#About Post Hydra

[amarriageoftrueminds]

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Since it came up recently, link to that therapist on twitter 👆 who was discussing Bucky's terribile therapist in TFATWS and how they should’ve been. 

Transcript:

"As a therapist myself I've had a lot of feelings about Bucky's therapist on TFatWS, and have decided I need to rant a little to let it all out. I've worked w/active duty, trauma survivors, and court ordered clients, so here's some therapeutic conjecture on Bucky's therapy:

Aesthetically her office and presentation don't fit for someone who has been through the trauma that he’s been through. A client like this would need something non-threatening and safe- the whole vibe is overly formal and official in an office building, not at all therapeutic.

6 months working together she calls him Mr. Barnes and then James-he has identity issues and is struggling with who he is, so I think that one of the 1st things they would have done is figure out what he is comfortable being called, by whom and what that means for him.

He is still full out lying to her about pretty much everything including PTSD sx—I’m not saying clients never lie if they have good therapists, but if after 6 months he still doesn’t feel like he can be truthful at all then they haven’t built any trust/ solid therapeutic rapport

The pen and notebook thing-that’s clearly a trigger for him, there’s no reason to antagonize him and take notes in session like a punishment, it’s a power play on her part and it only emphasizes his lack of control in being forced into therapy (she should know his hx w/notebooks)

The whole little arm motion she made when she said “they need to make sure you don’t…” – that made so much light of what has happened to him, he probably feels like his arm is only good as a weapon and things like that will not help him accept it as part of his body

The rules, UGH the rules—from how they were talking about them clearly not something he actively created for himself, more like directives that he’s been ordered to adhere to—something fed to him and reinforced, feels like a way to sign off on liability only

THE AMENDS—this is probably my biggest issue. Amends are for people who need to take accountability for their actions and the repercussions of those choices. He had NO choice. He was a victim of horrific crimes against him, and framing it in a way that he needs to make up for

the crimes that others used him for is abhorrent. The lack of trauma informed care as astounding in the way it is being framed that he has to atone for sins that weren’t his. Its clearly reinforcing the idea in his head in ep 2 when he says “HYDRA were my people".

NO, HYDRA were your captors. They were not your people. That type of thinking needs to get deconstructed and challenged. He can dedicate himself to bringing good into the world and righting wrongs that happened WITHOUT taking on the responsibility of those actions.

Her whole attitude and demeanor were condescending and demeaning. I know some people have said “I love how she calls him out on his bullshit!” That’s not what I see happening. I call my clients out on their shit all the time—this was not that.

And I can only do that with clients ONCE we’ve built the type of relationship where it’s going to be therapeutic for them to hear it, and it’s done intentionally and with purpose. She just came off shaming and mean because they don’t seem to have any form of therapeutic rapport.

She said “you have no history, no family”- there is no therapeutic reason for that, and she’s wrong. He most likely has family alive (he used current tense when talking about his sister) and he was close to Shuri and TChalla, his history is vital to understanding him

When she said “Look, I know that you have been through a lot, but you’ve got your mind back. You are being pardoned. These are good things. You’re free.”—Yeah this feels really dismissive and like toxic positivity. “I know you’ve been through a lot BUT BE HAPPY!!??”

He certainly doesn’t seem to feel like he’s free (especially having therapy mandated), and you can’t just tell someone they’re free. I felt like she was pretty much just like, “shake it off, look to the future!” which feels really shitty when you’ve experienced excessive trauma.

HELLO breach of confidentiality, just introducing herself to Sam as his therapist and confirming it to Walker and the whole police station, it doesn’t matter if they know he’s in therapy you do not break someone’s privacy like that, he still deserves some control over his tx.

Ordering Sam into a session, NO, he’s not your client and you don’t know him well enough to know if that’s appropriate or if it would be harmful to either, and you haven’t asked your client for his consent to have another person in his session

Forcing a trauma victim who was stripped of his bodily autonomy for 70 years into a physically intimate exercise with a coworker that he’s barely interacted with in the last several months? NOPE, just reinforcing to Bucky she has control over him the way his handlers used to

To me, I think she is more focused on signing off on his psychological eval that he isn't a liability rather than any actual healing or attention to his trauma. This unfortunately isn’t unusual in the military where “mental health treatment” is focused on being mission ready.

They are making sure he’s ready to be an “asset” w/ mandated therapy, which he shouldn’t even be forced to do as part of his pardon because he shouldn’t have needed a pardon at all because he was a victim of horrific war crimes, brainwashing, and dehumanization for 70 years.

I’m just saying, if that was me he would be on my big squishy couch, bright open windows, bowl of Hershey kisses, random fidget toys, and two therapy dogs laying all over him while we work through that trauma and he builds back his identity and finds the calm he wants so badly.

And yes he would probably need someone who would see through his BS, call him out when he needs it, not be overly "touchy feely", but only if he feels safe and there is trust, where he gets to work on what HE wants, not what others think he needs.

