#defensive behavior

[alien-slushie]

Another Maribat prompt! I tried to write this one but it wasn't working out for me 😭, so I thought I'd post the idea here so maybe someone would have better luck than me.

Another "Marinette is shipped off for BioDad!Bruce Wayne" storyline because I really like those ones, but with a little 💥flare~💥

Prompt: Because shes constantly getting in trouble Sabine and Tom send her to Bruce to straighten her out. Bruce read her school files but didn't look too deep because he didn't think a school would be so incompetent not to research bullying, and thievery claims, and he is not impressed. Right out of the gate, before Marinette can even enter the house, he lays down the rules. And of course he told the others, warning them so they wouldn't be swayed. So, there Marinette stands, in a unfamiliar country, in a unfamiliar house(manor), with unfamiliar people staring at her like shes a wild, unpredictable animal(they didn't even give her the decency of letting her prove herself) after her parents, friends, and school basically turned their backs on her, and something just snaps.

She was Marinette Cheng, upcoming fashion designer, and weilder of (and Gaurdian of) the Miraculous. If they wanted to treat her like a wild, unpredictable animal, fine then, she'd give them what they wanted! But it was well known that if you corner a injured animal, they will fight, and fight she does.

Marinette is coldly polite with them(except Alfred, Jason, and Seline who she happily greets, and chats with because they treat her normally), until they treat her badly, and then all gloves are off. And boy does she know how to hit them right where it hurts. They hurt her? Well shes going to hurt them right back.

Bruce watches her likes shes going to steal something from the manor when she just stopped to gaze at a picture? She loudly wonders what her 'grandparents' would think about the untrusting, emotionally shut off batchelor Bruce had become. Damian sneers at her while she sketches in the garden? Marinette gushes about how lucky she was that her parents had at least kept her around because they loved her instead of seeing her as a weapon for their own means. Dick suspiously questions where she got the money to afford 3 MDC originals? Marinette cant help but wonder what it feels like to be continuously replaced by stronger, smarter, and blood related siblings. Tim questions why she would take answers to a test when she could get high marks if she just tried after it's his turn to check her homework? Wow Marinette sure is glad she doesn't want any part of Wayne industries because she would hate to be used as a pack mule who's only use is to do the paperwork Bruce doesn't want to do.

But sometimes the injured animal, after fighting for so long, just can't fight back anymore, at which point they can either surrender, or run.

Bonus Points if: Marinette is the Black Cat and Gaurdian rather than the Ladybug, and Cat Woman + Marinette bonding both in and out of the suit.

A/N: You can change this in your rendition of this prompt, but I have a reason that Alfred, Jason, and Seline were spared. Alfred knows all and treats Marinette like he would anyone else, Jason is really carefree and can tell when someone is just trying to defend themselves(plus watching his families insecurities get poked at by a little girl is hilarious), and Seline warned Bruce not to go in guns blazing and recognized her defense mechanism for what it was as soon as she had seen Marinette's eyes during the first interaction between Bruce and Marinette(plus Seline + Marinette step mom and daughter bonding).

Like with all the prompts I post, this is free to use, but PLEASE send me the link to the finished project so I can check it out.

#miraculous ladybug #mlb #miraculous ladybug and chat noir #marinette cheng #marinette dupain cheng #biodad au #bio dad bruce wayne #black cat marinette #Gaurdian marinette #story prompt #fanfiction prompt #prompt #miraculous ladybug prompt #maribat #bamf marinette dupain cheng #sassy marinette dupain cheng #defensive behavior #lila salt #class salt #sabine and tom salt #writing prompt #fic prompt

[punkeropercyjackson]

"You just hate Zutara and ship Zukka because you hate seeing woc happy!!!"And if i said that my perferred version of Zukka is Zuko being a trans girl who's super feminine specifically in a japanese/east asian way as a way of healing from Ozai forcing her to be 'the perfect son' and ship her with Sokka because i know he'd treat her right and indulge her even if he dosen't understand why she likes those things?What then?

#she's femme but kept her birth name.icon behavior #zukka #pro zukka #t4t zukka #anti zutara #zuko #katara #sokka #transfem zuko #trans girl zuko #pro zuko #pro katara #pro kataang #kataang defense squad #pro sokka #autistic zuko #adhd sokka #trans sokka #momko #dadkka #princess zuko #atla geekery #punk katara #bi katara #💌 #summerposting

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

I have the smallest crumb of a theory. But what if howdy is mean to Latter because he’s self-conscious of being the only caterpillar (and repressed) and takes it out on his brother as a consequence. Because social expectations at the time gave him an excuse to do so?

no. ok. hoo boy. Allow Me To Be Insane Over The Most Prominent Thought I've Had Since Seeing The Update (about howdy)

i will try to be as eloquent and articulate as possible. ahem:

