#c: claudia

[dragonprincedrabbles]

Damian + Claudia

Malicious

[thevaleriaxortiz]

Valeria nodded as the other girl spoke, still just not able to wrap her head around the idea of not having siblings since her entire life (up until now) solely revolved around them. She couldn't imagine life as an only child, especially given the life she'd lead up until now. She wouldn't have stayed in Arizona if she didn't have to raise her sisters- so where would she have gone? Would she have ever come here at all? Or maybe gone to school? Like that silly old commercial said, the world may never know. "Definitely a lot of special moments." She replied, her smile softening before she snapped out of the thought and laughed, "But yeah anyways, all these trends that died just...need to stay dead."

"Oh it was, I mean I had close friends growing up that felt like siblings but we grew apart after the years carried on. But it wasn't always lonely." Claudia shrugged, partly lying about it not always being lonely when she was in fact feeling alone when she was a kid. "That's amazing, like I said, I'm envious of the fact you have siblings. Makes life less lonely and you carry special moments with one another." She said smiling before laughing as she nodded in agreement. "No....I hope to god that doesn't happen."

[brian-kinney-apologist]

[drolta]

Maya C. Popa, from Wound is the Origin of Wonder: Poems: “Wound is the origin of wonder”

[aroaceleovaldez]

my brother suggested a meme for me

[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

If each Barça girl were a Spice Girl, Pina and her blue eyes+cute cheeks combo would definitely be Baby Spice. Vicky would be Mel B, the sassy one, Mapi would be Mel C, the funny friendly Sporty.

anon - this has to be the most random ask i have received on my blog, but i will vibe with it 😂 although i do think vicky is more playful and naughty than sassy, so maybe another spice girl would fit better 😅

[toknowthatimatter]

[fantastickkay]

From Teen People, March 2000

[innerduckgladiator]

Claudia C.

[dragonprincedrabbles]

Claudia + Callum

Aspiro

[mikeyxcallahan]

"Oooh, Thai sounds so good right now. I'm super chill with whatever though, I'm very much go with the flow now days." It took Mikey a very long time to be that kind of person and even now she struggled with it a lot.

"What's new you with, by the way? Anything crazy happening in your life right now?"

@claudiahuxley

"Okay, so what were we thinking?" She asked, pulling out her phone and scrolling until she found the Doordash app, browsing through the restaurant choices. "There's the burger joint...chinese...pizza...uh thai food?"

[theotanaka]

who: @claudiahuxley where: somewhere on the beach

Drinks were flowing and Theo was feeling...well, maybe a little too good. It had been a while since he'd let his hair down so to speak, at tonight had been the night for it. They'd had a good day, food, laughter, Amalie had come home with a couple of prizes thanks to both of her parents and now she was at home with his sister so he could enjoy himself. He was sitting on one of the seats, his beer nearly empty but Claudia was approaching him. He was too tipsy to worry about anything else. "Are you enjoying yourself?" He asked as he pulled her to sit on his lap, tilting his head to look up at her.

[deerest-deer]

sometimes i think about how elated claudia was when she met the coven and the théâtre des vampires, how much she praised santiago's talent, how happy and proud she was after their first hunt together, how much she wanted a community to belong to and how quickly it all soured :c

[somepoetwannabe]

There's this overwhelming consensus that abuse must make a survivor better in some way for it to count. But hear me very fucking clearly when I say: abuse is not a learning experience, not a strengthening exercise. Sit the fuck down.

In the eyes of society, the ideal victim grows because of their trauma. They learn to be a kinder person because of the horrors inflicted upon them. They learn to endure because it is what they have had to do. Stop fucking expecting this.

Stop expecting anything from victims. We've had enough taken from us, we don't need our right to make of our situation as wished to be taken too. Stop trying to take from us. We are people who have had enough taken from us - our safety, our happiness, our innocence.

Many victims do not gain anything positive from their abuse. That does not make us less deserving of empathy.

So, to speak to fellow survivors and more specifically, my headmates:

It's alright to be scared. It's alright if you find it hard to trust now. It's alright if you end up pushing people away if they don't feel safe anymore. It's alright if you feel the need to hide. It's alright if you need time for yourself. It's alright if you struggle with communication. It's alright if you find it hard to talk about your feelings. It's alright if you do not feel fulfilled by relationships, platonic or otherwise, with other people. You are still deserving of people's compassion, love and time. You are not a bad person. You are still deserving of help.

It's alright to be angry or cold. It's alright if you aren't very agreeable. It's alright if you take things personally. It's alright if you find it hard to empathize with others. It's alright if you don't genuinely care about things. It's alright if you have violent thoughts. It's alright if you can be stubborn. It's alright if you gravitate towards confrontation. It's alright if you struggle to feel remorse or guilt. It's alright if you struggle with forgiveness. You are still deserving of people's compassion, love and time. You are not a bad person. You are still deserving of help.

It's alright to be dependent. It's alright if you rely on others heavily for support. It's alright if you seek attention and need validation. It's alright if you need constant reassurance. It's alright if you require more from others. It's alright if you have higher standards than others. It's alright if you can't deal with being alone. It's alright if you complain a lot. It's alright if you feel hurt more easily. It's alright if you need attention. It's alright if you can't take care of yourself. It's alright if you can't do standard tasks without help. You are still deserving of people's compassion, love and time. You are not a bad person. You are still deserving of help.

And to the people out there, who claim to be sympathetic towards survivors, ask yourself: Are you really?

We've had so fucking many people tell us they will be there for us, and understand our situation, only to be surprised when we experience any of these fucking things. You can just admit you don't care about survivors all that much and move on. Don't con us. Don't lie to us.

I'm not sorry our trauma didn't turn us into a superhero. It shattered us. Made life harder. Made everything harder. I'm not sorry it's something you can't sugarcoat. I'm not sorry. I won't ever be sorry. We were a baby. This is not your burden, it's ours. I don't give a fuck if our harsh reality is unappealing to you, and isn't something you can turn into a shocking life lesson on overcoming horrors. Fuck you

[winepresswrath]

THANK YOU for explaining the Louis/Armand fight with such clarity. Like obviously Armand has the ultimate power over the relationships here and the way he behaves in this episode is world class terrible, we can all see that, but I feel like I've been going crazy when people are softening Louis's words as light banter while Armand responding somewhat in kind is framed as malicious suicide baiting.

It's not my take but I would understand if people were approaching this as "Armand sucks so bad and technically can leave whenever so I give 0 fucks what Louis does or says to him," but "Louis was just being mean" doesn't track for me. He is at this point in his life using regularly enough that Armand's first response when he gets vicious is a bitter "here comes the drugs." He's used to this. Addiction is a complicated and terrible disease but Louis is Armand's partner, for whatever reason, apparently (big caveat) of his own volition and he responds to Armand being upset about his cycle of risky drug use and insincere apologies with a "you're boring and smothering" speech before turning on a dime to "cringe of you to be a victimized. it's given you a real victim mentality" when Armand says he's boring too. It's legitimately reprehensible behaviour! And that's fine. I will continue making heart eyes at him whenever he appears on screen undeterred.

[aranostra]

sitting here thinking "man people don't appreciate how terrifying claudia was. if she had lived longer she could've easily become the villain of the story"

and now that's ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT