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thebibliosphere · 5 months

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In case you were wondering how deep down the Batfam fixation hole I am, it's something I've actually been talking about in therapy a lot.

Not like, in a worried way, more just when my therapist asks me what I'm doing in my downtime, my answer always used to be either "sleeping" or "I don't have downtime. I have too much work to do."

Now my answer is "playing my Batman game" or "watching Batman show/reading comics/writing unhinged Batman x Muppet fanfic."

And my therapist is delighted. She's fucking ecstatic. She's like, "You have interests again!" and I'm like !!!! Because here's the thing.

Almost dying in 2019 kinda irrevocably fucked up my brain, like, a lot. Like a lot, a lot. And I've been grieving over that for the last few years as well as recovering from the physical aspects of it. And to cope with it, I threw myself into work even though I wasn't physically or mentally well enough, and that made everything worse, and well, if you've been here, you know.

My brain has not been kind to me for a long time. It still isn't. But I do the work. I do multiple types of therapy a week. I piece myself back together on the daily and try to remember what it means to be human and not just this numb static void that sometimes sounds like shrieking if you listen too closely.

And then randomly, a few months ago a friend bought me Gotham Knights on Steam, and it was like a light turned back on. The engine that'd been refusing to turn over for years suddenly sputtered back to life, and something in my brain went, "Hey, I remember this... this is fun?"

And then I started tentatively searching the tags here on Tumblr, and yeah, actually. I remember this. I remember enjoying this. I can dip my toes into this. This is safe. This is a childhood interest from Before the almost-dying-trauma. And besides, it won't get in the way of my work. This isn't going to consume me. Nothing consumes me like it used to. I'm too broken for that.

Except, haha, jokes on me because, for some fucking reason, Brucie fucking Wayne and his gaggle of chaotic crime-fighting children is what reached into my brain, picked up my trauma, and started shaking it loose like a category 7 earthquake.

I actually laughed about that with my therapist a few weeks ago. Of all characters, of all pieces of media, it's Batman that's helping me process a significant chunk of my emotional trauma in a healthy way.

The most emotionally constipated vigilante in superhero existence, and I'm weeping like a child every time I get an achievement in Gotham Knights, and it says some bullshit like this:

ID: a purple steam achievement icon that says: He'd Be So Proud Of You. Reach the maximum level as any member of the Batman Family. 6.3% of players have this achievement. /end ID.

(for context, Batman is dead in this game, and you are playing as his emotionally devastated children trying to keep it together. Wailing, gnashing, crying, throwing up etc, etc.)

And my therapist, who has sat with me through EMDR sessions and a multitude of other shit designed to rewire your brain, just shrugs and says, "Sometimes we need to externalize our emotions through safe media. For you, right now, that safety is Batman having a relationship with the Muppets."

And like... okay, yeah. I'll take the win on that one.

#personal #batfam #emotional trauma #death mention #emotional damage #batmuppet

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dorims · 2 months

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last christmas (i gave you my heart).

gif creds @/fightingdragonswithwho

pairing. roman roy x reader

wc. 1.6k

genre. fluff

Spending every holiday under Logan Roy’s roof wasn’t necessarily a problem. But just like any other family gathering, the pot tended to be stirred until have a holly jolly Christmas sounded either like a call for help or the theme song from the Saw franchise. for a change, maybe spending christmas away from his family would do him good. you can only hope he agrees.

tags. NOT beta-ed(?), english isn't my first language // established relationship (fiancee/married, i havent decided yet lol), brief mention of alcohol, allusion to roy family dynamics, roman and reader are the only characters in this one

a/n. idc that its march and the fact im not big on christmas either, this one really fun to write! hope you enjoy

“So,” You test the waters, lathering the bristles of your toothbrush with the bubblegum toothpaste in the process. In tune with the routine you had wordlessly established, you locked eyes with him through the mirror. Not before letting your eyes roam over his relaxed figure of course. Surprisingly intimate, you would describe the way he liked to watch you while you finished your nightly routine. He would look so painfully comfortable, maybe even serene, as he let his body rest against the doorframe as his eyes lidded with perpetual fatigue, took in the mundanity of watching you lather your face with creams and face wash.“I’ve been thinking.”

He hummed in acknowledgement, though it sounded more like a stifled laugh. “That's new, how's that going for you?"

“Funny.” The foam in your mouth was of no help at conveying the faux annoyance, balancing out the deadpan you sported with a dose of conveniently muffled speech. Not intimidating at all, it only caused his grin to grow wider. And contagious as always, you leaned over the sink to spit the toothpaste in an attempt to hide a smile of your own, though the thick layer of adoration in your eyes gave it away.

“I’m just saying,” he raised his hands in mock surrender, finally walking inside to lean against the marble counter right next to you. “I only wanna know how it feels to lose your, you know, thinking virginity after giving no signs of brain activity for how long? Like—“

“You can tell yourself how it feels when you lose it.”

“Oh you want to fuck my brain so bad—“

“I’ve been thinking,” You cut him off with an amused smile, taking him in once more. Big round eyes shone with mischief along a hint of sheepishness as he noticed you looking at him. Really looking at him under the vanity lights with messy hair from running his hands through the strands all day and finally wearing the matching pajamas set you had gotten for him in a pretty navy blue because wearing a matching set made you feel good and you wanted him to feel the same way. Always.

“You've been thinking…” he rolled his eyes as if to hold back another quip now that you had restarted the conversation. The pinkish hue you were so familiar with made a small appearance as you let your fingers brush over his, gently coaxing him to intertwine his hands with yours. Not that he needed much convincing, though.

“We should spend Christmas this year with my family.”

At the beginning of your relationship, you were sure he would’ve pulled his hand out of your grasp. You could see the way he had to swallow down the urge to do so from the pensive furrow of his brows while the side of his brain in charge of his critical thinking tried to convince him that your words weren’t an attack on his family. He was still working on it, the lousy therapy sessions here and there helped a little, but he still found himself opening his mouth to complain.

“I know what you’re gonna say but think about it, Romeo.” Thankfully, you took the steering wheel before he could start. “My family loves you and we haven’t spent Christmas with them in like, ever, actually.”

Which wasn’t his fault, and you made sure to tell him so, leaning closer until your knee touched his and giving him a quick peck on his lips before he could protest.