THAT FRUITY ASS CATERPILLAR IS REPRESSED AS FUCK, ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? DID YOU SEE THAT SHIT?? MY GOD. HOMEBOY HAS ISSUES STACKED ON ISSUES. GET HIM SOME THERAPY.

ok. ok ok ok. Now allow me to be articulate and eloquent

so obviously Howdy is almost certainly queer in the men-loving flavor. if i'm wrong about this my confidence will never recover. But I'm Willing To Take That Chance. so he's definitely queer, right? his.. well his everything points to it, but the final nail in the coffin are his rainbow suspenders from the group Homewarming artwork from Eddie's prolonged breakdown.

but this update i think showed us deeper into that part of him. and i take the shipping goggles off for genuine analysis, so when i say this i believe that there is Serious Evidence and seems Genuinely Plausible - if Howdy doesn't have feelings for Barnaby, i'll eat my cat.

the above is important to say because it Directly ties in to how Howdy treats Latter AND Eddie.

so. Howdy is likely gay or bi, what have you. i'm guessing gay. he obviously has feelings for Barnaby. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS that i don't think Howdy treats Latter the way he does because of the caterpillar thing, I think Howdy treats Latter the way he does because Latter is genuine and Howdy is not.

what does this have to do with Eddie? well. look at Latter and Eddie in relation to each other. they're both... how do i say... Open. and not - not effeminate, but yes, for lack of of a better word, effeminate. just enough to make one go "huh." and Howdy treats them the same way - dismissive, apathetic, one could even say avoidant.

i wouldn't be shocked if Howdy picked up on their queerness (and if Latter isn't queer, his comfort with himself / his behavior & interests) and is on the defensive about it - likely subconsciously.

and with Latter specifically. Howdy could have also picked up on the way his other family members treat him if they're all also dismissive - as Seeya seems to be as well. i mean, it fits right in line with the time period! homophobia - internalized in Howdy's case (again, most likely). the blatant favoritism, the dismissive nature, it all adds up. even if no one outright knows, that subconscious recognition (or outright suspicion!) will do this

i mean, Latter makes me think of two things. 1) being the only queer kid in a family (especially large). 2) being a middle child. there was a third but i forgor. it felt important! it's gone now! anyway it's also Super telling comparing how Howdy treats Latter (emotional, earnest, open) to how he treats Beeya (oozing stereotypical masculinity)

tl;dr so i don't think it's really "expectations giving Howdy an excuse" as it is "subconscious / internalized homophobia causes Howdy to act the way he does"

as always, take all this with a Hefty grain of salt!

#i really dont think it's conscious behavior! not at the source anyway! #howdy Has to be soooooo so so deep in denial. he's gotta have five layers of repression there's no other explanation #howdy 'ill keep all of my feelings right here and then one day ill die' pillar #homebogging #wh speculation #welcome home speculation #it Would be the funniest outcome #if he really is like. deeply in love with barn but doesn't even realize it himself despite like. how goddamn obvious it is #ALL THE SIGNS POINT TO HIM BEING REPRESSED AND INTERNALIZED TO HIGH HELL AND BACK. #and being a caterpillar is like. symbolic to being open and accepting of yourself #< now im probably reaching However. The Symbolism Is There. intentionally or no #hence why barn is a caterpillar while everyone else is a butterfly #(hiya is on thin ice since her ref shows her as a caterpillar but the hullabaloo record art gives her wings) #latter is true to himself and open / out : butterfly #howdy is so deep in the closet that he's fighting wars for a lion : caterpillar #anyway so howdy. why do latter and eddie make you so defensive howdy #hm. hm. hm. #OH! AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN HOW HE ACTS AROUND FRANK YET! ohhhh that would be fascinating... #just One direct interaction between them could be So telling

[cutemeat]

i still think the fact that charlie pushed mac out of the way of a falling piano but pushed dennis into a moving car is so like. deep but also funny as hell

#World Series defense charden exhibiting true big brother n little brother behavior #charlie wants to be a big brother so bad it’s adorable actually #he wants to be a big brother to someone the way mac was to him :’)

[donald-trump-official]

Reasons why Donald trump did NOT take classified documents:

- the FBI violated his 4th amendment right

- the FBI has been politicized

- the FBI lies

- the FBI is biased

- they haven’t released the affidavit

- the affidavit lies

- the judge is biased

- the judge lies

- the DOJ is biased

- the DOJ lies

- he declassified the documents

- the documents were planted

- the documents were privileged

- they’re actually his documents

- they didn’t find any documents

- Donald trump is the victim

- Hillary Clinton

- Obama

Reasons why Donald trump DID take classified national security documents:

- they were found at mar a lago

#I’m so tired of the fucking excuses #there is no excuse for inexecusable behavior #there is no defense for the indefensible #trump speaks again #satire #donald trump #parody

[writinginthesecrettrees]

I just feel like...

yes the way young women and teenage girls were sexualized in media in the early 00s was a problem. Yes it was frequently creepy.

