#Hope this helped Anon

[comradekarin]

I do agree that people will hate Farleigh and then worship Felix because yk racism but let's not act like Farleigh wasn't an asshole. You're downplaying his actions just to make him look good but you should be arguing that asshole characters of colour are easily hated when compared to their white counterparts. You don't have to lie about "oh he's not even bad y'all are dramatic" because at the end of the day he's an asshole rich boy just like Felix just like everyone else.... 😐

Sorry it just annoys me because as a poor Black person who went to school with Farleighs it grinds my gears to see you and others downplay his bad behaviour because of the racism he is facing. You can acknowledge the racism without making him an angel. Racism towards even the worst people is wrong because there is no excuse for racism (I am not saying Farleigh is the worst person ever btw, he's the same brand of asshole like Felix and everyone else obviously. They're family lol.)

i mean you’re absolutely right. he was an asshole. he was a dick, just like the rest of them was. personally for me, that’s apart of the appeal of this character. when I said “farleign was not that bad lmao” I meant that in response to everyone who has this visceral disgust for the stuff he does and says but not for anyone else. if I gave off the impression of “he did absolutely nothing wrong”, well… my bad lmao. the posts I have made are more shitpost-y in nature anyway, but they still hold some merit. i feel like this post really encapsulates my intent.

as someone who is also black, it is harmful to have this notion that poc characters have to be perfect and can’t have character flaws. part of being a good character is having flaws and faults. however, it’s just weird seeing farleigh being held to a very different standard than the other characters who have done the same shit he did (or, have done worse). it’s even weirder pretending his character is meant to be one dimensional, or just this huge asshole, while simultaneously being able to see the complexities in the rest of the cattons/oliver. i’ve even seen people hate him for reasons that aren’t even true if they actually paid attention (i.e him stealing or even being completely at fault for what happened to felix). my posts were never supposed to give “you guys are racist for not liking farleign”. boring, maybe, but racist? nah. they were supposed to give “you guys may have biases to address if the reasons you hate farleign is something you can overlook in the rest of the white cast”.

feel free to ask me anything else though, anon. i’m always up for healthy convo :)

[tragic-ships-tournament]

ack i missed submissions, thats okay. however i still want to ask, what are your thoughts on rpf?

ehhhh. In my original post announcing the tournament one of the main rules was no rpf, but it could only be overrided if I thought it was extremely funny (thus the Triden)

I'm a fan of the Life Series and Hermitcraft SMPs (and am a recovering DSMP fan, yeah 😔) and even in those I rarely ever ship, even though in the case of Minecraft Servers there's the entire c! and cc! distinction.

I've just always thought that there was something weird about actively shipping real people with their own thoughts and opinions. Obviously I won't come at you if you do, ship and let ship, but it's personally not for me. I think famous people should be allowed to have their own private lives (unless they're trump and biden then they can go fuck themselves then each other). Yes I'll occasionally like cute couples selfies of my favorite celebrity and his wife, but I'm not gonna go around actively writing fanfic about them.

But random fun fact, there's this ship I ship in a fandom I'm in and I hc that another character actively writes rpf about them and there's an entire underground rpf community for them.

[echo-goes-mmm]

Are you a sadist or a masochist? Are you comfortable talking about what you get out of whump?

Honestly a little of both. I definitely identify more with whumpees than any other role, but like. I wouldn't mind if it went both ways

And yeah I'm comfortable with discussion about that sort of thing

For me, whump is cathartic in many ways. And yeah, there is some whump that gets me uh riled up. That's pretty common in the community.

I do get "whumperflies", but rarely.

My favorite parts of whump is actually the comfort. It's my most indulgent work, bc the idea of someone caring for me like, say, Ambrose (from Ambrose and Elliot) is just... so wonderful. I wish I had that.

I also really like the psychology of whumpees. Like the conditioning aspect, and how they rationalize how they've been treated. I've sort of done similar stuff to justify others actions in my life. It's not realistic depictions of someone's mentality (but who writes whump for realism? no one) but I find it... Comforting. Relatable.

