#terrortrope

[hauntedhavens-blog]

“ tell me what’s wrong. “ ( from tommy to ryker )

             Finding a place to begin is hard for her. Ryker has nervous fingers dug into the carpet, eyes trained on the terrible design imbued in it, trying to wrack her brain to find something– anything to tell Tommy. She doesn’t want to upset him or worry him in any way, shape, or form whatsoever, and she doesn’t want to lie to him to make him stop worrying. 

It could be that weird friend he has – what the fuck was his name, she couldn’t quite remember – Jay? That was making her look like she’d just walked for miles and miles on end in the heat having some sort of breakdown of the nth dimension. After about five minutes of silence – the cabinet music overlapping with one another over and over, screens flashing to insert a coin to begin games, the sound of buttons being mashed – she locks her phone and puts it down to look up at Tommy, who’s probably been looking at her for fuck knows how long, and opens her mouth to speak. 

“Hard to say.” 

[divinitybreathed]

if maddie were ever in danger, would she be willing to fight back? what is the level of fear it takes for her to protect herself?

of course u would ask this u weirdo stop trying to murder hER. 

short answer, yes. long answer, it would take a great deal of panic and fear for her to do something. she’s a pacifist by nature, and genuinely feels a great amount of sympathy pain for anyone and everyone. this means that when they suffer - physically or emotionally - she reflects that pain and feels something tight and aching in her chest. by default she doesn’t think anyone deserves pain, of any kind, which is why it’s near impossible for her to finally lash out. 

it would be a long time of running and attempting to talk things out for her, maybe even trying to trap someone. she never really,,, comprehends the amount of danger she’s in until the last second. she could already be bleeding out by the time she realizes she needs to push back. but. generally. she would need to be right on the edge of being killed, pinned and trapped, and then she would hurt back. she needs to think she or someone else is about to die now for the impulse to kick in. 

or she needs to be very angry. not afraid, angry. and this kind of anger exclusively stems from enough people getting hurt for her to believe the person responsible isn’t worth her sympathy.