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Sliding Into Home ~ A Bump In The Road

Pairing: MLB!Frank Adler x Abigail Hernandez (OFC)

Synopsis:

After a trade from Boston to Los Angeles, first baseman Frank Adler would seem to have it all. Money, women, an amazing niece, yes Frank should have it all. Except for one thing. One thing that left after a mistake five years ago. Los Angeles should be the chance to start over. Except she is supposed to be in Boston. Not his new medical director.

* A Frank Adler AU x Major League Baseball Story**

Warning: ANGST (i can't stress this enough), second chances, cheating, S~M~U~T!!, slow burn, drug use, abandonment issues, betrayal, domestic violence (i may have missed some), flashbacks

Dividers by me

I do NOT give permission for my work to be translated or reposted on here or any other site, even if you give me credit. DO NOT REPOST MY FICS. Reblogs, comments, likes, and feedback ALWAYS appreciated

Previous: The Next Adventure

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Coffee.

The essential nectar to start any day.

Goes great with a day off and starting the morning slow with a naked woman in his bed.

At least, Frank thinks so as he carries two mugs up to his room. Abby is still flat out on her pillow, and he can’t help but smile. She’s beautiful and his. But the next big step was still to come. He places a mug on her side before doing the same on his and climbing back in. He pulled out his phone and dialed his lawyer.

“Good Morning, Barber and Associates, how may I direct your call?”

“Andy Barber please.”

“May I ask who is calling?”

“Frank Adler.”

“Just a moment.” The line moved to hold music as Frank ran his fingers through Abby’s hair. He heard a click before he heard, “Morning Frank. Kinda early for you.”

Frank chuckled. “Kinda but not for you. How are you, Andy?”

“I’m good Frank, just getting my day started.”

“Same. But I did call with a purpose.”

“And what is that?”

“I want to know what the adoption process would be. To adopt Mary.”

The line was silent for a beat. “Just you or...”

“No, Abby and I want to formally adopt Mary, but I wanted to know the steps, know any obstacles that we may have.”

“No problem.” Frank could hear Andy scratching on something. “Let me look into the original custody agreement and see if we file this in Massachusetts or in California.” He stopped. “I’m happy for you, Frank.”

“Thanks Andy. We’re gonna tell Mary today.”

“Shouldn’t be a problem but I’ll get back two you soon. Give my love to Abby.”

“Will do. Thanks Andy.” He hung up the phone and looked down to see his bride looking up at him. “Morning Cricket.”

“Morning love. How’s Andy?”

“Good. Sends his love.” Frank sipped his coffee. “Asked him to investigate the adoption process. He’s gonna look at the custody agreement and let us know the easiest way and if we have any obstacles. Might take a couple of days.”

Abby sat up. “Really?”

“I told you; I want this and I'm gonna make it happen.”

Abby giggled as she threw herself into Frank’s arms. He adjusted her onto his lap so she could straddle him. She took his face in her hands. “We’ll be a proper family?”

“We already are the day you took me back Cricket. I don’t need paperwork for that, but I want the world to know that Mary is ours.”

She leaned in and kissed him hard. “I think today is a pancake day.”

“Its not Saturday.”

“No, but it’s the first day of the rest of our lives.”

Mary bounced down the stairs, Dodger always close on her heels when she smelled it. “Pancakes!” She races down the last steps to see Abby and Frank cooking in the kitchen. She scrambled onto a high top at the counter. “Pancakes!” she said again.

“Good morning to you too Nugget,” Frank said.

“Sorry, good morning!” she chirped. “It’s not Saturday.”

“I know, love, just felt like having a special day,” Abby said as she flipped a pancake.

Frank set the table with fresh berries, juice and coffee and they sat with Scott joining them. They chatted and ate, their family unit enjoying time together. As they were finishing. Frank cleared his throat. “Nugget, we wanted to talk to you about something.” Scott made a move to leave but Frank shook his head. “I called Uncle Andy this morning.”

“Is something wrong?” Mary looked back and forth with her adults.

“No, honey, nothing is wrong. I wanted to get some information about changing our living arrangements.”

“What does that mean?”

Frank looked at Abby and gave a small wink. Abby smiled and took a deep breath. “What do you think of us asking the court to official adopt you?”

Mary froze. The tension in the room was palpable. “Adopt me?” she whispered.

“Yes, adopt you,” Frank said. “Make me and Abby your parents, officially.” No other noise was heard. Even Dodger knew to stay quiet. Frank watched Mary’s face to see if he could read what she was feeling. When he saw a single, fat tear run down her cheek, he moved from his seat to kneel before her. “Mary?”

“You want to be my daddy?” she whispered.

“Baby, I already am. This is just to make it official.” He cupped her cheek, “I told you before, you’re my girl and now I want the whole world to recognize it. I love you, my sweet girl, my Nugget.”

May threw herself into Frank’s arms and held him tight, sobbing. Frank soothed her, speaking soft words and rubbing her back. As soon as she was calm enough, she launched herself at Abby. “Oh, my sweet girl.”

“Momma, promise you won’t leave again.”

Abby choked. Momma. That one word shifted her axis. “No, Mary, momma won’t leave you again.” She hugged her tighter as Frank wrapped his arms around both of his girl. Scott snapped a photo of the moment.

Where three people became one family.

A couple of weeks went by. Andy had called back the same day and announced that as Diane had waived her rights as a parent and no father was listed, it should be smooth sailing to petition for adoption. “The only thing that may come up is that the natural father can submit a DNA test to prove paternity and contest,” Andy said. “But since Mike is in the wind, it’s unlikely he’ll do this. I’m confident that the adoption would go through without issue.”

The family decided that they would wait to the end of the season to pursue the adoption to allow Frank to concentrate on getting the Dodgers to the playoffs.

Abby was sitting in her office at the stadium when her phone rang. She answered without looking at her phone. “Hello?”

“May I speak to Dr. Hernandez please?”

“Speaking.”

“Dr. Hernandez, it’s Detective Diskant in Boston.” Abby snapped her head in attention.

“Hi, Detective. Is something wrong?”

“No, ma’am, just wanted to let you know that we have Diane Adler in custody here in Boston.”

Abby sucked in a breath. “She’s in Boston?”

“Yes. We have admitted her to the psychiatric ward of the hospital. She is not a danger to herself but since she was wanted for assault and acting strange when detained, the doctor on duty found it would be in her best interest.”

“Wow, ok. Umm, do we, I mean, does Frank have to do anything? As her next of kin?”

“No, we have gotten in touch with her mother, who is fine with everything. Since you are the victim, we wanted to give you a heads up.”

“I appreciate that Detective. I’ll let Frank know.” Abby hesitated. “Do I – do I have to see her?”

She heard the detective sigh. “If we go to trial, yes. But I will be there with you every step of the way. She won’t get to you.”

“Thank you, Detective. I’m at work, so I should go.”