Psychological whump also scratches that psychological horror fan itch in me (watch midsommar and the shining. my favs!)

I actually struggle with writing hurt, and you'll notice a lot off actual whump I write happens in flashback chapters or in brief "off-camera" scenes, or even throwaway lines or dreams

I would like to write more "on camera" torture, but I just find it difficult. Like how some writers struggle to write action sequences.

Anyway there's a variety of things people get out of whump, and I feel like I fit in most categories. I'm not a very specific dude

[arthurtaylorlester]

Hello found you through your malevolent posting and you post a lot about aroace stuff (the percentage of Ari fans in this fandom is so high?? I'm not sure what happened but I'm having the time of my life). I have a question. Don't feel pressured to answer, if you ignore this ask, no problem, it's your yard I'm just throwing messages in a bottle into it.

But Is there a word for person who experiences no romantic attraction? Like just for them. BC aromantic is of course "a person with little to no romantic attraction etc etc". So it's an umbrella term. But ppl who feel romantic attention under specific circumstances like greyaro, demiaro etc. They all get their own word. And they're valid, that's not what this is about. But there's no word just for people who don't feel romantic attraction. And it's not even really about labelling, it's that there's no space I can look for where romance isn't constantly a topic. I look up aro and 90% of it is people who experience some form of romantic attraction and discourse around that. Cool but it's not what I'm looking for.

I'm just wondering. If I'm the only person bothered by this or not.

(look I realise this is a bit of an essay but it's really not that important, please don't take it too seriously. Anyway love your malevolent content, bye)

hi! first of all, yeah malevolent is an aromanric magnet. don’t question it too much. /lh

second, i’m honoured you asked me of all people about this, i’ll try to answer you best i can !

i’m personally the kind of aromantic you’re describing, no romantic attraction at all. personally, i use aromantic to describe myself and be done with it, mostly because allos…. can be very uninformed to put it kindly.

i agree it can be very frustrating seeing people still talk about romance a lot if you aren’t favourable to it, so when i’m in aro space it tend to use terms like heartless aro or loveless aro.

these spaces are usually romance-free, because they inherently choose to reject all sorts of love!

don’t worry, i’m sure youre not alone in your search of a romance-free community. i actually (used to) post way more aromantic related content on my main blog, @aromantic-aromantic, so check out the aromantic tag on that blog if youre interested!

lastly, thank you for liking my malevolent “content” (its shitposts /j), it genuinely means a lot :)

[alarrytale]

No disrespect but how was Haylor worse than Holivia? Haylor only lasted two months; Holivia was two long years of hell and making out in public.

Hi anon!

It's okay! It's apparent to me you weren't here during Haylor since your're asking this, so let me explain.

I guess it depends on WHO haylor was worse for than holivia. But to me haylor was worse for both fans, harry and louis than holivia ever was. So it's not even a competition. Haylor was way worse.

Haylor was an uneven playing field. She was the bigger star, she had agency and she was the main driving force of making the stunt happen. She had plenty of high publicity pr relationships behind her (she was already a veteran). Harry less so. Holivia was more an even playing field in all ways.

Harry was only 18 and she was 22. That's a big age difference at that age. Holiva had age difference too but Harry was older and more experienced with pr relationships.

Haylor couldn’t stand each other from day one (for several reasons). Holivia got along fine (until she starting airing dirty laundry and harry soured).

Harry looked dead, tired and pale, sad and very uncomfortable at every haylor outing. T looked smug, smiling to the cameras and was awful to him bts for his lack of participation (just read the blinds and fan stories about it, it's not good...) Harry looked fine during holivia (until the last outings).

Harry had to kiss her at midnight at new years eve, smack dab in the middle of the crowds at times square. Watching the video she drags him, and sternly tells him what to do. Harry looked so sad and like he was just finished with a round of crying minutes before. Holivia kissed, but at least they pretended to be private about it. And harry wasn't crying.

