bakerstreet | Angst Meme

ANGST MEME

Sometimes we all want to play some angst and see just how far our characters will fall.
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1. just depressed.
Things are tough, you're feeling worn out, or whatever the case, you're depressed. You need help or someone else thinks you do anyway.

2. abandoned.
You were left behind by everyone you hold dear and now you're forced to see how well they've adjusted, how happy they all are while you're screaming inside.

3. sick.
Cold, flu, or something even worse, all you can do is lay back and let someone take care of you.

4. fight.
You've been fighting nonstop with the other person and it just keep escalating.

5. break up.
You're being broken up with and they won't reconsider... Damn.

6. separated.
For some reason, you've been separated from the other person for a long time.

7. kidnapped.
You've been held captive for how long now? Maybe they've been torturing you even, using your blood to write ransom notes, threatening to cut off fingers to send next, etc. Rescue is on the way though, right?

8. beaten up.
Just because someone didn't like you or maybe they wanted something you had, whatever the case is, you're coming home sporting some nasty wounds and bruises.

9. jealousy.
You just have this undeniable jealousy suddenly and you need to let it out.

10. cheated on.
This goes beyond just suspicion and you have full on proof of what your lover has done. How do you handle it?

11. apathetic.
You're not sad, you're not happy, you just... don't feel much anymore. The sparkle of life has gone right out of you and you're just going through the motions now.

12. addicted.
Drugs, alcohol, whatever your drug of choice is, you can't fight the draw and you can't draw yourself out of the hole, but the other person is going to try.

13. bad romance.
You know this isn't good for either of you, but you can't stop now.

14. fear.
Nightmares, the feeling someone is following you, etc. You can't shake the feeling.

15. insanity.
You're seeing things and hearing them, waking up only to realize you've done things you don't remember or you're in a place you weren't before. You're losing it and you don't know what to do.

16. guilt.
It's eating you up inside and you have to tell someone about it now. You want to be punished and you won't take no for an answer.

17. loss
You've lost something dear to you.

18. wild card.
Combine some options or make your own!

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[ what else is a good bottle of scotch or whiskey good for? nightmares and failures. they're on the same page with that one as well it seems. there are just so many nightmares and an abundance of failures.

Bruce is stuck on how he failed Jason, but Jason knows he failed Bruce too.

and maybe it really would be easier if Bruce didn't want him here, or if he wasn't fucking right about just how much he can't really be here. he wasn't going to stay, obviously, but he hates hearing it from Bruce. it almost makes him want to stay, just to spite him. ]

I don't need you of all people to tell me that. I know what I need to do. Not what I fucking asked, though, is it.

We've all done things that have crossed some line, Jason.

( Echoes of things he's come to learn and will continue to learn as he grows as both Bruce and Batman. Though, no. He can't claim he's murdered others... but he can claim that maybe he's felt certain individuals deserved it. That he isn't sorry for what they got. A sickening thought, only amplified by what a certain clown claims is true.

He's not entirely wrong.

Again, he takes a sip, feeling that weight ever-so-present there on his shoulders. A glance to the other, he sets his glass down, arm coming to cross over his chest, holding his other one. )

You're a victim yourself.

Edited 2022-04-03 05:23 (UTC)

Have we?

[he wonders just how much Bruce believes that. with all his self righteousness in tow, does he really believe he's crossed any lines?

his gaze bores into Bruce. there are clowns and scarecrows that are still alive to this day. imagine how things would be if they were dead.

he would have expected Bruce to do away with the Joker by now. for killing him. for ruining them. but maybe they were ruined long before that already. Jason is angry about that too.]

And what have you done to make that right? You say we've crossed lines but he's still alive, isn't he. Didn't matter that he took me away from you.

( Again, something he has to live with, as he does with all his choices. Still stumbling along through the night at times — trying to find that balance of Bruce and The Batman while not letting himself beat the crooks he hunts down to a pulp despite the temptation to. It's hard not to slip up sometimes — hard not to try and be better after everything.

So he looks up, sigh there on his lips and he looks tired. Emotionally. )

Killing him wouldn't have brought you back.

( He shakes his head, looking off. )

It wouldn't bring my parents back.

( To kill the one[s] responsible for that. But Jason had come back, though not as a direct result of killing anyone. He shouldn't have come back. Much as part of him is glad to see him alive again, he should be at peace, he thinks. Not ripped from whatever semblance of it he might have found and thrust back into the cesspool that is Gotham. That's what they can barely keep together in terms of a relationship with one another. )

You deserved better.

Edited 2022-04-13 03:23 (UTC)

[ Jason doesn't think that's better. he thinks it's weak. but what does he know? he was following fucking Crane since coming back from the dead. maybe even before then, because of what he felt was Bruce's betrayal.

Jason knocks back the rest of his drink, then moves forward, hard look in his eyes as he grabs the bottle again. if Bruce tries to stop him, they might throw hands right here and now. ]

But it would stop them from hurting anyone else, wouldn't it.

[Jason will agree with Bruce there, though. he shouldn't have come back, and there have been so many nights since then that he's wished he was dead. dead, rather than being a victim. that's the last fucking thing he wants to be, and yet it's everything he turned himself into.]

I deserved better? What's better? What the hell is your idea of better, Bruce?

Angst Meme

haha perfect 🖤❤️

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this Jason's Bruce actually killed the joker but I guess we can go with not?

gently returns but also yes

it's good to see you back! i was only able to handle texting last night lol