#Abusive Situations

[sadboyjacinter]

i think its rly interesting how aftg is constantly showing different sides to trauma and how they shape different people. each member of the perfect court represents these different facets of trauma and the types of people u can become based on them. but more importantly! it shows that the Reason abusive relationships as a whole are incredibly difficult to leave and separate urself from are because of the bonds u share w them. kevins hand healed, jeans bones mended, neils wounds closed, but each of them still have their tattoo or some remnant of it. kevin will always remember his brother, jean will always remember his servitude, and neil will always remember nathaniel. and each of them are a reminder to the other of the life theyve lived. their bond is their trauma and they are traumatized bc of this bond. "jean could never be a fox bc kevin and him share too much history" !!!!! all aftg talks abt is relationships and trauma and how connected and convoluted they are. jean will always be the younger sibling who was abandoned by their older sibling being allowed to move away (kevin) and even if kevin doesnt mean it or want to hurt jean, his actions have a direct result. kevin probably wanted to leave way before riko broke his hand, but maybe he mourned the thought of losing a brother, and maybe he knew what would happen to jean. its incredibly difficult to leave abusive situations and while kevin and the rest of them are victims of abuse there are active choices that were made by kevin, neil, and jean. each of them different and all of them reasonable and necessary to survive. this is a pointless rant but i just love how neatly each of the perfect court blend into each other.

[wildbasil]

things haven't been great but i think they will be. eventually 🌻🌼🩷

[thechaoticbookwyrm]

Thoughts on Forced Proximity in Real Life & Novels.

(TW: Mentions of Abuse, Strong Language, Possible Mentions of SA, Mentions of Alcohol, & Relationships.)           I’ll be the first one to call myself out and tell you that I haven’t done a whole lot of reading this year. I don’t know why but, I just keep finding myself in a slump, and I swear it all falls around one fucking trope that makes me want to eyeroll myself into the next dimension…

[justskibby]

[arctasy]

shelby’s recent statement on twitter

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

going through my old journals as part of therapy homework and i'm reading a section written in the emotional wreckage of a full-on breakdown when i get hit with this line:

There is never a satisfying answer to ‘Why didn’t they love me?’

like wow babe. good fucking point

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Burning Rotten Bridges

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[queerautism]

Unironically I have a solution to this - Encourage young women to also read Lolita by Nabokov in addition to these books.

[pwrn51]

Learn how to move on from a toxic work experience

  Will the laws change workplace abuse? My guest today is Debra Falzoi. Debra has been on the show before and we talk about what is happening in the workplace. Debra is the founder of Dignity Together. She has helped hundreds of targeted employees understand their abusive situations, discover their self-worth, and learn how to move on from their toxic work experience. Today Debra spoke on the…

[fandomsandfeminism]

"There should be security cameras inside of classrooms." Eh, sure. We have them in the hallways and cafeteria. Maybe not my first choice for how to spend tax dollars, but whatever. Then if an issue arises, the footage could be pulled on request and reviewed.

"There should be security cameras with a live stream inside classrooms that parents can view whenever they want to keep their kids safe." Are you insane. Are you absolutely out of your mind. Even assuming that this theoretical live stream would be limited to just the parents of children who have a class in that specific room (not the whole school)....you want dozens of strangers (in elementary) or hundreds of strangers (secondary) to be able to have a live stream of *your child* at school? You can't see a single possible safety or privacy issue that could arise from that situation?

[give-grian-rights]

hey guys how SHITTY OF A RESPONSE do you have to make, for DreamWasTaken to make a better statement than you? x

i always thought of Wilbur as a fantastic writer and how the fuck did this guy MAKE SUCH A BAD STATEMENT that he got upstaged by DREAM??

This is one of the best things i've ever seen come from Dream. Words, actions, and intent, and to have someone who, for better or worse, has such a big platform support Shelby is just amazing to see.

[thechaoticbookwyrm]

Thoughts on Forced Proximity in Real Life & Novels.

(TW: Mentions of Abuse, Strong Language, Possible Mentions of SA, Mentions of Alcohol, & Relationships.)           I’ll be the first one to call myself out and tell you that I haven’t done a whole lot of reading this year. I don’t know why but, I just keep finding myself in a slump, and I swear it all falls around one fucking trope that makes me want to eyeroll myself into the next dimension…

[thund3randrain]

real footage of me when even more of the people who defined my childhood/early teens turn out to be shitheads

[whump-in-the-closet]

Pirate Whump

the brig!! thrown in there and forgotten while saltwater seeps through and drenches whumpee constantly leaving them coughing and miserable

lack of sleep, forced to be on duty for hours at a time

smacking whumpee to the deck with a blow that leaves their eyes watering.

scrubbing the deck until their hands are scraped and bleeding. their arms and back ache so badly that when they stand up, they immediately double over.

flogging for minor mistakes. the humiliation of having their shirt ripped away and the stabbing, sharp pain of the cat o'nine tails on their skin is enough to break down the most stoic of the crew

collapsing on deck. in general. fainting. nausea. suddenly light headed and woozy from blood loss

falling to the deck on hands and knees and scraping them on the rough, worm-eaten wood

hostage situations on “friendly” terms. whumpee can wander around on deck and maybe they even joke around with some of the pirates. but the minute they try to escape, there’s a sweeping blade at their throat and someone roughly manhandling them to the captains quarters to be “dealt with”

being made an example of for misconduct is often extreme and cruel. there are no laws on the high seas

the damage left by the opposing side’s cannon fire? timber embedded in limbs, gaping wounds, and formerly brave sailors curling up in fetal positions to try and protect themselves

a captain whumper who calls their prisoner whumpee “darling” in the most derogatory way possible.

emergency first aid being applied hurriedly and with unskilled hands.bandages made from old shirts, amputations done unabashedly and crew mates being carried back fireman style to their ship.

“bite down on this” and “don’t look” as they cut away a damaged limb, multiple crew members holding whumpee down

mer whumpees— caught and put on a leash so they’re dragged along the side of the boat. sometimes they pull whumpee up and “have a bit of fun” as whumpee thrashes and gasps for air.

captain whumpee found stranded on an island by an opposing captain. they’re “taken care of” by being humiliated and beaten, laughed at, and forced to be the cabin boy

[bunnieswithknives]

(nature au) you said that while dale dislikes dev using a cane in the house he doesn’t really care too much, but what if dev used a cane in public? i can’t imagine dale would be okay with that at all. he’d be pissed, like confiscate the cane kind of pissed

Originally the gag here was just going to be Dev clinging onto his dads arm for dear life while he shivers like a chihuahua but he is just. So small.. I couldnt get it to look reasonable

Bonus:

[sunlit-mess]

consumed by the inevitable