#〉 ABOUT ₎ i worry that love is violence.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Besties can't enable pvp on each other, right?

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan jingyi #lan sizhui #jin ling #ouyang zizhen #nameless red diciple #Xue yang #yep that's right he's finally showing his true colours #I love the fact that SL and XXC's friendship is *so* legendary that even these teens know it's sacred #What they are wrong about is the fact that besties *can and will enact violence on each other* #If you aren't challenging your buddy to spar on the regular....are you really friends? #if you aren't immediately locked in a one arm fireman carry and held over their head like a handful of grapes.....whats the point #*This* is what all teens need to know about relationships. Its okay and encouraged to fight your friends. (half joking) #Don't worry about the juniors btw #XY just scoots them out of the house and makes them sit on the porch outside. I wonder what wacky hijinks they'll get up to out there? #Hopefully nothing dangerous! #My brain and body have been torched by my workload lately but I'm starting to adjust now B'*) Slowly we are getting to the end of season 1 #Thanks again for all the love and support <3 I'm leaving a half dead rat on your floor for you.

[bougiebutchbitch]

cannot believe that 'yelling at your boss when he repeatedly almost gets you and your crew killed and lies to manipulate you into staying when you try to leave, is not emotional abuse, actually' and 'there is such a thing as a mutually toxic and unhealthy relationship where both parties are incredibly shitty to each other - and this is obviously where Ed and Izzy stand until S2, when it becomes blatantly abusive' is a controversial take. But as this is Abuse Apologism And Ableism, The FandomTM, I really should not be surprised

Just.

I was deep in physically and mentally abusive relationships in my teens/twenties - including relationships that started out with mutual toxicity and bad decisions on all sides, but which became outright physical & mental & other sorts of abuse with myself as the victim. I know my shit.

I suppose I can see where 'Izzy emotionally abused Ed' comes from IF people give literally the most uncharitable interpretation to Every Single Scene, and assume Izzy shouts angrily at Ed and negs him all the time rather than this being how he acts when he's incredibly stressed by circumstance caused directly by Ed and at the end of his fucking rope? Which, as we see in S2... Is not the case.

It's not freaking emotional abuse when you're shouting at your boss who keeps almost getting you and your crew killed. Even if this is NOT a kind or productive way to help Ed deal with his mental health, considering that Ed's actions have consequences that he repeatedly and blithely ignores, it's pretty fucking justified!

It's not freaking emotional abuse if your boss OPENLY LOVES MAIMING PEOPLE AND IS MORE THAN HAPPY TO BURN THEM ALIVE and you encourage that, while upholding his right to not kill with his own hands. Even if he has private breakdowns after the fact because he suffers from black-and-white thinking, dissociates himself from any wrongdoing, and is afraid of his potential to become 'a monster'.

Are these choices helpful? No. Are they kind? No. Is Izzy demonstrating Model Citizen Behaviour? Definitely not.

But it's sure as hell not emotional abuse. And it doesn't justify the physical and emotional abuse Ed puts Izzy through in S2.

Nothing you say can 'make' him hit you. If he chooses to hit you (or... choke you out then repeatedly mutilate you and pressure you to commit suicide and makes you constantly live in fear for your life and the lives of people you care about) he makes that decision himself. Yes, even if you shouted at him first. Yes, even if you were arguing. Yes, even if you were in the wrong in that argument. Yes, even if he has a Tragic BackstoryTM and mental health issues. This shit shouldn't be controversial.

Signed: one of those actual abuse survivors.

