Ground Floor Procedure

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[littlelav107]

i love thinking about the character! *actively pacing around the room, breathing heavily, on the verge of tears*

[wolfythewitch]

I'm gonna haunt you in your head

The things we did, the last words I said

[groundfloorprocedure]

OH MY GOSH, IF THIS WAS THEM

IF B DIED AT THE TOWER

AAAGGGHHHHHHHH

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Oops

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You know what, who cares, nobody sees this blog anyway

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Hmmmmmm I wanna post some art but I'm not sure if I'm brave enough yet

[fangorn-forest]

defeating the villain with the power of guns and this friend i just found

[groundfloorprocedure]

This is such a B thing (with D as the friend of course)

[f1shs-b0nes]

Yes yes, sedation, forced sedation.... All good.

Now listen.

Sedation that doesn't knock you out completely, but just makes you very confused and tired instead, unable to form a clear though, yet still somewhat aware of what's happening around you. Drugging basically...

Augh

I especially adore that when combined with an otherwise very defiant whumpee who refuses medical treatment, and a kind, gentle caretaker? One who holds their hand, strokes their hair and reassures them that everything is going to be okay? Even better when it's a hero/villain dynamic???

Mhmhmtmfmgmmt

[groundfloorprocedure]

Was considering this back when I was trying to make B's capture as realistic as possible - apparently chloroform can't fully knock you out for very long? But it can make you really out of it, enough that you can't really fight back and can thus be cuffed and dragged to a windowless van much more easily. Which for someone like B is really unpleasant, because like, he should be able to punch people who show up to kidnap him, he should be able to put up a fight or else have to be knocked out. But no, he's still conscious, just very unable to fight back. And it's GALLING.

Still not sure if I'll go with the realistic route or not, but it's an option

[redstonedust]

love characters who are like "this is how the world works. this is how it has to be (because if i'm wrong i have to face what i've done // if i'm wrong i have to face whats been done to me) "

[tlbodine]

This trait is much more endearing in fiction than in my mother.

[groundfloorprocedure]

D saved the world. He was the hero that "slayed the dragon", that "broke the spell". He was the only one who could have possibly done it, and nobody else would have dared do what was necessary. Nobody would have dared stand and stop them, so he had to do what he did alone. Now it's done, it's dead, and it can't touch him anymore.

If he's wrong, though, he did nothing. He didn't stop anyone. All he did was get other people - innocent bystanders - one of his only friends in the world - hurt.

If he's wrong, it can still come back in his nightmares.

[vintricles]

i love this character so much bro. now show me how they’d look shaking and sobbing on the floor after their entire worldview and sense of self and worth has been shattered, all alone with no one in the world who cares enough about them to even politely ask if they’re okay

[siena-sevenwits]

And then let me see the glass-cracking but very slow healing. The person who ruthlessly and yet very slowly grinds that loneliness into glass powder. A sliver of telltale wholeness catching the light one day.

[groundfloorprocedure]

First paragraph: D canonically

Second paragraph: D when B is his friend

[groundfloorprocedure]

I never wanted to be a king

I don't want to rule

I don't want to start wars

I don't want to be the center of attention, much less the world

But if this crown will tear him down, rip the nightmares he gave me to shreds, I'll wear it if it takes my head with it

I never wanted to be a knight

I don't want honor

I don't want to get involved

I don't want to show my loyalty, much less swear it

But if this sword will protect you, tear down the monsters that came for you, I'll wield it if it takes my hand with it

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But

When I gave you a hero's name, I never wanted to see you here, like this

Fighting for your life

Back against a dungeon wall

Enemies on every side

Losing your mind

Tears in your bloodshot eyes

Afraid of every shadow

I never wanted you to need a sword

I never wanted you to need a crown

But my words were the ones that brought you here

My fairytales were what led you into a nightmare

My trust was what pulled you into the line of dragon's fire

I'm sorry

[groundfloorprocedure]

I had imagery thoughts, you see

Imagery and parallels, and also archetypes

Fun times

[groundfloorprocedure]

I never wanted to be a king

I don't want to rule

I don't want to start wars

I don't want to be the center of attention, much less the world

But if this crown will tear him down, rip the nightmares he gave me to shreds, I'll wear it if it takes my head with it

I never wanted to be a knight

I don't want honor

I don't want to get involved

I don't want to show my loyalty, much less swear it

But if this sword will protect you, tear down the monsters that came for you, I'll wield it if it takes my hand with it

[wolfythewitch]

I'm gonna haunt you in your head

The things we did, the last words I said

[groundfloorprocedure]

OH MY GOSH, IF THIS WAS THEM

IF B DIED AT THE TOWER

AAAGGGHHHHHHHH

[astronomical-bagel]

god it’s so sad living in an allocentric world. There are so many relationships that are so complex and nuanced that are all put under the label of ‘romantic’ and immediately all the intrigue is taken from it. Like don’t you realize that these relations are actually ENHANCED by the fact that they are not romantic or sexual?

[astronomical-bagel]

NOOO DONT PUT THE CHARACTERS IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP YOURE TAKING OFF THE SEASONING!!!!

[astronomical-bagel]

[lighthouse-wizard]

"I would do anything for you; I would cross worlds for you; I would kill for you; I would die for you" etc in fictional romance= tired and expected

from a boss to their employee= what the fuck is happening there

[groundfloorprocedure]

D to B lol

[sickfictropes]

thinking about manager / leader / captain / etc whumpees again because the quote "you alright, boss?" has lodged itself into my brain.....

Y E S this is perfect no notes

[groundfloorprocedure]

For the short time that B worked for D, although...

I keep imagining this scenario where something is worked out and B doesn't quit, so then B and D are coworkers/boss and employee throughout the whole thing

D is too polite and professional to even consider being called 'boss', but B has just enough of that casual good humor to do it anyway from time to time. Most of the other people in the office think it's very blue collar and unprofessional. At first D mildly agrees with them but tolerates it genially. But well, it kinda grows on him. For B too, because he started it almost as a joke, but now, when things are serious and his employer(/friend?) is in bad shape...

"You okay, boss?"

[dilf-din]

The most important thing you can do in this life is write hyper-specific fanfiction for you and six other people. Don’t believe anything else you read.

[groundfloorprocedure]

If I can find six it will be enough lol

[awesomebutunpractical]

Making Him Talk About His Feelings is stoic repressed character abuse. :/

[awesomebutunpractical]

"It'll be cathartic!"

Incorrect. He will explode, then die.

[groundfloorprocedure]

B would RATHER explode and die than talk about his feelings, or yknow, insinuate that he has them in any way, especially as pertains to the people he cares about-

Er, did I say cares about? No, no, I meant "is forced to interact with". Yeah. Totally.