Spending every holiday under Logan Roy’s roof wasn’t necessarily a problem. It was nice to exist alongside the people that Roman loves, the people he grew up around. Watching him interact with his siblings could be endearing. So much so that sometimes you wished you could record their banter and laughter so he could listen back and for a moment picture that things between them were okay. But just like any other family gathering, the pot tended to be stirred until have a holly jolly Christmas sounded either like a call for help or the theme song from the Saw franchise.

“Every year we celebrate in a different place,” you toyed with the idea in front of his eyes like one would a cat’s toy, using your smile to build momentum to the grand reveal that at this point didn’t even sound grand to you. “last Christmas was Italy and this year we’re doing Greece.”

“Since when do you have a house in Greece?” He asked, toying with your fingers as his gaze locked itself on them. It was a good sign he was asking.

“We don’t,” the sound of your animated chuckle helped to loosen his shoulders. Though it didn’t dissipate his slight confusion, it always felt good to have you close like this. “It’s Kelly’s house— eh, her parents’ but sharing is caring or whatever…”

He let out a chuckle of his own. The sound made all sorts of warmth bloom in your chest, maybe even cute aggression if you felt like being dramatic.

“And after we can spend New Year's just the two of us wherever you want.” He shrugged in a silent response, still pensive, and you couldn’t help but coo at him as if to coax him out of his shell. “It’s gonna be so much fun, they’ve been asking about us and the kids adore you, they’ve been obsessed with Uncle Roro ever since Lizzie’s birthday.”

“As they should be, my lower back never recovered from being used as a human jungle gym.” He rolled his eyes at the memory yet the love was evident from behind the thinly veiled sarcasm. He was a very particular individual but so were most of your siblings-in-law. And sure, the first time he met your family hadn’t gone as he expected, both in a good way and in a bad way, but your mother still asked him to join him for a glass of whiskey whenever they crossed paths with a welcoming smile and your father always hugged him in greeting like he did all his children.

“You’re good with them,” You smiled against his lips as you leaned closer for a kiss, leaving a couple of pecks that eventually made him smile too. “you’ve always been good with kids.”

“Yeah whatever, stop kissing me my breath stinks.”

The way your brothers had instantly included him in their weird boys' night out, which was ruled by the obnoxiously corny motto ‘what happens in boys' night, stays in boy’s night’ that was used as a smoke screen for that one time they decided to go to the spa to never be taken seriously again once they swallowed their own stupidity, left you grinning for a week straight. And let's not start with the picture you had taken during a summer trip to Nice of all the daughters-in-law posing like they were celebrating their high school prom with Roman at the front of the line, it had been all laughter all throughout; the picture came out a little blurry.

It’s all you could think about sometimes when you watched him doing nothing interesting in particular with a lovesick intensity only rivaled by his. How well he fits in your life, with the quips and interjections that kept you company and next to you on your shared bed. With both your slippers sitting neatly side by side and with the unmeasurable love pooling at the bottom of his chest that he had finally allowed himself to unabashedly share after who knows how long.

“Can you pass me your headband? I need to wash my face.”

He insisted yours was better every time you told him he should buy one of his own. Even if he hadn’t tried any other than yours. You only let it pass because he looked cute with his hair pushed back. No other reason at all.

“So,” you cut yourself by giving him a peck on the lips as he got closer to steal some face wash. He had his own on his side of the bathroom but the bottle was pretty much full and yours still ran out quicker than when it was just you. “Greece or no Greece?”

“I got chills, they’re multiplying.” He joked right before rinsing the soap from his face, chuckling at your lack of amusement. “What? You prefer right now there’s nowhere to hide since you pushed my love aside?”

“I prefer you answer my question.”

The eyes of a kicked puppy on full display just put him out of his misery vibes, pleaded in silence as he dragged his feet across the floor until he was standing right in between your legs, his face hiding in the crook of your neck. He fit nicely against your body and instinctively you let your fingers brush along the strands of his hair. “It’s okay if you don’t want to go.”

He groaned in response, his voice muffled against your skin. “It’s not that, I want to, I just— I already RSVP or whatever bullshit to my Dad.”

No one RSVP’ed to Logan Roy. Especially not his children. It wasn’t necessary when the table was already set for all parties involved regardless of conflicting schedules

“That’s okay,” You kiss his hair, resting your cheek against his head and muffling your own voice. The vibrations made him hum. “I can talk to him.”

The disheveled strands tickled your skin as he shook his head. Now that his chin was resting on your chest you noticed how cartoonishly slow he was blinking, his lids heavy the weight of being awake for far too long.

“I’ll talk to him.” He pressed a kiss against the side of your jaw, feeling the unmistakable excitement of your grin, before hiding the yawn that followed. “Tomorrow, I promise.

#roman roy x reader #roman roy x you #roman roy fluff #roman roy #succession fan fiction #roman roy imagine #succession imagine

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reallyromealone · 1 year

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i want to request a part 2 to the bonten cheating on reader for a 2nd time where the reader leaves them. it can either be angst or not. whatever you choose i just want to see any ending because it was really good 😭. just to refresh your memory of which one i’m talking about the ending says “if you actually mean it were al going to therapy” or something along those lines. Thank you

Fun fact, I couldn't find this fic for like five minutes till I went to my notes where I write and realized it was an event lmao

(name) sat on a chair as his alphas sat on the couches away from him, the therapist calm and collected as they stared at the large pack "we can start whenever you're ready"

"They lied and cheated and betrayed my trust" (name) said bluntly, arms crossed and not even looking at his mates "they broke the basic rule of our relationship not once but twice"

"I gave them an ultimatum, come here to therapy so we can figure out why they can't keep their dicks where they belong or I leave" (name) said seething, his ring finger bare and scent patches on his neck.

"I see, well thank you for sharing (name), I understand how this can be difficult for you" the therapist said calmly and turned to the alphas "and how are you all feeling about the situation" they asked calmly and Bonten was silent, not wanting to talk to the therapist but when (name) gave them a look to say 'fucking try me' Kakucho was the first to open up "It feels like shit"

"Could you elaborate?"