“If it’s any consolation Doc, she’s getting the help she needs.”

“I know. Still doesn’t stop the hurt that my best friend did this to me.”

A couple of hours later, Frank was waiting but the entrance for Abby so they could go home. When 20 minutes went by, he went up to the offices. He found her in her office, sitting in her chair, staring out the window. “Cricket?” She jumped at the sound of his voice. “Whoa, hey, baby, it’s me.”

“Frankie, shit I’m sorry, I was a million miles away.”

“I can see that. Everything ok?”

“Yeah, yeah.” She went back to staring out the window.

“Cricket, love, what’s wrong?” Frank went to kneel in front of her. When a tear rolled down her cheek, he frowned, wiping it away. “Abby?”

“Detective Diskant called earlier. They found Diane. She’s being held in the psych ward.” Abby wiped the tears on her face furiously. “I don’t even know why I’m crying. She put us through hell.”

“But she was your best friend. Basically, your sister.” Frank tucked Abby’s hair from her face and behind her ear. “Fifteen years of friendship just doesn’t go away.”

“I know that. At least I thought I knew that. But,” Abby huffed, “I’m just so angry at her. I’m angry she left Mary. She just threw her away. Who does that? I mean, I want my girl, but I just don’t understand. And then she was with Mike and not with Mike or whatever their messed-up friendship is. And now I’m angry at myself for letting myself be with him.”

“Abby…”

“No Frank, it’s not ok. They did all of this bad stuff to us, and we lost five years because of them. Why? Why did this happen? Why can’t we just have a normal life?” She cried into Frank’s shoulder, sobs racking her body.

All Frank could do was hold his wife. She wasn’t wrong; this entire situation was messed up, but he wouldn’t change it because it gave him Abby and Mary. As she calmed, Frank turned over an idea in his head. “Baby, why don’t you meet with her?”

“What?” Abby pulled back. “Meet with her? Why would I do that?”

Frank shrugged. “Get some closure? Air out all these feelings that you are having and direct them to the person who needs to hear them.” She sat quietly for a few moments. “Look, Cricket, maybe it helps, maybe it doesn’t. But you can’t hang onto these feelings. It will eat you alive. And for the record,” he sighed, “if I had the option, I would ask Mike the same questions. He was my best friend, and he did all of this.”

“Can I think about it?”

“Of course, love.” He kissed her forehead. “Ready to head home? We promised Nugget burgers tonight and Scott has a date.”

“Ooh, with the guy again?”

Frank chuckled. “Yeah, I think so. Let me take you home, my love.”

A couple of days later, Abby is pacing nervously, waiting for Susie to show. “I’m here, sorry I’m here,” Susie says walking into Abby’s home office. “Ready to do this?”

“Yeah, just nervous. I mean Frank said that it would give me closure but just the thought of asking if I can, just makes me want to vomit.”

Susie wrapped an arm around her. “Its ok. I know it’s tough with Frank on the road but it’s only a couple more months of games before their home. Well, unless the make a playoff run.”

Abby rolled her eyes. “Don’t remind me. That first one, with Mary only being a year or so, was brutal. But whatever. Ok, here I go.” She pulled out the card and dialed.

“Boston Metropolitan Police, how may I direct your call?”

“Detective Paul Diskant, please.”

“One moment.” Annoying hold music came on before she heard, “Diskant.”

“Hello Detective, this is Abby Adler.”

“Dr. Hernandez, how can I help you?”

“First, it’s now Adler, had it changed a few days ago.”

“Noted. How may I help you Dr. Adler?”

“I was wondering if there was a way to meet with Diane.”

“Can I ask why?”

Abby chewed her lip. “I need answers. Detective, you have to understand…”

He cut her off. “That she is your sister-in-law and former friend.” She hears his sigh. “Look Dr. Adler, I don’t know if this is a good idea.”

“Paul,” she took a chance on his name. “I need to find closure and a trial won’t do that. I just need to get this off my chest so I can move forward in my life.” She took a breath; “I need to be back in Boston in a couple of weeks. Can you at least consider it?”

There was a beat before she heard him again. “How does your husband say no to you?”

“He doesn’t.”

Paul chuckled. “Fair enough. I’ll make arrangements for you to see her when you’re back. Just let me know the details. Here’s my cell.” He rattles off a phone number. “Is someone coming with you?”

“I might ask my brother to come with me.”

“Abby, just so you know, I’m letting you use my first name. But you make a good argument. I’ll see you when you are back in town.”

“Thanks Detective.” She hung up and turned back to Susie. “He’ll do it.” She stood up and blanched.

“Great.” Susie frowned. “Abby? You look pale.” Abby swayed a little. “Oh my… Marco!” Abby would have to hurt her head had Susie not caught her head. Her brother ran into the room.

“Susie, what the… Abby!” He ran to her side. “Baby, get the car!” Susie ran out the door as Marco scooped up Abby in his arms. “Abby, c’mon princessa, wake up.” Susie drove as they took her to the hospital.

A couple of hours later, Abby blinked her eyes against the harsh light. When she could finally open her eyes, she saw Marco and Susie sitting next to her. “Marco? Susie?”

“Hey Abby girl,” he took her hands. “How are you feeling?”

“Tired. And thirsty.” She tried to sit up but laid back down. “What happened?”

“Doctors say you’re dehydrated. They’ve had an IV in for a couple of hours to give you fluids and some vitamins. What’s going on sis? You know better than this.”

Abby was confused. When was the last time she had anything to drink? The stress of Diane and Mike had clouded her mind. “I don’t know, Marco, I’ve just…”

“Hey, its ok. I’ve called Frank and told him to stay on the road for now. He’s waiting for your call.” A knock on the door turned his head, “oh hey Doc.”

“Mr. Hernandez, Dr. Hernandez, how are you feeling?”

“A little lightheaded and thirsty.” She smiled weakly.

“As expected, given how dehydrated you are. Is it ok to go over your blood results with you and your husband?”

“Oh, Marco isn’t my husband, he’s my brother.” She giggled as Marco grimaced. “Susie is his girlfriend but feel free to discuss.”

“Sorry,” the doctor said sheepishly. “Well, everything looks good besides the lower level of electrolytes, which is expected with the dehydration. But I’m guessing it just boils down to the first stages of your pregnancy.”

The world stopped.

“Want to run that by me again?”

"You’re pregnant. I’m guessing just a couple of weeks, no more than five. You probably haven’t noticed the symptoms yet. But it would have shown on a pregnancy test…” he trailed off. “You haven’t yet, did you?”

“No,” Abby’s lip was trembling.

“I’m sorry. Yes, you’re pregnant. We can do an intravaginal sonogram to check the progress. But for now, I’ll let you finish this IV bag and then rest and hydrate at home.” The doctor moved to leave. “Again, I’m sorry for how I announced it but congratulations.”

As soon as the doctor left, Abby looked at Marco and Susie. “Not a word.” She took a moment. “Oh my god. I’m pregnant.”

