#THIS IS LITERALLY A CYCLE OF ABUSE

[a-muffin-full-of-poetry]

Animals | Jumin Han

This request was a complete pain in the ass and boy am I going to complain about it, however, to the lovely anon who requested it, thank you! I do in fact take song requests and I’m glad you’ve enjoyed yourself so far. I'm so sorry this has taken literal months, but as I am just about to explain, there's a reason as to why. Now, for the muffin rant. Swearing abound.

First of all, my tumblr decided to fuck itself. I couldn’t edit it when I was on my laptop, which is how and when I write and then what I did write on my phone didn’t save. So I’d write it and there’d be nothing fucking there. To add insult to injury it just meant I didn’t want to write and there’s been five drafts of this is as a result. Secondly, there was no way to fix this problem and I had to screenshot it which really was the butter on the biscuit. I eventually just gave up and wrote it traditionally in several notebooks and frankenstenied them together, which made it take even longer because each draft was on separate pieces of paper in random notebooks. Plus, as you’re about to see, this song is inherently sexual and as I don’t write NSFW, had to adapt it around that so it ended up nothing like the song at all, so I wasn’t happy with the end result anyway. https://genius.com/Maroon-5-animals-lyrics this is what I used for reference. I was not very happy with it, I don’t like writing unhealthy relationships really because I do not want to promote them in anyway but... here we are. *sigh*

Summary: you didn't think it would end this way. you didn't think Jumin was like this, but you keep coming back anyway

Warnings: bad endings for Jumin (I did a cool thing called mixing them), unhealthy relationship, swearing, possessiveness, DO NOT TAKE THIS AS A HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP IT IS NOT AT ALL.

Everything Zen said about men you hadn’t believed, especially when it came to Jumin. Everything in the chatroom was gentlemanly, cute in an oblivious you’ve-clearly-never-liked-someone way. Maybe the alarm bells should’ve started ringing because no one could ever be that put together, but he was and that was enough for him to catch your attention.

Then... then it started to go downhill when he logged into the chatroom and told you his father wanted him to get married. To someone he didn’t know, someone you’d never heard of.

Something switched, something you couldn’t predict. First, it was his cat. His beloved cat was everything to him but it really did become his everything. Clearly everything was too much and you just wanted to help.

You shouldn’t have. Because, if you hadn’t, you would’ve been able to leave him. Leave him to sort through his emotions, leave him to work out what he really wanted.

“Jumin,” you said, once you entered his house for the first time. “I’m so glad I got to meet you. It’s a lot different in person, isn’t it?”

A dangerous twinkle flickered in his eye. At the time, you hadn’t caught it, but you would soon learn what it was. What it meant. “Very, MC.”

It seemed like a dream, staying by his side. Even he seemed content with you in his house, in his space. In fact, it was easy to fall into something as soon as you stepped foot into the house. Perhaps you should have thought it was too easy, but you were enraptured.

The cat went missing and you understood well enough that you had to help him feel better in anyway you could. That was why you never said anything when he got possessive like that. A smile would placate him.

You would look wonderful in a cage, my dear.

WTF?

Jumin... why don’t you come to the kitchen? I’m very good at making tea.

So you avoided it.

The collar they want me to wear is so uncomfortable. Honestly, can’t they see it might damage my neck and then no one would want to watch me on stage.

Zen, no one actually thinks that. Besides it’s part of the act.

Collars are so ugly.

I think a collar would suit you, MC.

Seriously!?

And avoided it.

“MC, dearest, I was thinking that it would help me a lot more if you stayed here from now on. I don’t want you to leave here, not without me. Just in case something happens.”

All you did was nod. “If it helps you.”

You ignored it all, you believed it would help. And then. And then.

The only thing you wanted was some groceries, you had mentioned that you were running low. It had begun when you picked up cooking as a hobby. With little to do without Jumin there, you tried everything to cut into the boredom. Cooking did that for you and Jumin was more than happy to come home to dinner and walk out the door with homemade lunch, if only to indulge you. Truthfully, you had no idea if he ate it, but Jaehee had said it made him rather more tolerant of meetings since you started.

Surely he could allow you out for a moment, couldn’t he? It wouldn’t even be for long, if you brought someone with you, he would let you.

“No,” he sighed. “I’ll just send someone for you.”

