#especially now that I’m an Adult™️

[moss-theft]

the autistic urge to be empathetic towards fictional characters like I am with real people

[severinaprince]

u kno, I don’t think that people consider enough the possibility (and very high probability) that Snape wasn’t mean to student’s because he wanted to, but more so because he had to. Not saying they he was nice. That man sure as hell wasn’t nice, especially when reading from Harry’s point of view.

But let’s consider for a moment the objective circumstances: Severus Snape was a past Death Eater, who at 21-ish years old changed sides (something only Dumbledore knew to which extent and the reasons), and knew of the possibility of the Dark Lord coming back because Dumbledore told him, and anyone who listened honestly, that he didn’t believe Voldemort to be truly gone.

Now, Severus Snape knows that Harry Potter, this child who is the Dark Lord’s undoing, is alive and is coming to the school, as probably most of his contemporary schoolmate’s kids are also going, have been there a while and will come for various years after. Snape is still bound to Dumbledore by his promise to be a spy, and is bound to Voldemort by brand. And Dumbledore is highly suspicious shit is about to go down (which u kno, he was rights ‘cause even from the first year lil Harry started Going Through It™️).

Having that background: Severus Snape, Head of Slytherin, and presumed Death Eater (‘cause u kno, spy), who was never known to be openly warm nor kind, who was fiercely bullied and he retaliated when felt necessary, is supposed to seem impartial and nice to all of his students?

Morally, should he had been? Heck yeah. Any decent teacher and adult should.

Realistically, should he had been? Well, if he wanted his cover blown, sure. If he wanted all of the Death Eaters who had children in school questioning the hell out of him, yeah. If he wanted Voldemort suspicious of his alliance and current belief system (which would have been at odds with the Death Eater ideals), uh-huh. But that would have made for a lousy spy at best and disastrous war changing consequences at worst.

And let’s be really honest here: Dumbledore gave him the position as teacher, primarily because he wanted to use Snape as a spy. That was Dumbledore’s priority, not the teaching. Which is a little wild to think coming from a school headmaster, truly.

This theory (which personally extends from theory to canon, because that’s how being a spy works) does not excuse him from how his prejudice blinded him from seeing Harry for Harry and not James (but the case could be made that neither did Sirius, but that’s another topic). That was wild. However, at the same time, he looked out for Harry’s life.

Again, I’m not saying Severus was warm and nice and he certainly acted mean and cruel at moments, particularly with kids from the other three houses. I just think that was part of the tragedy. He had a role to play, he played it perfectly, getting himself branded as a coward and a traitor by the people closest to him. And because of him, they won the war.

[padawansuggest]

Okay but y’all makin these time travelers/deagers too Adult™️. Lemme explain to you a thing. My general idea of characters being deaged is the same no matter what and I believe anything else is literally unrealistic. If you suddenly turn a 36 year old into a four year okay, they cannot have the same emotional capacity. Literally. Like it’s physically not possible. Something that might make an adult frown is gonna cause full blown tears in a child, because tears are literally made of brain chemicals being expelled when the mind is overloaded. Like a baby can’t hold as much emotion back. I’m not saying it’s gonna cause full on sobbing, but it will make them tearful and pathetic looking. It’s not that hard to cry as a baby.

But then another thing. When you make a deaged character (usually in time travel or pretending not to really be an adult) know life saving information, especially in fandoms with canon prescience abilities, just have the small child look that adult dead in their eyes, tell them exactly what will happen if they don’t head this warning (like ‘you will die as the clock strikes twelve if you stand there’ or something you gotta make it sound REAL ominous) and then when the adult goes to ask them about it??? Giggle and wander off. You’re a baby now, that’s the adults decision if they believe you or not now!

Adult in child’s body: can we have ____ tonight?

Adult: I thought you hated ____??

Adult in child’s body: *big scoff* I don’t have BABY taste buds anymore, I wanna try it again!

Just make them a lil bratty! Children do that sometimes!

Sincerely: babify them.

[generic-whumperz]

Bullshit & Masterlist(s)

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The Aid Masterlist (current WIP, 18+)

Apocamerica AU

Other works can be found at the bottom of this post under “Story Stuff,” but there isn't much else because I'm focusing on The Aid for now.

