#on not being a good little victim

[vilebird]

GOD REACHED OUT TO ME IN THE STATIC FOR A BARGAIN OF SOME SORT

#webweaving #webweave #web weaving #thoughts #poems #quotes #words #aesthetic #spilled ink #writing #trauma #tragedy #poetry #collage #graphics #art #story #stories #prose #lyrics #memes #on forgiveness #on cruelty #bpd #borderline #borderline personality disorder #ptsd #on not being a good little victim #litstack

[nelkcats]

Fenton Street Food

"You know what's better than being a superhero? A street food vendor! Yes, superheroes can save the day, stop villains and receive hatred or admiration as the case may be, but a street vendor? They are at the heart of the action, fulfilling their dreams! They traveled the world feeding the masses, and even met superheroes, feeding them to keep them doing their duty, food carts are the centerpiece of keeping the heroes alive, they are the heroes..."

Maybe if Danny repeated it enough times he'd start to believe it, though seeing the monstrosity that was the Fenton food cart he highly doubted it. More so because it had fucking guns hidden next to the mutant and very alive Hot dogs (which by the way were not sellable, they were the mascots of the brand).

It all started when Jack Fenton talked about his dream of delivering his favorite food around the world, that fueled Maddie Fenton's idea, and since Jazz was in college and Danny was on vacation no one could stop them.

Soon Danny became a victim of his parents' eccentricities. Although the halfa had to admit that selling in Gotham was a lot of fun, thieves didn't think it was worth mugging him and the Rogues themselves bought his food of dubious origins.

It was almost a shame to have to change cities because Batman was getting too suspicious but Metropolis was waiting for him. And he would be back eventually; some bats who had enjoyed his strange roving food stall had waved him off with handkerchiefs, wiping away fake tears. Danny appreciated it.

Besides, Red Robin affirmed to him that he would recommend him to Superboy, so he wouldn't run out of customers anytime soon. He wondered if he should stop by Central City, the Flash Family ate a lot didn't they?

#dpxdc #The Fentons create another dubious business #Danny is the victim #technically Danny is a good chef #he learned from Jazz to cook as well as possible with the little they had available #which was very useful to survive at the Fenton house #And apparently it's also useful for being the face of the Fenton food cart #His parents tried to help at first but he kicked them out and took over the car #Danny didn't want dead customers #the Fenton food cart travels all over the world #offering food at low prices #dp x dc #dc x dp #Danny wonders what he's doing with his life at this point #his parents got bored of the food cart and left him alone while they went back to the lab #Danny doesn't know whether to be grateful or cry in frustration #maybe he will do both

[razzek]

One thing that's starting to really get to me with the James Somerton stuff is a real strong undercurrent of disdain toward his fans. And yeah, I was one of them. A good scam artist isn't as easy to spot as y'all seem to think. You forget that you have all the information right now. Two days ago most of you had never heard of him and it would have kept going. Anyone can fall for a scam, nobody is immune. I would love to have had whatever resources you guys think we all should magically know about so I could have kept my sad $5 a month I really needed but thought was going to something worthwhile. Some of us can only devote so much energy into things and when you have no idea whatsoever that something is amiss of course you're not going to go digging for sources, why would you when everything is fine as far as you know? I really wish I could have seen the dissenting opinions on him but for many, many reasons that aren't just that the dissenting voices weren't widely circulating at the time all I had was the thought every now and again that "huh that doesn't seem right" and then go on with my day. And I think that happened to a lot of us. So yeah. Say what you gotta say about Somerton, he has more than earned it with the damage he's caused, but maybe don't shit so hard on his former fans because that is going to be you someday with something, it happens to everyone sooner or later.

