I Clowned Myself.

I clowned myself.

We got our writing assessment back and I got flagged for making up a quote that didn’t exist, but guys.

Guys.

I didn’t make it up; it was a quote from the fanfic I stress-binged the night before my assessment.

Later…

Hawks: Want a once-in-a-lifetime lift on the Hawks Express?

Dabi: No.

Hawks: What whyyyyyy

Dabi: Because I don’t want to

Hawks: But Dabiiiiiii

Hawks: Dabs

Hawks: Hot stuff

Hawks: Hot topic

Hawks: Mr. Emo-

Dabi: FINE JUST SHUT UP OMG I have motion sickness alright?

Hawks: Awwww you didn’t have to be embarrassed about that, you could’ve just told me

Hawks: That does mean we’re gonna have to walk the 5 miles though

Dabi: Why do you insist on flying everywhere even though you’re exhausted

Hawks: Because I’m a cheapskate and transport is expensive ;D

Hawks: Also I have a fear of being inside moving vehicles, but that’s irrelevant

Babe, I promise I'm just saving her. No, what're you talking about? This is totally not highly unethical

Dabi: I’m in the mood to have a cup of coffee then burn endeavor to a crisp today

Hawks: That- that’s your mood everyday

Dabi: No

Dabi: Sometimes I fancy a cup of tea instead

tgcf

This, plus the character being fully aware of it but would still willingly sacrifice themselves anyway because it’s all they know how to do. Until, until !! the option of dying gets brutally ripped out of their grasp and now they’re left with a shattered world view with their only sense of purpose in shambles.

Even better if they end up the only person alive left, with a bonus of being kept alive because the person the character wanted to save turned around and sacrificed themself to save that character instead.

Or I guess the happier alternative is having the character meet a good bunch of friends who teach them how to be their own person and live, but who doesn’t love a good tragedy instead?

i looooove characters who are sacrificial lamb coded. characters who have never lived for themselves. characters born to be a tool, a weapon, a sacrifice, all of the above. a character raised by the heroes to save the world, at any expense, even their own health, even their own life. a character raised by the villains to end the world, at any expense, even their own health, even their own life. characters who are denied personhood so they can be used as tools instead. characters who never even had a chance to be people because they were shaped into something else from the moment they were born. characters who were born to die.