This Was All For You

It kinda peeves me when people say that Tamsy would be ultra horrible to his partner, not because it's necessarily incorrect, but because I think it paints Tamsy's feelings as very one note. It presents Tamsy as someone who's horrible because he secretly hates his partner, and not because he's literally can't feel love in a normal/healthy way.

Even in a canon sense, I heavily view Tamsy as someone who would obsess over the person he loves. I have this image in my head of Tamsy wrestling with his feelings for you with the "true" version of himself. Tamsy knows he can't get close to you because of the risks, but he can't help but find himself drawn to you. He wants to know everything about you, the good, the bad, the ugly, the horrible. He wants to know what you love, what you hate, what makes you angry, what makes you sad. He gets so hyperfixated on you that he kinda forgets his own mission or purpose, he just wants to be enveloped by you. This doesn't mean there aren't the typical Tamsy behaviors however, he does push your buttons constantly, often disguised as teasing. It gets to a point where you often wonder if Tamsy actually likes you or if he's just making fun of you.

When Tamsy's feelings get so overwhelming, he genuinely starts to feel hatred and disgust, at you and at himself. He never thought it was possible to feel such strong attraction to someone else without some alter motive. He convinces himself that his desire for you is purely driven by his own goals, his greater purpose, before realizing that you're the only person he truly sees and truly sees him. This revelation fills him with so much anger, he hates not being in control. But whenever he's around you all of that just washes away and he hates it.

so moe

1. The FBI's Famous Cases & Criminals archive (fbi.gov/history/famous-cases) has detailed breakdowns of real fraud cases, Ponzi schemes, and confidence operations. The language they use is clinical and precise, which is perfect for getting the procedural details right.

2. The FTC Consumer Sentinel Network publishes annual reports on the most common fraud tactics in the US. Great for understanding how modern scams actually work and what makes people fall for them.

3. The Smithsonian's American Art Museum has a free digital collection of forgery case studies. If your character forges documents or art, this is gold.

4. Court Listener (courtlistener.com) is a free legal database where you can read actual court transcripts from fraud trials. Want to know how a real con artist talks under oath? This is where you find out.

5. The Internet Archive's collection of old newspaper crime sections. Search for "confidence man" or "swindle" in papers from the 1920s through 1960s and you'll find incredible real stories that would feel too dramatic for fiction.

Bonus: The Psychology of Fraud section on the Association for Psychological Science website has accessible articles about why people trust, how deception works cognitively, and what makes someone a convincing liar. Essential reading if you want your con artist characters to feel psychologically real.

thursday, may fourteen at 6:09 pm

(one minute ago) roma said ⋆ i want this to last (and in the last minute) enjin replied ⋆ i will love you forever

sunday, june twenty eight at 8:01 pm

(three minutes ago) enjin said ⋆ someone drew the sun in chalk on the sidewalk and i thought of you (one minute ago) enjin said ⋆ i want to spend an eternity with you

monday, august 3 at 7:42 am