#and trying to overcome that trauma

[ronithesnail]

What if the real reason senshi is so against ressurection magic is because if he had had it back when his mining group first found the dungeon then maybe he could have saved them from their fate.

If it’s so easy to revive people in this place then how come his family is dead anyway?

[seventeendeer]

ppl are too quick to point to laios' disability as the reason his friends think he's a freak sometimes. so many instances of laios getting yelled at are, in my eyes, a case of "this guy had to emotionally mature very early in order to be there for his little sister" combined with "much older friends who never had to learn to manage their own emotions to the same degree"

a lot of the time he's right about needing to be more direct/deal with things in a way that may seem scary/needing to put your gut reaction aside. he tries not to make his friends uncomfortable and he puts up with a lot because he's trying to keep the peace, but he also pushes the others out of their comfort zones purposefully to try to get them to think more constructively. everyone else in the party is prone to acting on their gut instincts and avoiding uncomfortable situations even when facing them head-on is very much necessary. part of what makes laios such a great leader is the fact that he knows from experience how to put his own feelings aside to help someone else grow.

yes, he does make a lot of social blunders by accident and he does struggle to connect with others, but not all of his positive influence on others is accidental or "despite" making people uncomfortable. a lot of the time, I think it's clear he knows exactly what he's doing and he's trying to help the people around him process emotions in a healthy way as they all go through some truly harrowing shit. all the main characters support each other as well as they can with their unique emotional skillsets. laios' skillset just happens to be "gently talk child into eating her vegetables"

[pondunderscore]

DAKOTA COLE!!

alt title:

SCARS THAT DON'T HEAL

[realbeefman]

stacy is sooo interesting because she's in love with house but knows that they will never ever be able to have a healthy, stable, sane relationship because they're too similar so. she finds house-lite instead and marries him and. essentially moves on with her life! and is successful in this because she's a moderately well-adjusted person!

wilson, in contrast, never manages to escape the inevitable, in spite of his best efforts to find a house-lite of his very own, because he's an absolute fucking freak and ends up glued to house to the bitter. bitter end

[lethal-spaceship]

Boy failure Dipper Pines.

[n3on-graveston3s-calling]

Holiday Season: One Piece edition

Aka, who's doing what with you.

Part I? Maybe?

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ . :☆ﾟ. ───

Sanji

•Cooking, obviously.

•But ALSO, baking. Trying out new cookie recipes that you found!!

•FUDGE. He made home made fudge.

•Teach him how to make peppermint bark??

•He's the chef, you're his little helper. Which means you're taste testing whatever he makes!

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Ace

•TIME TO FIND A CHRISTMAS TREE!

•Which sounds like a good idea at first. Until Mr. Hot Hands accidentally starts a small fire with dried pine needles.

•You two goy banned from the Christmas Tree Farm, sorry.

•It's fine its okay it's all good.

•You go and get a fake tree. That way, you can just use it again next year! Just. Maybe don't let him touch it? He'll gladly hand you the decorations! and tell you EXACTLY where to place them.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ . :☆ﾟ. ───

Robin

•Ice skating!!!!

•She's good at it! Surprisingly good? It's rare to see her so giggly and happy, but she is.

•She holds your hand the whole time.

•If you're also good at ice skating: Little couples ice dance time! By far the stars at the little rink. Have you two thought of the Olympics?

•If you suck at it: She is holding you up and laughing while you scream at her that you're FALLING, ROBIN, THIS ISN'T A LAUGHING MATTER, OH GOD, OH NO.

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ . :☆ﾟ. ───

Law

•They're helping you wrap presents.

•You've banned them from seeing the gifts you got them, but they can help you with everyone else's.

•They're mainly watching you and handing you tape and ribbons. Oh, and signing the tags.

•You put a bow on their head. They, surprisingly, keep it. (“See? You're my gift this year.” “... shut up.” “Teehee c:”)

•Can and will wrap you in wrapping paper at the end. See? You're THEY'RE present. Now good luck getting out. (“Law… Law wait I'm stuck-” “Oops.” “TRAFALGAR LAW-”)

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ . :☆ﾟ. ───

Sir Crocodile

•Holiday party, anyone?

•You're getting all dolled up to be the pretty lil’ thing on his arm.

•He's ready, watching you from the doorway, a smirk on his lips. Oh no.

•You remind him that you canNOT be late. He sighs. ( He'll survive. )

•Making your way down, arm in arm, he murmurs in your ear that he'll just get to unwrap his present later. You almost trip. He laughs.