#izzy hands #israel hands #the izcourse #ofmd izzy #our flag means death #ofmd #to be clear: I think Izzy was an absolute shitbag in S1! #but. as someone who WAS emotionally AND physically abused just. Idk. The amount of straws people are grasping at #that's... not what emotional abuse looks like. holy shit. #if they were trying to depict that then they frankly did a really bad job lol #I think he was jealous and also worried for himself and HIS crew (who weren't the Revenge crew at that point in time) #I think he egged Ed on. But as we see REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE SHOW #ED DOES ENJOY VIOLENCE #HE LOVES A GOOD MAIM #HE BURNS PEOPLE ALIVE #THEN DISSOCIATES - that's what makes his character so fascinating and relatable to me! but he absolutely kills people #he just can't handle the reality of that or what it says about him #Izzy didn't 'make' him do jack shit. S1 is heavily dedicated to showing just how much Izzy never can get Ed to do what he wants #'Ed was afraid of him'?? wtf where do you even GET that from #if anything Ed is afraid of HIMSELF in that final scene. And he has good reason to be! #That self-loathing and fear of the self is INTEGRAL to him! See: when he's ACTUALLY scared of the fucking kraken #Anyway stop making both Ed and Izzy fundamentally boring by making one wholly good and one wholly bad lol #Izzy did bad shit. He got a good redemption arc and died. a lot of his fans are tired of that arc. #Ed did bad shit. He didn't get a good redemption arc and a lot of his fans are pissed about it.

[dailyeohkakyoin]

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#jjba #daily #chapter 2 #kakyoin noriaki #muhammad avdol #jean pierre polnareff #((HAHAAA BITCHHH told ya i wasnt dead.)) #((im on a mission to kill my perfectionism and just let myself post things that aren't up to my unreachable standard.)) #((anyway kakyoin loves violence. dont worry about it.))

[mudstoneabyss]

actually. the specific phrasing that boy Kevin wants to kill older Kevin with "I must disassemble him, piece by piece, so that everything inside of the Old Kevin comes out. Only then can the New Kevin truly begin." is so incredibly the idea that to heal from trauma and "improve" you have to destroy every "wrong" part of yourself, that everything "tainted" by it has to somehow be replaced by something untouched (which isn't possible)

#reading back that phrasing I do think that'll be the way brinknor takes it #this arcs seeming like it'll be so. breaking the cycle of abuse and violence and coming to terms with yourself #and maybe understanding that you can never remove the parts of you impacted by trauma and start again completely ''pure'' #but you can treat yourself with the kindness you should've been given #which i hope it is that because. and understand i am biased. but i'd love that direction for Kevin #it feels much more satisfying than any more. angsty way this arc could go imo #like he's been through enough! #because of the way Kevin is portrayed in fanon. not as frequently anymore but still pretty common. I worry about coming off as woobifying #by saying I want him to heal I want him to have nice things I think he deserves them #when he's also simultaneously Not A Good Person #yknow the poor little innocent cinnamon roll baby etc etc fanon #but. well for one im Not Like That about him. but my main point of bringing that up is. him not being a good person is why I want to see hi #get better and generally have a good life. why does someone have to be good to deserve to heal from trauma #especially when trauma is a big reason for the way they are #like its fiction yeah yeah i'm still tired of mentally ill people having to be ''good'' to ''deserve'' to get better yknow #i mean especially in fiction you tend to either see mental illness as the poor traumatized one who's allowed recovery because they're nice #or the insane psychopath who cant be ''fixed'' so ''deserves'' bad things-up to deserving to die!- for it #i didnt mean for this to be a rant erm. oops #wtnv #wtnv spoilers #joyousposting

[straight-to-the-pain]

Genuinely don’t mean this as any sort of callout post but it’s interesting to me how there’s been a trend in newer (?) whump blogs putting really long disclaimers in their bios and pinned posts, saying that they don’t condone violence, that they aren’t responsible for other people’s actions, that they know it’s bad and it’s just fiction.

It’s honestly making me wonder how much purity culture has seeped into the fabric of even the Whump community, that people feel the need to explicitly state what I would have accepted as an easily presumed given. When did we get to a point where we have to preface any conversation by stating that we don’t condone irl violence, lest someone accuse us of immorality?

