Constantly being in pain sucks.
But it's wild how much it screws up your pain perception. Like broken bones? I don't even realize them sometimes because it could just be normal pain? Or the pain isn't intense enough to be "serious".
Smashed my elbow into a wooden cabinet earlier by accident. Instant nausea, dizziness. Now some swelling and slight discoloration. But pain? It's... Not as much as I normally feel, so it's probably fine?
Idk, it's wild. But I apparently have been weird with pain reception since being a child. Anything 'external' I can handle. Bruises, breaks, flesh wounds... But don't let me have a bad stomach ache or headache or I'll crumble...
(ps: I've always been super clumsy. I am the master of accidentally injuring myself and today's special edition was me twirling into the cabinet while closing the front door.)
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i literally can't stop rotating hunger au worldbuilding and lore in my head. forgive me if you've ever touched on this in an ask before, but... re: the existential horror of being a parasite that has the sense of self of the host it ate. if one of grian's friends ever did get taken and used as a watcher larva host. how do you think he would feel about the watcher that came out the other side? would he want to see them as still the same person as his friend, or...?
Ive been staring at this ask since i got it with like. I need you to picture the most comically heartbroken expression right now okay. like this is me reading that and thinking about it in great and terrible detail:
Gods he would be devastated if this ever happened. He knows what thats like. He knows just how much it hurts-- and that its not a hurt that can be quantified, because its just that intense, that scalding, that encompassing of an experience to go through. I think, genuinely, Grian would be so utterly horrified and grief-stricken for whichever friend went through the Watcherification process that it would trump every other potential feeling on the list
But i think, ultimately, he would still view them as his friend, and treat them in the same way. There's a little bit of hypocrisy in Grian's character that i enjoy engaging with while writing him, and a good part of that in hunger au is centered around how he's firmly designated himself as the monster, and everybody else is the victim, and theres no room for nuance because he sucks and theyre the only people who are valid. When in reality, yes he hurt them, yes he did terrible and invasive things, but he did them out of pure survival rather than maliciousness, and that does make a subtle difference. And... hes not the only one who has fucked up, either!! The entire point of hunger au is how everyone has fumbled the bag in various ways and now they're all trying to clean it up together. Its just, yknow, Grian is so wrapped up in his own pain that he cant see those grey areas yet
And the thing is, if one of his friends got Watchered™, so to speak, and was standing in front of him, i think he would treat them with SO much compassion. Theyve been through possibly the worst thing anyone can experience and come out the other side-- at his core, Grian is i think a character who wants to do good, and do good by other people, and in this hypothetical that would translate into a lot of kindness he doesnt usually afford for himself. Honestly i think he'd spend the time trying to show them the ropes, get them set up in a better position than he found himself in, and provide his own fumbling emotional support as best he could, just out of sheer solidarity. Like, he gets it. He's been there. He may as well help out.
And i think he wouldnt even realize how hypocritical he's being until someone else pointed it out to him, about how he treats this friend with so much care but is simultaneously cruel to himself. I dont think he'd know how to handle that-- he's sort of dug himself a rut in the road with the way he thinks about and treats himself, and the cognitive dissonance would be really uncomfortable for him. Ultimately a good thing!!! Growth is often very uncomfortable. But imo Grian has a tendency to run from things like feelings of discomfort, so i think it'd take him a while to reconcile his previous ways of thinking with whats being presented in front of him essentially in the form of a mirror.