“We’re you guys trying?” Susie asked gently.

“No but we weren’t stopping it either. We wanted to wait until the adoption went through. How am I going to tell him?”

“We’ll think of something,” Marco said. “Making me an uncle again.” He hugged his sister.

“Not a word to Frank. For now.” Abby smiled. “He’s going to be so happy.”

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melonseed11art · 1 year ago

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Um. Hello. I pop out of the Aether to bring random art again XD

I'm basically never active anymore am I lmao well. Here's something I've been wanting to post but forgot about until Security Breach Ruin came out and got back on my SB stuff again XD

I had this silly idea to make some of the people in fnaf but with the Final Fantasy xiv races because.... I'm obsessed with crossovers XD

...And because I wanted to draw Gregory as a catboy lmao

I'll start this one off with him 'cause yeah. I kept picturing him as baby Miqo'te (specifically Keeper of the Moon because I just couldn't resist the big eyes/ fangs). So um. Yeah.

I also was planning on doing the Aftons plus Vanessa as Viera for somewhat... obvious reasons XD But I only got Evan/CC and Elizabeth done so I'll just post them separately.

I was also gonna draw Cassie as an Au ra and I have the basic idea down, was just waiting until there was a proper reference of her first.

***Click for better quality!!!***

DO NOT REPOST MY ART HERE OR ON ANY OTHER SITE!! Reblogs are awesome though! <3

Art by me.

Characters Scott Cawthon/ Steel wool studios

#melonseed11 art #fan art #final fantasy xiv #crossover #five nights at freddy's security breach #five nights at freddy's #fnaf gregory #miqote #keeper of the moon

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cryptias-space · 3 months ago

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Welcome Welcome

My name is Cryptia and this is my blog! The main point of this blog is for my art and writing, but it's probably gonna have a lot of random fandom reposts.

This is not going to be exclusively a nsfw blog but I will post/repost nsfw things occasionally. At the end of this intro I'll have a tag guide for my posts and one of them will be a nsfw tag. I wont block minors but I'm going to avoid following/interacting with minors as much as I can.

ART AND WRITING COMMISSIONS OPEN!

(Meet The Artist I just made, added Oct 7th 2024)

About me/Tag guide below the cut

Like I said, I'm Cryptia! I'm a 20 year old, transmasc, queer and disabled artist/writer. My special interests are in reptiles, my books/original characters, and Starkid's Hatchetfield series. My pronouns are it/they/he/xe but in no particular order. I have AuDHD, BPD, NPD, DID, and struggle heavily with all of it. Because of my audhd I tend to fluctuate how active I am but I'm trying to work on it. I have an account solely for writing (@quillandcoin) but I wanted to make one I could use for multiple things. I'm a therian, furry, I'm Hellenic religiously, and I love games, anime, and music.

Some of my favorite games include Cult Of The Lamb, Content Warning, Lethal Company, Stardew Valley, The Long Dark, Danganronpa and Wolf Quest.

Some of my favorite anime/manga include Higurashi, MHA, Spy × Family, OHSHC, Demon Slayer, Fairy Tail, Beastars, and Kakegurui.

Some of my favorite bands/musicians are System of a Down, Lydia the Bard, CALYPSO, JubyPhonic, any vocaloid, Mother Mother, and Penelope Scott.

When it comes to writing, I write almost exclusively romance or some form of psychological horror. I write a lot of diverse characters and value writing queer, trans, and neurodivergent/disabled romance stories. A lot of my books have fantasy elements in some way as well. Lots of fluff and angst in my writings.

When it comes to fanfictions I write a lot of smut and angst, still with fluff of course. I want to write more fanfics and love taking suggestions for them.

I draw a bit of everything, but I tend to focus on humanoids/furries. I am working on learning how to draw poses better, along with learning how to draw NSFW.

I don't have a specific DNI because no one ever follows it. I will block who I don't want on my page. If you're looking for a DNI all I ask is that endo's/supporters and pro self harm/ED blogs please don't interact. I am also Pro Palestine so any pro israel people please kindly fuck off.

Tag Guide

#Cryptia Writes - My Writings

#Cryptia Reads - Reposting writing I love

#Cryptia Draws - My art

#Cryptia Stares - Reposting art I love

#Cryptia Talks - Yapping about random things

#Cryptia Squeals - Fandom posting

#Cryptia Hisses - Yapping about animals

#Cryptia Barks - Therian or Furry talking

#Cryptia Prays - Hellenic things

#Cryptia Moans - Posting or reposting nsfw things (block this tag if you don't want to see it)

#Cryptia Screams - Mental health posting

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creativitybutnotreally · 1 year ago

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Inktober day 16 - Angel

Like I said, no one's getting hurt, except for us.

#My baby boy #The second half of the drawing drops tomorrow #And I'm gonna repost them as one post #Scott McCall #inktober day 16 #teen wolf #my art #inktober 2023 #boygenius #He's trying his best ™

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raindropren · 3 months ago

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I guess I should make a Semi Introduction post since i'm using the site more :]

Ello! I'm RaindropRen! Aka Hermes or Fish or Ren. I use He/Him! and I'm an Artist :D

I'll mostly be here to look at and post MCYT stuff :]

I like, Hermitcraft, Empires SMP, Life Series(Double Life and Secret life are the favs), Fantasy SMP, and Evo SMP

I mainly watch Pearlescentmoon, tho I also tend to watch Gem and Joel, However I watch alittle bit of most of the hermits .w.

I have an MCYT AU that I will post about alot! Cause it's one of my favorite things <3 (It's also very pearl centric rn as most of my brain is consumed by her story.) If u ever wanna know literally anything about my AU, please ask! I can and will answer alot. i ramble. lots!

DNI is the standard, go away, Pr*ship*ers of any sort, Homophobes, Racists, Transphobes(Etc), AI "Artists", NFT anyone, and anybody who supports the things I just mentioned, and 18+ accounts.

More Specific! before u interact, these are mostly for other hermitcraft/empires/lifeseires fans :]

If you draw/post/repost, Grian x Pearl, Scott x Pearl or Sausage x Pearl, Please don't follow me and stuff. if you ship it and don't post about it, idc I won't know .-. (if I followed you without realizing, you can block or softblock(?) me if u want)(Gonna be honest, any C!Pearl X Male Character makes me extremely uncomfortable)

I'm actually realizing i don't have anything else inside of the mcyt fandom to say lol. if I posted stuff outside of it I'd have alot more to say XD If I ever need to add anything, i will.

anyways :p

(Screenshot/gif collection ahead)

(the first ones tiny so I put a different one aswell and now it looks like she's watching them on tv alittle Lol)

here's ur second really weirdly tiny one

if u want u can give me mooreee :3 teeheee

#Lemme know If i'm tagging this right! .w.#Pearlescentmoon enjoyer #Hermitcraft fan #empires smp fan #Life series fan #double life fan #secret life fan #uhh #introductory post #intro post #yee

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artisticmenace · 2 years ago

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PROSHIPPERS DNI I FUCKING HATE YOU!!!!

