#but no amount of love makes up for abuse

[kariachi]

So, guess who got hit with so many words of Kevin Pain.

In which Kevin fucking breaks.

Warning: Hits on abuse, depression, and implied child neglect and suicidal thoughts.

Not Gwvin-friendly.

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It was the zoo that broke him.

Well, that was unfair. He’d been breaking, piece by piece, flaking apart to expose something raw and bleeding. The sort of old, weeping wound he could bandage and bandage but never heal, not when the world kept slamming against it, when he was always resisting the urge not to dig at it, when people kept insisting they were helping by carving their names in. When nobody, nothing, would let it scab over.

(‘If you would just let me help you, we wouldn’t be having these problems.’)

And it had just been getting worse. Slowly, ploddingly. Hands got heavier, expectations got higher. A blow and an hour and ‘why are you so quiet’. His jokes weren’t funny, why wasn’t he telling them. He had awful taste in friends, he should make more friends, no not those ones. His opinion was wanted, his opinion was wrong. He should feel bad, he was a bad person. He shouldn’t feel bad, he wasn’t well. He just had to be Good. Good meant not being Bad. Good meant agreeing. Good meant doing as he was told. Good meant she was happy. Good stabbed into infected flesh like a knife.

(‘I’m worried about you,’ she says as he tries to ignore how it hurts to move his arm, the bruise forming at the joint, ‘you’ve been shutting me out and I need to know why.’)

(He needs to see a shrink. No, not that one, she’ll find him a Good one.)

All he’d wanted was to treat himself. Just one day, all on his own, doing something that couldn’t be judged. No questions about friends with a single right answer that wouldn’t be believed anyway. No scowl because a car he’d snapped a picture of had a hot chick on the hood. No crossed arms asking with a half-real smile if he’d done anything immoral. Nothing that would give fuel, nothing that would start trouble, just a nice, long day at the zoo.

He’d been excited. It was going to be like those rare times his dad had taken him, where he could meander where he wanted at whatever pace he wanted with nobody there to care. If he wanted to stand at the giraffe or tortoise or whatever enclosures for half an hour, watching how they moved and turning over how he would translate it to machine, he could do that. Had even gotten himself a notebook, he’d never been good at freehand drawing but he could do well enough for a nice day out and notes for potential projects. It would be better, even, because he had money now and wouldn’t be going hungry in exchange for the trip. He could grab lunch when he wanted, where he wanted. He would leave and come back, without worrying about where he’d been or wasting all the day. Just the thought had helped to bandage up his pain.

And then she’d shown up at his apartment that morning. Cleared her schedule so they could go together. And he had just stared at her.

(‘It’s not good for you to be spending so much time alone.’)

Stared and felt the bandages fall away. Thought of the times they’d been before. Of impatience, broken promises to double back around later. Of half-assed zoo food eaten when she or her cousin got hungry, because until then it was nearly lunch time and what was the point of leaving to come back. Of how ‘together’ meant they travelled at her pace, no lingering behind, no going ahead. Good meant she was happy, she was happy meant whatever she wanted. Meant an undercurrent to his happiness that she was doing him a favor, that this wasn’t needed, he owed her for standing at the same enclosure for five minutes, for indulging he and her cousin’s joking around. Passing figures, statues, displays in the gift shop and burning with the knowledge he could make better if he could have some time to study. Paying for her books and gifts for her brother with a conman’s smile. Listening all the way home to how much fun she had while all he wanted was to turn around and see all the shows she was fine with missing.

Hating himself for not being satisfied.

(‘If you could stop thinking of yourself for ten minutes-’)

With the size of the gaping wound on his heart, it was amazing he’d managed to turn away, to call Zed. Get in the car and lock the doors. Pull away with her yelling after him. That he didn’t fall apart as he shut down his phone on call three. As he drove drove drove. Didn’t go to the zoo like he’d wanted so back. Didn’t go anywhere.

(He resists the urge to rub where it had hit, refusing to make a scene, as he puts the book back on the shelf and hopes that’s where she’ll expect it to be.)

He couldn’t even get a day.

(‘You know how much it hurts her when you get in these moods,’ Ben says and he wants to scream about how he’s hurting. It doesn’t matter though- it’s never mattered, he’s never mattered, except for how he can make up for being him. Ben slumps with a sigh like he can see it on his face, wraps his arms around him. ‘It’s gonna be okay, Kev,’ he says, and he has to know it’s a lie.)

