the only ones i can think of are to be careful if unreality triggers are something you’re sensitive to, since the entire premise of the film is based on the division between dreams and reality and the blurring of the lines between the two, and suicide, since in order to wake up from a dream before it ends you have to commit suicide, and this happens several times throughout the film. it’s bloodless, but if you prefer to avoid the topic altogether you’re better off avoiding this film.

the only ones i can think of are to be careful if unreality triggers are something you’re sensitive to, since the entire premise of the film is based on the division between dreams and reality and the blurring of the lines between the two, and suicide, since in order to wake up from a dream before it ends you have to commit suicide, and this happens several times throughout the film. it’s bloodless, but if you prefer to avoid the topic altogether you’re better off avoiding this film.

i think the implication is meant to be that with saito cobb does what he couldn’t with mal, having learned from his past mistakes, and saves him from being forever lost in dreams instead of convincing him that the only way to escape is by killing himself to the point that he can no longer distinguish reality from his dream world. notably, unlike with mal, he doesn’t tell saito he needs to kill himself - he tells saito to “come back so we can be young men together again”, and saito decides of his own volition to kill himself in the dream so that he can wake up in reality. this means that the idea that led to mal’s madness (“kill yourself so that you can wake up”) isn’t planted in saito’s mind and won’t “grow to define him” through inception like it did with mal. at least, that’s how i interpret it.

i think the implication is meant to be that with saito cobb does what he couldn’t with mal, having learned from his past mistakes, and saves him from being forever lost in dreams instead of convincing him that the only way to escape is by killing himself to the point that he can no longer distinguish reality from his dream world. notably, unlike with mal, he doesn’t tell saito he needs to kill himself - he tells saito to “come back so we can be young men together again”, and saito decides of his own volition to kill himself in the dream so that he can wake up in reality. this means that the idea that led to mal’s madness (“kill yourself so that you can wake up”) isn’t planted in saito’s mind and won’t “grow to define him” through inception like it did with mal. at least, that’s how i interpret it.

the mandela catalogue is an analogue horror series on youtube by alex kister in which, without spoiling too much, horrifying doppelgangers called “alternates” have invaded earth and are killing off humanity by driving them insane with fear. it focuses on the fictional county of mandela and various people’s encounters with the alternates, as well as, in typical analogue horror fashion, delivering worldbuilding through creepy informational videos. it’s one of the better analogue horror series out there in my opinion because it almost parodies typical analogue horror clichés with a level of self-awareness whilst still managing to be unsettling and take itself seriously at the same time.

if you decide to check it out, the main content warnings i’ll give you are that it may trigger paranoia/unreality issues if you’re already sensitive to those (although the cinematography is fairly janky and obviously fake so it might not! just take care of yourself yknow), body horror, religious horror (can’t elaborate without spoiling things but it’s a major theme), and depictions of suicide (not the act itself but like. discussions of it and postmortem photos.)

the mandela catalogue is an analogue horror series on youtube by alex kister in which, without spoiling too much, horrifying doppelgangers called “alternates” have invaded earth and are killing off humanity by driving them insane with fear. it focuses on the fictional county of mandela and various people’s encounters with the alternates, as well as, in typical analogue horror fashion, delivering worldbuilding through creepy informational videos. it’s one of the better analogue horror series out there in my opinion because it almost parodies typical analogue horror clichés with a level of self-awareness whilst still managing to be unsettling and take itself seriously at the same time.

if you decide to check it out, the main content warnings i’ll give you are that it may trigger paranoia/unreality issues if you’re already sensitive to those (although the cinematography is fairly janky and obviously fake so it might not! just take care of yourself yknow), body horror, religious horror (can’t elaborate without spoiling things but it’s a major theme), and depictions of suicide (not the act itself but like. discussions of it and postmortem photos.)

Name: Eddie Harper

Pronouns: He/Him

Appearance: 6'1, unhealthily skinny and pale, dark gray eyes, scratched glasses at least one prescription past their sell by date, messy black hair in need of a cut, strong nose and brow, pretty much always scowling, dark eyebags.

Eddie is an oc with a rough history. He exists in both Netherbound (original fiction RP) and Angelverse (another OG fic rp) as a twin. His parents were killed when he and his sister were young, and his sister took on the role of raising them both. However she was very overbearing and overprotective and Eddie felt as though he had very little personal freedom, even after he moved out and went to college. His sister was anxious about his safety due to their family being targeted by the Cranes (an oc family of mine) and the Wrights (another oc family), two very powerful and dangerous groups of people, and both Eddie and his sister struggled to reconcile with the fact that their parents chose to bring them into the world despite knowing they’d spend their lives always looking over their shoulders. Eddie’s sister also resented him for getting to go to college and live his life while she took on the role of trying to protect their family, although she voluntarily placed herself in that position and refused to let Eddie assist her, which drove a wedge between them.

In Angelverse, Eddie’s sister is killed by the families and Eddie is taken in by Atticus, the Angel of Patience, who provides sanctuary to people in great need of it. Eddie blames himself and struggles with survivor’s guilt at first, as well as the part of him that is glad his sister is dead so he can be somewhat free of her controlling and guilt tripping tendencies. He eventually opens up and starts to heal thanks to Atticus’ efforts, and forms a close bond with Atticus, looking up to him as a sort of mentor or father figure.

In Netherbound, Eddie’s fate is less kind. He kills himself to escape the dull monotony of his life and his feelings of helplessness and being trapped by his sister in an accident caused by driving recklessly just to prove that he can. He becomes a Voidsoul (an incarnation of a dead person) and begins a new ‘life’ in the Nether, struggling to find his place and reconcile with what happened to him. He may eventually meet Atticus here too.