"We know we did something fucking awful, not once but twice" he said softly "we didn't deserve the first forgiveness and we definitely don't deserve this, I am honestly surprised (name) didn't go full no contact with us...he's not even staying with us anymore"

"I see, do any of you wish to share anything you feel? Remember this is a judgment free space and confidential"

Besides Kakucho, the rest of Bonten were pretty tight lipped about their feelings and after five minutes of silence (name) sighed annoyed "well this was fun, maybe next session you guys can learn the gravity of this"

Last night (name) learned something... Terrifying.

He was pregnant.

Somewhere between the first apology and the second affair (name) got pregnant and he desperately wanted his kid to know their dads but he didn't want them to betray the pup like they did (name).

He wouldn't allow it.

Bonten felt like shit but it wasn't easy for them to open up in any capacity, their entire jobs revolved around secrets!

But (name) wasn't a job.

He was their mate.

And he deserved better.

Chifuyu was gentle with his brother, the beta wanted nothing more than to beat their asses for what they did.

But sadly this was his brother's battle.

He was on (name)s side of just leaving them but they both knew it wouldn't be that easy, they were territorial and possessive alphas after all.

But that didn't stop him, kazutora and Baji from putting together a crib and such, the three having two spare rooms as they shared one.

The two were surprisingly excited at the concept of (name) staying with them even if for sad circumstances.

"I feel like I don't deserve him" Koko said simply, hands in his lap as he continued "seriously, were awful people and he puts up with our bullshit and does shit we don't deserve without any complaints! I don't know what god we sucked off in a past life to get this lucky"

The other men made sounds of agreement as (name) sat in silence, letting them continue "he's dealt with us at our ugliest and still gave us a chance, hell he sacrificed everything for us"

"And we took it for granted" Mikey spoke up, having been silent the entire session.

"My family would be ashamed of me" the tired blond said simply.

(Name) was pleased they were talking about this, actually making an effort.

The next few sessions were separate, each person getting to talk about stuff one on one to the therapist and actually learning to work through things.

"I have something to tell you guys" (name) said softly, sitting the men down after a therapy session and they could see the nervousness on (name) "i-im pregnant" (name) said practically shaking as the men sat in silence.

"When did you find out?"

"A week after you guys cheated the second time" (name) said staring at his hands and Bonten felt their heart break, they really didn't fucking deserve him and they knew he was probably debating on even telling them.

They should have been angry but the therapy made them understand that (name) didn't trust them at all anymore.

It also helped them understand their feelings and that there's serious shit they need to work on.

"If... If you guys improve by the ninth month... I will consider moving back here"

(Name) would be a dirty liar if he said he didn't miss the touch of his mates, cuddles and sleepy hugs.

But he wasn't a fool and he wasn't going to forgive them like that.

But he wanted what's best for his pup.

"We promise--we will do our best to be good enough for you"

#tokyo revengers x reader #tokyo revengers x male reader #tokyo revengers fluff #bonten x reader #male reader #omegaverse #omega male reader

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soggywert · 2 years

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Top Gun: Maverick hcs I’ve come to conclusions with (based off of imos and me and my life) Pt2

part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/hangman-puzzlesolver/692152151697473536?source=share

- mav watched minions: rise of gru by himself because ice never lived long enough to see it for their date night at the movies premiere (p1 explanation as to why) It looks like mav just crying over minions, but actually, it’s because his husband died (HOLY SHIT IM SORRY THAT SO ANGSTY I PROMISE YOU IT GETS BETTER)

- payback and fanboy are most likely to be the ones to organise a little get together at Penny’s bar for the whole crew

- ^^ THEY BOTH ALSO HOLD THE BEST SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTIES ^^

- mav has an extreme amount of knowledge on bones and muscles, mainly because he’s probably fractured and ripped most of them. The doctors like to let him know where he fractured that bone and what it’s called and mav makes mental notes on it; you bet he knows almost the whole skeletal system by now

- it’s a family tradition for the bradshaws to have a moustache, so ofc it’s just a ‘pass me down’ look as they all look like copies of the one before

- Phoenix is an avid snapchat user and always takes group selfies whenever she can

- Hangmans ringtone is backstreet boys, which everyone knows about because he once didnt have it on silence one day during a lecture and it played (he wears it with pride)

- hangman and rooster commonly go to the beach together, in a private area to watch the water lap at their feet, the sun setting in front of them. they usually bring a four pack, sometimes they have music on, sometimes they dont. sometimes the sounds of the water is enough for them

- the beach hangout is a good way for rooster to try getting into the idea of being around big bodies of water (small hc that he has a fear of it, after what happened to his father) which hangman helps out a lot with. theyre just having little therapy sessions as they cuddle by the water.

- ice and mav used to do the same thing! they used to cuddle by the secret area of the beach away from everyone; thats how rooster found out about it and told hangman.

- despite the name, iceman, he’s actually super shit at ice skating. mav took him to an ice ring once and they mainly stayed on the beginners section, until they got off to go get some chips. mav then dragged ice over to the big boy ring for him to watch mav do all these tricks on it!

interaction after that was probably like: ice: you never told me you could skate! mav: you never told me you couldn’t! ice: fuckin touché, pete

- THEN THEY DO A LADY AND THE TRAMP KISS BUT WITH THE OVERLY-EXPENSIVE MEDIOCRE CHIPS

- mav makes fun of how most things in ice’s office are exaggeratedly big. so, they made a small little deal that ice will get half, and mav would get the other. it was at first a joke, but then it turn into a religious thing of just:

ice: keep your shit on your side of the table mav: shouldve brought a bigger table ice: it takes up most of the room, asshat

- back and forth banter between husbands, promise

- going on from roosters fear of big bodies of water, it took a lot of extra encouragement from the team for him to go join them on the beach for the footy dogfight. (mainly from hangman, phoenix and bob. mav isnt aware of it)

- mav has an obsession with peppermint chocolate, because it reminds him of ice

- mav tries being a father-figure to rooster as best as he can, but he doesn’t know many fatherly things to do; he once searched up ‘activities to do with son’ and saw fishing came up first. of course; he was never taught how to fish by his father properly, so he just buys a bunch of stuff from a local store and stands in front of rooster, hands full:

mav: want to go fishing rooster: ...why mav: beeecaaause i said so rooster: do... you know how to fish? mav: no

- rooster then proceeds to teach mav instead, but it’s still completely fun. of course, then they find out theyre fishing on protected land and get chased off with a hefty warning (almost fine). mav then got some fishermen hats and sowed their call signs into individual ones (gravity falls style).