You weren’t expecting an outright no. “Jumin, please. I’m going crazy in here. I won’t be gone long.”

“I said no MC, I’ll send someone else. I don’t want you leaving the house.”

“But Jumin—”

“No MC! God, how many times do I have to tell you before you get it?”

That was when you knew you had to leave. Had you encouraged him too much in his possessiveness? Or had you been to flimsy with your stance on staying at home? Should you have been sterner? More defensive?

None of that mattered, you just had to leave. Slowly, you backed away from him. It seemed he realised that he had messed up because he moved towards you with his slow, assured steps. Like he knew you’d go back to him. No, no you wouldn’t. You couldn’t.

“Just—Just go. Go to work.”

He stopped in his tracks, analysing you. For a moment, you saw his brows furrow, some sort of a pout making its way onto his face. Clearly he was trying to make you feel a little bad and it would usually work except you adverted your eyes quick as. Finding yourself staring at the cage you couldn’t help but think about the one you were trapped in.

Eventually, he left. Not before he tried to press a kiss to your cheek but you managed to dodge it, an unimpressed ‘hmph’ leaving you. Once he was gone, you desperately tried to argue your way out of the penthouse with his bodyguards. You weren’t expecting much, but they must’ve heard you or they could see how much you wanted to leave, because with a nod to each other, they let you out.

Pulling out your phone, you called a familiar number.

“Y’ello?”

“Seven, get me out of here, please.”

Graciously, Seven had let your into his home. After hours of hysterical crying to Seven and the maid(?) at his home and several phone calls to Zen and Jaehee, you had come to your conclusion. You would go to the party and then you would leave the RFA.

V, who Seven had called, had only tried half heartedly to make you stay. Somewhere, it seemed he realised that you should’ve left far before you actually did. Yoosung had tried harder, but that was only because you couldn’t explain it to him. It wasn’t that you couldn’t trust him with it, you just...

Seven was a gracious host, he even offered to make sure to fully block Jumin from your phone but you thought you wouldn’t need it. Honestly, you weren’t prepared for the full onslaught of texts from him you inevitably got sent your way.

MC

MC

MC, please, I really didn’t mean to upset you.

I don’t want to do anything to cause you to make any rash decisions.

I’ll see you tomorrow, we can discuss this then.

You didn’t know what was more uncomfortable: the fact that he wanted you to stay and was willing to back down simply to have you return or the fact that you knew it wouldn’t take much for you to go back. It seemed Seven agreed and frowned at the messages. “We’ll make sure he doesn’t get you alone.”

If that was your main concern, everything would have been so much better.

The party began and you made sure to keep a tight hold on Seven’s arm. Jumin had sort of up ended the whole affair and the paparazzi at every turn made your stomach churn. It was just so wonderfully him and that was completely the problem.

Actually seeing his face, his hair slightly styled compared to how it usually look, made you freeze on the spot. Seven seemingly mistook it for fear, and it was to some degree, but you could feel your blood pump faster, your heart rate spike. “MC, we can go back if you want. We only need to be here for a bit.”

“It’s okay Seven, I’ll be alright.”

His speech was nothing amazing. Not at first. It was simply a statement, the truth and exposing the women for what they were—fraudsters. If they hadn’t gotten you into this whole mess, you might have only given them a slight frown, something disapproving. But that wasn’t the case. They’re disruption at his house, their continued pushiness for Jumin to marry Sarah had made him go almost insane in his own house. You scowled.

Then, just as their shrill voices rose to a crescendo, Jumin spoke over them, crystal clear as usual. “MC.”

Everyone was suddenly turned your way. Both Seven and Zen moved slightly in front of you. “Move back, we—”

“Let me go, I’ll... I’ll be fine. Get it out of the way.”

You stepped out from behind them, nodding your head to Jumin as his eyes watched you make your way closer to him. Sharp, grey and full of something—something animalistic. It was like a predator, watching its prey wander closer to the trap it had laid.

As you got closer, Jumin continued. “This wonderful person has organised this entire party for us and has revitalised the RFA into something new. MC is the one who has my heart, not you.”

It was a scathing remark to both Sarah and Glam. But you were practically in front of him now. The small little stage that had been set up had him towering over you and you looked up at him. There was a satisfied smile on his face, like he knew exactly what he was doing. And to some end, he probably did.

