#bc reader inserts are actually a form of self therapy

[jaylarkson]

Fat rolls and snuggles

Request: Would you be okay with doing one where the reader (female if possible) is a bit chubby and has all these stretch marks and scars and is just having a really bad day? And maybe they just kind of break down and Anti pops in unexpectedly just to chill but finds them all curled up and is surprised 'cause they're usually so goofy and cracking jokes but he ends up seeing a vulnerability in them and tries to help them feel better?

A/N: okay I know that Anti is a DEMON and isn’t soft BUT I LIKE SOFT ANTI so I will write him soft because I like it and you can only try to pry it from my cold, dead hands. Anti is a baby and needs some love.

Masterlist

You knew that your self-worth wasn’t defined by your weight or how you looked. You knew that, and yet here you were, looking in the mirror, absolutely hating what you saw, feeling like absolute crap. You had numerous amounts of stretch marks, some caused by the normal growth spurts, and others caused by your love for all things yummy. You had some scars as well, mostly from accidents.

You poked at your tummy, starting to cry a bit. You despised the chub there, yet no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t seem to get rid of it. You would diet, exercise, combine the two, yet it just wouldn’t go down. You poked at the bit of your breasts that weren’t quite contained by your bra, feeling a few tears run down your face.

Ugly. Worthless. Disgusting. Who would date that? Gross.

You curled up in bed and buried your face in your hands, sobbing quietly, not noticing when your favourite glitch demon popped in next to you.

Anti had decided to pop in for a surprise visit, and was himself surprised to see you curled up, crying. You were usually so bright and happy, always making jokes and others happy. He had never seen any emotion on your face or body other than bubbling positivity. He set the plate of cookies he made (okay, Chase made them, but Anti had put them on the plate and put the foil on so that counted!) down on your desk and padded over to your bed, sitting down next to you.

You were startled by the shifting of the bed and peered over your shoulder at Anti, face blotchy and eyes red. He crooned softly and reached out, pulling you into his lap. You protested softly, thinking you would crush him with your weight, but it didn’t deter Anti and you had little energy to really put up a fight.

You continued crying softly, clutching onto Anti’s shirt and crying into his shoulder. He simply rubbed his hand over your back gently, feeling kind of awkward but wanting to help you feel better. You helped him so often, it was only right to help you in a rare moment of vulnerability. Besides, you were his friend. Of course he’s going to help you.

After a while, you stopped crying and just sat there in Anti’s lap, exhausted. He pushed a bit of hair off your face before asking you what was wrong. You spilled all of it, confessing how awful you felt about yourself and the thoughts that plagued your mind about it. You hated how you looked and felt and didn’t seem to be able to do anything about it.

Anti assured you that those thoughts were wrong; it didn’t matter how you looked, and even if it did, he thought you were quite beautiful! He knew others did too, as he could actually see when people checked you out.

You felt better after a while of talking, eventually starting to return to your normal self again, albeit a bit muted as you were pretty tired. Anti convinced you to watch some cheesy Hallmark movie while you ate the cookies he “made” and snuggled. While you didn’t feel 100%, you definitely knew that you could get through it while you had such a good friend at your side.

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. 'she might be 100+ years old and just mentally stunted to 19!' so i dunno if this was smythe herself or fans but like. really just throwing out the creepy age gap and IMMEDIATELY replacing it with ableism huh? who doesn't love infantilization of people with cognitive developmental disabilities <3 i'd honestly prefer they just kept her creepily young to the weird ableist sexy-little-baby alternative. they do understand how that makes it MORE abusive, right?

2. lo hades is really like "i HAD to enslave the mortals! its tradition!" as if he didnt invent the tradition in the first place?? also its deadass like my man are you BLAMING the slaves for being enslaved by you? lo hades is literally evil for that im sorry yall.

3. So this may be old hat, but can we talk about how after Persephone changed (shifted?) Minthe into a plant that Hecate comes in and 1). Sasses Minthe the plant 2). Is way more excited about revealing her "true form" since Hades + Persephone are doing it, then about the potential murder (plant crime?) That Persephone commited (and yeah, I know she doesn't like Minthe that much but still). And 3). Tells Persephone that Minthe the plant is "cursed" all while arriving late because she was busy leading Demeter on a goose chase instead of helping her find her daughter.

Like I get why Hecate said that Minthe the plant is "Persephones responsibility" to fix and/or take care of - but like, seconds later doesn't Persephone almost drop her? Is Persephone - who vengefully turned her into a plant in the first place - really the best option to be looking over Minthe?

4. To self-insert anon, the moment readers can notice that it's self-insert, then the author/artist is doing a bad job. Readers should be able to be immersed into the story and its characters. How can they do that when readers can notice that main character is self-insert, so it reminds them of author/artist, thereby breaking the immersion. LO comic is getting paid, so readers expect better of RS. Persephone is actual Greek goddess, even in fiction, I don't want to remind me of anyone else but her.

5. So Athena has to look male? Non-binary for women just means no boobs and wearing male clothes lmfao

6. Unlike that one anon, Chiron being a woman is something I find very fitting. Why would a rape victim want to go to a man or AMAB no binary person for therapy? Get a grip! Women’s safety comes before your gender politics. Speaking of men being triggering for rape victims, P’s closeness to H is totally unrealistic. Her rape somehow makes her swoon further into his arms rather than avoid him. Great🙄

7. tbh the only way i could get LO gods being SO advanced SO fast is if they had some OP prophecy deity or some creator god like, advancing everything for them because they can see and take stuff from the future or something like that. it really makes no sense currently that they have this advanced tech thats even more advanced than ours currently. it's even more confusing bc they still cling to old ideas like virginity, purity, SLAVERY, and absolute monarchies at the same time? like why??

8. Can anons please stop speculating on what possible trauma or kinks or other personal stuff RS may or may not have. It's invasive, creepy and none of our business. (Love the blog!)

9. Lindsay Ellis has a great analysis on how women in media are often stripped from her positive qualities via-trauma to converting them into #yasqueen #girlboss characters and how some people call that the epitome of feminism, obviously she called that trend when she reviewed about Game of Thrones and the character of Sansa, unfortunately, I'm seeing this same trend with Persephone in LO, I will not be surprised if Rachel praises GoT ending in secret, I bet she and D&D will be very good friends 😂😂.

10. i honestly dont get why RS got hid of the glowing eyes/smoke her original concept hades had. it would have been some much needed visual interest to hades since all he looks like now is the disney hades put through the tumblr sexy man machine and it did a bad job. despite being literal gods with powers they lack so much mystic or actual fantasy to them, you know what i mean?