Eddie is a kind and sociable but extremely pessimistic young man with a lack of respect for authority and a tendency to go against other people’s advice simply to show that he can. He’s stubborn, argumentative and provocative, and will act against his own best interest out of spite. He struggles to trust people. However he genuinely just needs someone in his life who’ll respect his boundaries and show him genuine affection and care.

Name: Eddie Harper

Pronouns: He/Him

Appearance: 6'1, unhealthily skinny and pale, dark gray eyes, scratched glasses at least one prescription past their sell by date, messy black hair in need of a cut, strong nose and brow, pretty much always scowling, dark eyebags.

Eddie is an oc with a rough history. He exists in both Netherbound (original fiction RP) and Angelverse (another OG fic rp) as a twin. His parents were killed when he and his sister were young, and his sister took on the role of raising them both. However she was very overbearing and overprotective and Eddie felt as though he had very little personal freedom, even after he moved out and went to college. His sister was anxious about his safety due to their family being targeted by the Cranes (an oc family of mine) and the Wrights (another oc family), two very powerful and dangerous groups of people, and both Eddie and his sister struggled to reconcile with the fact that their parents chose to bring them into the world despite knowing they’d spend their lives always looking over their shoulders. Eddie’s sister also resented him for getting to go to college and live his life while she took on the role of trying to protect their family, although she voluntarily placed herself in that position and refused to let Eddie assist her, which drove a wedge between them.

In Angelverse, Eddie’s sister is killed by the families and Eddie is taken in by Atticus, the Angel of Patience, who provides sanctuary to people in great need of it. Eddie blames himself and struggles with survivor’s guilt at first, as well as the part of him that is glad his sister is dead so he can be somewhat free of her controlling and guilt tripping tendencies. He eventually opens up and starts to heal thanks to Atticus’ efforts, and forms a close bond with Atticus, looking up to him as a sort of mentor or father figure.

In Netherbound, Eddie’s fate is less kind. He kills himself to escape the dull monotony of his life and his feelings of helplessness and being trapped by his sister in an accident caused by driving recklessly just to prove that he can. He becomes a Voidsoul (an incarnation of a dead person) and begins a new ‘life’ in the Nether, struggling to find his place and reconcile with what happened to him. He may eventually meet Atticus here too.

Eddie is a kind and sociable but extremely pessimistic young man with a lack of respect for authority and a tendency to go against other people’s advice simply to show that he can. He’s stubborn, argumentative and provocative, and will act against his own best interest out of spite. He struggles to trust people. However he genuinely just needs someone in his life who’ll respect his boundaries and show him genuine affection and care.

i’m doing this one in shitty greentext format because i think it’s funnier that way

ANNIE LORE (ANGELVERSE)

>be me

>be the angel of retribution

>act as an executioner in countless heavenly wars and for multiple equally terrible political regimes (against my will and with no other options because i was created for this sole purpose but it doesn’t really make any difference)

>basically i’m a celestial war criminal

>hate my job

>hate my boss

>hate my life

>throw myself from the spires of the republic of heaven in a fit of despair and guilty self loathing after 600 years of this shit

>don’t die

>decide to live as much like a human as a 600 year old immortal eldritch abomination wearing the human meatsuit of a corpse i scraped out of a dumpster can

>one day after a bad night of performing vigilante justice (since i’m still the angel of retribution and compelled to protect and aid those who were wronged) i go to the desert to give my body a break and stretch out my True Form a bit (this is a normal weekend for me)

>this really crossfaded dude who came out to stargaze stumbles across my corpse

>ohshit.jpg

>freak out on him because i’m traumatized and have very poor experience with people respecting my boundaries and consent and am scared of him messing with my corpse

>he asks me if i’m god

>bruh moment

>end up stargazing with the guy and sharing his weed

>he’s actually pretty cool

>arrange to hang out again

>start to become friends

>start to develop a crush on him

>find out he’s engaged

>find out he’s in a cult

>find out he’s being possessed by another fallen angel who the cult worships and who torments him for his own sick amusement

>i’d still hit though

>realize i’d totally die for him too

>he’s going to be sacrificed at his own wedding so that’s actually a likely possibility

>FML

i’m doing this one in shitty greentext format because i think it’s funnier that way

ANNIE LORE (ANGELVERSE)

>be me

>be the angel of retribution

>act as an executioner in countless heavenly wars and for multiple equally terrible political regimes (against my will and with no other options because i was created for this sole purpose but it doesn’t really make any difference)

>basically i’m a celestial war criminal

>hate my job

>hate my boss

>hate my life

>throw myself from the spires of the republic of heaven in a fit of despair and guilty self loathing after 600 years of this shit

>don’t die

>decide to live as much like a human as a 600 year old immortal eldritch abomination wearing the human meatsuit of a corpse i scraped out of a dumpster can

>one day after a bad night of performing vigilante justice (since i’m still the angel of retribution and compelled to protect and aid those who were wronged) i go to the desert to give my body a break and stretch out my True Form a bit (this is a normal weekend for me)

>this really crossfaded dude who came out to stargaze stumbles across my corpse

>ohshit.jpg

>freak out on him because i’m traumatized and have very poor experience with people respecting my boundaries and consent and am scared of him messing with my corpse

>he asks me if i’m god

>bruh moment

>end up stargazing with the guy and sharing his weed

>he’s actually pretty cool

>arrange to hang out again

>start to become friends

>start to develop a crush on him

>find out he’s engaged

>find out he’s in a cult

>find out he’s being possessed by another fallen angel who the cult worships and who torments him for his own sick amusement

>i’d still hit though

>realize i’d totally die for him too

>he’s going to be sacrificed at his own wedding so that’s actually a likely possibility

>FML