it's actually so fascinating to me that Brennan has created a character that maintains a pretty relaxed and mild-mannered demeanor and has said multiple times that the absolute Core of her is "FEAR" and how often we see this Fear manifest specifically in Avoidance; it really nails a relationship to that mentality where your brain fully Stops recognizing the emotion properly out of like, sheer self-defense from the stress of having to carry it all the time
I think this is also perfectly showcased in the way we tend to see Tula swing so suddenly from 'level and steady' to 'snarling Panic' and then back again - Just because your brain has detached itself from the Conscious Recognition of the emotion doesn't mean it can Actually stop itself from experiencing it. So the Fear is always there and always acting as a stressor, but because of that inability to Identify it there's no way to recognize or address it before that final straw hits and your bodymind jumps Straight into Full Meltdown Mode; but then once again, once you drop even a Little bit below that Peak Terror your brain ceases to process the emotion; it's like the most exhausting form of Poor Object Permanence in the world
And even if Tula is aware of this happening to her, that doesn't really make it any easier to deal with / address. Even if you're able to spot the symptoms Around the emotion -- chest pain, irritation, nausea, whatever -- because the Emotion Itself is basically impossible to find, you can't really Successfully Pin Down what the problem is OR a way to cope with it. If you can't figure out That You Are Anxious, then figuring out What Is Making You Anxious is impossible, which makes Find A Way To Make Peace With That incomprehensible. That's where the Avoidance comes in: you can no longer identify what might be a Dangerous Situation, which means that Anything New has a big potential to be Really Bad in a variety of ways (ranging "I don't Feel Good" to "Fully Lashing Out bc you've entered Fight/Flight and can't get out of it" to "Actual Outside Danger This Time") and that means the Only Way you know how to be Safe is to just Avoid Doing Anything New and Only stick to Familiar Situations, because anything unfamiliar is a monster of a gamble you don't know how to prepare for or cope with
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I don’t believe in deleting fics, cause I know how it feels when I go back and look for a specific fic by a beloved author to find that it’s gone. But man some times I think about rewriting and changing my old works, cause I like to think I got a little better at this writing thing. Specifically the memory loss fic, that one haunts me all the time, I had no idea what I was doing it was more let’s just finally finish this so I don’t have to worry about it anymore (and here I am still worrying about it). Look I know it’s over done, but there’s just so many things you could do with losing your memory (and how devastating it was but I’m a fluff lover so we don’t do that here… although… just had a sad idea that will not help my case in not being a Ran hater *sigh I hate the canon ship not her okay) It’s probably why I was so fixated on Lo Lo Love Me, and a counter part that I may never write. Point is, I think about writing/fixing the memory loss fic, but make it Shiho this time, but only because I hate seeing my queen suffer. I always say I hate angst, and I do, but thinking about how alone Shinichi was despite growing up in far better conditions than Shiho to now being alone again cause the only other person who knew all about his time as Conan and experienced it with him forgets it all? You can only repress yourself for so long, losing your partner, losing a part of yourself changes a person.
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so... i made this simple drawing cuz i was listening to songs that just made me feel like "i wanna hug scara :("
the left one was supposed to be 'anyone' who wanna hug scara, but it ended up looking a lot like childe haha
i guess this could be like child!ajax and child!kunikuzushi in modern time
"kuni?"
"...what?"
ajax smiled softly, his friend was still there.
he didn't disappear or left him all by his own like the others. ajax was thankful for that. but, oh, how he wished he could just stopped being weird. he never wished to be like this anyway. why was it only him who was experi-
"-ajax!"
the ginger haired boy snapped out from his thoughts. he looked to his right, finding his friend, his only one, kunikuzushi, sitting beside him. ajax wanted nothing but time to stop right now.
he wished it did.
he was already happy having a friend. even if there was only one in his little world. even if they weren't all that compatible to be friends.
"ughh," kuni grumbled as he put his cold hands inside his jacket's pocket, "what are you trying to say? is it another 'oh uh, my family got mad at me again, they called me a freak after i went missing for a while'? it's old news now, so... what is it?!"
a laughter erupted from ajax. his smile seemed bright like the city they were seeing from on top of the hill. kuni let out a sigh. it was quite rare to see his ginger head friend laughing freely like this, but... it was nice.
it was a much different scene than what he usually saw.
there was something, at least. that something being ajax and all his weird antics. unlike his household who had nothing as if kuni himself was not acknowledged there. kuni wanted nothing but time to stop right now.
he wished it did.
he was happy that they could understand each other without saying so much. even if their problems were different yet similar at the same time. even if they weren't all that compatible to be friends.
"as if yours aren't old news too! 'huhuu, ajax! my mom kept acting as if i didn't exist and my sister too! they wouldn't even say anything if i act up in scho-'"
"-ahhh, ajax! shut up!!"
"ouhh, kuni is embarassed! haha!! your face is so red like that one santa's reindeer's nose, uh... yes! rudolph!!"
kuni flared up until his face was red like... rudolph's nose, proofing his friend correct. while ajax kept laughing while making fun of him. too bad, his cheeks began to reddened as well, giving a chance for kuni to insult him too.
which at first was just insulting each other, they started to violently playfully fight. pulling each other's hair, taking the other's coat off forcefully, and all the other violent acts that a child would probably know.
"arrggh!! ajax, that hurts!"
"well, you stop pulling my hair and i'll stop too-!!"
...
yeah...
there would be more problems in the future, but of course, just like usual, the power of friendship will prevail!
"ajax, you fricking detergent!! stop pulling my hair, will ya!? it won't solve your family issues anyway!!"
"what?! detergent?!! arrgh, how about you stop whining about your mommy issues then, you jerk!"
uhm...yes! friendship will always win!
this was not how i thought the story would end haha, however i'm a lil satisfied with this one! i mean, c'mon, platonic love between friends are always so cute after all (≧▽≦)
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