Harry got physically hurt during stunting (snowmobile accident). He's still got the scar from it. Us fans were furious, and he'll always have that 'battle scar' from it. Holivia didn’t cause anyone any physical harm.

Harry had to do a 'walk of shame' from her hotel with a toilet bag. They really flaunted it in a way that the fandom didn’t accept at all. It enforced his womaniser image that the fandom so actively tried to dispel for him. The image rehab the fandom tried to do on his behalf was all for nothing.

Haylor had his family actively participating (not just on social media). Like 'meet the parents', joining them at the pub, hugging her etc. They had to help him sell it and be a comfort goat to him on dates. She visited him at home (feeding ducks in Warrington). Holivia never did interfere with his private life like that.

Louis. He looked devastated during the entire time. He looked sad, depressed and constantly on the verge of crying. He had to stunt himself, and even E looked worried about him. Just look at the pics of him at the time (where he is carrying the giant lion) and his sassy 'they're good friends (if that...)' comment. Compare that to the pap pics of him when they 'broke up'. It was the first smile we'd seen on Louis face in a month. It was a really dark time for him. Holivia, i'm sure, didn’t bother Louis. (except for him saying ted lasso is shit lol).

T played the victim (again) when they broke up and got an entire album out of it. Harry took the brunt of it of course. He got attention (as did 1D in extention), and people are still talking about the stunt till this very day, so we still have to suffer through it. Give it some time and holivia will be soon be forgotten (as the public did with DWD lol).

And last but not least, the fans. We were so upset looking at the absolute misery of H and L during haylor, while having to deal with T's smug face, empathyless and manipulative ways. I will never ever forget that time. We were genuinely concerned for their wellbeing. It was fandoms first 'big' stunt (first cut is the deepest). I will never forget how powerless we felt and how horrible the haylors were towards larries. Remember this was also just months after Louis's BS tweet so the fandom was unstable and fractioning. The larrie hate (from every corner) exploded. Haylor exacerbated everything and made fandom so much worse off. Holivia didn’t change fandom dynamics at all. It was just a source of irritation and insulting to our intelligence. Yes, it lasted longer than haylor did, but the impact on fandom and H and L was wayyy less than Haylor.

Tldr; Haylor was way worse than Holivia ever was.

[trials-of-a-spirit-worker]

Could we hear more about your animal spirit experiences

Sure thing, Anon.

I've had a few animal experiences. They're not super exciting.

Most often, it's small instances of a pet that died a while ago. A lot of the time, these experiences are my spouse's old pets. Sometimes they just let us know they're still there. A gentle rub on the leg. A meow we haven't heard in years.

One instance is when I head towards the door, a little black figure sprints towards it. It's their old cat who was an indoor-outdoor cat years ago before my spouse and I even met.

Their old black cat will still stare at me (he was very skittish and wary of anyone, but especially me) before jumping down from the counter and disappearing.

I still hear the thumping of her old dog who died a decade ago, slowly trying to follow me. But that's just inside.

Outside those are odd sensations. I've had some good experiences. I've been followed home by a dead stray. He was a good boy. Stayed by my side very loyally. I might've reminded him of someone he liked, or maybe because I'm small, he probably thought I was a kid. I felt the swish of his tail while he walked me home, always sitting at the last corner before my house right before turning back. It was always the same path with him. He'd wait to see me walking home, especially if I was alone, and then he'd accompany me to the same street corner before letting me leave. Told him he was a good boy near my last days of high school because I didn't want him to worry about me since I had no reason to walk that path again. He seemed satisfied with that and I never saw him again. Friendly dead strays usually follow, pawing for attention. I've seen people's old cats stare through the window before disappearing. Little shit. Sometimes an animal will call for my attention to follow only to disappear.

One I got really excited about was when I was in bed alone, and there was a little dip by my side. It was a mini fox looking spirit and it allowed me to pet it.

I've had some bad experiences. I've been growled at by something not human... Watching me while I was walking home at night. I've felt something dark nip at my legs while I walk home. I've felt stalked by something, to hear it jump out and only feel the cold wind on me.

