embr 🐉 @embr@queer.af

@goat please enjoy this screenshot of a Tumblr thread detailed the happenings of Reddit which I downloaded from a different part of Reddit so I can now post it to Fedi

EXPECTING YOURSELF TO NEVER BE CRINGE IS THE CRINGIEST THING YOU CAN DO IN LIFE

THE UNIVERSE DIDN'T WILL ITSELF INTO EXISTENCE SO YOU COULD LET YOUR GLORIOUS AND TRAGIC MEAT EXPIRE BEFORE YOU EVEN ATTEMPTED TO ACHIEVE TRUE GLORY

TO BE CHUUNI IS TO DIE WITHOUT REGRETS

*slams hands on table* the idea that you will always be flawless, always know exactly what to say, always act normally and never, ever engage in "cringe" behaviour is the single most chuunibyou fantasy i have ever heard

Thanks, Wiktionary

@embr You tear off your necklace. It holds a bullet with her name on it.

You don't know if she has one too, or what you are to her. If you're a rival, a worthy foe or just another target on this chaotic battlefield.

You want nothing more than to see her face, but the only way that's happening is if through your scope, finger on the trigger.

To see more than a distant silhouette. To hear more than gunfire. To feel something besides being pinned in your nest.

You load the bullet.

@embr This is just the homoerotic sword fight of the modern era.

You catch a glint of sunlight off a reflected lens: you know she's nearby.

The red dot of a laser sight briefly flickers on a wall nearby before vanishing: she's searching for you.

They're both behind cover, rifles at the ready, trying to control their breathing, waiting for the other to make the first move.

Do you pop out first, win initiative but expose yourself if you miss? Or do you wait for her to enter your sightline?