- rooster is fine with hearing ‘great balls of fire’, finding it nostalgic and a happier memory, while mav is one to go into a trance from a trauma response episode. though, rooster tries to help him through it nowadays

yeah boys! we got some father and son bonding moments! this was a bit angstier than I hoped it would be, but god the brainrot hits different at night.

(2/?)

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jamiesfootball · 4 months

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⭐️ here's a director's cut question for OGYGGI(YHNBGL) (side note: i love this acronym. it may not be convenient to type but i hear it in my mind as the sound of a giant sea monster rising from the deep):

do you have a process for figuring out how to hint at what's going on with jamie and the other characters before roy knows about it? are there any alternate-pov versions of scenes that live in your brain, like with Low Battery?

also, anything you want to talk about with the 5+1 falling asleep fic! i love all the snippets you've posted from it very much

I too love the acronym. Look at it. It's so silly. I love the thought of it as a giant see monster rinsing from the deep - honestly I've looking at it and my dyslexic brain keeps filling in 'Oingo-Boingo.'

do you have a process for figuring out how to hint at what's going on with jamie and the other characters before roy knows about it?

Part of the fun (for me) with keeping everything in Roy's pov is the challenge of balancing how to get across what is happening elsewhere. Which is why I have The Spreadsheet:

(I think I have appropriately blurred this out enough that there shouldn't be spoilers)

(Also this has reminded me I have more notes that need added to it)

So on the left I have my List of Things. On this list are:

-Characters: anyone I regularly check in with and/or who has something going on in the background (Roy, Jamie, Colin, Keeley, etc)

-Character groups: any combination of characters who have plot beats going on as part of their group dynamic (Roy & Jamie, the Diamond Dogs, Roy & his family, etc)

-Specific plots: any recurring plot thread that I need to keep an eye on (Jamie's impending Brazil photoshoot, the Roy & Jamie Book Club)

-Recurring details: anything recurring that changes but doesn't necessarily impact the action (for instance, the renovation and maintenance being done to the Richmond locker room that Roy witnesses over the course of the month)

-The Thesis Statement: this is the BIG ONE for me and it's right at the top. With so many interwoven stories and Roy's journey of big mental health stuff being the big driving focus, I needed some way of making sure I was always moving the story forward for him, even in the chapters where he doesn't have a therapy session. So each chapter has an I-Statement for Roy that is a clear idea of where he's at that point in the chapter. Here's the one for chapter one:

"I am angry and miserable and lonely. I don't know how to show people I care. I don't want to fuck this up. I will change something"

They're not elegant - they're raw and simple and to the point. It helps me keep on task and make sure the chapter is hitting the right notes.

EDIT: realized I forgot to explain- the column headers are chapters.

are there any alternate-pov versions of scenes that live in your brain, like with Low Battery?

YES THERE ARE. The big big BIG one being Jamie's eventual trip to Manchester to visit his dad in rehab - a scene that I have honestly been considering writing just so I have a version of it in my head to reference when he's telling Roy about it. I already have some of it figured out and ooof. OOF I say.

Another one that I've been considering is Jamie and Ted's eventual Talk about what's been going on - both with Jamie and his dad, and with Jamie having finally finished reading The Beautiful & Damned. That one is tricky, because Roy isn't involved or around for that conversation at all, but he does speak to Ted immediately after.

A much smaller one that's recently crept into the running is Jamie's reaction to finally hearing from his dad for the first time, which is.....it's going to be very soon.

also, anything you want to talk about with the 5+1 falling asleep fic!

The big one there is that I SWEAR IT'S STILL IN PROGRESS. For a while there, I had time reconnecting with it, and I realized (this morning actually) that part of my issue was that I was struggling to reach that raw place that wrote most of it. Now that I've let it set a bit, I've recharged, and it's back on the writing block come new years!

From this ask game but specific questions only please!

#ask game #director's cut #fic: oh god you're gonna get it (you have not been given love)#fic: I still feel like the same person I've been #writing progress #writing stuff

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jetstarred · 2 months

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what i listened to in january 2024!

total: 9 albums top three: i didn't mean to haunt you (quadeca), good kid, m.a.a.d. city (kendrick lamar), colourmeinkindness (basement)

click below to see full reviews ^-^

colourmeinkindness - basement (2012) - fav song: covet - this is a really solid early emo revival album. it captures the emotion that was extremely prevalent in emo music and kinda lost in the mainstream emo that had dominated before this album came out. the vocals are great at conveying the lyrics, sometimes feeling vulnerable in a really relatable way. the guitar is solid and very fun to listen to. easily one of my favorite emo albums from this era. - rating: 8/10

everyone everywhere - everyone everywhere (2012) - fav song: the future - this album clearly takes a lot of inspiration from 90s emo, especially midwest emo. some guitar riffs sound really similar to american football riffs. the singers voice is very lovely and i love the use of trumpets in some of the songs. the lyrics are also perfectly nostalgic and almost whimsical, like someone wondering about their surroundings and future. it almost makes me wish this band had stuck around longer and had been able to evolve their sound more. - rating: 7/10

feels like you - whirr (2019) - fav song: wavelength - this album is very dreamy, with the noise a pleasant hum rather than loud and intrusive. every song blends into the next track seamlessly, there were multiple times where i didn't realize a new song had started. the album largely sounds the same, with all the songs being difficult to distinguish from one another. this is good if you like this kind of music (which i do) but it makes it hard for any of the songs to be real stand outs. - rating: 5/10

hatemail - in lieu (2019) - fave song: pin up - i didn't really vibe with most of this album. its exciting to hear more female vocals in the post-grunge and more noisy punk space. there's definitely potential here and id be interested to listen to their more recent releases. - rating: 4/10

good kid, m.a.a.d. city - kendrick lamar (2012) - fav song: money trees - this album immediately put me in the exact setting that must've inspired it. it makes me feel nostalgic for the black american experience i never had, even with all the ugly parts. besides that, i love the through-line of the voicemails and phone calls, some of which introduce the following song. the samples are really beautiful and i want to go listen to the original songs. i can't imagine how exciting it must've been when this album came out to see the beginning of one of the greatest rappers of this generation. - rating: 9/10