#james somerton #hbomberguy #todd in the shadows #I really am greatful for Harris and Todd's hard work in exposing all of this #and I am glad I get to see the real voices I did like that james was stealing #I'm just tired of all these people jumping on the drama train taking a dump on folks who are also victims of these crimes #razz rambles #this whole situation is upsetting me in the weirdest ways #I'm distraught but I'm not at the same time #and yet it's 6am and I can't stop reading through the tags and seeing the takes I missed #vaspider's essay and remarks from an AIDS pandemic survivor are especially good #I lived through that shit too but had no idea I was living through it #cuz that's what being blind and impoverished in rural community was like #queer wasn't even something I knew I could be until like 2010 #so it's nice to see my own history #it's not just the young queers who have little to no knowledge of our history

[longing-for-rain]

I think it’s funny how people point to the existence of female kataang stans as proof that kataang isn’t written for the male gaze when every female kataang stan I’ve interacted with has said something to the effect of “but he’s so nice, he wouldn’t have done something like that” to dismiss his blatant violation of Katara’s boundaries on screen. It is unfortunately not uncommon for women to flock to the defense of male interests.

#do you realize how many times real sa victims hear things like this? #female kataang stans are like those women who try to convince you men have it just as hard #and say things like ‘it was just one little touch is it really worth ruining his life over?’ #again do you know how common it is for sa victims to hear this? #how they are wrong for feeling hurt because the perpetrator was ‘good’ or ‘traumatized’ or ‘didn’t know better’? #i see you #atla #anti kataang #aang critical #katara deserved better #not to mention kataang was a fantasy of two men from 2005 #whereas zutara by contrast was primarily conceptualized by women #and back when being openly misogynistic was still acceptable #the fact that zutara was most popular among women and girls was used as evidence of it being inferior

[uncanny-tranny]

Don't be afraid of being the trans person who's "the reason transphobia exists." It's genuinely so infuriating how people weaponize the existence transphobia to accuse people (even facetiously/as a joke!) of being the genesis of it.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #transphobia #transphobia tw #like. i am not One of The Good Ones. transphobes would hate me even if i were #because they don't hate people who happen to be trans. they hate trans PEOPLE #they hate when we are seen as people. they hate having to incorporate us into their worldview at ALL #THAT is what transphobia is. like some people seem to think it's just... a small little annoyance at people who happen to be trans... #...and sure transphobia can look like that. but that isn't the whole of it and pretending it is is - at this point - victim-blaming us... #...because it's putting the onus on US to prove ourselves worthy of being seen as PEOPLE #if my existance is the reason transphobia exists... man you must think i'm a piwerful warlock. should i feel honoured or is that bad (/s)

[wizzard890]

#succession #tw: csa #like the constant CONSTANT jokes about the topic where he's the victim #the sudden bedwetting before he was just sent away to school #the feelings of responsibility for keeping his family happy and together and Good we're all Good #his self-loathing around sex and intimacy #the way his siblings refer to his physical abuse in a pretty blase way but everything around When He Went Off To School is vague #the show spends a ton of time showing that his actual memories of his childhood are on two tracks: what his siblings saw and what he felt #his father convinced that there's something wrong with him #some fatal crack that can't be fixed - and roman agrees #and PARTICULARLY in the most recent episode when he reveals he couldn't breathe normally around logan #and shiv goes to ask frank and karl 'how bad was dad' #like I don't think logan was the one who did this specifically to roman #but it was clearly someone logan knew #shiv the girl with the selective memory but the girl who knew not to be around those men #being moved enough by her brother's pain to confront the panicked sliver of a question: did dad do this? and if not - did he know? #logan didn't like women but he loved his little girl #shiv was safe #roman? not so much #'why bastard? why base?' why indeed roman

