My Beautiful Baby

When your boyfriend is your favorite person but you enjoy testing every ounce of patience he has

“Let me ask you Kaiba,” Atem frowned, “What is this rivalry worth to you?”

“Kisara … the light which destroyed the evil god cannot reach my heart … for me … the world will never be truly bright again. Forgive me Kisara … The truth is, I never wanted to let you go … I wanted to imprison you in the jail of my heart … you would have been the one point of light in a soul consumed by darkness. Not your spirit Ka … not your dragon … I wanted your light, Kisara … I wanted you.”

— - Priest Seto, Yu-Gi-Oh! Yu-Gi-Oh! Millenium World Volume 7 (via blueeyeswhit3)

Stuck sick in bed so doodling a lot. Second part to the last pic

Some of my favorite words and phrases to describe a character in pain

coiling (up in a ball, in on themselves, against something, etc)

panting (there’s a slew of adjectives you can put after this, my favorites are shakily, weakly, etc)

keeling over (synonyms are words like collapsing, which is equally as good but overused in media)

trembling/shivering (additional adjectives could be violently, uncontrollably, etc)

sobbing (weeping is a synonym but i’ve never liked that word. also love using sob by itself, as a noun, like “he let out a quiet sob”)

whimpering (love hitting the wips with this word when a character is weak, especially when the pain is subsiding. also love using it for nightmares/attacks and things like that)

clinging (to someone or something, maybe even to themselves or their own clothes)

writhing/thrashing (maybe someone’s holding them down, or maybe they’re in bed alone)

crying (not actual tears. cry as in a shrill, sudden shout)

dazed (usually after the pain has subsided, or when adrenaline is still flowing)

wincing (probably overused but i love this word. synonym could be grimacing)

doubling-over (kinda close to keeling over but they don’t actually hit the ground, just kinda fold in on themselves)

heaving (i like to use it for describing the way someone’s breathing, ex. “heaving breaths” but can also be used for the nasty stuff like dry heaving or vomiting)

gasping/sucking/drawing in a breath (or any other words and phrases that mean a sharp intake of breath, that shite is gold)

murmuring/muttering/whispering (or other quiet forms of speaking after enduring intense pain)

hiccuping/spluttering/sniffling (words that generally imply crying without saying crying. the word crying is used so much it kinda loses its appeal, that’s why i like to mix other words like these in)

stuttering (or other general terms that show an impaired ability to speak — when someone’s in intense pain, it gets hard to talk)

staggering/stumbling (there is a difference between pain that makes you not want to stand, and pain that makes it impossible to stand. explore that!)

recoiling/shrinking away (from either the threat or someone trying to help)

pleading/begging (again, to the threat, someone trying to help, or just begging the pain to stop)

Feel free to add your favorites or most used in the comments/reblogs!

“Real life’s nasty. It’s cruel. It doesn’t care about heroes and happy endings and the way things should be. In real life, bad things happen. People die. Fights are lost. Evil often wins.” -Darren Shan

Not everyone will get a happy ending. The question is who will?

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Next chapter for Heir to the Dark Arts is up! (Merged Lady of Shadows back into the main fic)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/48178972/chapters/165556579

January 19th, 12am

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