Other DNIs below.

im approachable and you should talk to me. cue hypnosis. on or off anon. you can literally never talk to me again if you wanted. this is the internet and idk who you are or where you live ok.

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Hello, dear friends and accociates. Welcome to the normal info section.

hiii. I'm tabs. I'm suuuper gay(asexual panromantic). I'm also an artist. Any scorn or prejudice will be promptly ignored. Criticism will be looked over as long as its constructive.

profile picture forever and always by me. unless this message changes in which im not using my own art as a pfp anymore.

fun facts:

im not a stoner but a lot of people think i am

i <3 maximalism and i want to be cecil palmer

in an ideal world i would be a clown

Status:

dude i AM the stress ball

About me:

I have a bunch of OCs, and I'm writing so many (unfinished)books... Yeah, that's right. I like to suffer and die creatively TWICE!! I can not be helped. I'm just goofy like that sometimes. I hate most non canon ships for fandoms im in, but I'll probably just go "ew" and leave you alone(depends on the ship, really). I haven't been tested for autism or ADHD but enough things line up, so I'm like 80% sure. The 20% is self-doubt. I like to dress fancy, and my general look is deep woods cottagecore that has recently drank from the lake of maximalism. You won't see pictures of me, probably, because my room is NOT clean. Sometimes, I vent on here, but that's because I am the only demographic this blog needs. I love you, too, but your feelings are only being considered a little bit. I use tone tags every now and then if I feel I would be misunderstood. On that note, I am more likely to ignore or ask for clarification if you say something rancid or silly than get on your ass about it.

Those Days:

I'm gonna be making a comic called Those Days about a small town old gay couple, Scott and Rodney, telling their life's story. They've been friends since their sophomore year in high school, and they've seen a lot. Scott was a punk, to say the least.

For the actual comic, you'll need to thosedayscomic, the blog I made for the comic.

^^ I'm currently working on the first issue. I do have lots of art of them though.

Tags for my comic:

those days, those days comic. also any character names first and last.

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Current Fixations:

Camp Here and There (Waiting for S2)

Welcome to Night Vale (all caught up)

The Magnus Archives (help)

The Magnus Protocol (screaming)

Good Omens (wkealt. wbotpfalt.)

Malevolent (ep 21. kayne and kellin are my wives)

What's Currently Crippling:

good omens is going to kill me. i will never be able to think of anything else what the hell

Also:

I love interaction! I will always discuss my interests, and l o r e when asked. In other words, PLEASE TALK TO ME !!!

i use ibispaintx btw and i watch the ads for my brushes

things you can do with my art:

- You can use my art as a pfp or banner on any social media(if u rlly want to) excluding twitch and yt if u have a channel AS LONG AS YOU CREDIT ME

- you can use my art for like. wallpapers and edits or wtv. i dont care if u post them w credit as long as you arent selling them.

things you can NOT do with my art:

- repost w/o credit

- actually just steal my art

- use it to train ai

- use it for anything commercial unless ive either a) given you permission or b) you commissioned/traded me or i gave it to you for free (this includes twitch and yt if you have an active channel that you post/stream on)

if any of this comes up i will start using watermarks again even though i usually dont cause no one is stealing from me rn.

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Art Requests/Asks: Open!!

Art Trades: Open!!

DMs: Open(as long as you arent a creep or an asshole obviously)

(cant do commissions because the world hates me but dont be shy to trade me. not particular on what i get back as long as i made someone happy. cause it feels amazing to see something i did made someone happy)

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DNI LIST because I'm a little hater:

proshippers (what the fuck. what the actual fuck. fictional or not.)

active members of the hazbin/helluva fandom(if i am reminded of that shitshow when you interact with my page UTAFSHBDBDBDJNSJAGAHAOSHHAGA)

racists, sexists, homophobes, transphobes, etc

pro-israel.

18+ blogs (a whole minor)

those problematic "sexualities" (ex. super straight, MAP, zoosexual)(also RCTA what the fuck)

people who fake disabilities/mental illness

people who actively misuse words that describe mental illnesses even though they are well informed about that sort of thing

those fucking people who ruin pretty houses and antique furniture and old clothing. fuck you.

people who write smut about canonically sex repulsed asexual characters(jonathan sims) and just people who decide they dgaf about anything like that. bi-erasure, aro-erasure. anything erasure. i hope youre having a terrible day.

sydelijah shippers get out.

(this one is unserious) people who dont deadname twitter

PRO HOA YOU DONT EVEN BELONG ON TUMBLR FUCK YOU I HOPE MY FUTURE SOMEWHAT UNATTAINABLE MAXIMALIST HOME PISSES ON YOUR BABY

people who are mean to me. i havent had any yet but just in case. if you disagree with my take, thats ok bc you arent the demographic for my blog. I AM!!!! /silly srs

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Here's my sick tags:

artisticmenace - anything that is a post by me

menaceartisticity - art and art related things

themenaceuseswords- text posts. i say shit sometimes.

themenacerants - my new tag for when i lose my shit

menaceencouragement - words of solace and encouragement from me

menacepoetry - poetry/songs yeah. probably sad stuff cause im miserable sometimes

menacescrawling - writing. oh buddy boy.

menacemusicality - im a choir kid what do you want from me

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Thank you, I love you.

going to collect these things because why not

credits, top to bottom:

butterscotch-goat

cowboyinternist (2)

#intro and info #introductory post #artisticmenace #themenaceuseswords #menacepoetry #menacearticity #menaceencouragement #themenacerants #menacescrawling #menacemusicality

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velcrow101 · 1 month ago

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All things considered i think i'm done with Cringetober for the time being.

PROMPT REVIEW:

HETEROCHROMIA: I've. I've done heterochromias before. this isn't that much of a challenge.

SELF INSERT: I am still very scared of putting an unadulterated version of myself into any sort of fiction, fan or non. so I intentionally skipped this one.

UNECESSICARILY COMPLEX FIT: Still not entirely sure of the Complexity on this one but i'm still satisfied :3

ANGEL X DEMON: Mark my words that these two will get better art in the future.

MS PAINT: Still mad that windows 11's paint program got so screwed up that i had to move entirely to paint.net

NEKO: Considering I'm a Furry, this is far from a challenge.

PINTEREST ART BASE: I had an idea for this. But then I couldn't find a good base to use. I instead appropriated Day 15 to complete on this day.

TUMBLR SEXYMAN: Still not a Onceling. But Onceler felt like the obvious choice this day.

CROSSOVER SHIP/RAREPAIR: I'm still dipping my toes into the fandom scene, so in my frantic scrambling, I shipped the first think that came to mind.

FURSONA: Again, Not yet confident in having a fursona yet. Unless you count December.

