#causing couples physical

[catsharky]

Yeah I was right and there was no way I was getting the rest of this done without making you all wait another month or two, so I just went to the next good break point. We're officially past the halfway point with Astarion though, so not too much longer before you actually get to see Rolan again!

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[ctbraininjurysupportservice-blog]

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[luxsea]

seriously the way they abruptly stopped showing us jinx's mental state in s2 despite it making zero sense for her symptoms to get better was a weird choice considering how rock bottom she gets. then she reunites w her family which is one of her biggest triggers and it's no biggie. s1 had me like wow as someone who experiences psychosis this is the first time i've seen the illness portrayed in a way that doesn't turn the character into a caricature and the animation actually helps the viewer understand and sympathize with the trauma shes suffering from. shes not just a quirky manic pixie dream girl trope but a fully fleshed out person who's a product of the ppl and environment around her. and then they take all that brilliant depth of her character away, making her more palatable to fans who now say "shes not insane anymore!" even tho that's not how it works. and then after a season of suicidal ideation, attempting multiple times, they have her fake her own death bc the message is that her loved ones are better off without her. cool character. i barely recognize her.

[kohakhearts]

forget about fatal flaws or mental illness or whatever. how does your blorbo feel about math

[aroaceleovaldez]

I never quite finished these two cards the first time i tried making a PJO major arcana and I never posted them. I really like the designs though so I’ll probably try to do something similar when I draft them again

[moeblob]

Ladd: but why would you kill me when I'm willing to kill for you?? Lass: omg you can't just say you'd kill someone, Ladd. that's murder and it's frowned upon.

(and then Ladd does kill for her but it's fine and part of the job)

[queeraang]

(CW: mentions of various kinds of abuse)

I finished kevin can fuck himself (recommend it, it has so much fun with genre) which is essentially a dark comedy about a woman breaking away from a narcissistic husband and i keep seeing people having theories of like "i bet he was physically abusing her but we didn't see it" which i think misses the point of the show.

not saying it doesn't happen but it's less common for someone to say "my partner hit me" and be brushed off with a "that's just how marriage is lol". the show is about how someone can subtly abuse and manipulate you for years before you realize how bad it's gotten. combined with how they can downplay their harm so everyone around you laughs it off.

to that point i've seen a few people like "i don't get it, he's not that bad" because the harm he causes is funny or 'not a big deal'. like she can't hate him for ruining her life unless he hit her.

it's similar imo to when all the stuff around nickelodeon shows was coming out where it seemed like people almost wanted dan schneider to have sexually assaulted a child and weren't satisfied with "his conduct was questionable also he was constantly screaming at children" like if all he did was berate kids, that is deplorable enough, things don't have to be the absolute worse case scenario before someone's allowed to complain or remove themself from the situation

[deservedgrace]

I don't think that framing "Marginalized™️ Atheism/Deconstruction" and "Cishet White Male Atheism/Deconstruction" as inherently ~separate and distinct~ is super effective (and disclaimer I'm specifically speaking about my experience with christianity, atheism, and ex christian atheists/deconstructors), but also... okay so I was raised in a cult, and cults are oppressive for all its members. Nobody gets out unscathed, everyone experiences the abuse tactics, everybody is a victim. But within the cult there is a hierarchy, and cishet white men are at the top. So while the cult is oppressive to everyone, and everyone is harmed in some way, it is also uniquely oppressive to queer folks, to BIPOC, to disabled folks, to women, etc etc. And the thing that happens to some of those cishet white men is they leave an oppressive cult, where they are considered the "default", and they go into the ~real world~, where they are also considered the "default", and even in atheist/deconstruction spaces, their bodies and experiences are often the leading voices.

The men that leave go from an oppressive patriarchal culture to a far less oppressive (to them) patriarchal society. The white people that leave go from an oppressive racist culture to a far less oppressive (to them) racist society. The people that leave go from an oppressive culture that does not value marginalized voices to a different, less oppressive culture that also does not value marginalized voices. And if you personally do not experience [xyz] oppression, it can be difficult to even realize there are things surrounding that you have to deconstruct unless you listen to the voices of the oppressed. But some cishet white men go from being considered the "default" in an oppressive culture, to being considered the "default" in a less oppressive culture (to them). Their experience of "overcoming systemic oppression" comes from leaving the church, and it can be really easy to fall into the trap that the church, specifically, is the sole oppressor and enemy of everyone.

Of course this doesn't happen in every single case and it's also not exclusive to cishet white men. But those blind spots are why I think it's important for everyone to listen to a variety of voices when they're deconstructing, especially if those voices are talking about oppression you wouldn't have experienced firsthand.

No, our deconstructions are not inherently different, but the experiences and circumstances prior to it often are. It's okay to acknowledge that and beneficial for everybody to listen to each other's experiences.

[killrisma]

Fell for the 3rd time in a week :’)

[sunnyxjarrus]

Anyone else hate when people say if you didn’t do it you wouldn’t act guilty

like no I just feel very surrounded and trapped in this situation and that nothing I say will be right

or is this just me

[telekitnetic-art]

Late night WIP,, I haven't done formline art since December so I'm feeling a little cooped up.

[look-at-the-stars-tonight]

the amount of effort that goes into figuring out what to cook and eat every day is RIDICULOUS. i used to think people were so weird and boring for eating the same thing every single day but it truly does make life so much easier

[peaches2217]

Me on a FB group for enbies: “Hey so I got absolutely torn to shreds for practicing unsafe binding without realizing it was unsafe, I apologize and now I’m NOT doing that, but I am once again dealing with Massive Tit Syndrome. I know double-binding isn’t safe now so can y’all recommend any tips for looking less Tiddie’d Up because my dysphoria’s kinda going haywire”

The same people who tore me to shreds for unknowingly practicing unsafe binding: “It’s okay! Even fat cis guys have moobs! Yours are pretty obviously breasts that are being compressed but if you tilt your head and squint they almost look like pecs! You don’t need to look a certain way to be valid! You’re perfectly valid as a man even though you look super feminine and curvy and presently stand no chance of even vaguely looking like anything else 🥰🥰🥰”

[crystalpallette]

I love it when they give guns to pretty girls and also they are in summerwear

[vamp-a-day]

day 29

Just 3 drinks For the sake of the old times. [...] The whole nine, laughing remembering all the old lines

[em-b-sides]

I think about that tiktok trend where you like paint your partners eye color on your nails or make a bracelet or something with the color a lot actually