#whump community #whump meta #I’m not like saying this to disparage anyone who has done that #because I get that everyone is scared of the purity police #but like this is definitely something that keeps cropping up more and more #like it’s so sad to me that we can’t just assume that people aren’t evil abusers unless told otherwise #also like makes me worry about how people are actually gonna spot abusers because like #they aren’t Gonna be wearing a sign that says that they’re bad and evil #like yeah I love violence and also I love to hurt people irl nobody is gonna say that #except for me I love violence and also hurting people irl and I’m not a coward /j #I actually think irl torture is also fun and sexy #s talks #this isn’t discourse okay I just want people to feel more confident in their interests #without feeling pressured to justify it at every given opportunity

[asharaks]

wip wednesday thursday is upon us once again

tagged by @dekarios, mwahhh<3

Rules: make a new post and share 1-2 sentences from your most recent unposted WIP(s) with zero context – Let your followers guess!

tagging @bladesmitten, @ikarons, @baronmpontmercy, @hungerofhadarr, and um um um @marmett nd @vampireposter :3

#if you've already done this. don't worry about it!! #OR do it again and give me more writing to eat<3 #wip wednesday thursday #anyway the context for this is . well . I love violence and fighting and maiming:3 #wyll ravengard #writing #bg3

[lovinnelily]

Y'all do know you can't make Jason be NOT white without changing his whole character, right?

For other characters, yes, because their physical appearance are not that influential in their story, on how they are viewed by people, on their personality formation — you can have a black/asian/indigenous/arab/brown/latino/etc Nico and yes, the hate he gets will have a undertone of racism but at the same time nothing significant on his story, motivation or personality will need to change. This is also true for other characters: Clarisse risks repeating the "aggressive WoC" stereotype but the character itself doesn't change.

This isn't true for Jason, whose main character trait is how he is perceived by others and how he showcases himself to others based on that perception. (specially with how little effort Riordan put on him besides making him perfect-er Percy who's somehow also weaker and less important than him).

Let's not pretend a black, Arab, indigenous, Asian, Latin man, etc, in the USA would ever be treated with the universal reverence Jason gets from New Roma, you can't have the illusion of perfection and most of all, of invincibility they have about him when you see him suffering racism or xenophobia in the middle of a mission. Nothing in his life has ever gone wrong, that's his image, destined to be king, he is supposed to have no weakness on his peers eyes.

He is not trying to prove people wrong, he is trying to prove them right; he isn't worthy despite their prejudice, on the contrary, he only tried to make himself worthy to fulfill their expectations. He can't be a woman or an immigrant or have a visible disability or any other thing that strays him from a perfect ideal by western society standards, and be that same character.

#Different from the other white character in the series he was never questioned or doubted #There's a presumption of perfection with no exceptions that society doesn't give to us (women poc immigrants visible minorities in general) #His privilege (handsome white man with no visible disability son of Zeus etc) also prevented anyone from worrying for his well being #This illusion/expectation of him having no weakness/being untouchable pushes himself too far and clouds his judgment. #I headcanon he didn't even consider the possibility of myopia because that wouldn't fit Jason Grace Son of Jupiter so it wasn't an option #And you think it'd be the same character after facing racism? Because ain't no way he'd be praetor without going through racism #I think I'd love him nonetheless since I'm very weak to the whole golden boy tearing himself to save the world but it'd be a new character #jason grace #I know racism in USA is different from here but I know how different a “non-racist” white person treats me and treats my white friends #Also for him to not be an entirely different character if PoC would be incredibly disrespectful and racist on its own #It would fail to recognize the difference in how we are read (and written). I hate that a lot. #I remember that when Cody told Brandi “I see no color” she told him “then you don't see me” and that's so fucking striking #We ARE different. treated differently. if you act like you don't see it then you also turn a blind eye to the violence that comes from it #This is straying from my point I got a bit heated banalization of things I care about usually does that to me #Point is please don't change Jason on the very few things that man actually bothered writing about him #I actually think this is true about Octavian too. A lot of what he is allowed to do would not be possible if he weren't a white man. #Same for Rachel Elizabeth Dare. I mean you can work around making her poc but it will truly be pushing A LOT #Let's put it this way: a woc doing a street performance is perceived very differently from a white woman doing a street performance. #Specially in the eyes of cops #Pjo

[preggydump]

Typical hero's journey trope where the young hero goes to a legendary aging knight/warrior to ask for help/to be trained, where the older hero initially refuses, but instead of it being because the old hero is jaded and cynical or still nursing an old injury, they're just super pregnant.