Congratulations, you have stumbled upon another (generic) whump blog, hence the name! Blog est. Aug 2023. Currently just working on one story right now (yay hyperfixations), that is slowly consuming every waking thought. Help

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I prefer to be anonymous on here, so just call me “Generic/Gen,” them/them, mid (quit lying to yourself) late-20’s.

Dyslexic bitch & silly goose—please excuse typos, misspellings, and any grammatical errors! I re-read and edit as best as I can, but my brain be playin’ tricks on me, and shit falls through the cracks! Just manage your expectations is all I’m sayin’, I’m not a professional.

I’m (unfortunately) an American and my obnoxious word choice will probably reflect that.

I’m currently a full-time college student taking a single class because I suck! But still, any written works I choose to share will not be uploaded on a set schedule (I write slow, my brain only occasionally works, & yada-yada), I apologize in advance!    

I run a queue—and nah I won’t tag it.

Lover of cryptids (Mothman fucks), paranormal enthusiast and certified Haunted™️. Weird shit WILL leak into my writing eventually. Don’t be surprised if a ghost or skin walker makes a cameo. It’s more fun this way, just go with the flow.

House plant addict. They are all my children. Ask me how big my monstera is ;)

Irl I’m a (professional) stained glass artist

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Explicit stuff like non-con, dub-con, forced drugging, etc. Wreck that bussy.

Other Story Stuff & Random Things:

Subject X: BB217 Intro

[ironmansbay]

thinking abt Connor’s mom. i picture her in my head as this extremely bubbly midcentury NY society lady that Logan married for her family’s money and/or the sex-pass (more common back then) who got even more idealistic after having Connor and as the 50s became the 60s (using Alan Ruck’s 1956 birthdate as an anchor here, the timeline might be different in Successionland,) and had an “are we the baddies” type moment re: All Of It™️ and entered a crisis, began clashing with Logan, founded RECNY, exited the crisis, reentered a new, scarier crisis as the clashes with Logan continued, before finally being sedated and locked up sometime in the 70s (probably. doctors REALLY loved administering sedatives in the 70s.) while Logan finalizes the divorce, shoves more cake in their son’s mouth, and leaves him to go wife shopping, and later heir shopping.

furthermore: thinking about how after the divorce that Logan probably bankrolled the fees for her incarceration (let’s not dance around it) but that her family were the ones who kept her there. how after they died responsibility might have shifted to a now-adult Connor if extended relations were unwilling/unavailable. thinking about how the fact he’s almost immediately on board with playing ambassador in the Balkans probably means he doesn’t visit her regularly, if ever, for any number of reasons. (Fear? Shame? Garden variety rich guy apathy? the cake thing and him defending her around Roman et al points more to a fear/shame cocktail imo.) At the end of it all I’m left to wonder what I always wonder when someone winds up involuntarily hospitalized, especially longterm: was she a genuine danger to herself and others, or did someone just want her gone?

tl;dr Mrs. Logan Roy the First looks like Patricia Nixon with a rictus smile and runny mascara in my brain. okay. think pearl necklaces and aspic dinners and doctor prescribed Quaaludes and nobody’s hair moves because we’re in the hairspray and hot rollers era. get it. got it.

[anna-pineappel]

directors cut for Walk Through Fire? I’m especially interested in how it developed into a plot and evolved over time, what scenes you thought of first, and anything else that comes to mind!

Thanks for the ask, @meatsouuuuup!!! Just getting around replying to this now. How much time do you have? lol

(Note: at the time of this reply (July 4, 2024) I still have 2 Chapters to post, so I'll answer this without giving away the end, but I can circle back once the whole fic is posted).

Warning: this is a bit long, sorry not sorry!

Plot Origins:

So, I have 2 headcanons for Klogan and how they get together:

They are playing chess in Klink's quarters, they're drinking, and things happen - This is my fic Letting the Liquor Talk

They Banter/Argue in Klink's office and sexual tension... snaps - Which is what inspired Walk Through Fire

Walk Through Fire was supposed to be a one-shot, Chapter 1 - Unravel, like Letting the Liquor Talk. But then I decided it needed to be a two-parter because... I just kept writing lol. I wrote Chapter 1 kinda from Klink's perspective and Chapter 2 - Surrender to the Darkness, is more from Hogan's perspective.