My spouse and I swore we saw something like a hellhound once.

Walking across the street. Its form was inky and black. It looked like part of it melted into the asphalt as it walked. It was way too big to be a dog or coyote. No wolves go where we live. Too urban, too many people and things for a person avoidant creature. It was heading towards a nearby park. We wasted no time getting inside after we saw that.

We've heard a dog bark in the middle of the night but nothing about it sounded right. It was almost mechanical and far too echoey to be natural. Our dog refused to go near any doors when this happened. Our usually playful cats hid and stayed deathly silent. It was only until it stopped completely that everything went to normal again.

I wish I could tell you why these things happen, but only so much of the other side is known. Animal Spirits are one of those tricky ones. Never know what you're going to get with them.

[hansoeii]

Hullo! I’ve been watching a bunch of your Timelapses and I was wondering how do you always come up with the colours for your pieces? They’re always so cohesive and pleasing to look at (I almost exclusively work in greyscale so if I’m using colour it’s always a lucky guess and it never looks quite right)

Hey there!

I have to be honest that most of the time I don't actually know what I'm doing and that I have no idea how most of my pieces are gonna turn out. My work process is usually based on "Fuck around and find out", haha. I'm happy to know that it apparently doesn't come across that way, though.

A lot of it comes very naturally to me simply because I've been drawing non-stop for so long, but I can give you some small tips that really help me:

1. Have as many references as possible!

Here's what my reference sheet looked like for the Jayvik piece:

It helped me a lot to understand the overall color scheme I wanted to convey. Lots of very cold tones, pinks and very light blues and greens. These colours sorround Jayce and Viktor throughout all of season 2 and I wanted to keep them, especially since in my piece they are lying in the glowing hexcore.

Don't shy away from using references, get as many as you possibly can! Look at other poeple's art too and try to understand how they work with colours.

2. Work with complementary colours!

Since I paint a lot of romantic illustrations I want them to look pleasing and comforting, which I can accomplish by using complementary colours! You see this a lot with couples that are blue and red coded, for example. And I wanted to do the same thing in the Jayvik piece! For that I used the highlights in their hair!

Viktor's highlights are a soft pink hue.

While Jayce's are a soft blue hue.

The colour wheel works perfect for figuring out if two colors compliment each other because they are literally right across from one another!

3. It doesn't have to be true to life.

Pretty self-explanatory, but I thought I'd add it in here anyways. It's important to understand how colour and light works, but you don't always have to follow the rules. Does the rim light look cool but it makes zero sense? Who cares! Keep the cool rim light! Just have fun and fuck around.

4. A little trick to make your life easier!

I'm not excatly the best at colour theory, I still struggle with it quite a bit, but here's a little trick I like to use from time to time:

If you want all your colours to look coherent, take one specific color as your flat colour. Choose a hue that you would like your piece to have. Like this:

Now you choose whatever colours your characters have and paint them in. For example, here are the skin colours I chose for Jayce and Viktor:

Looks off, right? These colours don't fit the overall piece at all. So what do we do?

Turn down the opacity! It's that easy, wahoo!

I went from 100 Opacity to 72 for this specific illustration. And look at that!

It's so much nicer already! Now you know what colours to use as your actual flats! Just repeat this with every other part of your illustration and you'll have a great starting point. :)

I really hope this was helpful! I'm not an actual teacher and I don't have a proper illustration degree, so some things might not be completely accurate, but I thought I'd try my hand at this anyways!