[hella1975]

are you guys thinking about touya todoroki today because i am

#what if he just wanted to be good what if he burned up and out waiting for his parent to look at him and just LOVE HIM #what if all he ever wanted was that positive affirmation what if he just needed to be treated kindly and was instead #offered only cruelty what if he was a child who didn't need to be strong he just needed to be held #what if raising children to be soldiers regardless of good intention is still a fucked up thing to do #because they're CHILDREN they just want you to be nice to them they don't care about being the strongest #and why does being the strongest matter more than anything else? is that really worth doing all this damage? #is it really worth being so mean? you're supposed to love them why won't you show it #and it haunts him so much he literally BURNS HIMSELF ALIVE OVER IT and no one even comes to watch #and when the rejection finally FINALLY gets through his head and he's forced to accept that he's never gonna get that love #and acknowledgement that he needs so much he doesnt heal from it and choose to be the bigger person #he instead becomes something ugly and mean and messy and awful and he's a sum of all the acts made against him #because he's ANGRY and he doesn't care that he's angry he's shameless and embracing of that rage #because it covers up the hurt and if he has to hurt people in order to avoid his own pain then that's what he'll do #and to the very end he's shouting every bad thing that happened to him refusing to go down quietly about it #refusing to be a good little victim that shakes and cries in a corner and lets things sort themselves out because it NEVER DOES #NO ONE EVER SAVES HIM. NO ONE EVER PROTECTS HIM. WHY WON'T THEY PROTECT HIM #and not a single person acknowledges him. not a single person looks on him with pity #there's no one there to say 'that was shit and you deserved better'. no one. and what did he honestly do that was so bad as to deserve this #he was a child who wanted to be loved. to be good. that's all #touya todoroki #literally feels like his character was created to make me specifically want to blow my brains out el oh el <3

[libraryleopard]

Third book in the Scapegracers trilogy (releases 3/26)

Sideways's magic has been restored & their hoping to get through the rest of senior year with their coven (and perhaps avoid confronting what will come after), but the broader witch community convenes to put Madeline on trial for stealing another witch's magic, Sideways knows they have to get involved

Meanwhile, more witch hunters are also gathering in Sycamore Gorge for a memorial and tensions begin to come to a head

Explores justice, punishment, and redemption–how should Madeline be punished for crimes? And who gets to decide?

The coven must also grapple with their end imminent separation at the end of high school as the four of them try to figure out their future paths in life

At the same time, Sideways navigates a growing romance with one of their coven members

Also some great twists that add stakes/recontextualize things we thought we knew

Fierce & queer & snarky & complex

Nonbinary butch lesbian main character, Chinese American bi love interesting, Black sapphic side character, nonbinary side character, femme lesbian side character

#i loved this final installment!! #just skipping ahead in my little reviews since this is an arc i read in december #i adore all the characters and their relationships in this so much #sideways and shiloh being weird siblings is SO good #also jing and sideways is just *chef's kiss* #tender and hesitant and protective and snarky! #and flirting via book recommendations… #the madeline stuff is also v interesting #between madeline shiloh this series has a very nuanced look at redemption and harm #like the nuance of acknowledging characters as victims and the way they've harmed others #also path sideways ends up on for the future is so perfect #h.a. clarke #the scapegracers #the feast makers #books #lulu speaks #lulu reads #2023 reads #lulu reads the scapegracers #lulu reads the feast makers

[burnt-scone]

#dan schneider #brian peck #nickelodeon #the scene where they held Drame down in ep of Drake & Josh and the scene in the Amanda show where they tell Amanda her belly is empty she #should have a pretzel they come with a baby and then they handed her a infant #they were so fucking vile for that #those men are absolutely digscusting #And Schneider being like “I can give a good apology ” bro you impregnated little girls #you tortured your victims and your friends victims #a good public apology is public castration

[kasumingo]

Got blocked by the OP of the diabetes post by saying that sugar IS considered one of the factors in type 2 diabetes 🥴

And it is super important to take it into consideration because eating refined sugar freely and drinking high fructose syrups and syrup-spiced drinks WILL fuck you up and potentially lead to life-threatening conditions in the long run

And that doesn’t mean cutting off sugar completely but be mindful what you put in your body lmao - you *do* need carbohydrates but carbohydrates do not mean white sugar and corn syrup - and your body can convert them from other sources AND healthier sugars

