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My current thoughts are basically on songs like:

Apex Predator (Mean Girls), Candy Store (Heathers), Be More Chill (Both parts, from the musical by the same name lol), etc

And like AUs with them because small/weak characters having to change their personality so people protect/just don’t kill them HURTS???

Like, weaker/younger characters being forced to change the way they act, look, etc in order to ‘fit in’ and be protected while an older/stronger character encourages it and even threatens them as a way to keep them doing it.

Like picture Player from CS having to keep his head down and obey orders while acting like everything is fine, like he’s totally a normal VILE operative just so people don’t find out he’s not??? Because the faculty loves mind games (“What’s wrong with you?! Why can’t you just be normal?!”)

Or, Hover from My Pride being lectured about why prideless lions are useless, disgusting, and all of those apply to her unless she obeys Pride Law?? (“You are not Hover anymore, Long Run!”)

Or, (spoilers for Dark Matter here) Daz losing literally everyone and everything and then having to act just right and listen to everything because she’s stuck on a space ship with total strangers who have no problems with killing her at a moment’s notice. (“Welcome, Little Warrior.”)

Or, and using OCs from ATF here: Descendants having to learn to keep everything ‘off’ or ‘not normal’ about them hidden because if they don’t neither of their people will want them near, alive or dead. (“Wait! Wait! Look, he’s like us, right? So you have to let him live, right?!”)

Ranting about my comfort characters being friends because I’m sad

Varian and Player going off on rants about Alchemy and Hackology while Five pips in whenever she can and their friends watch on shook because “YOU GUYS CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER???”

Varian and Player don’t know how to fight, Five tries to teach them. It ends terribly and with threats of blackmail from AT LEAST two of them.

Player teaching Varian his version of modern tech, and Five teaching them both her version.

Five and Player getting into hacker wars so bad their friends have to physically stop them because “YOU GUYS ARE CRASHING OUR DEFENCES!”

Five just kinda... steals Ruddiger whenever Varian isn’t looking because he’s soft and fluffy and nice.

Five casually mentions she’s killed a few people and Varian pipes up like “Oh! Yeah I’ve tried... didn’t really work out.” And Player just STARES for a solid hour.

Similarly, Varian and Five listing their crimes and Player just sits there dumbfounded because none of his crimes ever hurt someone???

*Offers you a Dark Matter Airlock Scene fanfiction* Summary:

“You can’t do this!” Daz screams, fighting and writhing in the man’s grip.

It’s no use, the man is strong. Powerful. Even on a good day, when she isn’t exhausted from sneaking around and playing stowaway to save her and TJ, she’d still be nearly half his size, probably weighs even less. It’s almost too easy for him to pull her up by her arm, dragging her forward roughly against her will.

“Sure, I can!” The man with the scars laughs, as though this is some kind of sick little playdate. Daz’s stomach drops. “I’m barely breaking a sweat here!”

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Alternatively; The airlock scene, except Kal follows through on protecting the little girl.

(Made for Whumptober day 7 "The Way You Shake And Shiver" and the Prompt "Panic Attack")