[mecachrome]

DUTCH GP 2024 | How well Lando and Oscar know each other

L: Sooo we don't really know each other that well. O: *giggles*

[kuni-kuun]

still [unhealthily] obsessed with that one bsd mayoi halloween thing (Reaper!Dazai and Vampire!Kunikida) like cmon, Death and the deathless

Kiss(es) of Death

[bidamonalbarn]

PLEASE infodump about drake

okok this is specific to the drake/kendrick drama but i can also do a drake one too - im assuming you know basically nothing. & i barely know this shit so correct me if im wrong. also this will be routinely updated so! check in :D

2011 - Take Care (album) by Drake features Kendrick Lamar on the track Buried Alive Interlude

2012 - Drake has Kendrick open for his Club Paradise Tour. The same year they both feature on A$AP Rocky's song Fuckin Problems (also with 2 Chainz)

2013 - Kendrick called out a few rappers (J. Cole, Pusha T, Big Sean, etc.) including Drake. Drake responds saying he had no response, basically. They do this again the same year (Kendrick says shit, Drake doesnt respond)

2016 (ish) - They continue subtle beef (Kendrick saying Drake has ghost writers, Drake saying Kendrick "sold out")

2023 - First Person Shooter by Drake and J. Cole drops (their first collab since 2013). In the song Drake mentions "the big three" in reference to himself, J. Cole, and Kendrick

2024, Mar. - Like That by Metro Boomin' and Kendrick Lamar drops. In it Kendrick responds to Drake, saying "the big three ... it's just big me", implying that Kendrick is above Drake and J. Cole. Drake attempts to ban Like That from the radio.

2024, Apr. - Push Ups by Drake is released. The song is about how Drake believes Kendrick is being extorted - the track referencing the phrase "drop and give me 50".

2024, Apr. - Taylor Made Freestyle by Drake is released, his second diss track at Kendrick. Here Drake disses Kendrick for "selling out" specifically in reference to Bad Blood by Taylor Swift ft. Kendrick Lamar. Drake also used AI vocals of Snoop Dogg and Tupac - this resulted in him almost being sued by Tupac's Estate. Drake wiped the song from his sites

2024, Apr. - Euphoria by Kendrick Lamar is released. The track is 6 minutes long, cut down from its original 19 minutes. The title is in reference to the TV series Euphoria which Drake is an executive producer of - it's also referencing the sexualisation of underage people, something done by the show and (allegedly) Drake himself. Within the track Kendrick makes fun of Drakes accent, how Drake says the n-word, how Drake dresses... and a fuck load more

2024, May. - 6:16 in LA by Kendrick Lamar releases, less than 72 hours after Euphoria dropped. This track specifically disses Drake for having ghost writers/lots of co-writers. He also implies that Drakes friends are stabbing him in the back and selling his info. This track is co-produced by Jack Antonoff, who co-writes and co-produces for Taylor Swift.

2024, May. - Family Matters by Drake is released. I want to be honest with you, i didn't listen to this until i got this ask. This track implies Kendrick beats his wife. Drake also disses other rappers such as A$AP Rocky, Future, etc.

2024, May. - Drake releases a Buried Alive Interlude Parody on his Instagram

2024, May. - Meet the Grahams by Kendrick Lamar is released. In this track (which is by far my favourite of all the tracks) Kendrick calls Drake a deadbeat dad and accuses Drake of having another secret child (apart from Adonis). Kendrick has a verse dedicated to this supposed child in which he basically parents her - teaching her all the things Drake wont. He also implies Drake struggles with alcohol and gambling

2024, May. - Not Like Us by Kendrick Lamar is released. The fourth diss track from Kendrick. In this track Kendrick alleges that there's pedophiles and trafficking within OVO (an indie record label founded by Drake). Kendrick also says that every rapper who's complimented Drake is lying and now hates him for using Tupac's vocals through AI. This track includes my favourite line "Tryna stike a chord and it's probably A-Minor"

[moonsun2010]

Ooh man, I love your Crew of Light's first Christmas tags.

Can you imagine... Lucy died on the longest days of the year, when light fades and darkness starts to reign on land and on everyone's souls from losing her. Then a month after Dracula becomes ash the Crew of Light are there together on the longest night of the year and Christmas and near the dawn of a new year. Light starts to slowly but surely come back, as if Quincey made sure of it.