Feed yourself the best quality foods just like you’d your pets and loved ones

#ok whatever you tell yourself #i said to not shame people #and that other factors ARE in play #but you cannot simply say sugar is not the factor #you're misleading people #txt #this site is so fucking weird about sugar it's like it's holy to you #i've been a victim of fatshaming ever since i was little and yet i can understand that processed foods are #in fact #NOT good for you #and that the type 2 diabetes is at least partially a societal illness that is exacerbated by refined sugars syrups and processed foods #IN PART #sorry i'm fucking passionate about it #once again i DO think you should never shame anyone but also spread awareness about processed foods and its effect on people #this is not whether you're fat or not this is about health #americans man #that was a block speedrun #y'all hate being told you in fact have agency about your own health #it's so easy to say 'i do everything right why do i feel bad'

[britneyshakespeare]

if i were george duke of clarence and you were my assassin you would really feel something while i'm pleading for my life right? if i were george duke of clarence imprisoned on my brother the king's suspicion and my other brother richard duke of gloucester sent you to murder me for rich reward, you would at least think of not killing me right? you'd hesitate forsooth? which of you if you were a prince's son being pent from liberty as i am now if two such murderers as yourselves came to you would not entreat for life? a begging prince what beggar pities not?

#[you stab me] #text post #shakespeare #richard iii #george duke of clarence #i have to say i find the divergence shakespeare takes w historical accuracy as it pertains to george to be MOST fascinating #in the real history he is SUCH a bastard #i can see why. bc it helps to isolate richard as being especially evil if we make george a good brother and a hapless victim #like on a literary level it makes richard's deeds all the more shocking. when if anything they were very precedented #by some of the schemes/issues of george. in real life. #i also find elizabeth woodville and her family to be rather underexplored in the text in this effect. whereas in real history they were #much more complicated figures. #but still if i were george duke of clarence you would at least hesitate before stabbing me right? #it'd wring your heart a little? to kill me? when i was pleading so persuasively for my life?

[eenochian]

the way this fandom treats characters is astounding. like y’all do realize that every single character is shitty, right? literally every last one. your blorbo is not an exception. no, “but my fave—” no exceptions. literally the only character that i can’t think of any issues with off the top of my head is farah.

#call of duty #cod #obviously some characters are worse than others #i think we can all hold hands and agree that makarov takes the ‘most evil character’ cake #and lots of people acknowledge graves’ actions #and i’ve even seen people bring up valeria’s actions #but the way y’all (general) just. pick and choose who to criticize #it’s important to acknowledge and discuss the flaws these characters have #and i think it’s important to allow people to explore problematic characters #but if you’re gonna do that— acknowledge EVERYONE’S flaws #price nikolai and gaz literally kidnapped a civilian woman and child. used them as ‘bargaining chips’. held a gun to a little boy’s head #soap & ghost may not have any highlights (that i can recall) but they’re SAS. #the military– especially the specops– are not known for being above board and clean #price’s catchphrase is literally ‘we get dirty world stays clean’ #this cast is full of fuckin war criminals. they’re ALL shitty. #obviously some are worse than others (motioning to makarov valeria & graves) #but acting like the ‘good’ characters are unproblematic is harmful imo. there are real people that have been victimized by the military #–including the SAS. your blorbos are in an organization that devastates entire countries with war #i guess i’m sick of seeing people’s obvious favoritism in this fandom. #y’all (general) love to discuss shitty behavior and read-world equivalents until it involves your faves #and i’m not saying this to tell people to stop writing for everyone. i personally dislike the ‘don’t write for problematic charas’ mindset #but hold every single character to that standard for the love of god #and ‼️be mindful while writing/discussing potentially harmful stuff‼️ #be sensitive to the groups that might be seeing this. remember that COD is a war game that romanticizes the military and war #with the sole intent of getting people to join #no one is perfect. they’re ALL shitty people. some are worse than others– but they ALL represent real-world issues #the ‘only enjoy unflawed characters’ mindset links back to purity culture and media literacy dying #seeing people expect an imperfect media to have a perfect fandom is draining #the community needs to be a safe space for everyone. but groups will inevitably clash and that’s why we have the block button and filtering #just like. don’t disrespect people. be mindful with your work. but also— BE LIBERAL with catering your fandom space!

