wreck Alan's website (where the game was originally hosted) and in the process, wrecked the game. They didn't notice Anima, because Anima BOOKED it as soon as he could. During the whole attack, however, and in the process of fleeing, and because Anima was not just the stick but also the cursor, he got hurt (you can decide how it happened exactly) and that's how he has part of his head missing and is discolored to the point of being white when he was originally fully black. From there he fled to the Outernet, and it's your choice what he's been doing since! Sometimes he's mistaken for Chosen, or even victim. Consequence of being a Becker made-stick. Now, onto powers! Anima, as a stick, is about as skilled a fighter as victim and Chosen are, since that's how the difficulties are in the game. Also ignore the note about fire breath, because that's actually a player exclusive move (unless, of course, you want him to have fire breath, in which case, go wild). Since he doesn't have accessed to the game's interface, he can't really do much of the moves seen in game, but we know that's never stopped the stick figures. As a cursor, he can do pretty much anything that doesn't involve opening menus that would interface with a computer (unless, of course, he WAS on a computer). So selecting stuff, tossing stuff around, dragging and selecting a bunch of stuff. Doesn't sound useful, until you realize this is a REALLY good way to disarm opponents. But how does this separation between stick figure and cursor work, you ask? Well, I have the answer! There is like three stages for Anima. One stage would be fully controlling the stick figure and ignoring the cursor. Like this, Anima is entirely focused on being the stick, and as a result is a bit faster/stronger than a regular stick. The cursor, however, is essentially just an inanimate object. He can strap it to his belt then, for safe keeping. Another stage is half and half. So partially focused on the stick, partially on the cursor. This leaves Anima, as a stick, weaker than most others (not by much, mind you, they could still hold their own in a fight) but also gives them access to the ability to pick up and move stuff with the cursor. Which can fly, and go places most people generally cannot.

And then the final stage would be fully cursor. In this case Anima could do anything a cursor could (depending on the situation, again, this might be limited in the Outernet) but at the cost of the stick body being fully limp and defenseless. This means Anima needs to make sure the stick body will be safe when doing this, because he can't just strap the stick to the cursor's belt. Now how is this represented? Well, the art is drawn in my style, and generally I do not do eyes, but I know that you do, and so I tried accounting for that so that drawing Anima is more suited for you style (if you wish to draw him, of course). So eyes!! As you can see, Anima has four of those. When all four eyes are open, Anima is fully focused on the stick. When only the bottom two are open, Anima is partially focused on the stick, partially on the cursor. When all eyes are closed, Anima is fully focused on the cursor. Now let's talk art (yes I know I've written a lot but you must understand that I have spent a lot of time thinking about this silly making sure he's the best he can be, mostly because I absolutely adore you art and I needed to make something worthy of it). Clearly this is drawn in my style. I have, however, included what Anima would look like if he was drawn in canon. Ditched the cape for that, because sticks don't usually have such big clothing articles. Speaking of the cape, I do hope it is to your liking! I used it to incorporate the cold colors you love so much :D Also, you're probably wondering why there's two versions of the same drawings. And that's because I actually couldn't decide on one design choice and I figured you should have final say on it. The difference? Lineart. One version of the drawings has black lineart, to imitate a cursor. However, lineart isn't very typical to the sticks, so without the lineart is also an option. Which ever you choose. And yeah. That's it, actually. I hope you like him!

SOMETHING WENT WRONG WHILE LOADING AWESOMENESS…

T R Y A G A I N L A T E R.

⋘ 𝑙𝑜𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎... ⋙

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✨c r e d i t s:

writer: @avaincorrectquoter (original script)

artist: me myself n i!

(BIG CHEERS N THANKS TO AVAINCORRECTQUOTER COUDLNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM!!)

..took a while but was all so fun to make :}

FIRST TIME MAKING COMICS TEXT A BIT MESSY

Fanart of @sxncvut’s OC, Insomniac ^_^ Sorry if it looks a little rushed or bad, i was on 2% and my brain was mush while drawing this

Thanks for the tag @azthedragon This was probably months ago but to be honest, who cares. Let's see if I can even do this right, Tumblr noon that I am.

“Alright.” She could do that. She could save Sonic. Just like he had saved her.

And I guess... I know y'all aren't really writers n' stuff but I literally don't know anyone else on Tumblr: @tekatonic, @sad-catbrick, @itmclosinit, @birdiepaws

Have fun if y'want!

Writing meme

rules: post the last line that you wrote and tag someone for every word in the line.

Tagged by @crows-murder! Given I just finished a chapter...

“Miss O’Neil,” Bishop said blandly, coming to a stop by the fire. “And… friends. I do look forward to the story behind this.”

tmw you're just hangin out by an innocent bonfire in the street and the government gets involved smh

I am not tagging that many people lmfao so: @wasted-and-ready, @punctuated-equilibrium, @technicallysublimechild, @controlledspontaneity, @consultingjedi, @calliopechild, and whoever else wants to take this as a tag <3