shout out for the ppl that attend Super B*wl hope u enjoyed the genocide!
Rafah was supposed to be a safe zone. The world has failed Palestinians in many ways, and it continues to be beyond horrifying. The Super Bowl usually reaches over 100 million viewers every year, and I just saw the advertisement the IOF displayed in advance the other day to 'release the hostages.' They're calling it a 'Gaza hostage awareness video campaign' while they're mercilessly bombing Palestinian people to severe injury or death. A genocide is going on, and Israel is committing ethnic cleansing. The IOF are nothing but settler-colonial terrorists, but the world is being fed a message that they are innocent.
I hope the IOF falls to the greatest depths of despair and experiences tenfold what Palestinian people and children have.
Guess who's going on an amasai writing binge
Me
@amasaiweek day 3: family/forgiveness
*sigh* alright here we go
Tw for: knives/scalpels, blood, death/dead bodies, literally the whole thing is angst so look out
Lots of spoilers for @kagazuly 's beta au fic!! Don't read if you haven't gotten past chapter 3!!
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There was a blade pressed against Shuichi's throat.
It had all happened so quickly. He had gone to check on the medic in the warehouse, and-
And there was a hand on his wrist, and a sudden falling, and a weight on his chest so that he could just barely breathe if he made his breaths shallow enough. And there was the sharp, bitter sting of the knife at his throat.
Shuichi was going to die, just for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. All because of- he looked up at his killer's face- Rantaro?
Rantaro?
But-
But he was our leader, the person most dedicated to ending the game, the violinist thought. We trusted him more than we trusted ourselves and each other.
It was all an act, then, huh? He got us to trust him, and now he's going to kill me and escape, probably.
He looked up at the green-haired man's face again. His eyes were wild, feral, as if he was driven by instinct rather than his morals. An idea came to Shuichi. Could... Monokuma have brought back the Despair Disease? No, I'd think that repeating the same motive twice would be too boring for Monokuma... Then, did Rantaro have it all this time since looking after the patients, and managed to fool even the mastermind into thinking he didn't have it?
The blade pressed closer to Shuichi's neck, and he felt warm blood slide down onto the floor beneath him.
This was not the Rantaro he knew.
Memories of the previous trial came flooding to him, of Himiko's dismembered body, the blood spilling in a scarlet puddle on the tile, stained weapons scattered around, Angie's crazed face when the others figured out she had the Bloodlust Disease. The man above Shuichi looked like that now, ruined by his own Bloodlust Disease.
He was going to die.
Shuichi was going to die.
Hesitantly, he looked the medic in the eyes. "R-Rantaro?"
Time seemed to stop for a moment.
Rantaro's breathing slowed. Shuichi felt the blade slip away from him, and the medic put what Shuichi could now see was a scalpel in his pocket.
Rantaro let out a sigh, shut his eyes, and stood back up, turning to face whatever he'd been doing before. He paused and, without looking back, tossed an alcohol wipe from his pocket to Shuichi.
"Sorry. I thought you were going to kill me. Use this, it'll clean up the wound, and there's plenty of bandages in my lab," he said nonchalantly.
"You... You thought I was going to kill you?!"
The blonde boy stood.
"Dont think I'm gonna forgive you that easily, Rantaro."
"Fine."
"I... I COULD HAVE DIED!!'
"If you're just going to yell at me, go work your issues out with Kiyo. I'm the medic here, not the therapist."
He turned his head to look at Shuichi.
"Besides," he said in a stern yet ominous whisper, "it's not like I havent killed anyone before."
Shuichi froze in terror. "W-Wha-"
"Even medics have to kill to survive, sometimes. War is war. I'm not the only one, either. Most of us have been the cause of another's death, in one way or another. We're all killers, Shuichi. Killers all crammed into one place, under circumstances that mean we can't help but distrust each other, no matter how much we try to tell ourselves we have allies. Reminds me of the battlefield, now that I think about it."