However, it didn't stay a two-parter and before I knew it, I had a whole +40k fic on my hands! 😅 Let's get into it!

Evolution/First Scene(s):

I had Chapter 1, then 2, and Chapter 10 thought of first. After writing those chapters, I had a vague outline about scenes/plot points I wanted to include:

Schultz walking in on them - Chapter 3

The gang confronting Hogan in his office - Chapter 4

The Paris trip - Chapter 5

Hogan's disguise on New Year's Eve - Chapter 7

The gang listening on the coffee maker at the wrong time - Chapter 8

I wrote the main ideas for those chapters and then... I had to connect everything with a Plot™️. Luckily, once I wrote Schultz walking in and Chapter 3, it was a bit of a catalyst to other plot points, like the Paris trip.

I also decided that I needed something between Chapter 5 and 7, and then I got the idea for Klink to tell Hogan that he is Nimrod and then Hogan shows him the operation. It was with that chapter that the fic felt like an actual fic, since the relationship deepens.

Then, I was able to write the last half of Chapter 8, all of Chapter 9 (latest update), and changed some things around in Chapter 10. Chapter 11 was the last chapter I wrote, and the fic was almost only 10 chapters. But then I had an Idea™️.

Anything Else?

I wrote Chapter 4 - Secret Affair, while at the mechanic. There was something wrong with my vehicle and I waited 3-4 hours. At the time, the mechanic was an hour away, I couldn't get a shuttle, and my partner was at work so I brought my laptop and wrote some smut while I waited, like a Normal Adult.

I was going Through It™️ when I wrote Chapter 8 - Betrayal, and it got angsty very quickly. It was quite cathartic to write Hogan being angry and having a nightmare! And it inspired a whole other Whump WIP.

I wrote Walk Through Fire before any other fic. And my other fics served as a procrastination strategy when I didn't want to work on Walk Through Fire. Nothing like procrastinating on a WIP with other WIPs/Fics!

Hope you enjoy all that! 😊

[chaosnojutsu]

rambles of a twentysomething. accepting advice and solidarity, mostly just screaming into the void.

i hate feeling like i’m not working toward anything, especially when whether i like it or not my daily actions are laying the groundwork for my future. and the obvious answer here is that i’ve completed undergrad and now i need to focus on a career, right. except [insert personal reasons i’m not gonna bore anyone with] and the job market sucks and most of my skills are soft skills and because i just got out of school and have completed less than two years in the workforce (in an industry i do not plan on returning to and an industry that i do not wish to work in long term, neither of which pay sustainably in the united states or are considered “respectable” careers) i don’t have relevant prior experience/training in hardly anything useful. so my best option as someone with A University Degree™️ who’s supposed to be a functioning responsible self-sufficient adult is to live with my parents and apply for a minimum wage job and continue the cycle of working to make ends meet. i’m out of money i literally have no choice. i had to spend the very last of my savings to drive across the country and get my stuff out of my ex roommate’s apartment. so i don’t even have wiggle room now to sit comfy for a while until a job i can legitimately consider opens up. and i know i’m not gonna do whatever bullshit job long term because it won’t be contributing to whatever my career path is, which means it’s pointless for me to spend my time on now, and don’t come at me with “you have to make money” because that’s a miserable existence. living just to make money to keep living the kind of life i don’t want to have because it’s paycheck to paycheck. there is no saving up for a rainy day or for a grand dream that i don’t have. i’m so mad.

[1moreoffkeyanthem]

because i am sad, don't have my nina meds and have the personality of tissue paper rn, will you take pity on me, pretty girl, and pray tell what the locations look like in ur fics? like how you imagine south park looks, maybe stan and kyle's old bed rooms, the sp survivor haus? starks pond, the vibes and stuff -- you can be as hyper specific as you want i really like detail and visualizing things <3 also you

Melda Tâe I sincerely hope this is a bright spot in the Sadsack!!! This is such a great ask too like what does the HWB elven palace look like? The train station in WGSIES? The Broken Bottle Quartet apt complex? Heidi’s coffee shop in ATLCTS? The bistro where ojv Craig and Kyle have Nerd Boy Time? The TWITR bunkhouse?