i didn't mean to haunt you - quadeca (2022) - fav song: don't mind me - i listened to this album on repeat for a week after my first listen. it's really refreshing to listen to a concept album that actually fully follows through with the concept. this album being about a ghost and his experience with dying and having to watch how his family deals with his death is so interesting and lends to a lot of very heart wrenching introspection. also sonically this is such a beautiful album with the choral voices, static, with a good balance of heavy and dreamy parts. shout out to picking up hands and fantasyworld for making me cry. - rating: 10/10

goblin - tyler, the creator (2011) - fav song: radicals - i like the concept of the album being tyler having a “therapy session” with his own consciousness. but a lot of the content in the songs is very offensive, gross out, shock humor that i don't really vibe with. i know that that type of rapping was what was commonplace and popular at the time but it's really aged poorly imo. the beats and flows are pretty decent and i could vibe with them more if it wasn't for the lyrics. also tyler baby stop saying a bunch of slurs! - rating: 4/10

from me to you - quadeca (2021) - fav song: candles on fire! - this album is a great transition between quadeca's earlier youtube rap inspired music and his newer more atmospheric and melodic music. the production is grand and electronic in a way that's really enjoyable. while i'm not a great judge for rap, i think this is a step up from his earlier stuff and much more accessible to me as a more casual rap fan. honestly it's difficult to judge this album as anything other than a transition from rap to more artistically driven music that still keeps rap elements and influence. - rating: 7/10

my back is killing me baby - car seat headrest (2011) - fav song: no passion - this album is half rough versions of songs that would be redone in later albums, half songs that weren't revisited. it's very rough and full of the diy sound that was more prevalent in cshr's earlier stuff. i like it more for background noise than something i can strongly focus on. - rating: 5/10

#finally doing this whew #feburary should be up in a few minutes #wilt #jet reviews

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hexkids-au · 1 year

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Possession Chats (Part 1)

Disclaimer: I have not been to group therapy before, so this is based off of limited internet research. If there is anything that I need to change or is incorrect, don't hesitate to tell me. It was really just a concept for my AU that I thought would be fun because I realized that nearly half of the characters have been possessed before.

Jazz: Hello everyone, sorry to pull you out of your classes, I’m Jazz Fenton. I’m here to guide your support group session today.

Hunter: What am I doing here with a bunch of… All of you?

Jazz: This is a safe space for anyone that has had experience with forms of possession.

Danny: Wait when did I-

Jazz: Freakshow?

Danny: Right, right.

Dipper: Um, I don’t really want to-

Marcy: HI! Sorry I’m late! Oh, did I interrupt something?

Jazz: It’s alright. I’m Jazz and this is the support group for students who have experienced possession.

Marcy: Oh. Actually, uhh, I’m extremely busy right now so I’ll just leave the way I came in…

Jazz: Marcy, is it? Everyone here is thinking the same things you are, I’m sure. We’re going to ease in to talking about those things and start with getting to know each other.

Hunter: If I go first, can I leave?

Jazz: No, but thanks for volunteering! Today we’re just going to share our name, a bit about our family, and one fun fact about ourselves. I’ll go first, then Hunter, and we’ll go around the circle from there.

Hunter: Yay. Sounds great.

Jazz: Glad to hear it! Well, my name is Jazz Fenton, I have a mom and a dad that hunt ghosts and a brother who is half ghost. And fun fact, I like to exercise! Hunter?

Hunter: My name is Hunter. I have an adoptive dad and a found sister and mother, and I was resurrected from the bones of my creator’s dead brother. That work?

Jazz: Wow. Thank you for sharing, Hunter. Now, Dipper?

Dipper: Right. I’m Dipper. Well, Mason, but everyone calls me Dipper. I have a twin sister, a mom and a dad, and two great-uncles, and I made a pig learn how to talk once?

Jazz: Interesting! Thank you, Dipper. Next we have… right, Marcy!

Marcy: Hey everyone, I’m Marcy Wu. I have a mom and a dad. And… do I have to just pick one thing?

Jazz: Not necessarily but just to-

Marcy: Okay okay fine. Ooh! I rode on the back of a bird while toppling a corrupt empire!

Jazz: And I thought my brother was a handful! Well, Danny, take it away.

Danny: I got you. Right, my name’s Danny Phantom, or Fenton, whichever you prefer really. I have a mom, dad, and older sister. Both of my parents hunt ghosts and my sister protects me from them sometimes.

Jazz: Aww.

Danny: Protects me from my parents, if you didn’t get that.

Jazz: Yeah, I know. Finally, we have… what’s your name?

Hilda: Hilda.

Jazz: Yes, Hilda! Sorry. Want to share a bit about yourself?

Hilda: Sure. My name is Hilda, I live with my mum, and one of my best friends is a human witch.

Jazz: Ooh, nice! Thank you all for sharing. From now on, no one has to talk if they don’t want to, but we will all respect whoever is talking.

Hunter: Yup, all great and good, can I go now?

Jazz: What’s the big rush? We still have another fifteen minutes together.

Hunter: The flyer derby team practice is in five minutes and I need time to change before.

Jazz: Alright, you can leave.

*Hunter pumps his fist and starts walking towards the door*

Jazz: After!

*Hunter turns around*

Jazz: You give us your best… hmm… Wolf impression!

Hunter: What? Are you serious? I don’t even know what those are!

Jazz: You do. Don’t worry, this is a judgement free space. Your best wolf howl, go!

Hunter: Ugh, fine. Ah-woo. Happy?

Jazz: We’ll work on it. Have fun at practice!

*Hunter mumbles as he walks out and shuts the door behind him*

Hilda: So you said this was for people who have “experience with possession”, is there anyone here that has possessed someone else or..?

Danny: I have!

Jazz: Danny! Everyone is here because it has happened to them, not because they did it to someone else. Unless we need to, we’re not going to mention if we can possess others or not.

Danny: Oh, my bad. I was possessed once, I robbed a bank and held my family and friends hostage on a train, if that counts.