What... was Rantaro saying?... They couldn't... trust anyone, that was true, but...
He took a few cautious steps toward the doorway and was going to leave, when he heard the medic speak again.
"Hey, Shuichi?"
"What?"
"You said you won't forgive me, right?"
"Um, yeah."
"See what I mean?"
"What?"
"You see, Shuichi,
"There's no forgiveness on the battlefield."
So idk what compelled me to draw this, I was kinda just bored and wanted to try something new since I don’t really draw gore and so I decided to step out of my comfort zone a bit, why I choose Taki I honestly don’t know but yeah, also this my or my not be canon to my DR but I’m not sure yet
Small art panel of part of my oc's storyline under the cut.
Honestly I need to draw more of Micah and his family's situations, my boy's been through a lot for a teenager. Especially with what he's seen
Micah's seen his fair share for a 19 year old, deaths a common occurrence, it's an apocalypse after all. Still, it's never going to be easy seeing the woman who took you, in dead in the forest. And your best friend missing when he should've been with her.
As the cycle goes, we are born and die. The cycle is a never ending circle of life. Returning to the earth as nature selects.
Eyes bright, hair wild, Lips curved in a little smile. Scraped knuckles, bruised knees, Tousled gently by the country breeze. "Jordie, look, I made a friend!" Did all good things have to end?
Eyes wide, hair bristling, Lips parted in a whispered "No." Trembling fingers, racing heart, Blood like blossoms on a sunlit floor. "Jordie, quick, I think he's hurt!" Could things ever get any worse?
Eyes hopeful, hair combed neatly, Lips spread in a tremulous smile. Mittens folded over steaming chocolate, Gazing at the promise of a new sunrise. "Jordie, I think we might make it." Who knew the best way to be happy was to fake it?
Eyes waxy, hair limp, Lips closed over chattering teeth. Aching ribs, aching heart— It had never been so hard to breathe. "Jordie, please, please, wake up." They'd come too far to give up.
Eyes unseeing, hair unseen, Lips blue, dying, dying. In a pile of festering bodies, The only one who was still alive. "Jordie, wake up, please, I'm sorry." It was the only way to survive.
Eyes dull, hair pushed back, Lips pressed into a flat line. They would pay for what they did, Languish in suffering of his design. "Jordie, I promise I'll avenge you." Why wasn't he sure if that was true?
Eyes wild, hair on end, Lips trembling over trembling breaths. Crouched against a locked bathroom door, Drowning till he'd died a thousand deaths. "Jordie, please, go away." He could feel the bodies, smell the decay.
Eyes hard, hair neat, Lips in a mocking smirk. Death was dealt out far too easily, Condemningly common in his line of work. "Jordie, now I'm a monster too— What, now, would I think of you?"
Eyes caught, hair tousled, Lips frozen mid-sentence. Gazing at her, silhouetted by the sun, He could almost believe in magic again. "Jordie, I'm scared my walls are falling down." For once, he was defenseless, and he wasn't going to drown.
Eyes shy, hair straight, Lips forming words he didn't want to take back. Broken boy and broken girl— His defenses were about to crack. "Jordie, not all good things have to die." He wondered if he should straighten his tie.
Tw blood//fake body
Here lies everything
The world I wanted at my feet
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Kaname has a shitty…I’d guess this would take place at 2 AM tbh. Either way he’s finally breaking after 923 years of seeing everyone he loves and his family die.
Tw blood/fake body/stitches
No matter what happens, I will always be here to put you back together, over and over and over
and over and over
and over again and again, because I love you.
Is love meant to pierce me?
Emi stitching Zero’s dead ass up so she can resurrect him.
Emi is so funny to me because for half the series she’s basically a very calculated, unhinged female Trevor Philips, who's also Zero's first friend in years. And then Zero dies, and she becomes Jesus and resurrects him with magic just because, God damn it, she wants to hang out with her brother figure. And Toga’s like, “You know? I accept helping you if it means I get a chance at being a decent father again”