#neglect warning

[heshstrophyhusband]

Simon got handed the short end of the stick. Mers are a flashy way to show you had power, wealth and class. Betta mers were very sought after for their flashy colors and pretty fins. They were proud and bold, everyone wanted them. They were selectively bred for the best patterns and colors, thousands were spent on just one. But they never got the proper care when the powerful men got their hands on one. Bound to a tiny tank with cold water and one plant if they were lucky. They were left to wither away to light dull colors and thinning fins. That's what happened to Simon.

He was bought from a breeding farm and brought to Roba, he was dropped into a shallow pool, just big enough to swim circles in. His growth was stunted from the small pool and malnourishment. His pretty gold and black colors never came in, his fins were thin from stress. The light in the tank was always on, he was hungry and tired. But finally Roba's personal house was raided and Simon was surrendered to the task force 141 sanctuary for Mers and aquatic hybrids. Some stayed for rehab while others would be permanent members.

Laswell, the director of the sanctuary accepted Simon and had Price, the head vet and biologist contact you, a Betta specialist. For the first few weeks they kept Simon in a monitored tank so they could get his weight up and treat the fin rot. You and Price kept a close eye on him as a large, permanent indoor tank got set up. It had to be cycled and prepped before he could finally be set free.

Finally the moment came to put him into his permanent tank where you could work with him. You spend plenty of time with him so you can write research papers and get hands on experience with a recovering Betta. It's rewarding to watch his fins flare up and get their true color. He becomes more active and playful, he even flares and shows off when others come to visit. But you're definitely his favorite.

Soon he doesn't let you leave easily after feedings and check ups. He even tries to make bubble nests to show off to you, which you have to ignore. It's taking a toll on poor Simon, it's visible. But it's a risk you can't have. You might just have to transfer...

[nyx3927]

One thing that is always irritating for me is when authors introduce a unique/special/different trait/history in a character then almost never use it. It was introduced for a reason, it makes the character different, use that to expand the character.

Like in Miraculous Ladybug, Marinette Dupain-Cheng is called a fashion designer. Yet only a few episodes touch on how that impacts her character and affects how she works. If she’s a fashion designer, then she most likely hand sews. Hand sewing inevitably leads to pricking fingers, which leads to blood and scars and rough fingers. Show Marinette with bandaged fingers complaining about trouble stitching a bag together. Show her with more clothing/accessories that she made. It doesn’t have to be huge, change her shirt color/design, the cut and shape doesn’t have to change. Have her room be covered with fabric, a mannequin, a pin cushion, fabric shapes. None of these would be extremely difficult to animate, especially if you aren’t moving the things around the room.

Also in ML, Adrien Agreste is shown to be a child model. He undoubtedly has extremely good acting skills as photographers are picky about the expression and body language that the models show. Show Adrien actually using those skills. Put him in the drama club, put him in the acting club, have him starring in a production. Show him with his friends, showing off different emotions that he can do and his friends cheering him on. What about showing him being a kid and using those skills to mock his father? A lot of kids have done that at some point when their parent makes a decision they don’t like, even if it’s alone with no one to see.

In Harry Potter, Harry was clearly abused and neglected for 10 (-ish) years which has a huge impact on personality. The Dursley's obviously limited his food supply, psychologically tormented him, verbally denigrating him, etc. A child who had food insecurity is one that is likely to hide food for later. Being psychologically tormented screws with your head, so show me a Harry who doesn’t trust anyone in authority and has problems with opening up. Verbal abuse is insidious for anyone, but for a child it is extremely hard. It messes with your head, makes you think that you aren’t good enough, puts you in the mindset of ‘why bother trying, I'll fail anyway’. Give me a Harry who does the bare minimum, not because he’s lazy, but because the constant assault on his mind from a young age has convinced him that he literally cannot do anything better.

In Boku no Hero Academia, Midoriya Izuku is shown at the start having a notebook titled “Hero Analysis for the Future”, the latest in a series. He is shown to be extremely bright in analysis. This trait is actually used, as shown with him fighting Stain. But what about having a teacher (Aizawa) notice that and teach him how to weaponize it? Show him attacking villains at their weak points, minimizing his usage of his Quirk and the risk of bone breakage. If he was trained to do fast analysis on villains, he could win fights a lot easier with the power that he can access. For Muscular, he can only augment muscles he already has. So have Midoriya realize this and instead of going for brute force, have him go for weak spots (the face).

Naruto is established as a prankster from the start, and again they just focus on making him hugely overpowered with Sage mode, the toad summoning contract, and Kuruma. Imagine the potential if he actually used the sneakiness and planning that pranks of that scale need and applied that to his life. Sheer unmitigated, glorious chaos across all the nations and very quickly getting rid of threats.

[southwesternworldbuildersllc]

Reddit in the yandereverse would be even more of a shitshow than it is in our world

The titles are ragebait like “AITA for not giving my darling water as punishment?”

Then it turns out OP did give their darling water, just some cheap retail brand instead of, say, Fiji

The verdict of course is YTA because AITA is in a different dimension

[sour-heart-treats]

How about Lemon Cookie's childhood?

Scientists murmur around the child, one who is entirely oblivious to what those in lab coats speak to him. Lemon was never sure of anything, his schedule was always changing. The only thing that remained consistant was the nameless faces and his own name.

"Mx. B------- H----?" Lemon asked, gently taking ahold of one of the scientist's coat sleeves. The only reason how he knew their name was from replication of what others spoke. "When's snack time??" The gaze he recieved was one of scorn, to which he recieved no answer. The only thing he recieved was a tug of the coat out of his grip and being pointed onwards. Right, yet another testing chamber. He couldn't count how many of these he'd been in- but he knows it was more than 5! That was as high as he could count, anyways.