YANDERE: Felt like a bit of a departure from what I felt my usual style is or should be. But I still completed it!

NICHE INTEREST: ??? ??? ???

CREEPYPASTA: I think I was too busy making the thing for Della Delightful to figure out which classic creepypasta to draw.

CANDYGORE: This was said Della Delightful thing. I accidentally took the prompt a little too literally to properly repost on the main acc, but i think there's still a noticable amount of lore that can be gathered here.

SONG LYRICS: I Knew Pocketing those Penelope Scott Lyrics was a good idea!

FAKE ANIME SCREENSHOT: I would waste way too much time on this prompt in the service of making it "perfect".

OLD ART REDRAW: Good luck finding any of my old drawings 'cause none of it was posted online and/or are most likely mostly gone for good. I physically could not complete this prompt to my satisfaction.

DOLLS/PUPPETS/ETC: I Tried to base Chloe's Clothing off of the 2012 Holiday Barbie's Dress. But then I just kinda. didn't.

HANAHAKI DISEASE: I Couldn't figure out the scenario let alone pull it off with how sucky i was feeling at that time.

100% SATURATION: Funny Oversaturated Colours :3

MAID DRESS / SAILOR UNIFORM: I was planning on fusing them both. But unfortunately the mood forced me to get a "once every other day" schedule and this unfortunately fell out of the proper parity.

MEME(S): It was just one meme. But I was happy to draw Soho Again.

MLP: Again, Parity Problems.

GIJINKA: It was Divine Inspiration, the choice to Gijinka Dusty. And then i think it ran out before I could manage to figure out what she'd wear for a top so I just sorta made her wear a bikini top and shorts i'm sorry-

ALL EDGE NO POINT: I am Diametrically opposed to edge. So I was going to skip this either way.

BABYGIRL POSE: Couldn't manage to figure out which character to draw before the day came and went. I Asked a couple friends which babygirl i should draw and neither of them were any help.

ALT FASHION: This and onwards I'm skipping. I am sorry.

HOT VILLAIN: I was honestly waiting for divine inspiration to strike to let me determine who to draw, because I never considered any of the villains I know of to be attractive to me. Yes, even the Onceler. Man's basically CEO Incarnate.

VIDEO GAME: by god this prompt is vague. it'd be tough finding a videogame that's both cringe and not entirely problematic.

HALLOWEEN: Probably gonna do this for Della anyways ngl i can't pass up this chance

15/31 seems like a nice run.

Shoutouts to:

close friends @hamstersquid and @kitwiings (for reblogging and liking a lot of the prompts) @iridescentwhite (for reminding me to do it) @crying-over-cassettes @icryink (for the original 2023 cringetober which i used for 2024 because i missed out the last time)

Thank you for all the support!

WELCOME TO CRINGETOBER!

I wanted to post the prompt list a month in advance so people have time to work on it :)

There are no hard rules; it's just a fun art exercise to draw things that are considered "cringe" by popular culture. Don't stress if you miss a day!!

Even if you don't participate, it would mean the world to me if you just shared the prompt list because it took me a while to make it lol.

I hope you have fun with it!!!

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John Lennon & Me - Jeff/Star - Pride Month Prompt 10 : Asexual

Cw not smut but there is a lot of talks of sex and I know this is a smaller work so people might not know the characters are both underage. I myself am a minor so I think it's fine for me to write this sort of thing but I'm just putting that out there as a content warning Prompt : Write either an M/M, F/F, F/M, or Other (to include nonbinary folks) fic (can be fluff, hurt/comfort, whatever you see fit) in which either one or both of the characters in that pairing are asexual OR a gen fic in which an ace character (can be a canon or headcanoned character) is coming out to/being comforted by/otherwise talking about sexuality with their friend(s) Headcanon : Asexual!Jeff

It was a good few months into her and Jeff's relationship when Star realized the two of them hadn't done it.

Of course, that wasn't her main focus. She loved kissing him, she loved hanging out with him, she loved him.

Still, it was a little odd to her that he hadn't tried to advance things considering that he was the one who really made the first move right at the start of everything by really kissing her, even though their relationship was all an act at the beginning.

So, she figured he just needed a good nudge.

"You know, Jeff" she said with a coy smile on her face. Her fingers were tracing his stomach in a motion that was growing increasingly lower. "You're really cute"

"Okay" he said, his tone a bit uncertain. He wasn't stupid- He had a hunch as to where this was going. "Star-"

"You know" she cut him off and her hand was inching lower and lower still. "I really think I could show you some-"

"Star" he said firmly and she quickly retracted her hand. "No"

"Jeff, we've been together for months" she told him, a bit annoyed. He frowned. "Why haven't we done anything? Is it cause of your insomnia? Cause we can wait until you have more of the energy to-"

"I don't want to, Star" he told her. "Ever" he added and her face fell. Fuck, he thought. This is it. She's gonna break up with me.

"Do you not like me anymore?" she asked and his heart just about broke. "I mean... I thought-"

"I love you, Star" he told her earnestly. "Honestly, it has nothing to do with you"

"What is it, then?" she asked, clearly still a bit upset. He sighed.

"I don't get the... Urge" he told her, going a bit red at the admission.

"Do you have erectile dysfunction or something?" she asked. "We're in a hospital. I'm sure you could get some medication to-"

"It's not a medical issue" he cut her off, though he didn't seem annoyed. He looked more sad than anything. "I'm asexual"

"Oh..." Star replied. A tense moment passed and then she sighed. "I'm sorry"

"For what?" Jeff tilted his head in confusion.

"Guilting you, I..." she shook her head. "That was pretty selfish of me. I didn't realize... I mean, you never told me-"

"I thought you wouldn't wanna be with me if you knew" he admitted. Star looked horrified.

"Oh, Jeff" she said, kissing him on the forehead and pulling him close to her. "I'm not gonna leave you. It's not that important to me"

"So, you're okay if..." he swallowed thickly. "If we never do it?"

"I love you" she told him with finality. "More than anyone else I've ever met. And if being with you means not having sex, I'd take that any day over being with someone who's more into it, okay?" A small nod. "Now, how about we just watch a movie or something? Scott mentioned earlier that we got some more DVDs"

Jeff smiled and kissed her. "Yeah" he replied. "I'd like that"

Do not repost on other sites! If you want to participate in this month's challenge, there are 30 LGBT-centered prompts that you can find here

#fanfiction #fanfic #fanfic challenge #fanfic prompts #prompts #john lennon & me #john lennon and me #jlam #jl&m #pride month #pride #lgbtqiia+#lgbt #lgbtq #asexual #asexual jeff levine #theatre #theater #asexuality

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* rules : share five songs that represent your muse ! repost , don’t reblog .

