• Head: What thoughts occupy the muse's mind most of the time?
• Eyes: What does the muse notice first when meeting other people?
• Ears: What genres of music do they like? Dislike?
• Nose: What smells do they like and dislike?
• Mouth: Is the muse often the talker or the listener in a conversation?
• Shoulders: What event from the past weighs on them the most?
• Arms: What things/people do they try to push away, or perhaps pull towards them?
• Hands: What in the world do they, or would they try to fix?
• Heart: What do they love most?
• Chest: Who/What pressures your muse?
• Spine: Who/What provides support for your muse?
• Stomach: What makes them sick?
• Knees: What is your muse weak for?
• Feet: Do they like to exercise?

motorcycles-and-more:

CALIFORNIA DREAMING: VENIER CUSTOMS’ NEW GUZZI

lannasroleplaymemes:

“Eh. I’ll do it tomorrow.”
“I’ll do it later.”
“I’ll get to it.”
“Can’t you do it?”
“You take care of it if it’s so important to you!”
“I don’t wanna get up.”
“I don’t wanna do that.”
“Can’t we do it tomorrow?”
“Nope. Not doing anything today.”
“I just want to lie around all day.”
“I’m going back to bed.”
“I’m too tired.”
“It can be put off another day.”

lannasroleplaymemes:

“Did that asshole just cut in line up there? Jeez.”
“So is it always this busy, or did I just pick a great day to come in?”
“–Sorry! I didn’t mean to touch your butt.”
“I like your dress/shirt/hat/etc.!”
“Would it be okay if I change the channel? I wanna watch the game.”
“Excuse me, did the 12:15 bus come by already?”
“Could I sit here? All the other tables are full.”
“Are you done with that power outlet?”
“Excuse me. I think I’m lost. Could you tell me how to get to Main Street/other location?”
“Do you happen to have any spare change? I need it for the bus.”
“Could I borrow your cell phone? Mine just died and I need to make an urgent call.”
“Tough luck, buddy.”
“Sorry, I know this is awkward, but…this stall doesn’t have any toilet paper…”
“Hey, are you all right? You look upset.”

larry8d:

WHHHAAAAAT!!!???? What The HELL Takahashi?!
I just read something about this scene and couldn’t believe it, that I had really missed this! I looked it up in the manga and….

Where did Yami Marik here got the sheet with the tatoo?
Think. Where.

Ok everyone, this is giong to become gory.

Keep reading

necro-mance:

Dracula Untold (2014)

more of my gifs here

whiteknightinblackarmor:

Happy Malik Monday~!

purplebluebirdbouquetus:

Real life Kaiba corp.

howlsniper:

If i’m following you… it means that I like/love your blog 

If you are following me… it means youre curious about me 

FEEL FREE TO BOTHER ME!!! 

I’m not that scary… as a matter of fact i’m quite tame. Come send me asks, startersi Fan mail to talk OOCLY – please, just feel FREE TO BOTHER ME. 

I want to get to know YOU — and welcome you with open arms 

jumpseatmonalisa:

sixpenceee:

The above are actual surveillance camera footage taken from a home in Jacksonville, California. Mysterious clowns are popping up across the state and terrorizing people in the towns. (Video)

My actual nightmare.

the-bringer-of-chaos:

People are often dismissive of the idea that Malik Ishtar would experience scar pain, arguing that it goes against canon. Even in the dub, where they are entirely tattoos, there is a possibility of him suffering pain from them.

The purpose of this post is to offer factual evidence to any RPer/writer of Malik Ishtar’s character to use in support of their portrayal of Malik. Here is some medical evidence and analysis of the type of conditions supporting him feeling pain.

Firstly, to understand how Malik can develop pain, the reader needs to first understand the concept of scarification and the recovery process. In the Japanese canon, Malik’s scars are not the same as a tattoo. These are literal carvings into the flesh; removing chunks of skin with a heated knife. Read more about scarification in this post.

I’m going to discuss two ways in which Malik could suffer long-term pain from his scars. The first of which is caused by physical damage.

While I will concentrate heavily on the scarification narrative in this post, I will add that even if a writer solely relies on tattooing or a combination of the two methods, nerve damage can still occur. Most traditional tattoos have involved shallow cuts and adding dye into the wounds. Considering that the ritual was passed down through thousands of years, we can assume that the method was traditional from ancient times.

As noted in the scarification post, to maintain the detailed shapes of the scars, Malik’s wounds were purposely irritated so they would take a longer time to heal. In this span of time, they could easily become infected. Malik could have also easily reopened his wounds. Repeated trauma to open wounds (i.e. Malik falling directly onto his back) like these could cause long-term nerve damage.

And just as likely, Malik’s father could have also caused nerve damage by cutting too deeply into specific spots near the spine. Damage could have also happened while using a heated knife (i.e. second degree burns) during the process.

It’s very common for patients to develop nerve damage after surgery. Nerves, especially along the back and spine, are very sensitive areas. A patient could suffer lasting sensory damage from one or two post-surgery scars. Now, imagine having one’s entire back constantly exposed to repeated trauma. There is the possibility of developing long-lasting peripheral neuropathy and chronic pain (pain that lasts for over six months).

What is peripheral neuropathy?

The peripheral nerves make up a system of intricate networks that connects the brain and spinal chord (the central nervous system) to the muscles, skin, and internal organs. Damage to these nerves interrupt communication between the brain and other parts of the body, often resulting in numbness, pain, and impaired muscle movement.