He only had to ask and he knew exactly that.

“I am so sorry you have had to put up with those women.” He never stopped looking at you, keeping your gaze directly on him. “It was not right. We just need another try, without them.”

At that, he stepped away from the microphone and stepped down to you, taking your hand. You could hear Seven and Zen shout, hear their anger as they stormed their way to you. But you simply turned around and held up a hand. “You really mean that? No more of this week, ever again?”

“I promise.”

“Then okay. I’ll... We can try a normal date, alright?”

His face lit up. You should’ve known then that this week would always be a pattern. That he would always be like this and you would always come back.

However, as he smiled down at you, it was hard to think about that.

#jumin han #jumin x reader #mysme jumin #mystic messenger #mystic messenger fanfic #zen mystic messenger #mystic messenger 707 #PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT THINK THIS IS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP #IT IS NOT #THIS IS LITERALLY A CYCLE OF ABUSE #AND THIS SONG IS VERY DODGY #it is a good song though

[eznii]

something something white sheep luo binghe

#svsss #scum villain's self saving system #scumbag villain #luo binghe #or uhhh ig #luo bingge #scum villain #mxtx #fanart #digital art #my art #svsss fanart #chirin no suzu #ringing bell #this has prolly been done before but look at him...chirin lookin ass #something something cycles of abuse idk #anyway svsss enjoyers do not follow me cause i literally never talk/draw about it lol

[nashvillethotchicken]

The fact I haven't seen that many people talk about how lestat did the exact same thing his father did to him to Claudia by forcibly removing her from the train in ep 6 is a real disservice to both Claudia and Lestat

#interview with the vampire #iwtv #familial violence is cyclical and you get these really interesting parallels in ep 1 and ep 5/6 between lestat and his own parents with how #he and louis treat claudia in ep 5 and 6 #cruel and arrogant father drags his child back to their stifling household as a way to 'appease' their mother hm where did we see this b4? #theyre all trapped not only in this house but in this generational cycle of abuse and cruelty #and while lestat tries to break out he fails bc hes not willing to kill his dad and thats where he and claudia differ #both in the metaphoric and literal sense #claudia does not have that problem. lestat has a dog in him but claudia has a wolf in her #iwtv claudia #lestat #lestat de lioncourt #claudia du pointe du lac #claudia de lioncourt

[ofyorkshire]

I am extremely soft about how BJ hunches forward to shield Clare and shushes her. It's not a thing that's brought up in the films, but she's in her early 20s here and BJ had just turned 16 a month ago, yet he consistently and unquestioningly takes the caretaker role. He protects her and keeps her calm enough to escape the Karachi Social Club shooting, he does his best to keep her morale up while they're hiding out, tends to her through her quickly crumbling mental health, and actively tries to find ways to get them out of their bleak situation. All before he's even 18 years old. And he keeps fighting to 25, when things finally end and he can finally rest.

Particularly, though, I can't look at that third screencap and not see shades of who BJ was implied to be when he was still under Rev. Laws' roof. Again, the films don't touch on it, but the novels suggest that while BJ did not have close or even very good relationships with the other abused neighborhood boys, he still was willing to take punishment for their disobedience. So I don't think that it's a huge leap to say that he probably looked after and comforted them as well, and... doesn't that body language kind of look like someone consoling a frightened child? Maybe. I could be looking too deeply at small gestures--there are only so many ways to shush someone, after all--but the thought still twists at my heart.

BJ cares so much for so many people. It's a shame that his compassion was what usually ended up getting him hurt.

#literally if bj cared just a little less and said ''no'' to barry and didn't get involved with eddie and just kept his nose in his own mess #he could have avoided A LOT of pain and suffering. but then if he had it's also likely that the murders and abuse would have cycled on. #*he* just wouldn't have been as badly affected. i'm really not sure he even realizes that himself. in his quiet shying way bj is a hero. #he would never call himself that though. i don't think he'd accept it. #they call me bj [self]; #she were loved [clare strachan]; #out of fairy tales [ooc]; #red riding 1980 #the red riding trilogy #bj anderson #robert sheehan #red riding #meta

[muggle-born-princess]

Thomas Astruc: "Chloé never cared about saving people! She only used the Bee Miraculous to get what she wanted!"