Stomach growling beyond the test, Lemon found himself upset by the lack of food. He's hungry! How much longer would he have to wait?!

Stopped before he could enter another chamber, one of the scientists stopped him, kneeling down closer to his height. The language spoke was unknown to Lemon- it sounded more alien than anything else. He wondered if these people around him were aliens as his hand was taken. "Mx. C------ O--..." He'd nearly whine, knowing that this speech he didn't understand could last far longer than he wanted it to. Though, pleasantly, it was only a few moments... C------ always was the kindest person he knew. And his hand was left with a snack bar, too! He was familiar with this brand, the kind that was only given by C------ O--, the kind that was always delicious!

With a quick little 'thank you', Lemon began to open it up, the wrapper crinkling loudly in his hands. This seemed to set the scientist into a minor panic, shooing the little test subject into the chamber while he was still fumbling with his food.

It wasn't until after the chamber door closed that Lemon heard plenty of shouting from the other end of the door. He took a bite of his snack and cautiously stepped away from the door, not realizing he wasn't even chewing out of fear. Just what was going on out there?

...and why was his snack so bitter?

[southwesternworldbuildersllc]

Deconstruction prompt #17

Even years after a darling gets away, they still live in a cold, unfurnished apartment with only a single cushion in the living room and a thin blanket on the floor in the bedroom. 

This is because they’ve literally forgotten what it’s like to be comfortable and human, as their yandere was constantly stealing their most basic needs (“privileges”, they were called) for the slightest infractions. 

Alternately, they know their captor will find them again, and they don’t want to have anything they’ll miss.

[yanderemall]

The Coffee Machine Regular Customers List*

The Coffee Machine is one of the most unique attractions in Hilly Rock Mall. It’s a coffee shop, operated entirely by a computer. Just input your order into the keypad, pay and the robot arms in the ceiling will make your drink exactly how you want it. It’s made the local paper for being such a marvel of technology. The only downside is that the fragile fingers of the robot arms tend to break easily.

“What is the point of this? Like, coffee vending machines exist. They know that, right? Right?” - Anonymous townsperson

🖤YANDERE🖤

Cupbot (AI yandere):

Iced Coffee (Mad scientist yandere): The man behind the machine. Iced Coffee is a brilliant, wide eyed student at Hilly Rock Technical School, and the designer of The Coffee Machine with Black Coffee’s help. Science was his true love... Then he met you, the perfect test subject for some of his other inventions on the backburner. Hope you like cybernetic augmentations!

Black Coffee (Emotionless yandere): Black coffee is Iced Coffee’s partner, who found a broken down robot arm in an abandoned garage one day and took it back to their dorm, and from this meager arm, Iced Coffee was able to build The Coffee Machine. This is false. He stole the arm from its original creator, who planned to create the ultimate office assistant, after killing him. Calm and collected compared to his cheery friend, he is often exasperated by Iced’s antics.

Strawberry Frapp (Seifuku yandere): A bored, perpetually sleepy student of Hilly Rock High and a collector of all things cute. She has a crush on Green Tea Affogato, and plans on kidnapping her soon.

Americano (Scumbag yandere): One of Raspberry Candle’s previous abusers. He forged an ID and snuck into here from Malcinia, bored of their resilient darlings that had adapted to living in constant fear. Raspberry was his first darling here, but he fell out of love and threw him away. He enjoys taking the most cheerful people and shattering them, but he wouldn’t mind having a permanent toy.

Pink Cappuncino (Venomous yandere): Don’t let Pink’s appearance fool you; she seems perfectly sweet on the outside, but she is a cruel, evil bitch. Her temper is shorter than a millimeter, and when she gets angry at her darling, she does everything she can to make them pay. She’ll beat them with the very pans they’re using to cook her dinner, and reduce their self esteems to nothing with her carefully targeted insults. One of Raspberry Candle’s exes, and Latte’s older sister.

Single Shot Espresso (Library yandere):

💓DARLING4 💓r$

Green Tea Affogato (Vigilante darling): A new transfer student to Hilly Rock High, she’s about as much of a genki girl as it gets. Always bouncing her legs no matter how tired she gets and humming a darling pop tune to herself, this young lady always has a smile on her face no matter what happens. She seems almost naive sometimes. This is false. It’s all an act, and she’s actually here to find and kill the fucker who killed her boyfriend, the real inventor of the robot arm that would later be used to create The Coffee Machine.

Decaf (Noir Detective darling): The embodiment of every noir movie. They’re badass and take no shit from perps. They alone have put away some of the most dangerous criminals in the Free Cities. Their next target: The Hilly Rock Mall, where a Malcinian allegedly frequents. Also monologues a lot.

Red Eye (Eccentric Detective darling): The embodiment of every eccentric detective story, and a frequent partner of Decaf. It’s impossible to ever know what they’re thinking. Currently undercover as a student at Hilly Rock High, to try to pick up info on the alleged Malcinian.

Black Eye (Creepy darling):

Irish Coffee (Drunkard darling): A gloomy lady with a neglectful businesswoman wife. Her yandere gives her pocket money and releases her into the mall every now and then as a reward for good behavior. Of course, the first shop she goes to is The Coffee Machine, desperate to drown her sorrows. She’s so lost in her haze of sadness that she doesn’t notice the powder keg about to explode all around her.

Latte (Sad darling): Americano’s current girlfriend, who he often drags out on “dates” to pretend they’re a happy couple. She is terrified of her yandere and sees only a bleak future ahead of her.

*Shop idea and detective darlings idea by @stalkersamsrptumbler