Context: Anon is referring to my tags* on this post... Anon I wanted to reply to this with a comic on Christmas but I took too long,,, consider it a post-Christmas gift:

*My tags: #im damn rusty on the loreTM rn but i do agree arthurll throw a fancy ass celebration and stuff as expected from the lordling #and then once thats done the real celebration of them meeting at the Harkers occurs where its more somber. i imagine the 1st christmas #postDracula is very somber. its barely been a month after all. no parties in the goldaming estate this year im afraid yes the new lord is #just so deeply in mourning isnt he devoted. sitting at the grave of his beloveds every week. hes still in his room now mediating i heard #just as the loneliness finallt gets to arthur hes greeted by a knock at the door. seward has come to find him—one look at his drawn face #is all it takes to know they were both mourning the same ppl. so they go. down to the harkers' where van helsing is alr waiting by the door #chiding them for their lateness ('didnt you receive my telegram' 'that seems to be a recurring problem yes') even as VH's hug warms them up #from their trek through the snow ('oh no we dont need a carriage dears enjoy your christmas'). they become warmer still sitting ard the #hearth with the Harkers similarly harggard yet brightening instantly as the group reunites... and as they exchange stories of the dead #it is as though they still walk amongst them their memory forever kept alive. if 2 ghostly presences watch from the doorway well. #do pardon them. they just missed their family so much.

[bulldog-butch]

do you have any tips for eating pussy !!!!

BOY DO I

i feel like i have to put a corporate disclaimer so i don’t get sued, but obviously not everyone likes getting their pussy ate the same way and it’s good to talk to a partner about what they like and dislike. that being said i often get stellar feedback on my pussy eating (i literally changed my girlfriend’s mind about getting their pussy ate 😈)

first off, forget probably everything you’ve seen in porn. if someone could watch you eating pussy and see your tongue then you’re doing it wrong (unless you’re in the first few minutes and warming up or like taking a tiny breather) otherwise if you’re getting down to business then your face should be drowning in the pussy.

second, forget all the kitschy shit you hear. no one is actually getting off to someone spelling out the alphabet on their clit. finding a consistent rhythm is key and it’s usually something incredibly simple. i opt for up and down because i can go longer with that motion and it tends to get a better reaction than side to side (but i do throw a little of that in there). also when i say up and down i don’t mean like a flicking motion. do not flick the clit with your tongue. you’re rubbing it not flicking it, so keep your tongue flat and just rub it up and down (or side to side whatever you’re going with). the other most important thing i can say is SUCK THEIR CLIT. start soft if you don’t know how sensitive their clit is and then ramp it up if you’re getting positive feedback. save this for a little flare, i wouldn’t usually stay sucking it for more than a few seconds.

okay now that i’ve gone over technique, let’s put it all together. start of slow, really show that you’re giving the pussy all your attention and not just doing it because you feel obligated. lick the whole length, stick your tongue in their vagina, suck on the labia, have fun with it! get to know the pussy you’re about to go to town on! then when you’re ready to get down to business start focusing more on the clit and setting a steady rhythm. maybe start getting a little faster but as soon as you hear “right there” or they start pulling your hair DONT ALTER YOUR PACE. i think a common mistake is people hear that and get excited and start going faster but the whole point is you just had the right tempo and now you’ve changed it. also if your jaw starts hurting (as mine often does) but you don’t want to stop, i would suggest try moving your whole head up and down to give your jaw a break.

last but certainly not least, my personal favorite move is to give the g-spot some attention while you’re down there. use a finger or two (or three if you’re feeling spicy) and do the come hither motion while you’re working on their clit, and i can almost guarantee that you’ll have that person seeing the light

[jkvjimin]

PARK JIMIN ↳ 5th muster - japan making film

[cr. namuspromised]

[captain-bubble-wrap]

I'm having a shit day, I need Quinn to fix it

Please and thanks

cw: injury description

Rain, rain, go away, come again...when you didn't have a hundred errands to run and were short on time to do them. Naturally, it would pour the entire time you were out and about, and your umbrella had decided to break the first time you went to use it. It really set the tone for the rest of the day; a terrible foreshadowing you had hoped wouldn't be the case.