Chloé: "Ladybug, I fucked up so badly! I want to save my father and tell him I'm sorry!"

#miraculous ladybug #mlb salt #chloe bourgeois #chloe deserves better #queen bee #thomas astruc #thomas astruc salt #chloe sugar #queen bee sugar #and no if you say that she only used her dad to get what she wanted: fuck you and fuck off #yes there were times where she used him to get what she wanted but at the same time #-ahem- SHE ALSO FUCKED PROVED THAT SHE LOVED HIM! #she literally ran up to him and hugged him after she was saved from Stoneheart! #she also FUCKING APOLOGIZED for causing his akumatization! #she DID care about him! #don't argue with me that she didn't #she clearly did #s4 and s5 just decided to fuck it all up because Astruc is a big ass baby who can't take criticism and would rather forgive mass murderers #(aka félix) and world wide terrorists (aka gabriel) than a damn abused child who used abused as a way to cope because NO ONE TAUGHT HER #HOW TO BREAK THE GODDAMN CYCLE OF ABUSE! #okay im done #rant over

[autism-alley]

now that the show is over, i’m slowly revisiting things that are less fundamentally dysfunctional and more symptoms of the overall problems. one of those is hephaestus. the way his disability is so… reduced is. almost incredible. like, they started off on the right foot casting a disabled man, i appreciate that, but the way they utilize hephaestus’ disability, or rather don’t, leaves a lot of room to be desired.

first off, allow me to be annoying by saying he is not there in the book—but i don’t think the decision to add him is inherently a poor choice. it could work.

in the lightning thief, the way the kids get out of his trap is through annabeth’s intelligence in an action-packed scene. in the show, i was alright with the fact they changed the trap—foolishly assuming they were going to actually make something different of equal craftsmanship—but the end result is one of many instances of sacrifice way too early in the series, and an utterly underwhelming solution to that sacrifice—annabeth literally just asks hephaestus to free percy and. he does? i thought she was going to figure out how to reverse the throne’s trap; while she’s not a child of hephaestus, you’d think a child of athena with a passion for architecture would have some understanding of mechanics. it would have been different from the book, maybe not the best approach, but still emotionally satisfying. but alright, we’re… making an emotional appeal to hephaestus. putting aside my feelings about her rant of what exactly it is that makes percy different and worth freeing, why is the show’s hephaestus… so generally underwhelming?

my man was tossed from the fucking heavens by a parent—in pjo it’s hera—they could have visually used that to show hephaestus, like annabeth, does not want to repeat his mother’s cold and selfish ways. but he’s just. alright, first just look at these two guys.

before we get to the meat and potatoes, tell me which of these two guys look like they’ve spent a millennia in a workshop? the guy covered in grease and sweat, dressed in a stain-littered apron, tool belt at his side, muscle built for lifting heavy parts and swinging a hammer century after century? or the man with a neatly brushed, trimmed, washed beard and head of hair, clean hands, remarkably unstained sweater and flannel, crisp, new overalls, and academic-looking glasses? which looks to you like the embodiment of blacksmiths and the flame of the forge? yeah. but that can all be lumped in with my other wardrobe complains of the show, now we get to the section of this post where i would like to tread lightly.

i want to start by saying not all disability is visual, or even overtly visual, but hephaestus’ is and that visual is important to his character and the story. as a disabled person, i love that they cast a disabled actor, but based on how it was handled in the show, i had no idea this man was disabled. i thought he was an able bodied actor, and i am so sorry i came to that conclusion, but i really see no other one i could have come to based purely on what was in the show itself. i had to google who timothy omundson is to know he’s disabled and with what disability (he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on his left side in 2017 and has been in recovery ever since—godspeed my man, i hope it helps where it can). i am so glad it was a disabled actor and not an able bodied one, but he’s still not hephaestus. while obviously no mortal has fallen from the heavens, i think they could have made it work, but a man who’s had a stroke and a man who’s had his body crushed are not the same. i am not here to belittle this man’s experiences or say one is more severe, i am saying they are different, and not interchangeable.