So uh. tl;dr: he'd be a little hypocrite about it and would feel a lot more compassionately inclined towards the friend than he does himself, and would try to help them out as best he could. Thank you for the incredible question that has given me the opportunity to rotate this worm at even higher speeds than usual inside my brainpan DKNFEKNDSKDJKDKD
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passed out for a couple of hours and when i woke up this was on my canvas
like I said "I will not explain myself". hope you guys injoy the brainrot on display
if it's not evident, I did not plan this at all
This started more like a sketch for logic to understand how to draw them and then i got bored and I started to doodle the other skills and this is what ended up
I want to learn how to simplify all of them in a cartoony style... it's not really working
these are 100% just for me but whatever
also thinking to draw some of the skills in cool clothing becourse I think that would be awesome
I put all the skills in the tags cuz I'm insaneeee >:}c
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✨Atlas Stephens - Character Sheet✨
TYSM for the tag @onestormeynight This was so fun! 🫶🏻
Personal
Financial: wealthy / moderate / poor / in poverty
Medical: fit / moderate / sickly / disabled / disadvantaged / non applicable
Class or Caste: upper/ middle / working / unsure / other
Education: qualified [computer science degree from Foxbury Institute] / unqualified / studying / other
Criminal Record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no / has committed crimes, but not caught yet [I mean technically ig, but nothing serious, just some illegal substances at clubs n stuff like that] / yes, but charges were dismissed
Family
Children: had a child or children / has no children [but he's the best uncle there ever was] / wants children
Relationship with Family: close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings/ sibling(s) is deceased
Affiliation: orphaned / adopted / disowned / raised by birth parent / not applicable
Traits and Tendencies
extroverted / introverted / in between
disorganized / organized / in between
close minded / open-minded / in between
calm / anxious / in between
disagreeable / agreeable / in between
cautious/ reckless / in between
patient / impatient / in between
outspoken / reserved / in between
leader / follower / in between
empathetic / vicious bastard / in between
optimistic / pessimistic / in between
traditional / modern / in between
hard-working / lazy / in between
cultured / uncultured / in between / unknown
loyal / disloyal / unknown
faithful / unfaithful / unknown
Beliefs
Faith: monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic
Belief in Ghosts or Spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care
Belief in an Afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care
Belief in Reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care
Belief in Aliens: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care
Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious [let's just say his past destroyed any chance of that]
Philosophical: yes / no
Sexuality and Romantic Inclination
Sexuality: heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual
Sex: sex repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable / naive and clueless
Romance: romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable / naïve and clueless / romance suspicious
Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious
Potential Sexual Partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all
Potential Romantic Partners: male / female / agender / other / none / all
Abilities
Combat Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none
Literacy Skills: excellent/ good / moderate / poor / none
Artistic Skills: excellent / good/ moderate / poor / none
Technical Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor/ none
Habits
Drinking Alcohol: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / alcoholic
Smoking: tried it / trying to quit / quit / never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / Chain-smoker
Recreational Drugs: never / quit / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict
Medicinal Drugs: never / no longer needs medication / some medication needed / frequently / to excess
Unhealthy Food: never [he's just really not a fan of sweets and stuff tbh] / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / binge eater
Splurge Spending: never / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic
Gambling: never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / compulsive gambler
I have no idea who to tag cos I haven't been around as much lately and I don't know who's already done this... so yeah... if you wanna do it, then do it and say I tagged you... and then like, tag me back cos I kinda wanna do this for Ash too... so, really, you'd be doing me a favor 😉🤭💖
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LARGE SIGN:A large sign has been posted on the notice board, in full view of all the bar’s patrons. It reads “please try and remain an elbow’s distance away from fellow patrons”
LOGIC- In order to avoid the spread of sickness, you must remain out of the contamination zone. No telling how well your ruin of an immune system could handle a disease
SHIVERS [Medium:Success]-An old lady examining a stack of lemons is sudden overcome by a powerful coughing fit. It racks the germ-ridden air out of her lungs in sharp, painful bursts. Like shotgun blasts, leaving her feeling more feeble than before. A younger lady walking past inhales the infected air dispelled by the old lady. That’s all it takes for one to fall ill.
YOU-You shiver
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PARTICULARLY ANNOYING PATRON-The large man’s predator eyes lock onto you. The mark left by the chair you just hurled is already beginning to bruise.
HAND-EYE COORDINATION-Okay, you’ve managed to get the attention off Kim. That’s good.
HALF-LIGHT-Bad news, the attention is now on *you*
PARTICULARLY ANNOYING PATRON-A wolfish grin spilts the man’s face in half as he stares at you. Those predator’s eyes glimmer with danger as he analyses your bloated figure, with pent up rage boiling beneath the surface that can now be released upon you.
He lunges for you. Arms extending towards your throat, fingers desperate to sink themselves into the tender flesh of your windpipe and squeeze. He wants to squeeze so hard that you have no way to beg for mercy. This man has no intention to let you live for the little stunt you just pulled.
PAIN THRESHOLD [Easy:Success]-This brute is going to wallop you if youre just going to keep standing there like a moron
PERCEPTION (SIGHT) [Trivial:Success]-So much for staying an arm’s length away from fellow patrons…
HALF-LIGHT-THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. THIS CREATURE IS ABOUT TO TURN US INTO MINCED MEAT.
LOGIC [Easy:Success]-Social distancing didn’t say anything about feet! Kick him out of the air!
YOU-
[Physical Instrument-Godly 16] “Social distancing said nothing about feet!” (kick him from the air) <
[Reaction Speed-Impossible 19] Dodge the man’s attack
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Check Success
As the main sails through the air towards you, you ready up another of your famous 360 spin-kicks. You twirl in a graceful circle before your heel connects with the man’s jaw with a deafening crack. He goes crashing to the floor, flecks of his blood splatter the tiled floor and another crack of bones breaking rings out across the bar. His nose probably, more blood stains the clean black and white tile of the bar’s floor
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