Not even a single damn day.

(‘Why do I bother,’ she asks as he picks himself up off the floor and in his head he calls it teasing. Argit says it and is teasing. Ben says it and is teasing. They smile and laugh, shake their heads and punch his arm, nuzzle his throat. She doesn’t smile.)

He ached, from their last fight, from driving so long, from the hole in his chest, from not being able to cry, to scream, to breathe-

(He cleans himself up as best he can, one eye on the clock. She can’t know he was crying, or she’ll want to know. Insist on knowing why. And that would break her heart. He didn’t want to hurt her. Better to just be a man about it.)

He didn’t stop driving until he hit Panama City, far enough to curl up and sob himself hoarse. Zed kept him out of the Pacific.

She was a good girl.

(‘Hey, Kev, remember what you promised me?’ Even as his stomach sinks, Kevin smiles as he looks up from his half of the repair work, the lie he’ll tell back home already tumbling in his head. It doesn’t last, not when he sees the look on Argit’s face, the one when he’s trying to play cool but is so so worried. ‘I remember,’ he find himself saying, and willing himself to be honest. ‘Don’t worry.’)

(‘I love you,’ she says and it doesn’t warm him anymore. He doesn’t know when it stopped, when what had been a bright light that made everything okay had turned into a brand on his heart. He should be happy, he should be satisfied, this is better than he deserves- Smiling, he pulls the covers tighter, buries his face in her hair. ‘I love you too.’)

He doesn’t turn his phone back on until Buenos Aires.

[calpalsworld]

Give him an AAC device and an electric wheelchair NOW!!!

[transmascutena]

thinking about how akio sees his younger self in utena and wondering if there's any fondness there. doesn't change the horror of what he does to her obviously but i do wonder

[ramayantika]

So Barbie was man hating but Animal should be taken as a movie

[winepresswrath]

what louis did to lestat and what louis did to armand are connected and that's important to the story but also. it is simply not the same. nothing louis did excuses armand's behaviour, that's not how anything works, but he did not "cross a line" or "poke at armand," he weaponized armand's history of abuse to belittle and demean him. nothing armand said to louis came close- the equivalent would have been "oooh, i'm such a stupid bitch that my husband can beat me half to death and i'll keep crawling back for more even when it endangers my daughter!" it's retraumatizing and deeply destabilizing to hear that shit from your partner. and in response armand should have been like "well this man sucks when he's high and he's high all the time, so i'm bouncing" but if he'd done that we wouldn't have a story, would we?

edit: i've come back to give armand credit for "claudia didn't love you like we did/do. ps. u used her to distract from your own hurt feelings" that shit does hit in a similar way. however "the ways someone hurt you have left you contemptible and weak. they scrawled 'dirty and annoying' all over your soul in red ink and it's never coming off" is just outstanding work. timeless

[novadreii]

If your life circumstances have always required from you an abnormal amount of strength and resilience, I see you. If your inner child lets out a small sob anytime someone compliments you on that strength, I see you. If that strength translates to you being some form of domineering/abrasive because you learned early on that your lot in life was to take care of yourself because nobody else ever did, I see you. If you are so fucking angry all the time and can't pinpoint why, I see you. If you've had to watch as people you care about continue to abandon you in adulthood because you grew up to be type A, controlling and assertive, I see the fuck out of you. It's not your fault that nobody ever gave you a soft place to land so that you could be your true self. And I won't inundate you with condescending platitudes about how you'll find your person/people one day.

Some of us are lucky, but to depend on external sources for your well being is a crap shoot. I won't tell you to keep looking for your home in other people. Home is where you are. Take that strength you've painstakingly cultivated since you were a child, and quadruple it. Become bulletproof, unbreakable. Don't let anyone else find a fault line in you to exploit ever again.

[beewritesstuff]

Crucifiable Fandom opinion- You can and should make art/fanfiction of characters that is different from a carbon copy of their in-media appearance without necessarily having to tag it or consider it an 'AU'. You can if you want to, of course. But like...people don't stay static. They change, pick up new habits and hobbies, and *gasp* usually own more than one outfit. It's not necessarily an 'AU' to imagine a story completely different from the canonical ending or plot, that's...that's literally just fanart. That's what we've all always done- change the canon to explore new angles and themes.