Rises the Moon - Liana Flores Days fade into a watercolour blur Memories swim and haunt you But look into the lake, shimmering like smoke Rises the moon

Lotta True Crime - Penelope Scott Y'got three motherfuckers in a big white van Two dumb friends and one mean man Well she'll fucking kill you She wins every fight She's gonna rock your shit by the end of the night

Halloweenie IV: Innards - Ashnikko I like to wear my human skin outside, in disguise I contort my body into something that you'd like Have to sew my innards up, stitch 'em tight, I'm so shy Hide my ten-foot tongue behind my Hollywood smile

Happier - Marshmello, Bastille Lately, I've been, I've been thinking I want you to be happier, I want you to be happier Even though I might not like this I think that you'll be happier, I want you to be happier

#🪐⇁ ❝ headcanon ❞#( dash games )

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thereisabearonmyceiling · 3 years ago

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a collection of all the flower drawings i've done so far :) (in chronological order)

#mcyt #(in order of appearence)#k4yfour #katherineeliz #ethoslab #solidaritygaming #scott smajor #ldshadowlady #tinfoilchef #feinberg #reposting these for future reference #cause i wanna try to finish the ones i still have in my inbox #also i'm gonna post some shameless self promo in a bit so y'all get this to compensate #lumi's swag art

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Okay I already replied on ao3 about this, but Im gonna repost my replay here cause I feel some people should see this.

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A few extra points about how it might have been the dread doctors who put the idea of killing Scott in Theo's head back in the first episode of season 5 we have belasko another chimera who tried to kill Scott and after he failed Theo then took up the job to me at least it shows how the dreads might have wanted Scott dead and after balesko failed passed on the job to theo later in the season we also have a scene with theo and malia where theo mentions that the dread doctors wanted everyone dead and that he convinced them to just kill Scott and that he did what he had to, to survive.

Next point is that I just don't think Theo really had free will like some people think he does, we see the dread doctors going around killing chimera's that they deem failures and at first we see it's cause their rejecting the transformation but as we see when Theo brings them back to life the dread doctors could have easily fixed that issue but they still killed them, then going back to balesko we see him at the end of the episode pleading "I can do it just give me a second chance", the dread doctors specifically say "no second chances" and kill him, the dreads also say that he needed to remove the obstacle(meaning Scott) and as we see later in the season the dread doctors say Theo is a partial sucuss but a failure none the less what all that says to me is that the dreads give the chimeras certain jobs like killing, manipulating, etc and if they fail or don't deliver they are then killed. So I think if Theo ever tried to leave or betray them they would instantly kill him. So honestly if I was Theo I would do the same.

So, to summarize we see that the dread doctors first gave the mission of killing Scott to belasko and when he failed they killed him and passed on the job to Theo, Theo even managed to convince them to only kill Scott instead of the whole pack, and if Theo ever failed or disobeyed they would have killed him I think that's why Theo killed Scott in such an emotional way cause his original plan failed and he didn't get scotts power but he still didnt deleiver what the dreads wanted thats why theo looked so angry and emotional its because he was afraid. Kinda like what he tells Liam in season 6 "you only feel one emotion at a time, that's why you get angry when your afraid" and all these points aren't taking into account all the grooming, abuse,and manipulation he went through with the dread doctors

I'm not saying that Theo is blameless cause their were certain situations where he could have handled it better but he was doing the best he could with what he knew and he was just a kid he shouldn't be in that situation in the first place that why I can't judge or blame him in my opinion it all falls on the dread doctors.

On Theo Raeken and Manipulation

Introduction:

The purpose of this is to explore what manipulation really does and the effects it can have on people – especially young children. And, as should be no surprise to anyone, it is also an ode to Theo Raeken. A defense of Theo Raeken, if you will. I’ll be referencing three scholarly articles, one Tumblr post, and the show Teen Wolf (obviously). But, I will admit, most of this is speculative. I’m going to try hard to keep it to canon, but I know my bias is going to be in there. But instead of stating it as fact, I’ll ask open-ended questions you can feel free to fight with me about. But this really isn’t the post I intended on making. I intended to write a pure essay on defending Theo Raeken, but that’s been done before no one listens. I thought I’d switch it up and put my Psychology degree to good use, finally. Okay, that’s enough introduction. Let’s roll.

Who is Theo Raeken?

If you don’t know, you should probably stop reading unless you really care about manipulation and its effects. I’m writing this assuming you know who Theo Raeken is and why he needs defended.

Definitions of Manipulation

All of this comes from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344540018_PSYCHOLOGICAL_ASPECTS_OF_MANIPULATION_WITHIN_AN_INTERPERSONAL_INTERACTION_MANIPULATIONS_AND_MANIPULATORS. They refer to different types of manipulation, and use other terms for it occasionally. They start by defining “influence during interaction” – a subtype of manipulation – from psychological dictionaries as “a process when an individual is changing the behavior of another person as well as his/her attitudes, intentions, ideas, as a result of the person’s activity.” Cause and effect changes occur in the person’s mind, such as psychological characteristics of the individual*, group norms, public opinion, et cetera. Psychological impact can be explicit or implicit, depending on whether the goals of the manipulator are communicated in advance and not hidden. This is clearly the case in season 5 – Theo knows all about the Dread Doctors’ plan – but whose to say it was always like this? You can assume perhaps it was, if he knew what he was doing it for when he took Tara’s heart. But just because they told him one thing doesn’t mean they told him everything – did he know of their master plan when he was 8/9/10 (I wish canon gave us an actual age)? We have no way of knowing this, so for the sake of this article we’re going with the assumption both occurred at different stages. But implicit (covert) psychological influence emphasizes its destructive characteristics. Meaning, manipulation, at its core, can be positive or negative, depending on what the person is being manipulated to do. But obviously Theo wasn’t selected to do benevolent things, so we can get a sense of implicit manipulation here.

There is a latent impact in manipulation that can make the victim susceptible to pursuing various goals and intentions of the initiator. I talked to Des (the wonderful @bendystrah) about this particular point. Once again, what we know about Theo’s childhood is very limited. We don’t know what all he did for the ten-ish years he was with them. We don’t know what all they did to him. We don’t know a lot. But this point is saying the victim can be persuaded into doing what the perpetrator wants, even if they’re not their own goals or intentions. I bring up this point for a reason. We all know in season 5 he was acting on his own free will most of the time (does he even have free will still? Or has it been totally warped and convoluted?), but we know little about what happened with Tara. We know how she died, and why she died, and who is responsible for her death (well, I’m about to refute that one actually). What we don’t know is if Theo woke up one morning and went, “Huh, I kinda want Tara’s heart actually.” You can hate Theo and claim he did, but again, we have zero evidence that points to the fact Theo was already an evil child. We all know he was being visited by the Dread Doctors before Tara’s death, so I think it’s pretty obvious they were the ones who wanted Tara’s heart to make Theo a genetic chimera. Why her heart? Why them? We don’t know that, but we do know their goals and intentions – to make Theo a genetic chimera – and they get Theo to do the dirty work for them for whatever reason. So, in this point, I am claiming it’s possible Theo was completely manipulated into doing this and didn’t have any intentions of ever doing it until he was visited by the Dread Doctors. I mean, this is literally laid out in 5x16, so I’m just talking to talk. If you aren’t insane like me and don’t remember every Theo scene in an episode by just its number, it’s where he’s talking to Stiles in the sewers.