Anyway thanks for coming to my TEDTalk, I❤️my work and I think being a therapist on retainer for the Avengers would've been a fucking trip, they all needed a team of mental health professionals at their disposal 24/7 and things would've been so much better🤣

ps. They can be a good therapist and just not be a fit for the client, that happens regularly. We know when to make it part of the conversation and when to refer out. Nothing good is going to come out of a contemptuous therapeutic relationship, mandated or not.

pps. That whole situation and the scene with Zemo was so rough. I can't imagine how much it brought back the violation, humiliation, anger, and helplessness of when he was the WS. I'm just imagining him having a therapist he trusts and being able to process that afterwards 😭😭😭"

[5ummit]

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[thejubileeline]

My plug a lil weird but he chill

[spiribia]

weapons that are just creatures you hit people with

[tiabwwtws-art]

Ángel STOP crying you've got a detective to flirt with

[mischiefwife]

Congratulations to threads for hosting one of the most god awful bg3 takes ive ever seen.

Misogyny. Internalized bullshit queerphobic ass misogyny. I don't use threads and the post is locked so I'm going to yell about it here.

Of course Astarion is for the queer folks and women!! Minthara? Only for those nasty cis het dudes so we can just ignore all this shit out of hand right? Ignore the hundreds of lesbians and queer folks who love her and create amazing stuff for her.

Only two people discoursing about Minthara huh? It's cause they're on even footing and she's just not scrutinized huh?

Tell me more.

There's so much hate against ascended astarion huh? The call is coming from inside the house!!

The entire original post is stacked with comments of people being like 'omg so true' and missing the fucking point entirely. You can LIKE ASTARION without being a presumptuous, misogynistic, queerphobic WEIRDO to another part of the fandom!!!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Ahhhhh! I'm absolutely invested in your fantasy AU! I love it so much, and I can't wait to see more content of it! (Take your time, of course! Don't rush yourself!) I was wondering (sorry if this has been asked before or if this is a silly question) but would you mind if people drew their OC's in this AU (hope that made sense) and made fanart of the AU? Anyway, have a wonderful Morning, afternoon, evening, and or night! :}

Thank You! i'm actually writing an indulgent tidbit right now! no one is having a good time in it!

you guys can Absolutely fuck around in this fantasy sandbox! i don't mind people having fun with my aus, cause they're here for that reason - for fun! to play with characters like they're dolls! to practice worldbuilding (tho that's just a special treat For Me)! I'm not very serious about aus <3

[dark-elf-writes]

Hydra: I like on HERA agent.

Alex: Harry isn't an agent

Hydra: i no longer work with Hera unless I have my favourite contact

Harry: Cookies and tea?

Hydra: of course.

Harry, hanging off of Hydra’s arm at least a foot off the ground happily hissing away and Hydra nodding along like it’s the most important debrief of his life before turning to Alex and Andy like “I will only accept one contact now.”

Andy has to quickly hide her face in a file because Hydra will not like her laughing even if it’s more about how cute the scene is rather than making fun of him. Alex has their signature smile on as they try to deescalate.

“Harry is only seven. He’s not a full employee of H.E.R.A.”

Hydra’s eyes narrow on them slightly. “You have been on the payroll since you were ten, demigod. Try again.”

Alex… can’t argue with that. They were at their mother’s side through most of the founding of H.E.R.A. and they definitely were on record showing that (and how their mother got H.E.R.A. claimed as a “family business” they will never know)

And that’s how Harry becomes Hydra’s main contact before he hits double digits. He doesn’t mind. Hydra is cool and even if he mostly talks to his parents about burning things between their conversations about which ramen place is the best or a cool snake Harry talked to at the zoo that waved at him Harry doesn’t mind the boring grownup talk.

He also manages to stop several wrongful arrests when agents fall into the old habit of bringing Hydra in. And frankly nothing inspires loyalty quite like Hydra watching Harry cause every light on the first three floors of the building to explode because someone tried to cuff him. Alex and Andy were incredibly displeased with the agent both because that’s not how they run H.E.R.A. and because that’s a whole lot of lights to replace. Hydra is mostly distracted trying to calm the hissing and sobbing child clinging to him and making sure no glass got to Harry.

Even when he grows up and technically falls under Olympus’ influence Harry stays at H.E.R.A. and remains Hydra’s contact.

[total-drama-brainrot]

we as a fandom don't talk enough about how alejandro literally hypnotised owen. i know it was sort of ignored post ex-files but it was. a thing that happened.

[biitchcakes]

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[genericpuff]

at this point my ask inbox is like jim carrey's in bruce almighty

[megatraven]

Alex roommates with Hydra idea in my head rn

[5ummit]

My Trash Exchange giftee @gunshou requested "twisted ultra-possessive fucked up codependent Hydra!Steve/Bucky" (which happens to be one of my favorite stucky dynamics) with a dash of body horror. Hopefully I delivered.

[gallantcalamity]

Ok, I very much usually don't do original thoughts, but for this I make an exception.

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[viovio]

worst thing ever in the world is when misogyny prevails and for some fucking reason canon or fanon bends and twists everywhere to try and convince you that a female character would end up with a sex pest or creep that constantly harasses her. she would not fucking want him