Fandom's obsession with the 'AU' phenomenon is a weird thing that seems to have gotten more common in the past ten years, but ESPECIALLY in the Undertale Fandom. Do I understand their place? Sure. But not everything is an AU either. You're allowed to like the original characters, and give them new ideas and characterizations. You don't have to call it an 'authors universe' because you want to write about them in a different setting or situation than the canonical in-media one.

Alright, take me away, boys.

[chaoxfix]

god i need the algorithm to stop recommending lore olympus to me.

reframing a kidnapping of a woman as romance, and painting her mother as an overbearing shrew rather than rightfully worried and protective, and portraying the kidnapper as sympathetic ... what about my overtly feminist ass makes anyone or any algorithm think i'd enjoy ANY hades/persephone romance retellings.

at this point the only hades and persephone retelling i'm interested in is a retelling that focuses on demeter's love for her daughter. one where persephone's abduction and transition from kore, the maiden, to persephone, goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld, was one where she carries out a revenge fantasy against her abductor... She cannot fully escape the underworld, no; she is death, doomed by the narrative. Underground she will stay for half the year. But she will not subject herself to be trapped with him.

hades dies at dawn; hades dies in the spring light, by persephone's power, and a knife garnished with evergreen thistles. demeter holds him down, and persephone cuts the head. judith slaying holofernes; persephone slaying hades.

[pepprs]

i will shut up abt this i promise but like. the concept of being in a stable safe mutually loving whatever relationship is INSANE . like how can you ever feel bad about yourself or wounded or whatever again. it’s like a superpower or somethi ng. <- doesn’t know what she’s taking abt bc she’s never experienced it or the absence of it after having it merely the negative space of it and is filling in the gaps w logic or something. but it’s INSANE to me. like of course i feel like shit about myself i am catcrumb unloved.jpg!

[swagging-back-to]

this reddit post sums up almost all of my thoughts.

the only people who adopt from places like the one nina's aunt was running is because they are not willing to go through the requirments to adopt a child legally (take a quick parenting class, show a social worker you have a safe home, take a background check) or that you FAILED to meet requirements to adopt legally.

and as someone who was wrongfully imprisoned in a psych ward and forcedfully drugged until i started accepting the act of being drugged, i can confidently say that the entire arch of nina being forcefully medicated was abuse. it was traumatic.

i found it weird how the redditor never mentions the slap scene. How nancy responds to Nina finally opening up about her trauma and her experience (after nancy has a meltdown in public about how nina's trauma has nothing to do with her and that she has no control in ninas life anymore) by physically assaulting a trauma survivor, a kidnapping survivor, an abuse survivor.

[citizen-zero]

WIBTA for taking advantage of my boss’ possible manic episode?

I know this already sounds bad but hear me out.

So I (30M) am the sole employee of this guy (62M) who’s honestly just a miserable boss and an even more miserable person. It sucks so bad working for him—the pay is horrendous, he’s verbally abusive, and the working conditions are awful (in the winter I literally have to stay bundled up the whole work day because he refuses to put the heat on in the office). He wouldn’t even give me holidays off if it wasn’t for the fact that there’s basically nothing to do those days because everywhere else is closed. I’m almost positive he unironically thinks poor people should die if they can’t work. His nephew (aka his only living relative and just the nicest guy) came by yesterday to invite him to Christmas dinner and he told him he’d see him in hell.

I cannot stress this enough—it’s BAD. I’d quit, but it’s been hard finding a better job and I’ve got four kids at home, including one with special needs.

Anyway, so here’s where I’m wondering if I’d be the asshole. Today was Christmas Day and he showed up at my house out of nowhere (huge red flag, I know). At first I thought he’d forgotten I had the day off and he was here to chew me out, which was worrying enough, but then his whole demeanor changed and he was super happy and excited and talking about how he was going to raise my salary. He even mentioned possibly making me a partner in the firm.

Now if that was it, I’d feel a little weird about the suddenness of it but it’d be fine. I’m not going to complain about having more money to feed my family. But then he started talking about how he wanted to pay our mortgage off. He talked about wanting to pay for our son to get the very expensive medical care that’s probably going to save his life. He mentioned at one point that he was going to be donating a huge amount of money to charity too—I knew he was rich but it staggered me. All this from a guy who doesn’t (didn’t?) even want to turn on the heat or the lights because it costs too much money.

It was such a sudden and drastic change that happened very literally overnight and now I’m kind of concerned he’s having a manic episode or something. I really, really want to accept his sudden generosity (I probably will; my wife is all for it and thinks he owes it to us), and I would love to believe that he’s truly had a sudden change of heart (an actual Christmas miracle lol) but I’m just worried about the possible consequences of accepting huge financial gifts like this from someone who I believe might be experiencing some kind of break from reality. Even if there’s nothing legally wrong with it, I’m worried about the ethics of it.

TLDR, my asshole boss might be in the middle of a mental breakdown. WIBTA if I accepted his offer to pay off my mortgage and my son’s medical expenses?

[m00sebaby]

just having a bit of a ramble dont mind me

[prickly-paprikash]

Kendrick doesn't just hate Drake as a person. He hates the very idea of Drake.

Hip-Hop is rooted in revolution. In defiance. These are the songs of an oppressed group of people, and decades upon decades people have hated it. Accused of being meaningless and invalid. Media outlets took steps to belittle hip-hop and make sure it isn't recognized as an art form and as a means to fight back.

2Pac spoke of wealth disparity and inequality. Tupac was literally a member of a communist organization when he was younger and never stopped speaking against capitalism.

Lauryn Hill spoke of the struggles a woman faces. Not just women, but black women. Salt-N-Peppa. Queen Latifah. MISSY FUCKING ELLIOT.

N.W.A made sure people knew about police brutality and violence against the Black community.

And now, in this day and age, we're also experiencing an explosion of Queer Hip-Hop. Lil Nas X is at the forefront of this. Lil Uzi Vert came out as non-binary and uses they/them pronouns, even when they knew that a lot of their fans would never use it or even respect them for it. Auntie Diaries, a song about a young man who grew up in a transphobic environment and bought into those beliefs, but could never fully do it because his Uncle loved him so much and taught him a lot of life lessons, and that wisdom translated to him accepting his cousin as a woman as well.

Drake is none of that.

He's the perfect representation of what people think hip-hop is. Flexing. Posturing. Objectifying women. A fucker so insecure he bought 2Pac's ring just to feel like he's part of the black community. Rejected by Rihanna publicly. Tried to groom Millie Bobby Brown. Kissed and inappropriately touched an underage girl during his concert. His songs have inspired so many young boys to treat girls like shit. His belief that the amount of rings and chains and cars he has is the true meaning of success.

Additional Edit: This is my fault. If this post gains more views, then it would be remiss of me not to add to this. It was my fault to begin with, not stating this beforehand because while I did know, I got lost in celebrating Hip-Hop in a place that doesn't usually do so, and rightfully so.

2Pac did fight for wealth equality and better social living for the black community. He also has a long, long history of battery, domestic abuse, and sexual harassment against women. Specifically against women of color. He made a song to celebrate his own mother, but outright refused to give the same show of respect to other women in his life. His hypocritical nature was brushed off in later decades, just the way I did now.

N.W.A is the same. Sexual assault charges, violence—they spoke of Police reform, but refuses to give the same treatment back towards the women in their lives.

50 cent refuses to backtrack on any of his misogynistic lyrics.

Modern rappers of today, such as the dead XXXtentacion. 6ix9ine. Kodak Black.

I do love Hip-Hop. I love rap. And the music itself has always been anti-authoritarian at its core, because those are its roots. And I was happy that circles that did not normally know of it or enjoy it were getting into it, even for one thing like this rap feud.

Lil Nas X, Little Simz, Childish Gambino, Missy Elliot, Queen Latifah, Lauryn Hill—rappers who have at the very least consistently tried to put their money where their mouth is. Who have tried to act in accordance to what they rap and write and sing for.

@shehungthemoon @ohsugarsims finnthehumanmp3 were the ones who rightfully clarified in the comments. I know an apology won't correct my hypocrisy or my stupidity. I should have added all of this before making this post, but I wanted so badly to celebrate a genre of music but failed to do my due diligence in showing a better, holistic view of it. If anyone felt triggered, offended, troubled, frustrated or any other intense negative emotions surrounding this, please do block me. I'm sorry.

[snekdood]

welp, at this point if anyone in the crowd of Bad Faith People Who Stalk Me And Hate Me Bc Of Someone Else's Compulsive Lying tries to accuse me of antisemitism bc i have a vampire whos a villain in my comic, i'm gonna ask them what their take was on allll of this going on. if its anything like "israelis and/or zionists are all evil people" then ik i never have to take their opinion seriously bc they dont even know what antisemitism means.

