Just a cog in the machine.

Dirk Strider. 23. Insert some deep, edgy quote here. Something like, "The ocean is endless, as is the abyss of my soul." Yeah, that sounds edgy enough, right? || Indie Dirk Strider RP blog | M!A: Open | Icon by KF1N3

[machinati0ns]

//okay yeah i realize this is like. one of the oldest of my rp blogs but i (semi) recently changed a few of my rules tht i will also want to put into effect on here

i am no longer comfortable with minors or personals following my rp blogs. this means tht any minors or personals that do not have rp sideblogs tht follow me from hereon out, you will first be softblocked and if you follow again, hardblocked (or softblocked again until i realize i already did tht, shit memory). since i know this specific blog has a lot of non-rp-related personals following it... it uh. depends. i don't really feel like going through years worth of followers to find each and every personal tht follows me but if i notice you then you might get softblocked. sorry, it is nothing personal (...no pun intended) just a change to how i want to interact with tumblr when it comes to rp.

as for minors already following me uh, i don't actually know if there are very many. anyone who was under 18 when i implemented my previous "the youngest i will interact with is 16" rule is most likely an adult by now because that was YEARS ago. like actually in general anyone who was under 18 when they followed me when this blog was at its most active is probably an adult by now lmaoooo. but if there are any i think the same thing with personals already following me will apply. i'm not going to comb through 300+ blogs a good chunk of which are dead to find y'all. at least right now. but again if i notice y'all i will softblock

once again would like to reiterate that it's nothing personal for either of those groups. again it's just that i'm older now and my comfort zone and the way i go about rp on tumblr has changed.

i'll make a somewhat more concise and general proper pinned post at some point, but for now i'm pinning this. thanks for reading!

[machinati0ns]

Not to be super depressing on main, but it feels so weird to be... hopeful? For once?

We're getting out of here. And yeah, there's danger and urgency with this, but still. We're finally going home.

[beecreeper]

Why aren't we talking about him

[beecreeper]

[beecreeper]

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

[artificial-father]

My mom who worked in HR and people management for years approves.

[roycohn]

this is my favorite ask a manager letter ever

[cittamemes]

For every ∯ I get I will say/confess something without specifying for whom it is meant

eg:

∯ || You told me once that I was the only person on that team you might consider a friend… I can say now that I should have taken you at your word long ago.

∯ || I wish we had more occasion to speak. I can’t say I’ve ever disliked your company.

∯ || Leave the van Gogh works be; you’re going to give him an ulcer.

[rederiswrites]

Don't know how many times I've showed a non-Tumblr person a Tumblr post and had the whole thing derail because the poor soul actually read someone's user name.

[wolkenteiler]

Rare Candy Treatment.

[pokemonheritageposts]

Pokemon Heritage Post

[architectofimagination]

FANTASTIC

[homunculus-argument]

Being overstimulated is such a weird thing to explain to people. Like "hey sorry, I'm not mad at you and this is nobody's fault and I'm not blaming anyone for it happening, I am aware this is a part of regular everyday life but I am mentally crumbling because There Have Been Things Happening nonstop for 5 hours straight back to back with no breaks, and I really need to sit down in complete silence for like 15-25 minutes, after which I will be completely fine and can proceed as normal. But if I'm not allowed to have that, I will resort to violence."

[tumbleaboutit]

Fun fact: people who care about you find it charming if you just...say this. You don’t need to explain anything, just say that you need to go sit by yourself in silence for a bit like you’re telling them you need to go to the bathroom.

...Actually, if you say anything casually with an air of “this is not a weird thing for me to say/do/ask for”, even relative strangers will roll with it because they don’t want to be the one who Makes It Weird. I once asked someone to take over note-taking duties for me because “I need to go run up and down the hall real quick”. Nobody even asked follow-up questions when I got back.

[catchymemes]

[cryptotheism]

This counts as a spell

[bardnuts]

[depsidase]

[carouselcometh]

If I was a slasher I’d drop a piano on someone

[machinati0ns]

//sorry not sorry for all the pesterlogs in place of like. standard exposition. they are just fun to write and less taxing. also not much expositing to do for a guy stuck in his home aside from a fuckton of introspection lmaoo

[machinati0ns]