[calliecopper]

It will never not bother me how underutilized Chapman's Farm was in D:BH, and how underutilized Kara is as a whole.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Midnight Train should've been Kara's equivalent to Markus' Jericho and Spare Parts. Zlatko and Pirate's Cove should have been used to parallel Capitol Park and Stratford Tower.

A rebellion is more than sending messages to your oppressors, it is helping your fellow oppressed. It is sending out lifelines, giving shelter, caring for the wounded, providing emotional support, transporting those who need it out of danger zones, initiating rescue missions, and building a connection to one another. It's building a community worth starting a revolution for. The small moments and covert missions are just as important as the grand gestures and giant middle fingers to the bad guys.

Jericho's plot is crowded, so it makes sense to reserve that story for the face of the revolution. But just as Markus, as the protagonist, is the face of the game, Kara is the heart. Therefore Kara should have showcased what exactly we were fighting for as Markus: The people. Kara should have been the heart of the revolution.

#detroit become human #dbh #dbh kara #also imagine kara slowly building her own Jericrew through her own missions #I remember ao once mentioned that they thought josh was originally john and that he would only join based on your decisions #and would them unlock future opportunities and such #as a little build your own Jericrew thing #imagine jerry only joining if kara successfully saves them from pirates cove #perhaps one of zlatkos victims joins if you save them or luther only stays if you save them #perhaps ralph can find you later if you maintained a good relationship with him #rose alice luther being the base three like marla simon and lucy #jerry or others could join later like john #idk im talkin outta my ass here #anyways kara matters she always mattered and i will never forgive david for advertising her story to be of greater importance #only for it to not matter and for her deaths to mean nothing in terms of the larger story #shes the reason we got the game at all #give her the respect and the story she deserves david

[forza-lh44]

The f1 tag providing me with a free block list

#if you think Susie mentioning her gender being at play is victim blaming you’re purposely obtuse and I am blocking you #if you think zhou’s hairstyle was acceptable I am blocking you #my little bubble of good ppl is just that #Susie Wolff #f1 #misogyny and racism should not be the norm

[thefuturewithoutus]

seriously how do you do accept a man who, by all accounts, has given you very little reason to trust him so easily into your life? not only that but to let him pit you against your fiancé and take advantage of the situation to situate himself onto your side. it's not like you don't know it's about picking sides either because every chance you get you go to him?? it's just so bizarre. and reading it as a queer allegory definitely makes it so much more. interesting i guess because dan is choosing between a meg who stands in for a heterosexual ""normal"" life and herbert who represents homosexuality and the way it's posed.. he just keeps coming back to herbert??? it's just so... both of their interests are piqued in each other instantly. going off the queer allegory herbert clocked his bisexual ass and decided to make him have an identity crisis that killed people

#the heart #re-animator #the kudos for most of this esp the queer subtext really goes to that post i rebloggedlast night because it really put it into words!!! #i'm giving up on talking about reanimator a normal amount this is my diary and you're all gonna hear about how much i love this movie becaus #it's a proto hannibal when you read between the lines. not to link everything back to hannibal the similarities are just really really hard #to ignore. just falling victim to the magnetic pull of a man who is bad for you AND you know he's bad for you #but he makes you into something different and stranger than what you were before but feels more like you and giving in to the parts of you #you try to hide #ignoring the homophobia inherent in homosexuality = evil bad choice because herbert is a bad person and Meg is nice l #it's just so good to have ''gay'' media that isn't focused solely AROUND being gay it's like. a bisexual man who is lured in by this little #freak asking don't you want to go ape shittt #sorry.

[gayvampyr]

Do you support prison abolition /paying prisoners a living wage / making being able to vote more accessible to everyone?

