me: -checks calendar- no sorry i dont have the time for the spiral prevention activities
my threatening mental health crisis: -rumbles ominously
me: -flicking back through- well i might be able to fit something in on Thursday
that late night conversation with your friend because they aren't in a good place and just keeping them talking well into the night because if they're chatting/texting you they're safe
Useful prompts
feel free to change pronouns/titles where appropriate!
❝ there’s no need to do anything drastic . ❞ ❝ do you really have nothing better to do than ruin people’s lives ? ❞ ❝ not if i have anything to say about it . ❞ ❝ can you commit crimes another day ? i kind of have a full schedule today and you’re ruining it ! ❞ ❝ what … what did you do to them ?! ❞ ❝ you… really think i’d join you ? that’s… sick . stop being sick . ❞ ❝ i know when i’m beaten , but YOU don’t . ❞ ❝ this isn’t worth it , __ ! you know it’s wrong ! quit while you’re ahead ! ❞ ❝ please , this one’ll end up like all your other plans . out the window and in the garbage . ❞ ❝ i won’t let you hurt anyone else ever again . ❞ ❝ i don’t care if people don’t appreciate what i do . i’m going to save them anyway . because it’s the right thing to do ! ❞ ❝ you like, literally never win? why do you keep trying ? ❞ ❝ i can’t let you die . ❞ ❝ i’m no hero … but i’ll still stop you . ❞ ❝ oh , no . you’re not getting away from me now ! not when i’m so close ! ❞ ❝ let them go now , or … ❞ ❝ do you legitimately have any standards or are you just terrible ? ❞ ❝ this isn’t what we agreed ! ❞ ❝ stop trying to manipulate me ! i know who i am ! i’m the hero , and i’m going to save my friends ! ❞ ❝ i can’t let you endanger everyone i care about ! ❞ ❝ wait , you’re not ___ . who’re you ? ❞ ❝ aw , come on , you’re not THIS evil ! ❞ ❝ i’d never join you ! ❞ ❝ what are you doing ? ❞ ❝ please , listen to me . you don’t have to do this . we can forget about all this and go home . ❞ ❝ don’t make me kill you ! ❞ ❝ i failed … i failed everyone . ❞ ❝ you can’t evade me forever ! i will find you, and when i do , there’ll be nowhere to run ! ❞ ❝ i’ll make you pay for what you did to them ! ❞ ❝ i … hate you . so much . ❞ ❝ ooooh , what do all these buttons do ? ❞ ❝ blah-blah-blah , evil monologue . can we just cut to the part we beat eachother up ? ❞ ❝ i changed my mind . maybe … maybe i do want to join you . ❞ ❝ no . no , don’t . i’ll do anything you say ! just stop ! ❞ ❝ why are you doing this ?! ❞ ❝ you’re not bad at fighting for villainous scum . ❞ ❝ fine . fine ! i give up ! just let them go ! ❞ ❝ sorry , this mouth runs a mile a minute , and you can’t hope to stop it . ❞ ❝ guess i’ll die . ❞ ❝ how many people ? ❞ ❝ sorry i’m late . got caught up fighting your little defense squad . ❞ ❝ nonono , don’t come any closer ! ❞ ❝ i’m going to make every second of your life annoying . ❞ ❝ oooooh , nice shot ! did you mean to aim at that , though ? ❞ ❝ this isn’t right ! i don’t know what twisted presence is making you think it is , but it’s wrong! this is all wrong ! stop ! ❞ ❝ i never get tired . ❞ ❝ because i have something you don’t . ❞ ❝ don’t you touch them. ❞ ❝ i wouldn’t have to keep interfering if you stopped plotting to destroy everything i care about ! ❞ ❝ i’ll save them . i’ll save them all ! ❞ ❝ what do you want ? ❞
Parents ask why but you cant tell them it's because your friends have and will text you about advice on taking care of new barcodes that aren't stopping.
This was hilarious because not only am I processing the switch from who I root for from killer to catcher but on one of the early episodes I was amused where they were talking about baltimore and commented on the kill saying the local PD have ‘never seen anything like it’ and just as a whole these kills are a whole lot less theatrical than anything anyone in Hannibal does.