#due to power imbalance

[grimbunnies]

Briana: I miss you everyday, Mamma. I’ll bring fresh flowers tomorrow.

Fr. Theo: “Briana! I’m so glad you made it. You missed the service, but I am happy to see you here for our private instruction.”

Briana: “I would never miss it.”

Briana: “I do need to use the restroom before we begin.”

Fr. Theo: “Of course.”

Briana: “Theo?”

Fr. Theo: “I could not wait any longer to hold you and kiss you again, my dove.”

[thebad-lydrawn-sanses]

Want emotional support?

Anyways here's some space themed stuff if you're a dark mode user.

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-Multiverse Anon

regretfully i can not see it as i am not a dark mode user but i hope others can enjoy the view of space :D

[clairedaring]

So, it's your bath time, right? Eh? Let's bathe! Hey! I can walk! Khun Yai, stop! Khun Yai!

I Feel You Linger In The Air (2023) | 1.08

[withthewindinherfootsteps]

Wang LingJiao used the chance to scramble out. She took out a cylinder of fire-light from her lapels and shook it a few times. A light shot out of the cylinder. Along with a sharp whistle, it rushed out of the wooden window and exploded in the sky outside. Then, she fumbled out a second one, a third one. Hair tangled, she mumbled, “Come… Come… Come here… Everyone, come here!” Through the pain, Wei WuXian pushed Jiang Cheng, “Stop her from sending any more signals!” Jiang Cheng let go of Wei WuXian and lunged in the direction of Wang LingJiao. Yet, at the same time, Wen ZhuLiu was closing in on Madam Yu. He looked as if he was about to knock her down. Jiang Cheng hurried, “Mom!” He immediately gave up on Wang LingJiao and threw himself over. Wen ZhuLiu didn’t even turn his head as he struck, “Not even close!” Jiang Cheng’s shoulder suffered the attack. Blood immediately burst from his mouth. Wang LingJiao had already let out all of the signal fire-lights. Sharp whistles and bright sparks filled the entire grey-blue sky. - Chapter 58, EXR

It's quite interesting how, in this moment, Jiang Cheng does exactly what he's always criticised Wei Wuxian of doing: endangering the Yunmeng Jiang sect by 'playing the hero'. That's not what either of them are doing, of course – it isn't a motivation for Jiang Cheng here, it's not a motivation for Wei Wuxian anytime else, and the motivations they have definitely make sense – but it's exactly the sort of behaviour Jiang Cheng would criticise Wei Wuxian for, with those exact words.

Yet, no character ever criticises him for this – Wei Wuxian doesn't, even when it was his (necessary) advice that was disregarded; Madam Yu doesn't, even when her sect suffered as a consequence. Even when it very likely played a role in Lotus Pier's downfall (at least in getting a lot of Wen sect cultivators to get there very fast), it's never brought up by any character ever again... whereas Wei Wuxian's action of saving Lan Wangji, Jin Zixuan and Mianmian in the Xuanwu cave constantly is, even when the Wen sect was pretty certainly going to attack Lotus Pier anyway*. That's not to say Jiang Cheng should be blamed for the fall of Lotus Pier, either – that's on the Wen sect, and regardless of both of their actions, the attack was probably going to be a success. And can we blame someone for making a panicked decision protect his mother? – but one's action is definitely more direct than the other, and it's not the one that's constantly blamed.

The aim, though, isn't to compare the actions so much as the attitudes of the people involved, and this is another little detail that shows the imbalance in Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng's dynamic. Again, Wei Wuxian doesn't say anything about this afterwards, and doesn't seem to blame him, even when it's his words that were disregarded, and when the Jiang sect and Lotus Pier were undoubtedly very important to him as well. Which is good! That's a good thing and definitely the healthier option for both of them! If the roles were flipped, and Wei Wuxian saved a(n admittedly non-Yu Ziyuan) person, disregarding Jiang Cheng's orders while leading to more danger falling on Lotus Pier? Jiang Cheng would never stop blaming him or bringing it up. Even after the many years that passed between then and Wei Wuxian's resurrection, he still blames Wei Wuxian for the fall of Lotus Pier due to his actions in the Xuanwu cave** – once again, a much less direct scenario.

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*Very strategic location (trade hub etc), they attacked the Cloud Recesses already, Jiang Cheng's internal narration literally admits this:

In his heart, Jiang Cheng knew clearly that back in the cave of the Xuanwu of Slaughter at Dusk-Creek Mountain, even if Wei WuXian hadn’t saved Lan WangJi, the Wen Sect would have found some reason to come over sooner or later. But he had always felt that, if the whole thing with Wei WuXian didn’t happen, maybe it wouldn’t have been so soon, maybe there would’ve been some way to turn things around - Chapter 59, EXR

Yet there was some time between the end of the Wen indoctrination and the Fall of Lotus Pier, and we never even saw attempts at security adjustments!

**As we see in the Ancestral Hall:

Jiang Cheng mocked, “Look how forgetful you are. What does unwelcome people mean? Then let me remind you. It was because you played the hero and saved Second Young Master Lan, who’s standing beside you right now, that the entire Lotus Pier and my parents went down with you." - Chapter 87, EXR

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

thinking about superheroes unfortunately

[darby-rowe]

I had this dream yesterday night where I was going to a doctors appointment but when I walked in Coryo was my doctor and during my checkup he had me strip and fucked my ass and I literally cannot stop thinking about it

18+ | nsfw | mdni

and what if i potentially turned this into a dddne blurb..............