regardless, a disability that is visual is no less than one that is invisible and timothy omundson’s paralysis is visual, but it was hidden. it was NOT clear to the audience timothy omundson is paralyzed, or that he is disabled at all. the gods can appear however they choose, but it’s a point that hephaestus generally does not, or his disability is implied to be such a hindrance on him, no matter how he chooses to appear, he cannot escape his disability, how glaringly visible it is. his body itself is a story of how the gods betray each other, how they literally eat each other alive and are so hypocritical about it. think of how impactful the visual of hephaestus is—has a parent ever rejected your existence so violently, your divine body is broken and disfigured for all eternity? it is a brutal establishment of the godly norm as ruthless, cruel, and petty abuse. and the show, for all its talk of how the gods are awful, just did not highlight his disability and its origins it at all.

again, i think including hephaestus in this scene could have worked, but not how the show went about it. imagine. annabeth, desperately fiddling with the throne’s inner workings, makes her emotional appeal to hephaestus. he’s partly obscured by shadow as he stands, watching from afar on the balcony, but we see a gnarled hand grasp the railing. annabeth, still pulling back the machine’s inner workings, tearfully describes how her mother punished her for embarrassing her. as she does, we receive a few close up shots of hephaestus, still leaving him mostly in the dark, but providing peeks at his disfigurements, and a hesitant but pained look in his eyes tells us he is reliving painful memories—a conflicted bead of sweat runs down the side of his face. it wouldn’t cost any more run time to use these shots while annabeth makes her plea to him, and the disability is in the spotlight, the parallel between athena/hera and annabeth/hephaestus is clear as a younger, more hopeful version of this emotionally broken man begs him to help her be different than both their mothers.

free my friend, she says. and for a moment, he just shakes. he opens his mouth, and annabeth—and the audience—lean forward to hear his reply. but then his face crumples with regret and resentment. he is still apart of the same wheel that crushes everyone in their path—if he, a god, could not escape, why would a demigod? why should a demigod?

no, the god of the hammer tells annabeth, you cannot escape.

annabeth, in her hubris, replies, maybe you can’t—and we cut to her hands, tearing away a gear to reveal a switch—realization flashes across her face, and she grasps the trap’s mechanical release. percy is free, and hephaestus, in his misplaced anger, unleashes more of his creations (mechanical spiders!!) after them, mirroring the book as the kids use quick-thinking to escape waterland.

it’s not perfect, but that would work. instead, they finally show a god rather than just talking about them and it’s so underwhelming. and yes, this hephaestus carries a cane, clearly the potential to show front his disability was there, but you cannot throw me table scraps and tell me my frustration at not receiving the feast i was promised is unfounded. it’s laughable. most of the time it’s on screen it’s not in use and there isn’t even reference in the show as to why he carries a cane. casual viewers unfamiliar with the books or greek mythology might mistakenly assume this is just how this god chose to present himself and he doesn’t need this cane, and not that disability is at the core of who this divine figure is. it is NOT clear to the audience this is a disabled character played by a disabled actor. it is, indefensibly, a watered down depiction. what in the book needed to be ‘fixed’ with hephaestus—? this is a disabled god, you dare not give him to me in all his disabled complexity? you dare not show him as he is?

one of the most insulting things you can do to a disabled person is reduce our disability and the show has done it to the greek god of disability, with such a cheap payoff. if they did not want to be true to hephaestus, to his actor, they should not have shown him at all, and maybe—i don’t know, stuck to the book whose narrative makes sense in this scene?

#this is a loooong post i cannot tell if i articulated all the points i wanted to as i wanted to but alas. posting #the fact that they cast a literal disabled man and it was not clear at all that he or his character are disabled is #yeesh #if your audience—including your disabled audience—reads your disabled actor and character as able bodied you have a problem #add it to the list of ways the show that promised to highlight disability proceeded to erase it at every opportunity #disability is as close to the heart of pjo as its humor and whimsical charm i take no criticism on that #and yes i think it would be more impactful for hephaestus not to help the kids—the Point is it’s a cycle of abuse #that hurt people hurt people #but even if they went about it another way what we got in the show was So disappointing #pjo show crit #hephaestus pjo #annabeth chase #ris raves #percy jackson #pjo show #percy jackson and the olympians

[prophetmutual]

When ppl talk about how fucked up Sam was during the Jack s13 arc and how he enabled Dean's abuse and put Jack in danger: yess ha ha yessss

When ppl do so without acknowledging that Sam and Jack are fellow victims: ....... wtf...