But also: Dean Winchester's behavior was very normal for the type of character he was at the time. Judging him, especially early seasons him, by the standards of today is valid - but you should understand that by the standards of then he was pretty normal.

#dean winchester #in his defense #there were so many characters written just like that #i don't think people understand how normalized his behavior was

[sluttylittlewaste]

Hilarious that the same people defending any and all questionable choices the Bad Kids make (namely Kristen lbr) by saying "They're just kids! They have all this trauma and it's fucked up to expect teens to be good and nice all the time!" are the same people insisting that Kipperlily is an evil bitch and the Ratgrinders deserve to die.

#it's almost like the rules of empathy and nuance only apply to characters you like 🙃 #we know absolutely nothing of significance about the Ratgrinders #and i can't wait for Brennan to remind us of that #you want to complain about Kipperlily using her families money to try to buy the campaign??? #The entire shrimp party that kicked off Kristen's campaign was bankrolled by her rich friend #Adaine is a total bitch to anyone who isn't in her immediate friend group #Fig is a literal full time criminal at this point #they have at least 50+ murders under their collective belts at this point #the only verified difference between the Bad Kids and the Ratgrinders at this point is that we know nothing about them #I hope they are the biggest red herring Brennan has ever pulled #because I feel like there are people in this fandom who are so used to self-identifying as victims that they've become full bullies #and they're projecting that shit in some really gross ways #The same way Brennan had to remind Adaine that she wasn't the only one with a shitty life when she was dunking on Zayne? #how about we all take a big step back and try to have a little more perspective #instead of jumping straight to being triggered by a CHILD who had the audacity to not love your faves behavior #let me die #if i die #d20 fhjy #fhjy #dimension 20 #kristen applebees #kipperlily copperkettle #the bad kids #the ratgrinders #we have no context on what those kids went through in all the time the Bad Kids have been running around doing other shit #Aguefort is an awful school and their friend is dead #maybe she has a reason not to like the super special “chosen one” that got personally resurrected by the principal and keeps failing upwards #i didn't want to be a Kipperlily defense page #but the energy of the Kipperlily hate reeks of double-standards and unprocessed high school bitterness

[drabbles-of-writing]

#toh #the owl house #little miss perfect #polls #drabble post #I WAS ADOPTED WHEN I WAS TWO #MY PARENTS SPOILED ME ROTTEN OFTEN #I ASK MYSELF WHAT DID I DO #TO GET AS FAR AS IVE GOTTEN #A PRETTY GIRL WALKS BY MY LOCKER #MY HEART GIVES A FLUTTER BUT I DONT DARE UTTER A WORD #CAUSE THAT WOULD BE ABSURD BEHAVIOR FOR LITTLE MISS PERFECT #my sincerest apologies to everyone getting flashbanged on their dash with this blast from the past #but in my defense i dont have impulse control. and also i was encouraged by friends #im making this last a week so it can hit everyone possible or fail miserably #either way it will be funny but also no one look at me

[toad-in-a-trenchcoat]

@feralwaff1e

Creature has not seen such big thing before. Might be dangerous

#pmatga #pacman and the ghostly adventures #pmatga oc #cake morales #Comic #toad’s ghosts #Young cake #Takes place before sheep family #Ghost behavior #defense mechanism

[punkeropercyjackson]

'Gwen is racist!!' 'Zuko always respected the other nations!'Gwen was literally just raised in a white gringo household but Zuko called brown people peasents and a buddhist 'Guru Goody Goody' sit your simp ass DOWN

#also gwen's actions and behavior were equally caused by her dad disowning her.support abuse victims with your WHOLE chest or don't at all #gwen stacy #zuko #not anti zuko #pro gwen stacy #trans gwen stacy #autistic gwen stacy #catgirl gwen tag #gamer gwen #ghostflower #ghostpunk #ghostbyte #dating routes #t4t dating routes #aang #katara #anti zutara #pro kataang #kataang defense squad #atsv #spiderman #atla geekery #misogyny cw #racism cw #💌 #summeredits #summerposting

[anastacialy]

i know the whole vampire can't be turned twice or they'll explode thing in wwdits is a funny bit and sort of the cause of a lot of the drama in season five rn

but like. how are they supposed to have fucked up mutually bitey bloody vampire sex now :c

#what we do in the shadows #wwdits #wwdits spoilers #ok in my defense this concept is from being human where two vamps would feed off of each other's blood and it was like #zero nutritional value and looked down upon in the vampire community but it got them high and they were little freaks about it #and im just like. man. thats now canonically impossible in the wwdits universe. remember what they took form you. #also i jusy saw people on this site unironically calling people freaks and deviants for experiencing desire so i had to post this #public freak behavior is basically praxis #idk its just... yknow. a little sad. these vampires still have all that blood in their body #and they aren't even using it :/