And I’ve said on multiple occasions that I suck an unfathomable amount of ass at actually putting setting descriptions into my fics. Not because I’m picturing scenes playing out in a blank void, or bc I’m not picturing things clearly, but 1) I fully convince myself that no one wants to read my boring drawn out descriptions, which is stupid and I’m aware of that bc I LOVEEEEE vivid imagery when I’m reading 2) I often forget that no one is envisioning what I am without visual explanations lmfao it’s just so There to me I forget my readers don’t live in my cursed brain 3) I have such a habit of getting too into Witty Banter™️ and I’ll write so much dialogue with the occasional action and realize I haven’t said shit about what the setting looks like

But boy oh boy do I have specific pictures in mind! Especially regarding settings. (God I need to make a fuckin Pinterest omg the OJV board alone would go stupid)

I’m gonna be so fuckin fr right now, I have way too many AU’s and I will be unhinged abt a lot of them, so, below the cut!

So, as a surprise to absolutely no one, I’m starting with the OrangeJuiceVerse!

That bizarre town our kids grew up in is very typical suburbia, with neatly arranged near identical houses and blacktop roads that the snow plow goes through the same time every morning. Downtown holds the major businesses and across the tracks, not even a block over from the main neighborhoods, is the handful of “ghetto” houses, right by the woods. And through those woods, with a small single lane street that is far too narrow and winding to be safe? Stark’s Pond. The clearing in the tree canopy that the parking lot provides is the best stargazing spot, far enough away from the minimal light pollution that a tiny mountain town emits. It’s not just a pond, more of a park, with a field next to the water that’s a well traversed snowball fight battleground and a single bench under an ancient oak tree. The pond freezes and that’s how you know winter is truly underway. Kids slipping and sliding on the ice with no adult supervision is the standard here. In the summer, the water is still so cold, fed by mountain runoff. The surrounding shore is rocky and the m5 regularly compete to see who can find the coolest stone in the gravel.

There’s an elementary school, middle school, and high school, all in the same block and sharing a parking lot. Makes it easy for bus drivers and parents dropping off their kids. The high school is WAY bigger than is warranted for how small the town is, and there’s a separate building for band and av club. The football “stadium” isn’t much, the bleachers are only a few rows high and the field house is little more than a locker room, the concession stand is tiny and only run by student council members, and the cow painted into the turf over the 50 yrd line is lopsided. The gym where pep rallies and volleyball and basketball games are held has better seating, but football is a big damn deal in sp and the whole town is crowded around the track fence if they don’t get a seat, cheering on the hometown boys on cold October nights with nothing but fireball and ridiculous amounts of school spirit in their systems.

Stan and Kyle practically live at each others houses growing up. They each have a “Super Best Sleepover Drawer” in the others rooms and when they were younger and still the same size? No one could tell who actually owned what clothing. Like, y’all dear god you are more intertwined than your fingers holding hands. Stan’s room is a messsssss! Especially when he’s not doing well mentally. And he holds on to every stray item so his dusty shelves are cluttered as hell. His pillows are flat as shit. Nothing in his closet has been folded properly in years. The only organized thing in that room is the record collection, the sheet music folder, and the dnd character breakdown. Kyle has stress cleaned Stan’s room before. And (think You Belong With Me music video) THEIR WINDOWS FACE EACH OTHER!!! Kyle’s room has so much of the same kind of decor as Stan’s, with the posters and the figurines and the wall of nostalgic Polaroids, but he’s so much more organized. Both the boys have Kenny Paintings, (Stan is the one mentioned in this and Kyle’s is one of him as the elf king when they’d play as youngsters) and Kyle’s is hung level on the wall and Stan has his propped on his desk.

Ohhhh man the SP Survivor Safehouse, I described it some here and it really is such a College Kid House!!! They found the cheapest place to rent close to campus that would fit the 5, and it’s a SHITHOLE! It’s old as fuck and falling apart, the foundation is crooked, the blueprint must’ve been drawn by someone with severe distraction problems because for a place that’s not all that big, it’s labyrinthine in its random layout and the out of place way too high to reach ledges and the fireplace but no chimney and the ridiculousness of the narrow backyard, doing laundry in that house is a NIGHTMARE like the washer is downstairs and the dryer is in a separate room upstairs that logistically should be a bathroom. The kitchen tile is so old and cracked, and there’s this weird half wall facing the living room with a window? Also the walls are thin as hell and that staircase? Good god. Steep as fuck, tilted to the left, no railing, everyone has fallen on the Widowmakers multiple times. The garage door doesn’t work. The water heater is older than god. But this is their house, and they make it work.