Jazz: It does, and thank you for sharing, Danny. Since you’re taking, do you have any ways you deal with any trauma you have left from that experience?

Danny: No? Honestly, I kinda saved the world and called it even.

Jazz: Ahh, hiding behind jokes and sarcasm. Anyone else?

Dipper: Uh, I avoid triangles, large eyes, and American dollar bills at all costs?

Jazz: And how well does that work for you?

Dipper: It doesn’t, really.

Marcy: I’m fine as long as I don’t think about my childhood best friends. Ever.

Jazz: Ouch, see? We’re here to learn from each other and find healthy ways of coping so we can-

*End of class bell screams, making half of them jump*

Jazz: Alright, I’ll see you all here next week!

#pre-finale content #toh #toh au

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thanks for the tag @ace-aussie-asshole <33

hanks for tagging me @ace-aussie-asshole 🫶

Are you named after anyone?

no, but my full name is actually really pretty. its really uncommon as well, and i let a lot of compliments on it. i wish this wasnt the internet because if i could i would brag about my name all the time haha

When was the last time you cried?

just now, actually. i had my first therapy session ever and it was kinda scary, but my therapist was really kind and we didnt get into anything super triggering yet. she also had a squishmallow frog on her couch that i held the whole time, but there was a dino one on her desk and maybe next time i’ll ask if i can hold that one instead. i really like dinosaurs.

Do you have any kids?

nope, and i dont plan to. i dont think i could handle the pressure of raising a literal human being without fucking them up. i think i’ll just stick to babysitting instead

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

yes haha, but almost always in a joking setting. i try not to ever be sarcastic in a way that sounds rude, yk? i am very good at picking up sarcasm, however, and its really funny when i do. a lot of people seem mean and sarcastic when theyre actually just being funny and its a beautiful realization when that sinks in

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

their facial expressions. i notice the way their face moves, and how they react to stuff. its jsut interesting for me.

What’s your eye colour?

deeep deep brown (the best color). they look almost black. someone told me that when i look in the sun i get little sparkles and my eyes look like the night sky, and thats stuck with me for a while.

Scary movies or happy endings?

well, im weak and i physically cannot watch anything scary. i dont think ive watched a movie that doesnt have a happy ending, if im gonna be honest. as you mightve guessed, disney movies are my favorite.

Any special talents?

i can hoola-hoop really well. my record is four at a time

Where were you born?

the usa (WHAT THE 🦅 IS A KILOMETERR)

What are your hobbies?

reading, writing, listening to music, drawing. id like to get into crochet.

Do you have any pets?

no, but i want one so damn bad. i really love dogs, but the neighborhood where me and my family live doesnt allow them.

What sports do you play/have you played?

i used to play soccer. by play i mean i would pick flowers and stare at the clouds. but i had fun, and thats all that matters.

How tall are you?

not gonna lie i have no idea. im like, slightly less than medium height? lmao i dont really know

Favourite subject at school?

maths, i know i know im a nerd. im just really good at it right now, and a lot of my friends come to me instead of the teacher when they need something explained which brings me so much joy.

Dream job?

honestly? a youtuber or content creator. slightly more realistically, an artist. or someone that works with animals. im pretty open to a lot of careers

@caramelapplesauce

im not sure who else to tag so moots and followers feel free to do this too <33

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thehorrorsoftheblackbunnymask · 2 years

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TW: VENT

I feel like the older I get the less my relatives cared about me. Like, my family came over s few weeks ago and my aunt's barely talked to me.

They said hi and asked how I was and that was it. They pretty much ignored me and kept paying attention to my brothers. Asking them how was school and all this and that.

and even when they left I felt like they didn't care as much about anymore. I felt like my cousins actually cared about me.

My mom sends pictures as me and my brothers to my family and mom tells me.

"Auntie said that you got bigger. See, this is why to need to lose weight."

and then Thursday was a mess. I was like doing really fucking awful and I had a concert. Our teacher bought the kids performing donuts and I took most of the glazed ones to cope and I let everyone else have to the other boxes.

But this one girl kept yelling at me about how I ate them all and all this and that. This girl made fun of my tics and couldn't comprehend the fact that I wasn't a normal kid. So when I said that it was coping skill she looked confused.

I love my bestie to death and I'd do anything for him and he's the same way, but I hate the fact how popular he is in our grade. Because like, we be talking or hanging our having our therapy sessions, then someone has to burst in and take him away. It always happens.

Now I'm a very introverted person, and my friend group is the same but we're very chaotic. And I'm an introvert who will curse you out if you piss me off. So I just stay quiet and do nothing.

And the thing is right, I only want to have therapy sessions with my bestie because he's gone through some of the shit I have and more.

my mental state has been on a decline for weeks and it's too much. I'm people pleaser I'll say that.

I wish I was more active but I just can't. I wanna write fics but I can't. Like, all I wanna do is cry, sleep and eat ramen and Twix bars.

And my bestie joked about something about Pisces (I'm a Pisces btw) and made it sound like it was a bad thing. And when I said I was one he said that I was ugly. I know he was joking but it was like the first time he said something like that and it triggered me to have flashback of my abuser but I didn't say anything. Then he said I was beautiful and that he was sorry. That again triggered me to have a flashback.

Living is such a chore now.

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loorain · 1 year

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Sims 4 Fontenot Legacy - Sabrina's Date Aftermath and Making Peace

Sabrina returns from their date in the late afternoon, and a familiar face pops by the house.

Sabrina: Alton! Didn't expect to see you.

Alton: Well I was in the neighborhood, figured I'd stop by. You busy?

Sabrina: Not at all. Come in!

The two settle in and catch up. Sabrina tells her fwb all about their vacation, Robin's proposal, and their date with Marquise.

Alton: Sounds like things have been pretty busy around here. Good to hear you've been taking care of yourself after Beau though. Sounds like the date with Marquise went well?

Sabrina: Yeah, it was fun. Don't know if it'll amount to anything, but we had a good time. He's cool, just don't know how much I'm actually interested in having a relationship with him. Only time will tell, I guess.

Sabrina's eyes darken ever so slightly.

Sabrina: That means our arrangement is still good. If you're interested that is.

Alton: Good to know I'm not being tossed to the side. I was worried Marquise put the moves on too well.

Sabrina laughs.

