#drift off to the terrors of the everyday world? daniel's alcoholism has progressed to the point where he can no longer function by himself | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

gh-0-stcup · 4 months ago

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Daniel and Armand spent four years meeting up and having long, intense conversations about philosophy, culture, and history before they officially got together.

They had a very active social life and seemed to spend several years doing a wide variety of interesting activities together.

Daniel mentions how he grew increasingly bitter over the years. Things between him and Armand fell apart due to Armand not being willing to turn Daniel.

Daniel is free to leave at any time. Armand won't try to chase Daniel down if Daniel doesn't want to be there.

Daniel's alcoholism spirals out of control when he isn't with Armand. Daniel has been on the verge of death because of his alcoholism multiple times prior to this chapter.

#yes devil's minion is pretty dark and fucked up #but my hot take is that i don't think it's as dark as some believe it to be #or even as dark as this chapter suggests #daniel's recalling his ex of six months who he's still very angry with and admittedly bitter towards #while he's delirious and dying #daniel minimizes his alcoholism and how much it impacts his ability to function throughout the chapter #and projects the problems it causes onto armand #drift off to the terrors of the everyday world? daniel's alcoholism has progressed to the point where he can no longer function by himself #rather than acknowledging his own problems daniel focuses on how armand will let him run off and drink himself to death #shifting the blame to armand for not turning him #there's also been a very notable decline in daniel's functioning over the years #once daniel and armand spent their nights meeting new people and doing all kinds of activities #but now daniel has lost contact with all his friends/family and barely describes doing anything outside of their villa #is this armand isolating daniel? or is it an impact daniel's alcoholism has had on their lives?#to be clear - i'm not saying armand's a wonderful guy in this or that their relationship is healthy #i just think there is a lot more going on between the lines here #especially considering daniel was anne's way of discussing her own alcoholism #and there's a lot more to their relationship than armand psychologically tortured daniel into falling in love with him #tvc #qotd #devil's minion #armand x daniel #armand #daniel molloy

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