[mimikyuno]

these fake titles are literally killing me im obsessed

[lady-ika]

hi have some scenes from a fanfic/comic i probably wont make

this is my X-men oc, Spellbook.

she can copy (simple) powers out of (fictional) books if she understands them but she can only carry three at a time before she has to switch the oldest one out

[tiny-planet-13]

you know what's absolutely fucked (besides my inability to say a single sentence without cursing) is that I think that somehow, however improbable or disgusting this truth is, riko's abuse is at least half the reason why jean is still alive right now. (please bear with me) and I mean still alive as in the reason why he hasn't killed himself yet rather than someone else doing it.

idk quite how to explain but like, we can acknowledge that the nest and the ravens was a cult, right? and it's quite obvious that the ravens have been essentially brainwashed in their own ways into believing that the whole situation is normal and that's just how life has to be for them to achieve their goals and dreams in the future. but they don't know about the extent of the abuse that riko was inflicting on Kevin and jean and also Neil for his brief stay. (whether they had suspicions is besides the point because I suppose if it didn't affect their futures then there was no reason to care)

so the fact that a lot of the ravens end up killing themselves after the nest has been dismantled in tsc is almost entirely because of the brainwashing and the reliance they had on that awful structure.

however

as we see in tsc jean is also battling with trying to adjust to normality again, but the fact that he is actively trying says everything. sure, he's angry at everyone and makes empty threats and all the rest of it, but the fact remains that he is still willing to embrace change and learn and reluctantly heal. especially once he's with the Trojans, we don't really see jean deliberately working against what is being offered to him. sure, he makes mistakes and he gets angry and he struggles to cope BUT!! I don't think he's doing any of that intentionally because of course he's going to slip up on occasion. you don't just live in a hideous abusive situation for 5 years and then magically escape from it unscathed.

(I promise I'm actually getting to my point soon I'm sorry)

the reason he can go on and try and understand that killing himself isn't an option is because he knew that what happened to him in the nest was wrong and bad and evil. and whilst he still says things like he deserved it, I don't think that overshadows his understanding that it was still wrong. so whilst the other ravens had all accepted that this cult was the correct way for them to get what they wanted, horrifically enough I think riko's abuse is what kept jean aware that it wasn't normal.

so in some backhanded absolutely twisted and sick way I think the difference between jean and the rest of the ravens (particularly those who killed themselves) is that the abuse was so real and tangible to jean that it shattered any reliance he could ever truly have on the nest and is at least in part the reason why him killing himself on the phone to Kevin would never be as plausible as him finally clinging to an opportunity and trying to heal..

[myblacknightworld]

JUST FINISHED WAKFU SEASON 4 AND OH MY GOD MAN WHAT A RIDE

[sserrafeim]

This song and Gwyn 🫶 (iykyk)

[lcvescountdown]

kanej is the slowest of slowburns that by the time they die they might not have moved past the "obviously i like you and you like me but we need to wait for more time to pass"

[sludgeguzzler]

therapy is going to be a struggle bc i just know that as soon as i mention The Divorce the therapist will try to trace all my problems back to The Divorce and to be completely honest with you, i dont think ive ever had a specific problem with my parents not being together anymore (i kinda knew itd happen eventually) and i feel like my issues come more from the aftermath than from the event itself

[agirlinthegalaxy]

Something I see frequently is fans wanting characters like Elle Greenaway or Nathan Harris to return as unsubs in Criminal Minds, which. I'll be completely honest, I hate the idea for a lot of the suggested characters because it feels so undeniably tragic and hopeless that someone will inevitably become a killer, even if they don't want to become one. Yes, a lot of the unsubs have some kind of tragic backstory, but the thing is that they're still awful people (excluding very very few). I feel like having previous characters return as the unsub paints this picture that you're unable to break the cycle of violence or that you're destined to become a monster, which is just such a honestly tragic message, especially for a show that's already pretty dark.

I'm not opposed to characters reappearing, but I'd much prefer that if those characters appeared again that it'd be in the vein of them having undergone some kind of healing and growth and be able to find themselves some kind of peace and satisfaction in where they are in life. Let them reappear, but don't transform them into monsters but a symbol of the healing and growth available to survivors and the other characters.

[bibleofficial]

need you to know i genuinely enjoy your blog - part of what makes it great is that its clear that you go outside and party and fuck!! so many people in this website just don’t fuck 🤧

omg !!! ❤️❤️❤️ don’t replicate my sin u will go to hell

[frobby]

Romance manga with a fat mc/love interest: :D

They were only fat because of trauma and now that theyre in a relationship theyre skinny: :(