I also want to describe the waterfall from How We Began, as specific and random as that is lmao. Think Multinoma Falls in Oregon, with a long trail to the top and no man made bridge over it. And it freezes like that one waterfall in narnia. Completely solid, snow and frosted trees on both sides at the summit, just the perfect place to meditate and reflect, because the reflection off the ice is like a rippled mirror. (Actually and so fr I need art of chapter 12 so bad rip) that place is BEAUTIFUL with the mountains in the background, the icicles refracting light, pine trees with needles dusted with snow, large rocks overlooking the edge of the cliff and the forest surrounding it!!!

Oh damn also the Big House in The Webs In The Rafters is the most eerie looking house of all time. At the end of that twisting gravel drive, to the left of the western pasture, sits this giant black mansion. It looks wayyyy too gothic to be on a ranch. And most of the rooms are unused, that place feels cold and dark even when the farmhands are in for dinner at that huge table in the dining room. The upstairs office has all these strange carvings in the wooden walls, Craig’s massive granite desk is right in front of the window that sees the whole front part of the land. And both that house and the bunkhouse are ancient as the “haven” itself. The walls have crawlspaces big enough for a full grown person to fit in. Like there’s a maze in the walls. The upper pasture isn’t visible from the master bedroom at the back of the top floor, and there’s a tree by the pond that Butters’ ducks live in that’s the first thing the morning light touches. That spot, where Ken and butters had their first kiss in chapter 16, is the only place that doesn’t feel stifling on the entire land.

Dude the haunted house in In The Truly Gruesome! It is legit the most cheesy haunted house of all time, set up in what is essentially a double wide trailer, no bathroom, no kitchen, barely a tiny breakroom at the back, the decor is the cheapest spirit Halloween shit imaginable and just lame shit like a bowl of peeled grapes that are supposed to feel like eyeballs in the mad scientist area. That front office with its plywood walls and plastic door is the most unromantic setting for a love confession, but Stan and Kyle made it work. The breakroom “furniture” is a random hodgepodge of booths from a closed McDonald’s and tables someone found on the side of the street. The mini fridge has nothing in there but a moldy jar of pizza sauce and a single half drank mellow yellow. This place is absurd. I love it.

AND I loved this ask! You always send me such great things my beloved omg never stop! <3

[stillinthatweirdfaze]

What are your tubing hot takes?

Side note, i have a fun tubing story. Grandparents were driving (is that the right word?) their boat around with us super fast and the rope disconnected and it was kinda scary. But all the adults were like nah tie a knot and they can keep going! And then it broke a second time

TY CORVIN tubing hot takes essay COMMENCE

also, yeah, that’s the good good lake shit that happens. I’ve never had a toe line break on me while tubing but I’ve had plenty come untied and or get stuck in the motor. Ah good times.

before I start, The Tubing Experience ™️ depends mostly on the driver. You can just stay in the wake and go a reasonable speed and have a grand ol time. You can go out the wake and stand up n all that n have a real fun time too. Depends on the rider and the driver and even the boat model (some boats have smaller wakes some have bigger ect.). But in the right hands these things are straight up a hazing tool. 0% joking here, no human should like tubing when put in extremist hands, I’ve been conditioned from age five to enjoy this shit and I’m making it all your problem.

First off, any Tube where you are sitting in a seat below the ground level of the tube or has mesh that goes down into the water is a no. The ones with the seats were not designed with any human body type in mind. So whenever you get into one your legs and hips are squeezed into the little hell seat and all the jolting and jumping around will give you rubber friction burns. Also when water gets into it (inevitable) it turns into gross fucking stagnate ass soup. It’s nice and refreshing at first but it gets all warm and nasty extremely fast just uhg god the worst. The mesh ones have the ass soup issue also. But the worst thing is that water hard when you’re going fast so whenever you hit a bump (always) it fucking HURTS. Water is also way more grippy when you’re going fast so if you’re wearing swim bottoms that aren’t the sturdies they can get torn off. Also both are just sensory issue hell. Half wet pool toy texture is not my favorite.

