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[victory-musings]

Whumptober 2024: Day 24 - "It's normal that you need more time"

@ailesswhumptober

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It frustrates him that he can't do the things that he used to. Hunting is much more difficult with one eye, and he's still struggling to be social with the others. In his opinion, the danger is over. It's done, and he should be bouncing back to the way he was before.

He says as such as he lays across his sister's lap. Rambling about how he hates that he's scared of their brother, and he hates that he keeps bumping into things, and that he wants to be normal again. The way things were before, where others looked at him with loathing instead of pity.

He hates it that they pity him. He is not some cub who needs to be babied. He is the group's emotional crutch, the punching bag. His job is to be the one that everyone hates, so that they do not hate each other.

He's becoming more animated as he rants, moving his arms and swishing his tail. Ears pinned flat back and his breathing starting to stutter as he works himself into a state. Wheezing now, he's interrupted by Torch placing a hand on his head. The contact brings him back to earth, and he stares up at her with his eye wide.

"Burlap."

There's a stern edge to her gentleness.

"You're not supposed to be everyone's hate sponge. They don't pity you, they care about you."

He opens his mouth to protest, but thinks better of it.

"And... You've been through awful things. It's normal for... Healing. Getting better. To take time."

[tma-themed-brain]

Alright everybody

[victory-ocs]

12. What kind of health repercussions has your oc experienced through intense stress? How do they manage them?

:evil: can i target torch

Her insides are rotting!

She manages it by ignoring it and hoping everyone else just kinds of ignores it too, to be completely honest. Her piss poor self esteem and her love for her family is a deadly mix of "They won't care if I'm gone, so I will give My All to make sure it wasn't meaningless."

[mischievous-thunder]

It's him, Johnny. Logan himself is the source. He tried to get out of the Void that way and failed.

[grickle14]

Hi ho! The torch bearer!

[blue-creations28]

how are they so G E N D E R -

[landoslastnerve]

"You're in the void. Think of it as purgatory. Reed called it a metaphysical junkyard where anything useless goes before it gets annihilated forever and where the TVA sends people that don't play nice with the rest of the multiverse."

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE dir. Shawn Levy (2024)

[littlepawz]

“When she applied to run in the Boston Marathon in 1966 they rejected her saying: “Women are not physiologically able to run a marathon, and we can’t take the liability.” Then exactly 50 years ago today, on the day of the marathon, Bobbi Gibb hid in the bushes and waited for the race to begin. When about half of the runners had gone past she jumped in. She wore her brother’s Bermuda shorts, a pair of boy’s sneakers, a bathing suit, and a sweatshirt. As she took off into the swarm of runners, Gibb started to feel overheated, but she didn’t remove her hoodie. “I knew if they saw me, they were going to try to stop me,” she said. “I even thought I might be arrested.” It didn’t take long for male runners in Gibb’s vicinity to realize that she was not another man. Gibb expected them to shoulder her off the road, or call out to the police. Instead, the other runners told her that if anyone tried to interfere with her race, they would put a stop to it. Finally feeling secure and assured, Gibb took off her sweatshirt. As soon as it became clear that there was a woman running in the marathon, the crowd erupted—not with anger or righteousness, but with pure joy, she recalled. Men cheered. Women cried. By the time she reached Wellesley College, the news of her run had spread, and the female students were waiting for her, jumping and screaming. The governor of Massachusetts met her at the finish line and shook her hand. The first woman to ever run the marathon had finished in the top third.”

[i-am-not-a-who-i-am-a-what]

so who else is screaming about everything we learned today

[raointean]

[atomikats]

you’ve heard of the spider-man kiss, but what about the human torch’s drive-by?

[victory-musings]

Whumptober 2024: Day 10 - "You don't need to earn this."

@ailesswhumptober

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Torch seems to be the only person that he settles with, these days. Burlap is scared of his mothers, flinching away and snapping at the air when they approach. He is scared of their brother, hackles raised and adrenaline pumping through his veins.

But Torch? Burlap will let her approach, as long as she's not on his blind side. Lets her sit next to him, and even lets her touch his ears, offering him a small comfort.

It's one of thosse days, where he leans into her touch. Closes his eye and lets himself relax. A day where he seems less... Haunted. Closer to the brother she knows. Of course, she knows that Burlap is still Burlap, regardless of how he acts. She'll love him no matter what.

But it's nice. To be reminded of the times in his childhood where he'd lean into her and just. Let himself be.

"You used to do this all the time when you were a pup." Her voice is soft, not wanting to startle him. Burlap flicks a black-tipped ear to let her know that he's listening.

"You'd always come to me when you'd had a rough day. You'd just lean into me and want me to play with your ears." He mumbles, but Torch can't understand him.

"You stopped doing that as you grew up... I've kind of missed it, really."

She feels him flinch, and slowly moves her hand away. He's mumbling again, a little louder this time, and if she can just hear him.

"I hadn't earned it. 'm bad."

Oh, if it doesn't just break her heart to hear that. Her baby brother (though, not so much a baby anymore), someone she would move the stars and moon for if she could. Feeling like he needed to earn her love.

"Burlap. You.... You don't need to earn something like this."

"... I do. I'm bad. Rotten."

[illustratus]

The Triumph of Light over Darkness by Franz von Matsch

[victory-after-dark]

🫦 feng very gently and very playfully nipping miss torch when she's playing doctor-//BFNCHFNCB

"Oh!"

Sir she is trying to patch up the wound on your chest. It's not her fault that you are so Big and Strong and Tall that she practically has to sit on his chest in order to even reach the wound. So busy with her treatment, that she didn't notice him watching her ponytail with an almost feline-like intrigue.

At least. Until he nips her hair, pulling her head forward. She squeaks, sitting upright and giving him a Look(tm)

"Oh, do be serious! You're hurt!"

[mischievous-thunder]

What truly got Johnny killed is his relentless flirting with Wade's Angel Baby

[sizu4950]

magician Apollo AU i will always love you 💔