The only reason you were out running those errands in the first place was because you had taken the day off to make sure everything was nice for when Quinn got back home. You knew he was going to be exhausted after finishing another six straight games on the road. Plus, you wanted to enjoy the evening with him knowing nothing would be looming in the back of your mind that would take away from your time together. However, since the minute you got up it was like everything was stacked against you. You had slept through your alarm, getting up almost two hours later than you had intended. You thought you had plugged in your phone but hadn't make a proper connection so your battery was at 12% to start the day. And to add insult to injury (literally), you had dropped a glass while in the kitchen and had cut your hand while trying to pick up the pieces.

Today was proving to be one of those days that were best spent at home, but unfortunately, that wouldn't be the case for you. By this point, your phone was now sitting at 6%, because you realized, after you had left the parking garage, that the charger you left in your car was in Quinn's. You just hoped it would hold on long enough to get you home.

You would be stopped at a red light, mid rush hour, when a message would ding in. It was Quinn and the dreaded text you didn't want to come across your phone until you were already back at his apartment.

"Hey baby, we just touched down. I'll see you soon. I love you."

"I might not be there when you get home. Stuck in traffic. </3 I love you, too. <3 <3 Also, phone is about dead. >:("

"Just be careful. I've missed you."

"I've missed you, too."

- - -

Getting everything out of the car had been hard enough, but carrying them with your cut palm was the worst. Being half asleep and dealing with broken glass was not a good combination, something you would note for the future. Sure, you couldn't have texted Quinn to see if he would help you, which you knew he would have, but you were determined to get it done yourself.

When you stepped into the elevator, from the parking garage, all you could think of was "please don't break down. I do not want to walk up the stairs. I do not want to be trapped in an elevator with a dead phone." Thinking it was a bad idea to put such thoughts into the Universe, you'd just count floors instead until you reached Quinn's.

It was a struggle to unlock the door but you had managed though your hand was burning and you were pretty sure you were bleeding again. Just something else that would get tended to later. Once inside, you'd drop everything at the door and Quinn would come from the bedroom to greet you.

"Oh sweetheart, why didn't you tell me you were downstairs? I would have helped you with all of this." He wrapped his arms around you and you melt into his body. "I have missed you so much."

"I'm so glad you're home." All of a sudden and without warning, you begin to cry. Likely a culmination of trash sleep, stress, no food, and pain. Your body and emotions were just fried; not to mention you hated when he was gone for so long.

"What's wrong, baby?" Quinn would say softly, gently tightening his hold on you. "Are you alright?" Anytime you were having a rough day, he was the first person to notice and always did everything he could to make you feel better.

"No," you said, hiding your face in his neck. You weren't ready to have him see how much you were struggling.

"Why don't you go sit, hmm? I'll get this."

"I wanted to have everything done for you but today has been awful."

Quinn pulls away from you just enough to tip your chin up towards his face. You can't escape him now and the look on your face makes his puppy eyes heavy with emotion. "Oh, baby~"

He kisses you several times, each one of them sweeter than the last, yet the tears still continue to fall from your cheeks. "Come on, this stuff can wait."

Taking your non-bandaged hand, he ushers you to the sofa where he insists you sit in his lap so you can be as close to him as possible. You loved moments like these just on better circumstances than today had given you.

"Baby, you're bleeding. What happened?"

You had reached up to brush some hair from your eyes when he caught sight of the bandage now tinged bright red in the center. You dropped your hand to your leg and shook your head. "It's nothing. Just a clumsy accident."

"Let me see."

You refuse, sniffling and trying to hold back the welling tears.

"Please?"

Damn those eyes of his; damn the tone of his voice that just took your breath away. You could never truly tell him no and this was no different. You'd turn your palm upwards when you presented it to him, scared it was worse that you thought it was initially.

"May I look at it?"

You just nod, before laying your head against his shoulder. You didn't want to see it and you knew him pulling back the adhesive of the bandage was going to hurt, even though he had the softest touch.