#the demarcated line between enabler and victim you would like to be there does not exist! sam is both! #he failed jack. his own experience of abuse made it impossible for him to not fail jack #thats why the tragedy is delicious babes #theyre literally stuck in the cycle :) #sam #spn #ash.txt

[starlooove]

Also about the Duke holding himself to higher standards thing something about the black boy being unable to afford slacking off in a way is peers are allowed to/are comfortable with? At least to himself? Cmon….

#that’s a lot of hc territory but do u hear me #also btw I don’t think the others slack like that #but I also don’t think what Duke says is without merit #but also I acknowledge it’s like writers not giving a fuck about unamed background characters impacted by the bats #BUT THIS #REMEMBER I said idgaf about the assassins tim called and it’s not REAL if literally nobody felt the impact #like if tim ‘we don’t get to make that choice’ drake didn’t feel a thing about removing the choice for betterment from hundreds #is it real or did they write that in just to make him look cool #anyways all this to say IF DUKE FOUND OUT HED BE PISSED #listen ik it’s sounding judgmental without being there #that’s the point #it’s a flaw to an extent #a character trait that’s not all bright and bubbly unless it’s fun to say #anywayyys then ID care or believe tim did that #but yeah i got distracted but I promise I had examples #just him not letting shit slide like that bc they have a responsibility to the civilians #and sorry it gets continuing the cycle of abuse sometimes 💔 #‘u better depress that patrol route’ #etc. #HE GETS BETTER #GUYS JEFF!!! THIS IS WHY HES HERE #listen to ME #ok bye #AND THIS IS NAWT TO SAY ELAINE AND DOUG DID THIS #IK how y’all get. #I’m saying that elaine and Doug instilled a strong sense of personal responsibility and helping others in him #and once they’re gone he clings onto them fiercely! #and gets worse. #ily <3

[meowchela]

random ass lps popular thought but i literally dont understand people who treat brooke like shes innocent solely because her mom is shitty??? like to me it seems like a very clear "villain origin story that explains why they are the way they are but doesn't redeem them". her mom is neglectful and abusive, yes, but a lot of her actions through the series are like. completely divorced from that conflict. brooke may be taking ques from her mom with the whole cutthroat social attitude she has going on but her actions are still very much her own, like she only got the baseline ideology of "you need to stay at the top to have any worth" from her mom and everything else (the manipulation, cheating, blackmail, etc) is all stuff she chose to do herself to attain that goal. and even THEN she's doing it all completely to serve herself, her mom couldn't care less about her daughter's status in high school. brooke probably knows this and is doing whatever she can to derive self worth from her social status alone because she's all too aware that her mom just doesnt give a shit. so everything she does is still on her

i guess a more succinct way of putting it is like. brooke's backstory is more of a frame for her mindset than something you should feel sorry for her over, yknow? because as badly as she's treated at home she turns around and treats everyone around her the exact same way. abuse is cyclical and it's crystal clear that brooke is willingly continuing the cycle because she's obsessed with the power it gives her, power that was stolen from her that she's now stealing from others. and the kicker here is she HAD chances to make positive changes, both with her dad treating her nicer while he was still alive which establishes that she does know how to be kind as well as savy being willing to reconnect and give her genuine friendship again which could've helped her out of this toxic mindset. but she threw both of those chances away because she's so power hungry and is CHOOSING to continue acting like her mom because that's what gets her the most power/worth.

she needs help, but she doesn't deserve forgiveness or sympathy because of all the heinous shit she's done. also, you can't help someone unless they accept the help and/or are willing to change, and we've seen that brooke is NOT willing to change at all. idk man i just dont think we should be so fast to absolve her of accountability when she hasn't shown any willingness to overcome her circumstances. like not even "oh i want to change but things are so hard" no she doesn't want to change full stop. shes stuck in her mindset and that's her downfall and that's the point

anyway brooke would fucking love marina and the diamonds. unrelated to everything