TT: Hey, bro. TT: It's me. TT: Your bro. TT: You know, the one from the future. TT: I'm just getting ahold of you to let you know that Roxy and I-- that's Rose's daughter, by the way-- are formulating a plan to come back. TT: The game was a dead end, and our friends are in danger. TT: Not to mention you and Rose, too. TT: You might think it's too dangerous, but we're adults now, and we're arguably in more danger here anyway. TT: We want to help you take down the Batterwitch once and for all. TT: And then... TT: ... TT: Jesus, this is contrived as fuck. TT: Yeah, that was terrible TT: You're tellin' me. TT: I bet I could do better. TT: Bullshit. TT: "Hello, Dave. It is I, your younger brother, whom you sent into the future to protect from )(er Imperious Horrendousness. Kind of a shitty plan, by the way. She still exists in the future and is worse actually. Also she kills you. So I'm coming back to also get killed by her." TT: Dude, that's worse. TT: Oh, no, that wasn't my own attempt. TT: I was pointing out how awful you sounded. TT: Here's what I would really say: TT: TT: TT: TT: Something broken, bro? TT: You're saying jack shit. TT: Exactly. TT: You think I shouldn't say anything to him? TT: Really? TT: *Really?* TT: What's there to say? TT: If you really have to notify him, just give him a brief lowdown of the whole ordeal. TT: "Coming back, friends in danger, see you soon, bro. - Dirk" TT: Save all the emotions and complicated explanations for the reunion. TT: He'll get the gist. TT: ... TT: You know, I fuckin' hate it when you make some semblance of sense. TT: Surely, I am certain. TT: It just feels wrong *not* explaining everything to him beforehand. TT: Who's to say he'll even beliebe me? TT: ..."Beliebe"? TT: I don't think he's a Belieber, bro. TT: What reason does he have to trust me? Trust that it's *really* me and not just some rando pulling sick pranks? TT: And not the cool kind of sick. TT: The disgusting kind of sick. TT: Hate to say it, but I guess you've got a point, Brotractor X. TT: Christ, what kind of fucked up world is this where we agree with each other? TT: Horrifying, I know. TT: Dave'll probably want proof that you are who you say you are, yeah. TT: Luckily though, we have a fuckin' hoard of it. TT: Videos, diaries, messages. TT: Some of which he hasn't even written yet from his perspective. TT: Our only drawback is that he's an even more paranoid fuck than you are. TT: I'll try not to take offense to that. TT: And frankly, I don't blame him. TT: Probably the only way to prove without a doubt in his mind that you are you, TT: Is to just say nothing and roll up. TT: He'll fuckin' kill me first if I say nothing at all, man. TT: And then I'll take over your rotting corpse and pilot it myself for the rest of time. TT: My master plan is finally coming to fruition. TT: Dude. TT: Now is not the time for this shit. TT: Just leave him a short, sweet message roughly 10 minutes before you show up so that he'll have enough time to read it and know not to kill you on sight. TT: What if he's not there? TT: More time for him to see it and not kill you. TT: Still, I want to have an actual conversation with the man before I break and enter into his home. TT: Not breaking and entering if you never break or enter and it's also your home. TT: You know what I mean. TT: See, this is why you should listen to me more often. TT: Your fragile human emotions are getting in the way of logic. TT: You *want* to talk to him even though it'll definitely backfire. TT: I get it, but it's still a horrible idea. TT: Shut the fuck up man, the only horrible idea here was asking for your input in the first place. TT: Not like I can stop you, but you have my take on it. TT: A take I know you share, because I know how you think. TT: You think like me, because I'm you. TT: This conversation is over now. TT: See if I ever ask for your advice again. TT: You will. TT: Later, bro. TT: Later, jackass.

[fhtagn-and-tentacles]

NIGHT TENTACLES 

by Tronyx79

[ghcsthouse]

— “think about God. think about death. think about someone else’s hand clumsily on your belt in the dark.”

pete wentz, 2005

[something-in-the-wayne-deactiva]

it's definitely not ideal, it's just one of those weird things that a lot of people seem to intuitively agree on for some reason

almost everyone is pretty chill and normal about it if you "break the rules" as far as eye contact though, in my experience. people just think it's weird

[machinati0ns]

Damn. Society sounds fucking weird.

Not that they'd even know whether or not I'm actually making eye contact I guess, considering my sick ass shades.

Unless there's some sort of weird societal rule about shades too.

[something-in-the-wayne-deactiva]

hell yeah, sunglasses cover a lot of sins actually, they're usually not worn inside though. i don't think people are usually weird enough to ask about that shit but if they do the standard excuse of "i have sensitive eyes" is basically always enough

[machinati0ns]

Yeah, that's why I wear them. To hide my heinous, sinful soul from the world. One look in my eyes would be enough to kill any normal, law-abiding citizen. That's why it's my sworn duty to protect everyone who comes into contact with me by shielding my eyes. It's for the greater good. Also bright light fuckin' hurts. Guess I do have sensitive eyes too, then.