Quinn was always so careful with you; always asking for permission especially if it would potentially cause you pain. Slowly he'd remove the bandage and you would wince against the discomfort even though he did everything he could to make it easy on you. "How did this happen?"

Quinn's tone conveyed deep worry and hurt and that didn't give you the reassurance you were hoping for.

"This morning. I got up late, and was half asleep taking my vitamins and I guess my hand just stopped working and I dropped it. It shattered everywhere. I didn't realize I had grabbed the raw edge until it was too late and I cut myself."

"Oh sweetheart," Quinn whispered laying his head against yours. "Want me to fix you up?"

"I'll get it."

"Please?"

Twice now, he had used that word with (that) tone, and twice now you would fold without another chance to resist. Again, you would silently nod, letting him slip out from under you while he disappeared into the bathroom for a few moments. You remembered how you had left it and it made you feel worse, but when he returned, the only thing that mattered to him was making sure you were alright.

"You said today was awful, how come?" He talked to you while he worked so to keep you from focusing solely on your hand and the pain. Everything he did was so thoughtful.

"I stayed up too late watching The First 48, then I slept through my alarms this morning, so I was two hours behind. I guess I hadn't clicked my charger into my phone fully so it didn't charge. I dropped the glass. I didn't get the apartment cleaned. I didn't get the laundry put away. I forgot my charger was in your car. My umbrella broke." With each added reason for the bad day it made you more emotional to the point that he had to stop cleaning the cut to lay a hand on your leg and try to calm you.

"Shhh, baby, baby, it's okay. None of that matters now. I didn't expect you to be waiting for me at the door. I'm just glad you're here now, but I'm sorry you had such a hard day. The apartment is fine, please, don't worry about it."

"But...I left the bathroom~"

"I don't care about it. Honest. I want you to feel welcome here; I want it to be your home. Home should feel lived in." Quinn leaned forward to kiss you yet you frown. You still felt so bad for everything not being done like you wanted it to be. "If you're here, that's all I want."

"You're so nice," you squeak out, hiding your face with your free hand. You don't realize you were breaking his heart, feeling so bad about missing your self-imposed marks.

"Sweetheart, will you look at me, please?"

Dropping your hand, you let your eyes be exposed though you keep it pressed to your lips.

"You're the only thing I care about when I'm here. If you're okay, I'm okay."

"But I'm not okay."

"And I'm not either. May I finish this for you?" His smile was so sweet, so heartfelt as he held your injured hand in both of his. When you answered "yes, please" Quinn brought it to his lips before finishing what he had started. With each new step of the process, he'd check in with you before continuing. He didn't feel that you had any glass in the wound or that you needed stitches, but he didn't want you to do too much the next few days.

"Alright, babe, all done."

"Thank you."

"Of course. Anything for you," his smile continues. "How about you go change your clothes, get into something comfortable and we'll have a lazy evening in bed. I'll get the groceries put away and we'll order take out. How's that?"

"Do you want some help?"

"No babe, I can get it. It won't take me that long, but thank you. I'll meet you in there, okay?"

"Okay." You give him a kiss as a thank you, later apologizing for your mild breakdown earlier.

"It's alright. You're only human, sweetheart and you had a bad day. I can't say I'd do much better. I'd never judge you for anything like that," Quinn replies, holding your face for another kiss. "I promise."

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slugpelt’s writing unironically helped me mend my relationship with my mother. I can’t say stuff like that about a lot of characters

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Can we please not fucking do the bullshit "if you still like [insert media here] after this news, you're a HORRIBLE person who hates victims and wants rapists to thrive" thing?

I'm a victim of several different types of abuse. I use stories to escape my trauma. Do not DARE tell me that something I got emotionally invested in BEFORE learning about the horrific things the creator did means I'm an awful person. You know who says shit like that? Abusive people. You know how I know that? Because that's one of the control tactics my abuser used against me.

Fuck all of you who are using this to play fandom police and feel morally superior to people who are struggling to come to terms with something horrific right now.