#cheater childe

[jointherebellion215]

Okay, this may be a hot take, but I'm so sick of the "Art immediately forgives Tashi and Patrick for cheating and they all live happily ever after with no issues" trope that's become common in Challengers fanfics.

I know that people are so in love with the polyamorous-coded nature of Tashi, Art, and Patrick's relationship, that they completely forget what's a reality in the story. It also spreads misconceptions about polyamory, because while poly relationships are ethical, cheating is inherently unethical. Cheating and polyamory are not synonymous.

Poly relationships can work because there's constant communication and, most importantly, there's consent with all parties involved. There should be, like in every relationship, a level of trust between everyone.

Now, Art and Tashi are assumedly not poly. They are in a monogamous marriage, which dictates romantic involvement of two people and two people only. Regardless of any feelings that may occur with a third or fourth person, they are in a one-on-one relationship.

Tashi and Patrick deciding to get together multiple times without Art's knowledge or consent breaks that fundamental level of trust Art and Tashi had. It's a betrayal. Art should be allowed to be pissed off. Livid, even. I know that Art is seen as a very passive, submissive character compared to how assertive Patrick and Tashi are, but he shouldn't be a complete doormat. Everyone deals with hurt and pain differently, but there's been a general consensus among the fics I've read that were like "Yeah, that happened, but nobody talked about it or fought and everything was fine!" which is so ??????

Let him be angry. Let him be hurt. Let him hold a grudge for a little while. There can be tension and arguments and conflict before all is well.

There can be consequences.

[vaguely-concerned]

kremy being so patient with twig even though she very nearly had them pulling one of those moves that get you doomed to eternal torment in greek mythology (i.e. secretly feeding people their own young)...... his is the voice of the most soul-tired man in the world when he says 'twig... I've done a lot of fucked up shit in my time, but I'm not gonna feed them people'. he's not angry he's not even disappointed he's just resigned. he's a person who has to draw the line somewhere and he's drawing it

[laesas]

I don't know how much more explicit the message of "THIS IS GROOMING" could have been without Be On Cloud superimposing it in all-caps text over every one of Non and his teacher's scenes. People interpreting that as "cheating" are cracked in the fucking head.

[tremendously-crazy]

"i'm sorry i committed the crime of being born this way," says michael, fourteen year old cisgender heterosexual male after a teenage girl says she'd pick the bear

[averageludwig]

did you hear? demoman is going into labor so you should say you are happy for the birth of my child

Dont piss me off, that baby got one father and its ME thank you.

[rantz-for-st0ry]

yk maybe the reason little kid me never wanted my siblings to have partners or get married is bc I knew they would start choosing them over me and I would get left in the dust </3

[floralovebot]

listen,, i am Not defending all of sky's actions or his personality but he's genuinely just not as bad as the fandom makes him out to be.

a lot of y'all forget that sky is a prince with extremely overbearing and downright abusive parents that refuse to listen to him or treat him with any ounce of respect. and that the whole diaspro vs bloom situation was started directly because his parents forced an arranged marriage between diaspro and sky, constantly telling her parents that it would work out and never listening to sky the hundreds of times he tried to stop it. like again, he's not great, he's my least favorite specialist. but that situation was never in his favor. he was a 16 year old that dealt with strict, emotionally abusive parents his entire life and got forced into an arranged marriage with someone he never loved and was constantly told that it Needed to happen for the kingdom. trying to play it out like he's a serial cheater with some nefarious master plan is like,, really weird. again! not a great person he does a lot of shitty things. but blaming that specific situation on him, a teen with absolutely no say in his life who just met someone he genuinely likes and could love, instead of his parents is incredibly weird to me.

[red-omega]

Happy halloween here's a tier list of villainous coaches from my timeline. "Villain" ranges from temporary arcs to The Devil. Sorry if your fave is on here

[shitty-goose-quack]

guys someone i know irl followed me help

does this mean i have to stop shit posting

nah fuck that block me you fucking autistic supernatural starwars fnaf boys come at me /pos

[narwhalandchill]

What the fuck bro i only got done leveling stringless to 80 for fischl on the alt like. 6 hours ago 😭😭😭😭 oh my god . its Early off standard too

guess die prinzessin is going from her freshly acquired best 4* to just straight up VIP treatment 💀💀 and now stringless is getting benched after two (2) entire days like its my cyno after arle grabbed white tassel and his 2p MH 😔

but no complaints obviously fischl is amazing and unironically harp is Literally perfect for her current build bc. she has a little over 50% crit rate currently and the 22.1% from harp (+ that nice cdmg from passive) is just. actual chef kiss shes going to be so good . Also my artifacts have a bunch of atk rolls which is going to be So tasty with the high base atk .