Peripheral neuropathy’s symptoms are different dependent on the type of nerves that are affected.

Sensory nerves transmit sensory information (such as touch, feeling, sight, etc.) from the skin and send it through to the central nervous system. Motor nerves are what control muscle function. Automatic nerves control automatic functions in the organs such as heart rate, breathing, and body temperature.

We can clearly see from the canon that Malik Ishtar has no trouble with balance and normal movement since he can drive a motorcycle and walk around. This would make damage to the motor nerves a less likely case. Motor nerve damage would impede his ability to move around and give him muscle atrophy (shrinkage of the muscles). Also, given his physical build, I would also doubt him having much issue with automatic nerve function. 

For Malik Ishtar, I will focus primarily on sensory nerve damage. Harm to the large sensory fibers can affect a person’s ability to feel sensation. This can manifest in a feeling of numbness to pain or to temperature change. Sensory damage can also cause strong neuropathic pain. Neuropathic pain is an oversensitization of the pain receptors in the skin. This added sensitivity is known as allodynia which is pain stemming from stimuli that would normally be considered painless (i.e. Feeling pain from having blankets draped over the back). Neuropathic pain also can get worse at night, often causing sleep deprivation.

For more information on peripheral neuropathy, click here.

Another way for Malik to experience pain is through psychological trauma. His sense of pain could be heightened through a trigger of past events which can cause psychogenic (stress or anxiety causing physical pain) or worsen existing physical pain (such as with nerve damage).

What we do know from the canon material is that Malik has a dissociative disorder due to the appearance of Yami no Malik no Jinkaku. Many people would argue that he has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), but it could more likely be the case that he has Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD). Click here to read an older post going into more detail on OSDD and how it relates to Malik.

I’m not going to focus specifically on his dissociative disorder here, but I will say that is often linked to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). A person with PTSD is often more likely to develop a dissociative disorder than someone without it.

In the manga, this is the only verbal indication we are given that implies Malik possibly has PTSD.

Malik: Heh. No one in this world fears the darkness more than me. Even when I sleep, it’s nothing but pure terror.

Now, many people use this line to imply that he simply has nyctophobia (a fear of the dark). “Pure terror” implies that there is something else in that darkness that causes him fear. It is also important to note that this terror happens when he’s asleep. While he may have nyctophobia, one can also interpret this line to mean that he experiences severe nightmares and flashbacks from his life in the tombs. 

The initiation ceremony has no doubt caused him severe psychological trauma during his childhood. It was so severe that Malik had to dissociate and create a new personality in order to cope with what was done to him. Along with this dissociation, the ritual and subsequent loss of his father leads him to exhibit many symptoms of a person suffering from PTSD.

For the purpose of keeping this post focused on chronic pain, I decided to make a separate analysis post to explain PTSD in more detail. If you are interested in learning more about PTSD symptoms and Malik’s connections to them in the canon, please click here.

PTSD is often tied to chronic pain. This pain may serve as a reminder of the traumatic event which could often make the PTSD even worse.

Also sometimes linked to PTSD is psychosis and psychogenic pain.

Sufferers of PTSD are more likely to develop symptoms of psychosis if the PTSD is left untreated or is severe. In addition to this, dissociative disorders are also known to have many overlapping symptoms with psychosis.

With Malik, it is entirely possible for him to suffer from some symptoms of psychosis given his potential to have PTSD and OSDD.

For him, I would say that his symptoms would most likely fall under hallucinations. These can be auditory (hearing voices) or visual (seeing people, events, or lights that aren’t physically there). These hallucinations can also manifest in extremely realistic flashbacks of traumatic events. For example, if Malik is triggered, he could feel as if he is reliving the ritual.

Hallucinations or any other manifestation of extreme stress can sometimes result in psychogenic pain. Psychogenic pain is any type of pain that is caused, heightened, or prolonged by mental or emotional distress. In Malik’s case, having flashbacks of the ritual could result in a prolonged or heightened sense of pain that may not coincide with the amount of pain that should usually result from his scars.

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With all of this research in mind, it is possible to depict Malik Ishtar as someone who suffers from chronic pain whether it be from physical neuropathic damage, psychological causes, or a mix of both. There is evidence that can support all three of these types and all of them can be linked back to childhood trauma.

While the canon material doesn’t give any clear-cut evidence to say that Malik was suffering from pain, there isn’t any evidence to suggest otherwise either. Another thing to note is that people who suffer from chronic pain often develop high tolerance levels of pain. This means that people who are constantly in pain are often better at handling or hiding their suffering.

Since the canon material does not comment one way or another, it is left open to the reader. Obviously, there are many different ways to analyze what sort of scarring Malik has, and many different ways to write Malik’s experience of them. However, the notion that any scar pain is against canon assumes that the lack of commentary in canon must mean he does not experience any. This thought process is not backed up by canon (Malik never states that he doesn’t feel pain), and may be a result of people not wanting or considering Malik may experience chronic pain. In the first case, it’s possible internalized ableism may lead people to avoid writing a character they perceive as “crippled.” Please consider that possibility when writing Malik without chronic pain.

Overall, I do hope that this helps people who want to further develop Malik’s character for RP or fanfiction. I’m in no way saying that Malik’s scars should hurt or that this is the only correct way to depict his character. Everyone is open to their own interpretation. The purpose of this post is to offer information and analysis of an alternative view.