#meow meows #lps popular #brooklyn hayes #and before u come for me for ''hating abuse victims'' or whatever: i'm literally a victim of similar abuse to brooke herself #it's why i get so heated about this tbh #i've been down a similar road and it boggles my mind how she can continue the cycle so effortlessly the way she does #i know from experience that you can be a good person or at least TRY to be a good person despite your circumstances #so the fact that she doesn't even think about trying to do that and perpetuates the cycle instead is super interesting to me #god lps popular was SO ahead of its time in every way i salute sophiegtv #i feel like flattening brooke to ''sympathetic abuse victim'' takes away everything that makes her interesting #like u do realize victims can be bad people too right. we're regular people and surprise regular people range from kindhearted to shitheads #and that doesnt take away from what happened to us #both things can coexist. see nuance

[urproblematicfav-arsonk]

Ik it was just a offhanded joke but I really hope it meaningfully comes up that Taylor doesn't see any of his insecurities in The Doodler(cuz as Anthony puts it "he's perfect the way he is"). Like, Taylor just sees Dood as they are?? No projected trauma or warped view of himself. The first thing Taylor says when he sees Dood for the first time is " Yay!! A new friend!". After that awful battle and his mom's life being threatened, Taylor sees the thing that everything can be tied back to and he's so genuinely excited to make a new friend. And thats just??? So pure and wholesome??

I don't know where it'd go but The Doodler being a metaphor for generational trauma and the physical embodiment of everything you hate about yourself and Taylor is just immune to that seems important. Taylor is canonically the only one to actually break the cycle and thus can be besties with god

#taylor having a similar character arc to glenn #they both went through awful things but stayed true to themselves #glenn continued to be chill(slightly manic and more openly violent but still chill) #and taylor is still the fun loving anime kid(19)who wants to be a hero and make lots of friends #i really want dood and tay to be best friends #i think taylor would be the best influence on dood #shout out to Nick for breaking the cycle of abuse by literally not being there to traumatize his kid #and now Taylor is perfect and doing great #dungeons and daddies #dungeons and daddies s2 #dnddads #dungeons and daddies s2 spoilers #taylor swift #taylor swift(freddie's ver) #the doodler #meta #is that what these kinds of posts are?? other ppl tag my posts like that but i literally don't know

[atlabeth]

ascended astarion fans scare me ngl

#like i appreciate the character and especially neil’s performance bc he does so well #making spawn and ascended so different #and i have no problem with people that like the character #but the ones that are hopped up on copium that insist that it’s NOT the bad ending for him?? that it doesn’t repeat the cycle of abuse?? #and insist that he sees tav as an equal when the whole point is that he sees them as lesser than #you’re not his partner you’re his CONSORT you’re a treasure a possession for him to enjoy #he literally says your future is his to decide because the tadpoles are gone he can control you to do whatever he wants #he’s meant to become tav’s cazador; literally says NOT AGAIN when tav asks about freedom #acting like because he’s treating you better than cazador treated him there’s no problem at all but a gilded cage is still a cage #like enjoy ascended astarion all you want just don’t try and ignore everything around it that isn’t “hot sexy vampire lord jfc #anyways rant over #anti ascended astarion

[potato-cerealkiller]

thinking about gleason's use of shadows in r:sob and it's making me insane because yes, the horns are an obvious allusion to his inheritance to the al ghul legacy as the 'son of the demon' but ALSO a pretty conspicuous allusion to the cowl's silhouette?? like it really just exemplifies how he's entirely defined by legacy during this stage of his life. there's this underlying question of where his obligations stops and his personhood begins.

and then in the fight with deathstroke we get this bat-like silhouette, but its DISTINCTLY his. no horns or cowl ears. robin was a path of redemption for him yes, but it was also an opportunity to reconsider who exactly 'damian wayne' was. his robin was forged in the aftermath of bruce's 'death' and dick gave him a degree of belief in him as a person first and foremost rather than a scion. so it gives u an answer to that question. like, who is damian wayne? he's someone who's twisted the shape of legacy into a commitment towards bettering the world that doesn't quite resemble his mother or father's. like,,, he's just. him. and that's good enough.

