This blog post is dedicated to any person who has ever finished a book, book series, television series, or anything like that and didn’t know how to readjust to day-to-day life. Please note that I didn’t say real life because to us, that book or whatever you just finished was real. The characters became your friends. You felt their pain. You laughed with them. You were there when they started their journey and you stuck with them to the very end. There were good times and there were bad times but you didn’t care. You were there for them no matter what. Then the series ended and you have to think about what to do next.
This brings me to my first topic which is nopeing. Nopeing occurs when you realize it is over. Here is a typical reaction of Kyle nopeing.
The credits started rolling as his series ended. “Nope,” Kyle cried as he fell to the floor in tears. “Nope nope nope nope nope. I can’t. This is just to. How do I even? What is? Why? Nope. I refuse. Where is the next episode?” “Kyle,” a friend will reply, “It is just a show. You can find a new one.” “And just forget about this one?! I CAN’T! THAT IS BLASPHMEY!” “You need some serious help…” “I KNOW! IT’S BECAUSE THIS IS OVER AND I CAN’T EVEN RIGHT NOW!” Kyle then proceeds to get up and slam his friend across the head with a folding chair.
Let’s take a minute to analyze this little scene. Notice the incompleteness of the sentences. Sentences are usually fragments during the nopeing period. Sometimes thoughts race so fast the a person can only get out a small part of the sentence before it seems absolutely crucial to speak the next sentence. Other times this is due to the total and utter disbelief. The brain is working so hard to process information at this point that forming full sentences is on the bottom of the list of priorities.
Next there is the all caps rage, also know as screaming(usually through the tears flowing as if they were rivers and creating the saltiest of oceans at your feet.) Some people do not understand the nopeing stage. Society has terms for these people like “normal” and “sane” but I usually think of them as sad. They don’t have the emotional capacity to deeply connect with a fictional character and can only see the story at face value. This screaming is normal and should be treated cautiously. Nothing is more dangerous than a person in the nopeing stage. They are fragile but more deadly than a nuclear bomb. The best way to deal with them is to not talk. Just walk away. Maybe leave some food but don’t confront the beast. You can be talking to the nicest person you know but if they are in the process of nopeing they are deadly and will attack. Casualties are rare, but they do happen so be very weary.
The second-best thing you can do without getting killed is find someone who has been in that particular nopeing stage in the past. It has to be the same show or else this does not work. Because they have been through this they can be very beneficial to the current person nopeing. However, if the person who is helping out hasn’t fully healed and left the nopeing stage you have a bigger problem on your hands. They will laugh, cry, conspire, and even start World War III together. Eventually this stage does end. It takes time, but you can move on with your life and find a new show or book to destroy your life again.
Next, I want to talk about feels. Feels is a concept that every single person on tumblr is aware of. There is still some confusion among other individuals about what feels are, so I’ll do my best to break this one down. Feels are emotions. Feels can be good but usually are bad. Feels are usually caused by people who are Satan’s servants. These people are extremely evil and want to ruin your life. A typical Full Metal Alchemist feels comment relates to a chimera. A chimera is a combination of two unlike creatures. In one of the early episodes of the show there is an alchemist who creates a talking chimera. How does he do this? He binds his young daughter to the family dog. The main character Edward doesn’t realize they were fused together until the dog speaks Ed’s name. It is tragic and horrible and makes you cry your eyes out. Now, what people on the internet do is they make specific comments on this to tear your heart apart. The most recent one I saw was lyrics to a song. “Cat goes meow, mouse goes squeak, bird goes tweet and dog goes Ed…..ward.” This slams everyone who has ever loved Full Metal Alchemist right in the feels. Feels can make people shut down. Feels can emotionally scar a person. Feels can cause severe depression and even send someone to the hospital on a suicide watch. Avoid these feels at all cost. Finally, feels can lead to a minor case of nopeing, so take caution at all times when dealing with a person who is in their feels.
None of these terms are technical. They vary from person to person, but homicidal tendencies are extremely common, so please take extreme caution. This blog was partially to let those people who suffer from nopeing and feels to know that they are not alone. More importantly, this is a warning post to those who have friends who suffer. While I could teach an entire class on this topic, this is the bare minimum amount of information that people need to keep themselves safe. If you have any questions, please feel free to comment away and I will do my best to answer.
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