I like your stances and opinions and your jokes but I'm genuinely curious on this one.

(This is inspired by some of the comments under one of your posts talking about how we should just make democracy more livable under capitalism, and while I disagree with that being the ONLY thing we need to do, it does kinda make me think about how many people think we need to get better without abolishing prisons or at least treating our prisoners better than we are treating them currently.)

hi! i'm not sure which post you're referring to but I'm actually anti-capitalist. I think we need to dismantle capitalism as a system because it is inherently inhumane, working exactly as intended and therefore cannot be "fixed" without restructuring it entirely from the ground up; the devaluation of human labor and environmental destruction for profit is not a bug, it's a feature. i could delve into the kind of economic system that i think should replace it after dismantling it, however it's more of a thought exercise and until it becomes a plausible reality, i would rather focus on how we can make capitalism livable for the time being because we have no other choice. for example we could start by lowering rent, instituting a 4-day work week, and establishing support networks for homeless people. i'm not an economist so it's not like i have all the answers but according to the results from other countries who have applied these practices, it improves quality of life and the economy significantly.

as for prisons, i'm pro-abolition. you can check out my prison abolition tag for more information, but essentially prisons exist in this day and age as an industry that profits off of slave labor. many of our laws and their enforcers unfairly target minorities and lower class people, and the denial of convicts the right to vote is just another way our government strips vulnerable communities of their political power, autonomy, and supposedly inalienable rights. aside from the conviction of innocent people and people who did commit a crime but ultimately did no harm, i don't think it's the right of any individual (or government, for that matter) to imprison others. i think people tend to forget that "criminals" are human beings and deserving of the same rights as everyone else, and it is human nature to make mistakes. the important thing is the opportunity to do better. militarist propaganda has done an incredible job of convincing us that convicts are amoral and undeserving of our sympathy, turning society in general against them and destroying any sort of safety net they might have had or needed otherwise. and people are too busy clinging to the notion that criminals are subhuman and deserving of whatever punishment is dealt that they can't see that this is a slide into fascism, and that they can just as easily become "other" should they find themselves on the receiving end of the system. we are very close to living in a surveillance state, which means any minor offense or slip-up has the potential to completely decimate your chances at getting a job, applying for college, getting a loan, receiving housing, and especially being able to have a say in elections. it also makes you more likely to be arrested again on account of "suspected illegal activity", so your record follows you around for the rest of your life.

sorry this got so long but yeah, essentially capitalism and the prison industry are inhumane and should be abolished.

#voter suppression #prison abolition #militarism #capitalism #52018 #racism #classism #1312 #also before anyone brings up r/pe or other genuinely awful crimes that endanger people i have to posit the question: #how can we account for those crimes when the people arrested for them are are mainly minorities? #need i remind you that white women used to accuse black men of assault just to weaponize their white privilege? #to exert power over them out of fear or hatred? people convicted for violent crimes are disproportionately trans poor and POC #while the rest of people actually committing those crimes walk free because of the privileges of being cis/het/white/upper-class #and like. thats not to say that those crimes should go unrecognized. but the system we have and the people enforcing it are just not #capable of doing so fairly. they look for signs of abusive behavior in race. gender. sex. age. class. sexuality. religious beliefs. #very little investigation is performed and hardly any empirical data is used in ruling. if they cared about victims at all they would focus #on preventing abuse before it happens and giving us support and access to people and services who can help. as a victim and survivor #the gov did not give a shit about my abuse. we cant make a system built on suffering care about any of us. #and like. yall are so confident you'll be able to decide who is 'good' and who is 'bad' but you can't. its like the shit with amber heard. #everyone was so caught up in defending their favorite actor they disregarded a woman's account of her abuse and made her out to be crazy an #evil #and i know you think youre different and we can do it differently but it happens over and over and over again #tldr we cant use a system to prosecute the ''evil people of society'' that is built on defining those traits through a racist misogynistic #etc lens #if we could we wouldnt even be in this mess