#damian wayne #can u tell that im crazy about him #thoughts i had while skimming through r:sob trying to find that one nightmare #where he subconsciously blames himself for his child abuse #the way his entire childhood he was told that it was a reward too #like do u ever think he thought he was broken for not enjoying it more? #i love a child that will literally just break the generational cycle of trauma

[downstairsbar]

You are the only person on this website with any sense omg everything you say is perfect and true. Every time someone says ‘the second half of the book is all about loumand’ I want to rip my hair it is about CLAUDIA and Claudia and Louis’ dynamic changing and evolving. There have been two whole scenes about a/l released with many more been spoiled already why on earth do people want to convince themselves they’re being sidelined…

its pretty genuinely confusing because every other clip in the extended trailer has armand, i thought? and assad just had a solo interview and there was a giant loumand poster for comicon but you know fandom has to make up a guy to be mad at since claudia and louis’ relationship isn’t as important since they don’t have sex or whatever it is. is it not enough to see two men having gay sex in hd without making it into kpop stan line distribution charts 😕

#qs #and I’m a shipper i love to ship i love romance but that doesn’t make platonic relationships any less important #and just from the trailers we’re getting so much on how cycles of abuse affect children and how adult children only grow increasingly #resentful and that resentment is fair and devastating even if the viewer can see how how the battered partner is manipulated by those #preying specifically on abused ppl so that they can then replicate the same patriarchal possession and violence with an easy mold #but for their child it can just look like your mom is bringing in evil stepdad to replace your evil dad and thus feel failed hateful angry #and wondering how they will expertly maintain claudia’s feelings as valid without victim blaming or removing the onus from the abuser(s) #like how is this not already enough to make your skin vibrate. family is literally hell #being an adult daughter of an abused mother you resent is a tale as old as time. Except she’s stuck as a teenager forever. Hello #and i don’t mean to judge for shipping bc i love romance too but that’s not the only way to engage w media fgdhfjfnfgdhrjf

[the-gayest-sky-kid]

things i have learned from this gacha video

-abuse cycle cant be 2 people obviously

-being abused excuses your behavior

#ESP THAT SECOND ONE BC THEY ALLLLL HATED DAZAI BUT THE MOMENT HE WAS 'ABUSED BY MORI' ITS ALL 'NO YOU HAVE US DAZAI' LIKE STFU #YOU MADE YOUR GRAVE NOW LIE IN IT. KEEP YOUR CHARACTERIZATION CONSISTENT IF NOTHING ELSE IN THIS VIDEO IS #they literally said 'akutagawa abused kyouka because of dazai' #in a way where they were putting the entire blame on him like you CAUSED the whole cycle you're literally The Devil from The Bible #aethers rants

[bylertruther]

the usage of tentacles in stranger things is so graphic lol like 🤨 i know what u are, bro(s)......

#making them undulate and pump things and fucking . breed inside of ppl or whatever the fuck like hello for the love of god hello #and making it so that it IS henry. it's all Him. it's Always been him. a Man made monster. imposing his horde on innocent ppl #some of which were kids. and he calls himself a predator. like. HELLO?! #he's so yuckydisgusting and the fucking. jesus. the hellraiser inspo...... the primal fear inspo... #i go insane every time i think abt it all abt HIM he's so slimy....... (said while cackling evilly bc i can't wait for s5) 🔥😈🔥 #literally so fucking dark like. HELLO?! [ #thts why i scratch my head any time someone Still calls st a superficial flashy vapid show bc . literally what are u talking abt bro do u #not remember wht they did to my sweet boy william in seasons one and two................... the vine... the slugs.... the possession.... #do u not think tht has like. ramifications. are u new to horror ......... do u not Think abt the things u watch and consume do u not Listen #he wore that boy like a glove and will REMEMBERS he still FEELS it in his body he felt it EVERYWHERE he tried to make it STOP he said GO #AWAY it had FOLLOWED him not just after he came back but before then too and it KEEPS coming back i jus. to be a gay boy in #the eighties and have tht all done to you by a man. will who clings to his childhood and the time from 'before' it all went to shit #will who hides and doesn't tell ppl how he feels will who is coming into his own finally in the same season tht they wage the final war #against the great evil like. stranger things the show that you are will byers the character tht you are i lov u both sm . #henry who had his autonomy taken away from his and so he takes it away from others henry who perpetuates the cycle of abuse i jus. AHHHHHH #this show................ PHEW #csa tw #rape tw

[brookheimer]

imagine watching the atrocities show and instead of liking a character for their atrocities you try to convince everyone they were never atrocious in the first place…. YOU ARE WATCHING THE ATROCITIES SHOW!!!!

#succession #lmaooo #why are people surprised when characters fall back into the cycle of abuse and capitalism when this is literally the cycle of abuse and #capitalism showwwwww