But i sure wasnt expecting this lmao

[minamotoz]

do NOT talk to me i just remembered how tragic of a character kc guthrie is

[madame-fear]

JACAERYS IS A NECROPHILIAC 🚩

Tbh at this point Jacaerys ai IS A HUGE ASS WALKING RED FLAG GUYS I NEED YOU TO SEE THAT AGFJKFLG

[nightmarearian]

It’s fine

(Mother is out again, Father is drinking again, little AjaxMaria is saddled with tiny Taras)

It’s fine

(They’re fighting, now AjaxMaria has Odyss as well as Taras, and heshe is still Maria. Odyss has black-brunette hair when Father is ginger and Mother is blond. The pantry is empty because Father is passed out and Mother is gone. Fishing front the lake outside is the only consistent food they can get.)

It’s fine

(It’s either quiet or there’s shouting; AjaxMaria has bruises now, Taras is old enough, Odyss helps but he isn’t as tired as AjaxMaria or Taras and now they have Tonia.)

It’s fine

(Maria becomes Ajax as he falls and falls and falls and it’s dark and bright and the life in his eyes die and there are monsters and something asks if he wants to live and-)

It’s fine

(Skirk and the Abyss is the most of a parental figure Ajax has ever had and he is happy here as Calamity as the Devouring Deep but he knows he has to leave because how dare he just leave Taras and Odyss and Tonia-)

It’s fine

(It’s only been 3 days apparently and now they have Anthon who doesn’t have the same blue eyes as any of them and it’s crawling under his skin and it’s only for a few months until he can’t take it and blood runs under his hands-)

It’s fine

(He’s fucking sold to the Fatui and he knows the mora won’t go to his siblings and that’s what makes him angry but the Abyss is happy with the blood but Taras and Odyss and Tonia and Anthon oh he’s a horrid brother how could they ever love him-)

It’s fine

(There’s so much more blood on his hands, none of the other soldiers or agents like him and they call him feral a dog a monster as hydro is under his hands and suddenly there’s a delusion in his hands and the abyss is so hungry and he feels so empty-)

It’s fine

(Liuye is warmer and he can still on think of how horrid of a brother he is so he buys toys for new little Teucer and he wonders how Taras can still love him How Odyss still hugs him and Tonia is still fine with being his little princess and how Anthon doesn’t think he’s a monster. But to the Tsarista and the Abyss is TartagliaChilde sworn to so to Liyue he still stays and Ajax cries and-)

It’s fine

(He’s never gotten along with most of the Harbingers and that is the norm after all and Zhongli was never subtle in the first place, especially compared to his abyss but it still hurts and the reawakened abyss absolutely burns and oh hey little Teucer is here and he looks just like Odyss when he was younger [never like Maria or Ajax or Taras. Even then they were tired] and everything hurts and is empty and is so so gray)

It’s fine

(Signora dies and they’re all called back to cold and snow and he can’t feel anything the abyss is screeching and burning to where he says it isn’t the time for a fight and-)

It’s not fine.

The abyss burns. The Tsarista rages. The Harbingers scheme. Celestia watches.

Childe wants to run back to the Abyss, for all it is and how hostile it stays. It’s happiest and the most cared for he’s ever been and that’s saying something considering it’s actually Hell and he’d actually look like a monster but Skirk would ruffle his hair and actually care for him.

Ajax wants to run back to Taras and Odyss and Tonia and Anthon and Teucer because he might actually feel something even if it’s debilitating worry and stress but he gets to care and feel their love towards him even if he doesn’t deserve it cause he’s selfish.

Tartaglia doesn’t do or want anything because all it is a mix between a title and a mask that isn’t actually alive.

(He’d be a God in the Abyss. Calamity and Battle; Dreams and Stories. The Devouring Deep, something alive as much as it is a title, unlike Tartaglia. It would be so easy, and he would cause he’s selfish but he’s never one to break promises, much less to Taras or Odyss or Tonia, or the Celestial Archon of love and Cryo)

He stares at his own reflection, the mirror of a simple dress table in his Harbinger room. The room itself is painfully simple, as Pucinella has put it. It’s the room for Tartaglia, who is not a person. Why would it be decorated?

The Tsarista has called for all of them again, cause the politics of the Teyvat are reaching a high and it’s all so nuanced and fucking meaningless when he knows of the Abyss but can’t do anything.

It’s only half an hour to get ready for this stupid ball, and then another several hours of Tartaglia while the abyss burns inside only wanting to-

He breathes in. Out.

He puts on a fitting outfit, touches up on subtle make up and breathes in. Out.

He opens the door, puts on a dead smile like that’s his actual resting face like he’s done since Maria.

It’s fine.

[femme-objet]

i was just complaining about americans being insane about cheating and the tags on that priest tiktok post are like exhibit A. people talking about how she deserves it and just shouldn’t have cheated and so on. people will recognize that the institution of marriage is oppressive in all these ways but they’ll still call for saudi-style punishment for adultery

[boyczar]

[venomgender]

obviously cheating on your partner is bad but its so fucking insane the amount of hostility people treat cheaters with...? why are people saying (as a joke or not) that we should medically castrate cheaters. or that we should drug our partners w the specific horomone thats casationally linked to monogamy to make sure they dont cheat. what is going on. yeah getting cheated on sucks but just like cuss them out or something there is 0 world where any of the shit y ou just said should be normal.