[circusclownproductions]

seeing a lot of videos that are like “I didn’t know babies couldn’t have water” so here’s an incomplete list of things you need to know before having a baby

- the obvious, they can’t have water bc milk is incredibly high in water already so excess water leads to over hydration

- babies cannot have honey until 1

- if ur breastfeeding your kid and saving excess milk, make sure you label what you pumped in the morning vs at night bc your body produces different melatonin levels throughout the day and giving your baby daytime milk at night can make them more alert and fuck up their sleep schedule

- idk why ppl keep saying this but swaddling your babies or getting them those baby straight jacket things is not abuse. It chills them out cuz it reminds them of the womb

- babies have a dandruff like buildup on their head called cradle cap, and it’s very easy to deal with and remove with just some baby shampoo, a gentle scrub brush (MADE FOR BABIES!!) and a comb. It does need to be removed tho cuz it can be very painful after a while. This can also continue to happen late into toddlerhood it’s normal

- you have to clean out the creases of your baby’s skin and hands and feet they WILL collect dust😭😭

- you cannot bathe your baby until their umbilical cord naturally falls off. Use a warm damp rag until then

- tummy time is actually very important

- your baby might have a misshapen head at first (not all the time but sometimes) this will either sort itself out or they’ll need a corrective helmet ask your doctor

- I wouldn’t recommend having your baby leave the house very much until they’re at least 6 months old, especially if they’re born near cold and flu season cuz the common cold can kill a newborn

- you’re not an awful horrible person for having postpartum depression and it’s always a million times better to let your baby cry a few minutes longer than normal while you regain your composure than to freak out and give ur kid shaken baby syndrome

- you’re not an awful horrible person for giving your baby formula milk either

- don’t put shoes on your baby it’ll compromise their toe box and balance

- babies put every single thing in their mouths

- the easiest way to burp a baby is to hold them straight up (spine straight) and hold their head a bit higher

- always support their head they barely have necks

- if your baby fights away food, fights tummy time, vomits every single time you burp them, is gaining or losing an unreasonable amount of weight at a time, wheezes after eating, or goes red after eating, chances are they’re probably allergic to the type of milk they’re eating (again ask a doctor but these are just some signs it’s not just colic)

- they will wobble a lot when learning to do things but you gotta fight the urge to help them every single time cuz they gotta learn

- they’re not always spitting out baby food cuz they don’t like it they just don’t know how to eat. Like they don’t know how to push food down they only know how to stick their tongue out so be patient

- babies craniums are broken up into three parts at first that later fuse together, this is to help make birthing easier but it results in a small EXTREMELY sensitive spot in the top of their head that has no protection. This puts their brain at a high risk. Always protect their soft spot

- read to your baby!! Get cute bright colorful sensory books with sight words and read them to your baby it makes such a huge difference in their educational growth and will help them acquire a love for reading early on. And talk to them never shut up just say whatever comes to mind all the time this will strengthen their vocabulary growth also.

- babies poop like a lot. A lot. an unreasonable amount. Bring back up clothes and more diapers than you think

- no pillows or stuffies in the crib and only use a muslin blanket unless it’s especially cold to prevent suffocation

- babies kick reflexively until they’re out of their newborn scrunch (they stay womb shaped for a while) and if your baby is crying and pushing at the swaddle try letting them flail around for a minute

- consoling your baby is not spoiling them ! They need comfort and they will learn to self soothe on their own

- singing lullabies actually works, they can recognize your voice a consistent place of comfort from the womb and the cadence of lullabies is literally engineered to create a calm headspace

- for the love of god do not get boring ass beige toys. Colors are important for their neurological development

- babies are very responsive to praise from a young age so be as supportive of them as you can

- babies get constipated a lot and you have to do like tummy massages to help ease their pain the easiest way is to lay them on their backs and hold one foot in each hand, kick their feet like bicycles, scrunch up, and then stretch their legs out

- holding them on your hip too much will not cause bow legged-ness if your baby is bow legged that was always gonna happen

- they drool so so much and you have to get bibs for them so they don’t get chest eczema

- don’t use scented products on their skin cuz their skin is sooo much thinner than ours

- when your baby first starts sitting on their own never walk away from them without setting up a nest of pillows and blankets around them. Even minor head trauma can mess them up sometimes