STILES: The guy who murdered his own sister when he was nine?

THEO: Yeah, I was nine years old. I also believed a guy in a red suit came down the chimney to deliver presents. So when three people in leather masks showed up and said that my sister wanted me to have her heart, I believed them, too.

So we know what the goals and intentions of the Dread Doctors are. It’s not hard to assume Theo is telling the truth in this scene (for a number of different reasons, including why lie and it lines up nicely with our theory), and, if he is, it goes to show he was psychologically influenced into doing this.

Furthermore, manipulation is always negative. Even if the goals were altruistic – which they are clearly not here – the process of manipulation is a negative one. This doesn’t really tie into our thesis here, but it is important to note.

The object of manipulation is viewed “as a means of achieving one’s own goals . . . without taking into account the interests, will, desire of the other side.” Meaning: the Dread Doctors didn’t care what Theo wanted. He was not their equal. They didn’t sit around a table and gently ask Theo what his interests, will, and desire was. We’ll never know Theo’s true interests, will, and desire before it was warped* into something else.

Okay, this next point is a bit complicated and is giving me a little bit of a headache (and I’m also a little high, which is so fun to admit to in an essay). But basically, “the manipulative impact focused on personality structures is characterized by the actualization of an interpersonal conflict, when the recipient of the manipulation is held responsible for the choice made through suffering in doubt.” So let’s break that down. That’s basically saying, there’s an impact of manipulation in which the victim is held responsible for what they did while being manipulated and thus feels interpersonal conflict. And obviously Theo is. No one ever argues the point that he killed his sister. And I’m not claiming otherwise, so don’t come at me yet, but this definition is claiming the victim of the manipulation is not at fault for their actions, but the person manipulating them is. And, as a result of this, the victim has interpersonal conflict. I mean, do I even need to say it? Theo’s entire Hell is this interpersonal conflict. To continue, it is claimed that “this type of manipulation the exploitation of the personality, because here . . . the desire [is] to shift the responsibility for the committed actions to the recipient, while the manipulator gets the win.” Once again, this claims the victim is not responsible for their actions, but the perpetrator(s) of the manipulation is. Now is where it gets tricky, and starts to give me a headache. It is said in these cases “it is extremely important for the manipular to create an illusion of choice for the agent of influence” and “when a person is sure that he/she is acting of his/her own free will, he/she will do much more than when he/she knows that he/she is fulfilling someone else’s decisions imposed on him/her.” Okay. I took a break (finally) and now I’m back. Knuckles cracked and everything. So, what this is talking about is when the manipulator wants something but, for whatever reason, doesn’t want to do it themselves and thus use the victim as a conduit to carry out their crime. They make it feel like the victim’s idea, because this makes the victim more likely to do it. I talked to Des about this one too, and what conclusion I came to was how this could possibly – possibly, still no coming at me yet – be the case with Theo’s desire to kill Scott. We know Theo wants Scott dead for his powers. But do the Dread Doctors also want him dead? That, here, is the key question. Me and Des think yes, as having Scott out of the way would make their work easier. But they don’t care so much that they’ll do it themselves. But what if they, really, want Theo to kill Scott? We don’t know if they do or don’t, so we can’t say for sure either way. I’ve done a little research on this but can’t seem to find any solid conclusions on the matter (trust me when I say I looked). So this one isn’t really sturdy, but it’s an interesting theory that the Dread Doctors allowed Theo to feel like he was making his own choices when really he was just helping the Dread Doctors carry out their plans. Maybe they, too, wanted the chaos and discord within the Pack. Now, obviously bringing the Chimeras back wasn’t their goal – hello, why kill them, then? – but I believe they also could’ve stopped Theo had they wanted to. They could’ve stopped Theo from doing anything if they had wanted to. The fact that they didn’t doesn’t point to them being nice and chill and just letting Theo do what he wants. To me, this is more likely stemming from the fact that, somehow, this all fit into their master plan – or, at least, didn’t interfere with it. But, like I said, if they wanted to stop Theo from doing any of this, they could’ve. Which makes me wonder if Theo’s free will wasn’t as free as it appears.

This article also mentions how authority is a particularly sound influence, but I will also explore a similar topic later on so I won’t bother with it now.

*This definition refers to the fact manipulation can cause changes in the psychological characteristics. Now, as a later source mentions, we will never know the full story of Theo’s childhood. All we know is what the show tells us, which isn’t a lot. But we can assume he wasn’t, like, one of those “evil children” who were just “born that way.” Because Scott or Stiles would’ve mentioned that, if he’d gone around killing animals or something. You can argue they didn’t know, but we also have literally zero evidence that he did do anything like that, so it’s a weird assumption to make. He had asthma, and played Little League, and no one ever mentions anything blaringly wrong with his early childhood. What I’m getting at here is a change in psychological characteristics. Maybe Theo was evil before, and that’s why the Dread Doctors targeted him. Or maybe he wasn’t, and went through actual psychological changes in his characteristics which caused him to act differently than he ever would have had he not been put on this path.

*In season 5, his interests, will, and desire are having a Pack and having power. These are his intentions and goals. First of all, I want to note that none of his goals are “murder.” Does murder fall into his plan? Absolutely. He’s clearly very much okay with it. But it’s not like his motivations are as shallow as “killing is fun!” He has reasons to kill Tracy and Josh, and reasons for wanting Scott dead. You can argue what he did to Scott was the worst thing he did, because he killed him out of emotion, not gaining anything from it. I know I’m basically saying premeditated murder is better, but that’s not what I mean. I just mean it isn’t like he originally set out to kill people for a good time. Killing people just happened to be the way to get what he wanted. Furthermore, who knows what his intentions would’ve been had he not lived the life he did? His intentions were formed as reactions. Wanting a Pack was a response to, well, not having one. And wanting power was a response to having none. If he’d been able to live a normal life, there’s no reason to assume he would’ve ever had aspirations like that.

Who is Manipulated?

Everything in this section comes from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8905186/. This article, actually, does not explore the heading at all. It explores radicalization in a religious sense in prisoners who were manipulated. But, the data in the article made it worth using for our purposes here. Starting with the fact “that the process of radicalization follows several phases, during which the recruiters indoctrinate and prepare young people for the use of violence.” And that sentence is what this section is really about: youth. This section will demonstrate how crucial of a factor age is, and what that says about Theo.