#im in an old retired knight who retired a few years early because they got knocked up mood #the young hero doesnt know what to think about their own childhood hero/literal legend waddling around with a big pregnant belly #like this guy defeated so many powerful enemies and averted impossible catastrophes and now hes worried about nursery decor #also love the preg trope of someone who has only known a life of fighting war blood killing destruction get knocked up full of life #and it changes their whole perceptions of themselves because they only saw themselves as a tool of violence but now theres baby in belly #i may or may not be finished a drawing/comic??? about this very concept and just couldnt wait to share my thoughts #mpreg #nbpreg #preg #preg kink

[metanarrates]

yuri

#nic's great orv reread #ok for real this is such an excellent ysa characterization moment. ive talked about it before #but i love how much this scene does for her character #shes a kind person. she cried after killing a lot of people. it would be not hard to assume that shes less capable of it #than someone like hsy #but no she absolutely is capable of it. in everything including violence she strives for excellence #which makes her choice to be generous to others all the more weighty #also shes not SCARED of whether these people can hurt her. shes too damn competent at murder to be worried #themes. narratives. confident women. the yuri of opposites even

[upwalkers]

Tigerstar was probably so relieved when he learned Crookedstar died and Leopardstar took over because he had to have known Crookedstar would never have gone along with the TigerClan stuff.

Crookedstar, whose beloved wife was half-clan: "Hmmm, interesting plan to have my nephew, niece, and beloved grandkids executed for being half-clan, but have you considered: what if I killed you with a rock?"

#not to powerscale warrior cats but i kinda think crookedstar would have a good chance in that matchup #like he's an old man at this point but a) he's huge b) he's got the illegal mapleshade training #i think tigerstar would underestimate him and then he'd come out of violence retirement to Get him #because it's for the people he loves :') #i don't even know if he was thinking about tigerclan stuff back in book four but. ssssh don't worry about it #think about crookedstar vaporizing him with an anime beam attack instead

[lheautontimoroumenos]

Misty Quigley in YELLOWJACKETS (2021-) / 'Least of All', Our Bodies and Other Fine Machines, Natalie Wee (insp)

#yellowjackets #yellowjacketsedit #yellowjacketscentral #yellowjacketsource #misty quigley #natalie scatorccio #crystal yellowjackets #kristen yellowjackets #dare i tag this #mistynat #yjedit #96yellowjackets #tvedit #mine #(if you want me to add tw or anything pls ask) #there is so much to say about misty #like girl is trying so so so hard all the time #and especially 96 misty because she's so young and she hasn't had the time to be disappointed quite as much as adult misty has #she is the embodiment of 'i worry that love is violence' #and 'i know most people try hard to be good and find out too late they should have tried softer' #except she hasn't gotten to the softer part yet

[gamemakerm]

the book i have been proofing for work might be the first proofing project i give up on before the end of the book

