#Ah right. Fandoms.

[writer-of-sunflowers]

Sometimes I look at a certain character I know who has a Canon age and I say "no"

Like... Think about any anime. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THEY'RE ALL 16 WHEN THEY'RE TALLER THAN ME (I'm 19)

I was talking about this with a friend, because I told her in my head Rui Kamishiro from Project Sekai was 18.

"And Akito?" she asked

19.

"Why 19?"

Because people tell me I'm IRL Akito and Rui and I can't see them as minors anymore. They're my age now. I kin them so much they kin my age now.

[galactic-rhea]

The thing is,,,,abuse doesn't have anything to do with intelligence or lack of confidence, though yes, a person with low self-esteem is an easier target for abusers, however that's what not I'm talking about.

Like I'm someone who doesn't like to take part in The Discourse (tm) because this is fandom, I'm here to talk about my favorite dolls and create silly scenaries with them. And it might feel a bit egregious to talk about something as delicate and serious as abuse, grooming or domestic violence but also it's the perfect playground to explore such themes and you can learn a lot by psychologically analizing a character and do your own research on the matter so you can understand abuse better, and sometimes that way you can also have a more critical view on real life, and for some of us, also come to terms with our own lives.

That said, back to my original point, it has nothing to do with intelligence. A person that falls into a cycle of abuse doesn't make them stupid, the whole deal of predators and abusers is that they know how to play their game, they know how to manipulate. A victim's mind will always try to cope with the abuse in ways that can be hard to understand sometimes in ways that will make you say 'well, that's enabling their abuser', but is not a statement on their intelligence or lack of it, abuse dynamics are extremelly complex, and victims will go through several states such a guilt, or violent outbrusts, fear, appeasing, avoidance, sometimes all sometimes just a few. And it's because no one is the same and no one's experiences will be the same, even though there are patterns you can identify sometimes.

So when someone wants to argue against a character being too smart to fall for abuse or manipulation, it's a bit sad to me. Not necessarily malicious or dangerous, or anything, again this is fandom and fandom runs rampant with whatever takes that makes all of us grimace. But because that's not how it works, if a certain dynamic isn't abusive by your pov, then it has nothing to do with the character's intelligence. It's not about being strong, or confident; that downplays how abusive dynamics come to be.

Like for example y'know I don't think padmé and anakin were abusive, I've made several posts about it, but it's not because they are too intelligent for that.

Likewise, Anakin wasn't stupid for being groomed by Palpatine; the contrary, he was quite literally a gifted child and a genius at mechanics and was good at many things, including drawing and strategies, but he fell for Palpatine's grooming because:

a) Palpatine is an evil top tier manipulator and predator who knows how to play adults, he literally knew how to play the jedi council, what was a 9 y/o going to do about it.

And b) Anakin's trauma and unattended mental illnesses made him an easier victim for grooming; he was already used to be a thing and be a servant from the moment he learned to talk.

But even if we weren't talking about someone as deeply messed up as Anakin was already, abusers and predators always will take advantage and exploit of the weaknesses and flaws on an individual, they will adapt and change their tactic according to the victim needs, that's why anyone could become a victim, it doesn't matter if your IQ is up there on the moon.

It's not about being too "stupid" to not realize there was abuse, it's a deep, complicated and terrible ensemble of thoughts and insecurities tangling around the brain in such a way that there's no a way to blame the abuser without feeling at fault, or at the very least without feeling scared of retaliation or lost, it's a power dynamic that messes up the sense of self.

[sleepinglionhearts]

It's been a day

[tiffysdeath]

underrated king fr

[doll3tt33]

Happy birthday to my hubby evan <3

((aka the loml who made my standards in men so ridiculously high but it’s okay I’m not complaining

[mooniehoneyrey]

Pd: Let's just ignore the ventilator who's in the back

[zoebensonsgf]

how I felt after my friends said kai anderson wasn't hot

[rysttle]

Doodle of a guy i only know via osmosis

[dustykneed]

Hello! Random whipper snipper! Share a WIP of your work!

ooh, with pleasure. six the musical araleyn fanart? in the year 2k24? more likely than you think xDD

i realize this looks finished, but technically i'm still deciding whether to add a background or not lol. still, for the sake of sharing a proper WIP, here's a line or two from an araleyn brainworm WIP that i started reworking yesterday (mild tw for religious guilt and period-typical internalized homophobia from aragon's pov):

She remembers sharing her bed with Anne at Henry's behest, remembers the nights of tossing and turning and trying not to think about Anne asleep next to her-- remembers waking up to dark hair spilling across her pillow and the press of blood-warm bosoms against her own, softer than sin, as hot as the Devil, remembers lying still as death, mouthing prayers into the heat of Anne's neck like an act of penance.