Sabrina: Jealous, are we? Well, why don't you remind me why we had this arrangement in the first place?

Sabrina closes the gap between the two of them, having had enough of simply talking.

Sabrina: Maybe we should take this upstairs.

Sabrina leads Alton upstairs to their room, and the two enjoy some alone time together.

The following day, Sigrid has been hard at work processing her pregnancy. She has a string of successful therapy sessions and classes that help her feel more at ease about everything. By the end of it, Sigrid feels fully ready to make peace with the surprise pregnancy and prepare herself for motherhood. With Robin by her side, she knows it'll be great.

Sigrid finds Robin inside and excitedly tells him about her day.

Robin: Sounds like everything went well!

Sigrid: Yeah, I actually learned a lot! It was a definite eye-opener. Having a baby is no joke, but I think I can handle it.

Robin: We can, together.

Sigrid: Right. That leads me to...

Sigrid: I know I kinda freaked out about all of this. I just had this idea of my life on this timeline, and suddenly having to make adjustments scared me. But I've always wanted a family. And I want a family with you. So this... I can do it. We'll have this baby, and it'll be okay.

Robin: I meant every word I said, too.

Sigrid: Yeah, I know that.

Sigrid sighs.

Sigrid: Guess I'll have to update my wardrobe soon. These skinny jeans are already feeling too tight, I can barely breathe.

Robin chuckles.

Robin: No matter what you're wearing, you'll look beautiful.

He embraces his fiancée.

Robin: This'll be great. A new adventure for us!

Sigrid: that's for sure.

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grandexpertearthquake · 1 year

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But which of the baes you know are actually worth binging the "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" with? I don't know much about it. Yes, but it wasn't that much fun. Which of these cute fall dates sounds like the most fun to you? Both and so much more, like their scent and the way they walked. I'm way more popular. They're way sillier than I am. You’ll never have to wonder if that Harvard hottie is too good to be true on The League, everyone must authenticate their account. Website domain. If you’re requesting the StoreKit External Purchase Link Entitlement, you’ll need to provide the website domain (where users will complete purchases) for your destination URL. This dating profile headline tells users you’re new in town, or have a good story to tell. Not really, but I give a good tarot reading. Not really, we don't get along very well. They don't tip well at restaurants. You must approach this quiz with the ultimate seriousness since just one less-than-honest answer could totally mess up your results - with spine-chilling results. I argue that the apparent asymmetries between the verbal complex and syntactic structure must be explained by morpho-phonological, not syntactic, processes.

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Fast-Monitor Your Dating

Our high-calibre clients won’t be seen on dating apps. She earned her Bachelors in Broadcast Journalism at the University of Southern California and has been seen on Good Morning America. Their good looks pulled me in like a magnet. ProWritingAid can now help you write a great dating profile, like an AI-powered wingman. They can be a bit stubborn. For example, you could ask if your partner is focusing on anything in therapy to manage or decrease their anxiety symptoms, and if there is anything you can do to help. He or she is unable to live alone and for this, he needs a partner who spends life with him. It depends on who this celeb is. נערות ליווי בתל אביב והמרכז We met through mutual friends or family. I haven't met them yet. We met at work. This is the work of the artist: to make the unconscious speak. Big player like PositiveSingles let you make your profile / photos visible only to selected people. We always make time for each other, like cuddling sessions.

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Ideas to help with religious trauma

These are not a substitute for actual professional help, but getting therapy is not always possible for everyone, whether it's because of financial issues, family problems or you simply haven’t found the therapist right for you.

Watch debunking videos. Surround yourself with facts and logic when you're doubting your choices or are curious about arguing against faith.

FriendlyAtheist

Holy Koolaid

Telltale

Read experiences from other apostates. It's easier to imagine a future for yourself when you've seen proof that others managed it too.

Reddit: r/excatholic, r/exchristian, r/muslim, etc

DaretoDoubt blog

Research topics that are relevant to you. How to spot emotional abuse, how to understand your own trauma, etc, is eye opening when you've never thought about how much your experiences actually affected you.

Learn new skills. Learn to how to cook for yourself, how to repair household items, how to sew or knit or crochet, how to start an indoor garden or learn how to can produce. Not everyone had functional parents who taught them life skills, but fortunately there are hundreds of kind strangers eager to share their knowledges.

Dad How Do I?

Mom How Do I?

A masterpost

Journal. Trauma is a bitch that can make you forget things, doubt your own memories, lie to you. Write down what you feel, what dreams you had, what you are scared of. When you doubt if it was really all that bad you can re-read what you wrote. Plus it's great to bring along to therapy sessions!

Make art. It doesn’t have to be related to trauma. It can be hopeful, bright, warm and loving. It can also be angry, bloody, dripping with hate and sadness. Don't be afraid to express yourself the way you want to, and don't feel pressured to make your art look or sound pretty. Make it for yourself.

Look at 'faith in humanity posts'. The world isn't an evil, shitty place as religion likes to paint it to be. Humans help each other all the time, they love to share things that make others laugh (or cry) and they are eager to spread happiness. Even if the world is bad sometimes, there's enough good to go looking for.

r/HumansBeingBros

r/MadeMeSmile

faithinhumanityr tumblr

Make a self care kit. Use a shoebox or a drawer and fill it with things that make you happy. Candy, bath bombs, your favorite book, a journal full of poetry, your favorite stuffed animal, pictures, etc. It's your own corner of happiness during bad days.

Wikihow: Self Care Box

Cheap DIY self care box ideas

Do the things you don't want to do. Write that resignation letter to your church. Apply for that job you need. Book a doctor's appointment. Make that phone call you are dreading. It's not fun, but it's important. And you'll thank yourself later when you get it over with.

Get to know your body. It's not a temple for any god, it's yours. It's not sinful, nor does it deserve to be starved, abused or insulted by anyone. Even if you can't say good things about your body, try body neutrality.

Develop your own style. If you always wanted to try a different hair color, fashion style or get a buzzcut, this is your sign to do it. Go wild! You can try out what you like. It might seem silly but it's exciting to experiment around and it can be a way to reclaim your body as well by changing it the way you want to, not the way you were told to keep it.