[aquato-family-circus]

way early gulch times bob relentlessly not breaking and being a grumpy gus at signs of comraderee or friendship from the other psychic 7. he politely refuses to join in the astral projection parts of the research bc he figures he's helpful enough with the herbaphony

but like several months after joining the group he's eventually in a really bad place mentally. he's been keeping it to himself until he locked himself away in the greenhouse

so when the others all come check in on him he is like 🥺 ppl... care for ME...?🥺🥺🥺 and gruffly, reluctantly lets them help

bc he genuinely, 100% didnt think theyd care even tho theyve been nothing but nice to him (even when nice among these chuckleheads involves a lot of playful banter/friendly rivalry).

such is the way of the depression beast that lies to you abt your friends in your head.

#cospn2 #hcs #bob's defense of locking himself away into the greenhouse being a previous behavior before the deluge just always feels right to me #what with the generational trauma and issues and such #im sure ive proposed similar thoughts before but consider: i can do it again

[fairyroses]

When did you get to be so wise?

— SMALLVILLE, “Obscura” (1.20)

#'head of the lex luthor defense squad' clark is the best clark kent actually #smallville #smallvilleedit #svedit #clark kent #jonathan kent #lex luthor #clex #sv 1x20 #dcmultiverse #my gifs #ughhh everything about the way jonathan treated lex was such a bad attempt at foreshadowing #the writers clearly want us to be like 'ohohoh IF ONLY THEY KNEW that jonathan is ACTUALLY RIGHT and lex is gonna be EVIL someday!!' #but that completely ignores that there's no in-universe logic to jonathan's behavior because he's reacting to a lex that doesn't exist yet #so to the characters in the show (who don't actually know the future) he's just acting like a judgmental asshole towards lex for no reason #which frankly is a horrible look for a character who's supposed to be Good™ #this convo is actually the closest the show ever gets to being self-aware about this IMO b/c clark is right and jonathan seems to hear him #but the problem (like always) is that it produces no actual change or character development #because jonathan backtracks the instant lex does something he can read bad intentions into. he never cuts him an ounce of slack or grace #(and then clark apparently forgot his own lesson in the later seasons because he started acting just like jonathan used to 🙃) #...anyway viewed in a vacuum this is actually a really good scene but with the rest of the series in mind it makes me wanna scream

[hellyeahsickaf]

I might have accidentally taken 80mg of Adderall instead of 40mg and I haven't figured out whether or not I did or if I'm just scaring myself bc yeah that much won't like, kill me but it's definitely too much

I took my meds as normal but my half asleep brain said "oops silly me I forgot my Adderall" and I take my 40 and I sit there for a minute like "shit did I just double my Adderall?" And yeah as I'm typing this I feel like I may have taken 80mg of Adderall it feels like my brain is hooked up to a car battery (don't ask me what this means) whoops

#the ppl close to me and I refer to this sort of behavior as “pulling a Scott” #I'm gaslighting myself into thinking this is a placebo effect i mean it could be right? #IN MY DEFENSE I'm crashing from yesterday and my brain isn't working right #and Adderall doesn't make it not foggy. sometimes a little less but mostly helps my focus and shit #i think i fucked up #brain fog #chronic illness #chronic pain #disability #actually disabled #cfs #chronic fаtiguе ѕуndrоmе #fibromyalgia #spoonie #me/cfs #cfs/me #actually adhd #adhd #swear on my life i did not mean to do this!

[pablohunie1993]

posting this here for my 2 cmsb mutuals

#criminal minds suspect behavior #cmsb #mick rawson #matt ryan #sam cooper #forest whitaker #noel fisher #i can't even remember his name in the show and i don't feel like googling it #it's so shit but in my defense it's kinda old #no one go on my tiktok unless it's to like my hellblazer and constantine nbc edits cause they're all flops #be forewarned there is cringe

[hydesjackiespuddinpop]

The way Hyde and Donna are supposed to be for women’s rights but call Laurie a “slut” and a “whore”…

#that 70s show #laurie forman defense squad #steven hyde critical #donna pinciotti critical #and before anyone says ‘’it was the 70s’’ #I’m aware that kind of stuff was said back then #doesn’t make it okay #plus no one says that about hyde in s8 when called jackie ‘’point place’s sluttiest slut’’ in s8 #which takes place in 1979 #I feel like the excuse of ‘it’s the 70s’ has started to become a shield for horrible behavior #yes it’s an explanation but it’s not an excuse #and it being the 70s doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be called out #not saying they’re not feminists or anything like that #but they’re very flawed #if I see anyone defending I’ll start blocking