#its not the worst thing i've ever read but also it's not very good #and the longer it goes on the worse it gets #unoriginal premise. quippy characters. too many characters introduced for no reason. characters retelling shit we just read over and over #there's at least three instances where a plot twist is revealed in an aside with the BBEG the chapter before it twists so it has no teeth #every woman is sex crazed (but don't worry its their religion/training/method of seduction/etc etc) #there have just been chapters where the protagonist and his love interest end up naked for basically no reason #also the most overt “the main character is autistic actually wait he has a demon in him eating his emotions” bullshit #not to mention the most ham-fisted attempts at representation that just feel disingenuous #they just introduced another set of characters doing a completely different thing from the main party and I DON'T CARE. SHUT UP #me gnashing my fucking teeth: if i was the editor i would have cut everything in this section and this one and this line sucks and #i only have a hundred pages left and if it dicked me around for 400 pages just to set up a sequel i will do a violence #AND THEY KILLED THE ANIMAL COMPANION. BEFORE HE EVEN GOT TO DO ANYTHING #DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANYTHING? YOU NEVER KILL THE ANIMAL COMPANION. FUCK YOU

[ballisterboldheart]

heh

#s.txt #i love subtlety. by the way. can't write it though. SAD. oh well at least there's themes and motifs. #these aren't spoilers because this happens in like. chapter three. don't worry about it. theres so much killing and violence to go around.

[just-rogi]

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#like I’m sorry #I love my best friend so so so much and she’s perfect and kind and has gone above and beyond to be rational and to be there for me #and I get it she’s an autistic woman and has faced adversity and has had to go on medical leave and that’s hard #and I’m not being dismissive of her struggles #but it makes me so angry because her parents unconditionally love her and her siblings and have always made her feel that way #and has never worried about money as a kid #and yeah her relationship with her parents isn’t perfect of course #but she literally cannot understand domestic violence beyond just reading about it in a book #like she did everything she can to understand and relate #but sometimes I want to scream because I feel so alone #because no one in my life fucking understands why I’m the way I am #and I’ve been struggling the past two months really badly with coping #I’ve had to go to the doctor to ask about PTSD and not like the tik tok OWO kind #but the I was in a car crash as a kid with my dad as a drunk driver and I keep getting flashbacks in my daily life to being a small child #that are impacting by daily life and interactions #and like I feel so fucking alone #and to hear from my friends ‘your right this is horrible and toxic but lots of people go through this’ ISNT FUCKING HELPING #I don’t want to hear that it’s normal I want to feel fucking safe in my bedroom without my mother blowing up my phone or calling the cops #I am unwell and I’m so stressed and I’m so sick and I can’t cope with this and none of the therapists I’ve tried to find handle ptsd #especially not therapists of color #I’m angry and I’ve been getting worse over the past two months #and not that it matters but due to ^^^ reasons my birthday has always been insanely fucking bad for me #like depression watch bad. when I turned twenty I was vividly hallucinating while walking around campus for a week straight having #flashbacks in class and I had to be taken out of the auditorium because I was physically unwell and couldn’t stop crying and shaking #and I told my friend I didn’t want to celebrate I just wanted to sit on her couch and not be alone and she fucking ditched me #because an emergency with a different friend came up the night before #like I have a history of suicidal ideation traumatic flashbacks eating disorders and self harm and I’m asking you to be with me on a very #upsetting day and you call me the night before telling me we have to cancel because another friend is having a bigger crisis #and like you don’t even feel a little bad about it?? #I’m just upset and scared and I’ve got a doctors appointment tomorrow and I’m not in reality right now and that’s scary

[incorrect-splatoon]

It is time for Big Man to choose Big Violence.

#man I did not notice #Big man won only twice not more #shivers won 6 times !? #and let's not talk about Frye victim of open racism having only 1 won #splatoon #big man #big violence #I love shiver don't get me wrong #but guys you all are a bunch of liar being like “we hate capitalism” and making it canon in the splatoon verse #you also are simp #shiver design is great but it is worry some how unbalanced are the splatfest #I don't want to have to kill her #but... if the other want to have a chance... #love is dead anyways right ?

[1ore]

i love to assemble playlists like a 16 year old putting my silly little indie songs into a playlist for the actor who plays sadren who is also sadren, and he doesn't 100% understand it but he's having a great time

#middle-aged man who committed heinous acts of violence on the fabric of reality . i love you #sadren tag #doint worry about what im doing up at 4 am <- her life is in shambles