[iwonderwh0]

If there's one thing to thank anti hankcon discourse it's for the folks around their thirties gathering to tell the teens that they are, in fact, adult enough to decide for themselves who to fuck with and that they do, in fact, find older people attractive.

(And also collectively asking folks in their teens-to-early 20s to stop using the word p*dophilia when talking about literal 30+ years olds.)

Like really, throwing this words in relation to adults downplays its actual weight in its actual fucking meaning, and this is really scary. Age gap might be a controversial topic but not anywhere near it is a matter of comparable scale to what the word ped*philia stands for. Don't turn this word into a buzzword, I'm begging you.

[suncaptor]

the thing about viewing Jack as a child versus not is that if you're basing it in most ways you would view children and look at it as "infantilization" because Jack is physically developed & communicative in a way that makes you take him seriously then the issue perhaps is how you view children and how they should be treated in the first place. because the ways in which children are vulnerable Jack very much of the time ALSO IS. that is WHY what is happening to him is specifically child abuse. everything that is happening to him is a formative experience regardless of the lack of neurological development that has to happen because it is all he knows. children should be respected the same way Jack should be and children should be protected in the same ways Jack should be. the idea he can speedrun all of the things that make children vulnerable because of being able to control his physical development is kind of ridiculous. time alive allows us to have different ways of forming schemas and understanding how this world and the people in it works. Jack spends this time being abused & traumatised by war. that impact is foundational to his development of his perception even if his brain development stayed the same throughout it.

[batwynn]

I thought I’d share this little preview of my cute romance comic where the young master of the house and his valet fall in love, and all the complications or joys that go along with that. This is a comic that I’ve been working on and sharing only on Patreon so far. I haven’t had a lot of time to work on it, though, with other projects and commissions. I’m hoping to start sharing it on Webtoon if I can get some extra support via Patreon or Ko-fi to help me take some time off of commissions! (Yes, this is a bit of a shameless plug, I’m sorry. 🥲You also get lots of other fun stuff over on Patreon like the Quincey Morris comic, art requests for any tier level, stickers, cards, etc! We’re actually almost fully to my goal, thanks to the amazing support of awesome peoples!)

[yourbuerokrat2]

Love me some onesided!qcard, where Q is either entirely oblivious that it is onesided or in denial about it.

[inksandpensblog]

“Putting characters in messed up situations” isn’t enough. I need to put characters in situations with obstacles that are designed to herd them towards one horrible outcome…and watch them shine as they navigate a way around the obstacles to an outcome that’s not as horrible as it could’ve been.

[obsidiannebula]

Just saw someone tag their fic "age gap" when the couple's ages are *22* and *25*

You people do not fucking understand what an age gap is and you need to be stopped

[holyshit]

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[cam-ryt]

Spatula Gate episode : what do we think about Magnus asking Alec to stop acting like a child ?

[d3stroyman]

Man, I thought it was just me when it came to that au-

Honestly, I was iffy with the concept when it first came out but that's for more personal reasons, but then it started to get more suggestive and I was just gone-

Literally how I feel because like. I did not mind it. Wasn't my cup of tea but I didn't fucking. Care??? But then I just got that weird shit on my recommended and just, got fully disgusted when I found out abt the more suggestive content. The fact they don't even hide the suggestive stuff and put it all on their main. Sobs!!!!

[pochapal]

I'm saying this as someone who has NOT read far enough to know if this is true or not, but grouping Shannon with the cousins the way they have, and the fact that she wears the one winged eagle, might also suggest that she's an illegitimate Ushiromiya. Let's hope not for George's sake.

shannon being related to them would be horrifying but i'm pretty sure it's not the case since "secret illegitimate family member masquerading as a servant" is kind of like so incredibly blatantly obvious as a mystery trope and i think if it was what's going on the "hints" wouldn't be laid on this thick in episode 1. i think the story wants you to think this might be the case but i also think it really truly is not the case.

i'm 99% sure the notion of "ushiromiya shannon" is being used as a smokescreen to detract from the real reason behind why shannon bears so much ushiromiya iconography and why she's actually trapped in this servitude role and receives so much attention from kinzo. given what we know about kinzo and how much he loathes his family/bloodline and his "anyone can solve the epitaph and win the headship wink wink nudge nudge" thing it's far more likely that he would only passively encourage someone not of ushiromiya blood to assume the headship. there might be some kind of loophole in his contract with beatrice where if the fortune is not in the hands of an ushiromiya when beatrice comes to collect her debts it's untouchable or something and so kinzo's been half-grooming shannon since infancy to assume some kind of role like that (my personal running theory with little evidence is that he's actually planning on using shannon's body as a vessel for beatrice's spirit to possess but if you go through the mental gymnastics of double-metaphor obfuscation, being possessed by beatrice and assuming the headship are kind of the same thing) as a servant with no will of her own or the ability to say no. so "ushiromiya shannon" could be argued to be the objective and not the starting point.

also logistically i cannot see how shannon being a secret child would work at all. since she's sixteen it means she'd have been born after every other cousin except for maria, which then limits whose child she could be - the existence of battler, jessica, and george dictate that rudolf, krauss, and eva aren't responsible. rosa is a fair deal younger than the other siblings so there's no way she could have concealed what would have in all likelihood been a teen pregnancy from the other family members. and if it was kinzo given his absolute rule as the ushiromiya patriarch there'd be no motive for him to conceal shannon in an orphanage and then backdoor hire her as a servant.

so yeah i think positioning shannon to the family like this is more indicative of a) kinzo's direct controlling abuse of her and b) the love and bond that the cousins have with her rather than some elaborate plot that makes sense from a trope-based point of view but not a thematic one.