How to curate your personal aesthetic

Surround yourself with loving people. Easier said than done, but there are people out there who will accept and love you no matter what. If you don’t have any friends, put yourself out there! Visit conventions, go to bars, join a reading club, try out group activities or get to know people in online communities.

I hope this helps in some way. I love you, get plenty of rest, drink something and don’t forget your meds if you have any 💖

#masterpost #life hacks #ex religious #religious trauma #trauma #felix speaks #long post #adulting #help #idk i hope this helps someone #lots of these things i did myself and found they worked #ofc its different for everyone #but maybe something will work for you!

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so, i have thoughts about how the writers have been addressing whatevers going on with roman + sex, and the hints theyve dropped during the whole show. (TW for sexual abuse / harassment, incest mention?)

lets look at succession as a whole so far regarding romans sexuality. The things we know are: 1) He only got into relationships with women he thought his dad would date. 2) Based on his conversation with Tabitha when they were trying to have sex, he seems to only be able to get off if he can pretend theres something "wrong" about it. 3) At this point, i think we can say his bisexuality is canon, based on his little thing with his personal trainer. Which is intriguing because if he really jerked roman off after sessions, that sounds like, the most intimate hes ever been with someone during the course of the show? And the fact that its a guy maybe enhances the Wrong aspect that he likes- i mean, remember gerris dirty talk in season 2: "what would your family think? theyd be ashamed of you. and rightly so". id say maybe dudes are easier for him because of the inherent feeling of "wrongness" his internal homophobia brings out.

And yeah, the whole thing with gerri has an air of wrongness too, because of the whole ~humiliation sex talk roleplay she did obviously, and because he knew his dad would be against it. which probably makes roman be even more into her- besides the fact that shes smoking hot, of course, but tabs is also hot as fuck and he still couldnt get into her (Ha), so we know hotness alone doesnt do the trick for him.

Then theres the incest/sexual abuse jokes, which... theres a lot to unpack there. the whole bit about him getting assaulted by connor as a child. "im touched" / "me too". what he said to rhea in dundee ("look at you, fitting right in, like a camp counselor in my butt when I was 12"??? terrible). Roman clearly doesnt know why he cant have sex, and theres the theory going around that its related to some kind of trauma like that in his past. (Last ep when shiv got mad at him for the gross sexy secretary joke and asked what was wrong with him, he said 'i dont know. were working on it, its an ongoing process', and we also know hes doing therapy 'my guy's surprised i got through at all'). so if it is sexual abuse, he probably buried it so deep inside his mind he cant actually remember, and it comes out occasionally with disturbing humor.

then theres that one time in 2x09 when he asked logan if he had someone to talk to and logan said smt like, "you want me to talk to a shrink? you know, you may want to screw your mother, but I am okay in that department, thank you". that scene is really important because like, correct me if im wrong, but i think that was one of the first times someone in his family talked openly about his issues. And it was just to make fun of them, and of roman for needing & going to therapy. Roman was really upset about it, kinda seemed like he thought there was a line in the things they taunted each other about and logan really went there anyway.

...which leads us to S3. Weve seen the family press the matter about roman and sex this season in ways that they never really did before, which was maybe one of the things that triggered the boiling point of his dysfunction: him being so careless about it he goes against gerris boundaries, possibly ruining the most healthy relationship he has right now with a person he clearly has feelings for. and in turn, becomes his fall from grace.

Ep 1, logan getting mad at roman for worrying about him and asking him if he wants to suck his dick. romans clearly not okay with it, even though a couple of scenes later he mimicks a blowjob when gerri was talking on the phone about the president respecting logan. thats basically how it worked this season: he got upset when sex shit was brought up, then he shrugged it off with innapropiate jokes. Cause we have Ep 2, where shiv tells him "you cant hide under the covers with mommy", and "someday youre actually going to have to fuck something". which bothered roman so much he had to leave the room. to my knowledge, thats the first time his siblings mentioned his issues with sex so directly. "that was low." "its not my fault he has a sex thing, that was an overreaction. was i too harsh?" "are you kidding? he loves it. hell be jerking off wearing my ex wifes panties." it was shocking to learn they know about it because, how?? rumours going around? tabitha explicitly outing roman as her eunuch bestie??? idk, but it surprised roman too and that was the moment where that boundary of his sex life being a secret from his family was completely broken, imo. for the audience and also, for himself, probably.

then there was the football team finger-bang joke, logan calling him the F slur, shivs comment about him wanting to blow logan and fuck his mom, asking about his intimacy with tabitha, kendall telling him he could take the giant replica of carolines vagina home with him SKDHSKD The curious thing though is that he went from being upset and storming out, to learning how to own the jokes and even going along with them until they got to be Too much. like. To me, the worst one so far was definitely this interaction:

and then he mimicked blowing logan... christ bro. like, how did we go from his normal response to logans innapropriate comment to him in episode one to THAT. its like season 3 was a journey of roman being desensitized about his issues because theyre joked about in every episode and not really a secret anymore, and hes kind of been going off the rails because of it. He cant tell where the lines are, doesnt undestand when hes going too far. That, coupled with his dad almost dying in episode 4, was probably what caused his undoing this season. Going hardcore with everything logan wants, allowing himself to be manipulated into severing his connection with kendall and shiv because of him. its insane bro. hes definitely losing his sense of reality a little bit ("youre not real. youre not a real person" / "no real person involved" cross my mind every now and then).

i dont know, i just thought it was important, how it all came down to last episode, where logan, shiv and gerri finally confronted him in all seriousness about his problem (though logan did it for the wrong reasons, as he usually does). Which is huge, because there were no jokes this time from shiv and logans part. and gerri had talked about him "being a sick fuck" and "having a revolting problem in his head" as dirty talk before, but there wasnt anything ~sexy about the way she called him out in italy. in all three cases, roman couldnt hide behind his usual humor or flirting, so all thats left is to come to terms with it. Even though he still has a hard time figuring out what his problem is, so... will he get better or worse? im not sure- i just think losing gerri could be his breaking point.

its really interesting to me that the writers took it there, and i wanna see where theyre gonna go with it. if its ever gonna get properly addressed, or if theyll never really explain what happened to him. knowing this show, anything could happen, tbh.

#succession #roman roy #succession hbo #logan roy #gerri kellman #kendall roy #shiv roy

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