#I see that they're currently accusing me of hating working class gay man (a thing that I literally am)

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

Nobody go harass this person but @circularcheez-it I saw your screen cap in the tags, I'm gonna take you in good faith here, even though I probably shouldn't, but that original post posed a question that, if it was such a bad take, you could easily disprove it by answering. I laid out what Ed had already tried and what he didn't have access to. So if you can answer it, I'll change my mind. How does Ed in this situation get Izzy to stop emotionally abusing him without killing him or cutting off toes? Propose a solution if you think it's stupid. If you can't I'll stick to my original post. The floor is yours.

Side note in the future if you're gonna vagueblog about me with screen caps could you not tag it with every Izzy tag under the sun I've blocked a lot of people who I know to frequent those tags on purpose because they've said things that I'm uncomfortable with as a gay man, a drag queen and an SA survivor and I don't want them to play with my posts for fear of harassment, which is why I've blocked them. Thank you.

"In WhAt WoRlD dOeS dEfEnDiNg YoUrSeLf FrOm EmOtIoNaL aBuSe InVoLvE mUtIlAtIoN"

Ok let's try this: You're on a pirate ship, you happen to be the captain. Your first mate is constantly manipulating you, threatening you, trying to kill the people you care about, isolating you from any potential community you might have, and verbally abusing you.

Here's what you've already tried:

Telling him to stop

just letting it happen and seeing if he'll tire himself out

being amicable to him and telling him he can open up about his feelings if he wants to

trying to engage him in a friendly manner in something you like

firing him and kicking him off the boat

threatening him

and none of those things have made the emotional abuse stop.

What options do you have left? I'm genuinely asking. How would you handle this situation. Ask someone for help? Oh you can't do that you're the captain and the last time your friends helped you kick him off the boat he came right back with the Navy. Get a restraining order? You're on a pirate ship, you're the highest authority. You leave the boat? He hasn't given you the vibe that he's willing to accept that answer. Last time the two of you were separated he came back with the navy remember.

The only option left available to you is violence. You can maim him and hope that keeps him in line, or you can kill him. There aren't other options. If you think abuse victims should just lay down and take it sorry to say but that's the pro abuse position.