[poniko-w]

look at my zombie adukin doodle

10000 gela for the first person who can get adukin to admit she has issues & go to therapy. or like any of the numas really

[stealingyourbones]

I actually ended up in in the DPxDC fandom (and extension now, also the DC fandom) because a friend got me into Danny phantom.

Fun fact. Your posts were actually the first DPxDC content i encountered (one of the first few I encountered was you and your twin talking about your chemistry teacher). So I want to thank you for helping me discover this community.

Also my favourite DC characters are Alfred pennyworth and John Constantine.

Alfred is sassy, sarcastic and he absolutely makes the best cookies you can't convince me otherwise.

And Constantine is sassy and sarcastic and also just a very fun character overall.

There's just something so intriguing about characters who try to push everyone else away (especially out of fear of hurting them), but at the same time are so desperately in need of the love and affection they deny themselves.

John is in desperate need of someone who will warmly embrace him and tell him that it's ok, that he's done enough, that he deserves happiness. But he's too broken of a man to let anyone get close enough to him for long enough for that to happen, instead opting to push everyone away as soon as possible.

As you can see, I like Alfred and Constantine for very different reasons XD.

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[weirdly-specific-but-ok]

pt II priates of the caribbean but i've never watched it

honestly at this point there's no intro just have my dumbassery and blame the good omens fandom:

There are three genders, man, woman, pirate.

Jack Sparrow is not the main character, until he is.

Oleander Bloom plays Will who is an assistant blacksmith.

I misread assistant as assassin. I'm really sorry, Will. I'm sure you're a really sweet guy, Tumblr just ruined my reading comprehension.

Elizabeth likes pirates and stole gold, and is a badass who loves Will.

Jack Sparrow comes bobbing along to port and kicks his foot out.

Undead crabs sold gold coins and now are skeletons covered with fake skin but the bad Botox job falls apart in moonlight.

They want to put the gold coins back to either die or live. Which is it? I don't know.

Pirates are good, East India Company bad. Now that I can get behind for sure.

Jack Sparrow is sassy and has good eyeliner and kisses Elizabeth at one point but not like that.

Two men roll around homoerotically in sand. Or this could be from OFMD. Or Doctor Who. I've invaded too many fandoms. It's not from Good Omens, at least. I think.

The octopus is not C'thulu. He is Davy Jones's wardrobe.

I don't know what that means, either.

There are five movies but three (two?) have been politely disowned.

help.

[beastsovrevelation]

They should have ended up together :(

[double-features]

decided to watch ahs cult instead of clipping adam

[hana-bobo-finch]

kinda forgot about piktober until the last second, but I’m not breaking my streak

piktober day 3! Bug!

[optiwashere]

Of course this would be the first thing I write for this fandom. I can't help myself. This is also a fair bit longer than the rest of my Kinktober fics because I needed to set up the KC that I used for this fic.

Enjoy!

Written for Kinktober 2024.

Rating: E

Category: F/F

Ship: Arueshalae/Knight Commander

Tags and AO3 Summary below the break.

Tags: Explicit Sexual Content, Porn With Plot, Azata Mythic Path (Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous), Dhampir Commander (Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous), Trans Female Character, POV Alternating, Praise Kink, Service Kink, Dom/sub, Vaginal Fingering, Oral Sex, Established Relationship, Additional Warnings In Author's Note

Summary:

Arueshalae struggles with her desires as a succubus in Alushinyrra, Drezen, and even in her own dreams. The Knight Commander isn't helping when she gives Arueshalae all that mind-numbing, knee-buckling praise. Or: two times Arueshalae nearly breaks from Vetanya's approval, and one time she succumbs completely.