“According to this model, recruiters identify their targets in vulnerable contexts.” What this means is that the victim is usually already vulnerable in the eyes of the manipulator. Now, we don’t know why the Dread Doctors chose Theo. We know, like, three things about his early childhood, and none of those three things are even his age. But one of the three things is that he had asthma. Okay, you say, so did Scott. Well, maybe the Dread Doctors were looking for someone who had asthma and also a sibling. That sounds unlikely, but I’m simply illustrating the point that it is a possible weakness he had in his health, making him potentially already vulnerable. Or maybe he had shitty parents. Or maybe he had great parents. We don’t know anything else about his childhood. So we can’t really confirm this point, but what’s important is that we can also not deny it.

Next, “the first phase is psychological submission (emotional radicalization), whereby the young person loses their autonomy and becomes dependent.” Well, this is pretty obvious. The Dread Doctors took Theo away from his parents, and thus he became entirely dependent on them. What else is an 8/9/10 year old supposed to do? He has to depend on them, he has no other options. He can’t just depend on himself, because how is an 8/9/10 year old supposed to have or make money? How’s he supposed to eat? Where is he supposed to sleep? So, yeah, he’s dependent. But, this is also “achieved by using persuasive and aggressive communication strategies, such as social isolation and inducing confusion between reality and fantasy.” We definitely can check the social isolation. Now’s where one of the Tumblr articles comes in. In this post (https://demonzdust.tumblr.com/post/178486817906/part-i-introduction-theo-before-the-dread) the author states that, “We know that the Dread Doctors kidnap and experiment on people while they are still conscious. We also know that they are capable of inducing hallucinations. They can do all of this unbeknownst to others. That leaves them with a lot of tools to shape a young Theo into what they wanted.” I reference this post because it says what I wanted to say better and more succinctly than I could. Especially the part regarding the hallucinations, and how that ties into the article’s point about inducing confusion between reality and fantasy. Like we’ve said, we don’t know what all the Dread Doctors did to Theo. But it’s entirely possible they confused his reality and fantasy, at least for a period of time.

Now we get more into the actual article, which is about religious radicalization. But we’re going to spin this into a Theo context. “Finally, in the third phase of violent disinhibition and legitimization (violent radicalization), the recruit validates the use of violence by associating with the mistreatment and oppression allegedly suffered by their new group, identifies the enemy, and shifts responsibility by making an attack essential to improving their situation.” Okay, that was a lot of words. Let’s break it down. In short, for there to be violent radicalization, setting a clear enemy and making the victim feel like attacking that enemy is the only way to improve their situation must be present. This goes back to my earlier point about the Dread Doctors and possibly wanting Scott dead/chaos and discord in the Pack. Did the Dread Doctors convince him this Pack consisting of his old friends was the enemy? Did they make him think they needed to be disbanded for Theo to get his own Pack and the power he’s craving? We don’t know. We can’t say yes, but we also can’t say no.

Next is where we get into the youth aspect of this section. Youth is noted as “a particularly relevant stage in the radicalization process.” We know Theo is young. As young as 8 when this started, and around 18 during season 5. This article talks about 20-28 being young, so Theo would fall into the category of being extremely young. If youth is a relevant age in radicalizing 20-28 year olds, what exactly does it do to someone who might be 8 years old? The article continues by stating, “Age could be considered a risk factor for radicalization.” Which just means that Theo had a risk factor already before ever being visited by the Dread Doctors. Why? Why is being young more of a risk factor? Well, I’m glad you asked, because I have answers.

The experience of more extreme and variable emotions

Greater threat/stress sensitivity

Commitment with violence

Basically, young people experience more extreme and variable emotions due to “deficits in both emotional regulation and emotion reactivity (sensitivity).” This also applies to the second point, and why threat/stress sensitivity is greater. Now, the last part is more for adolescents than a child. But it states that the youth are more likely to engage in risky behaviors and commit more violence than other age groups. Now, these are not reasons Theo is the way he is. Everyone is a child/adolescent at some point. But these are risk factors, and they could have played a role in making Theo more susceptible to manipulation and violence.

Barely Even Human

Yeah, I know it was cruel to name this section that. But it fits. Everything in this section comes from https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-manipulation/. This article defines manipulation as “radical programming or reprogramming of all or most of an agent’s beliefs, desires, and other mental states.” The thought is that “that manipulative influences bypass the target’s capacity for rational deliberation.” This is implying that the Dread Doctors and their manipulation of Theo could’ve bypassed his ability to really think about the choices he was making. This has long-lasting implications. If we believe this to be true, it is possible that the Theo we see simply doesn’t have a “capacity for rational deliberation.” Meaning, he acts in irrational ways, or ways that look irrational to others but seem rational to him because he lacks the ability to purposefully and calculatingly make decisions. Instead, he acts in a way that meets his most basic survival needs. And what does a wolf need? A Pack. And what does someone who has been manipulated for a decade need? Power. He needs a Pack and power, and thus those are his goals. Are they rationally deliberated goals? We don’t know, but this article suggests the possibility that the answer is no.

“Manipulation is commonly used aggressively, as a way to harm the manipulator’s target, or at least to benefit the manipulator at the target’s expense.” This point doesn’t have a lot to do with the points I’m making in this essay, but it does make me sad for Theo.

“Another natural way to account for the wrongness of manipulation would be to claim that it violates, undermines, or is otherwise antithetical to the target’s personal autonomy.” This is, more or less, what we talked about earlier. That Theo may never have made any of the decisions he made if not for the Dread Doctors. This implies none of this was done out of his own personal desire to do so, and that it may very well be things he never would have done otherwise. The article goes onto further state that, “It is natural to regard [manipulation] as interfering with autonomous decision-making. The idea that manipulation is wrong because it undermines autonomous choice is implicit in discussions of manipulation as a potential invalidator of consent.” Meaning, Theo’s consent wasn’t important during the time he spent with the Dread Doctors. The Dread Doctors didn’t take it into consideration. This doesn’t mean he actively did things he didn’t consent to doing, but it does bring up the possibility for further discussion.

Lastly, this article states that, “In this view, manipulation involves treating the target as a device to be operated rather than an agent to be reasoned with.” We already know the Dread Doctors viewed Theo as an object. Whether he could be a success or a failure. They never cared about him as a person, merely as a tool to do things they couldn’t/didn’t want to do. If you view Theo this way – as a device to be operated – it takes away some of the blame placed upon him for his actions. He was wound up and made to go, simply put.

Conclusions

TL;DR: Manipulation is bad. Don’t do it. Theo was manipulated, and primed to be so because of his status as a youth. In this essay, we explored his actions and the possibilities behind why they occurred. Our conclusions are that it’s entirely possible he was completely manipulated by the Dread Doctors and thus acted as a puppet whilst they pulled the strings.

If you disagree with anything I said, let me know. But not just in a “screw you you’re stupid” way. Let’s have an actual conversation.

I hope you enjoyed this at least a little bit, or learned something from this. This is Kay, signing off (for now . . . ).

xoxo, kay

#theo raeken #theo raeken deserved better #teen wolf #thiam

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