- this one is kinda morbid and scary but sometimes babies just die out of nowhere and it’s no one’s fault or anything it’s called sudden infantile death syndrome(SIDS) and it’s about 1.3k deaths on average per year in America so not super common but still very real. 90% of these deaths happen during the first four months however edit: apparently it’s bc of an enzyme deficiency which at the very least you can take steps to try and prevent

- smoking and drinking during pregnancy WILL affect your baby and your breast milk and also might contribute to SIDS cases

- babies sometimes have a big red mark on them somewhere called a stork bite immediately after birth but typically it goes away

- babies can’t see very well for a while after birth and they’re VERY wobbly so they’ll typically bonk their head into your chest and face a lot while trying to support themselves

- female babies might have smth similar to a period the first few days after birth, this is because of the hormone transfer that happens during the birthing process and the days leading up to it

- male babies get random erections for the first few days after birth(hormone transfer again) literally do not be weird about this it’s a baby

- things like weaning your baby onto solid foods, potty training, weaning off pacifiers etc, can actually be directed by the baby and will happen naturally will minimal guidance from the parent(some guidance is still necessary) although I would do individual research into baby led weaning for food to prevent choking

- get those chewy feeding pouches to help with weaning

- the most random things will scare the hell out of your baby don’t take it personal 😭

- baby carriers are life savers (tulas are one of my favorites)

- once babies hit toddlerhood they’re tougher than you think, and a lot of their reaction is based on YOURS. they’re always going to be looking to you for how to react to a situation. Remain calm and if they’re ok they’ll calm down but if they’re genuinely hurt they’ll keep crying

- babies will most likely get ridiculously attached to an inanimate object and you have to keep this thing intact at all costs until they’re old enough to abandon it or they will throw a FIT. I got a lemur plushie from a zoo once and every single one of the kids has bonded their soul with it until about 6 years old and once a month I have to stitch him back up

- don’t compare yourself to other parents. Maybe your kid isnt getting grass fed wild caught north Atlantic cheerios but at least they’re fed. If your kid is alive and healthy and happy you’re doing a good job

- you will need 3 car seats, an infant seat, a grow with me toddler seat, and a booster seat

- getting a good diaper bag is a MUST

- the hair a baby is born with will most likely all fall out or they’ll get a bald spot on the back of their head where they sleep cuz their hair is so fragile and thin but once it grows back it grows back thick

- get like 20 muslin blankets so you always have a backup when the main ones are covered in spit up

- the babies grip IS stronger than yours (keep your hair up and keep pets away best you can)

- your best bet for your teething baby is a pacifier you can put your finger in so you can massage their gums and some chewing toys numbing cream can be dangerous and should be used sparingly

- go ahead and come to terms with the fact you’re gonna have to use a Frida Baby to manually remove snot

- babies can get hair and thread wrapped around their toes and fingers that can cut off their circulation try to make a habit of checking

- don’t hit your kid please it’s nothing but trauma and fucked up coping mechanisms from there pls empathize with your child they’re a person too

- be careful not to pull too hard on their arms and legs(like during play or holding their hand while they walk) and NEVER pick them up by their hands this will very easily cause dislocation

- they might have a little tooth like callous on their lip from their pacifier. This does not hurt them and it will go away but it may hurt during breastfeeding

- breastfeeding will make your boobs different sizes

Yeag that’s all I can think of rn but yk i Will add as I remember stuff ppl are also adding things I forgot in the tags in case you’d like to look thru that as well <3

[ladystoneboobs]

(@atopvisenyashill) #i was thinking about like. how crazy and confusing that must be for a child.#all your uncles and aunt love you and your brother loves you#and everyone tells you that you’re smart and skilled and mayve you can’t physically keep up but a man can be a scholar and still be#A Real Man but then you turn to your literal own father and he fucking hates you and calls you a demon every day of your life.#what does that do to a little boy.#nothing good clearly!!

The funny thing about Tywin is that he is literally the only one out of his siblings that doesn't actually like Tyrion.

Gerion was of course his favorite uncle. Tygett always treated him kindly, as Tyrion recalls when Tyrek goes missing. Kevan kisses him on the cheek (actual physical affection!) and praises him for his deeds during the battle of the blackwater. Even Genna considers him to be just like Tywin, whom she confirms she loves and goes on to describe as the sort of man who comes around only once in a thousand years.

Every one of Tywin's siblings actually likes Tyrion and can see his worth. Tywin is just blinded by his hatred and ableism.