These things are baby shit. They are fun tho.

We personally had this guy for a long while and we could never figure out how to flip it over. I’m sure it’s possible, it’s for sure possible to fall off of one, it’s just really really hard. You’re not going to get any crazy jumps or anything with one of these things bc of the counter weights on either side, which, might be what you’re looking for idk. You can do a bunch of fun shit on these though. You can get out and lay on the sides (especially if your model is made for that), you can change seats, you can stand up and jump on them pretty easy. We liked to pretend it was a bobsled and lean the opposite way the boat was pulling us to get extra draggggg or whatever. Again, baby shit, kinda a boring ride sometimes, very safe, but still good. Also really easy on you arms which is nice.

classic no seater. Hurts your arms like hell but honestly? Underrated. No gross texture issues, no swamp ass, it’s fun. It’s generally more rough than like, a fancy WOW one with the backboards but it really depends who’s driving. Also refreshing bc your feet are in the water.

YOU. YOU BASTON FROM HELL. He’s my arch enemy and I’m glad that bitch is dead (for now). Again, ass soup. It’s hard to tell from the photo but the gimmick of this one is its three separate little tubes you can connect together with toe lines in between them. The experience is different depending on which boat you are in. The front is easy, actually kinda boring. But the ones behind it. Get all the water shrapnel coming off of the front boat, so it’s just fucking water being sprayed directly into your eyes. I don’t think I opened my eyes a single time on this thing. And moreover all the waves made from the upper tubes are being sprayed back at you as well. So you’re basically being a self sustaining constant wave maker for the people behind you. But not like good big smooth waves you get regularly like choppy fucking micro waves that don’t give you any air but make the entire tube fucking shake and jolt like it’s going over gravel. And it gets multiplied for the person in the back (ME) so much so that it legit hurt my fucking back from how rough it is. ALSO THE FUCKING momentum of all the other tubes gets transferred to you too so when you make a sharp turn you get fucking LAUNCHED like legit thrown around by any little wave or direction change. It feels like you’re being grabbed by a big cartoon hand and shook around and beat up like in a funny YouTube animation. It hurts your back like hell it hurts your arms like hell it hurts your ass like hell. The day after we got this fuckin thing it popped irreversibly. Like the whole bottom ripped to shreds. I’m glad it’s gone. Had fun though.

I only went on one of these once but it didn’t spin any. Pretty much just a regular tube. kinda disappointing :[

I have never been on one of these things. Because they are very illegal. But I have seen them be used. Hey. A drop onto running water from 10 feet up is enough to break your spine. I fell from probably not even a foot onto running water yesterday tubing and my ribs are bruised to shit. Do not do this, I’m pretty sure there’s still a model that’s legal out there somewhere, don’t don’t do this 🧍‍♀️ also I’m campaigning hard for the image on the right to become a meme template it brings me a lot of joy.

[vizthedatum]

This was my outfit yesterday! I feel very self-conscious about this aspect of myself. Going to Cornell was not easy, and it makes people both under- and overestimate me. I absolutely hate it. But also, it has really helped me so much and I acknowledge the privilege.

In 9th grade, I told my plaver (<7 always) that I wanted to go to Cornell�� my parents wanted me to go college, preferably a top tier one. We were lower middle-class at best because of poor money management, unstable mental health, and the challenge of cultural assimilation into a new country (something ny parents still have trouble with (not judging)). Money was always tight and especially after my brother was born and especially when my dad had a stroke in high school.

So I was trained by my mother to push myself to excel in every subject, even if I didn’t like it.

I did ok. I did enough to get me into Cornell but I had a hard time internalizing much of the knowledge I accrued or forced in my brain. Often, I felt like I couldn’t understand why I knew something - I just knew it because I had to know it.

I had constant anxiety and SI. In addition to several undiagnosed and unmanaged chronic pain issues. And crippling depression (my parents asserted that if anyone found out I was depressed or sought mental health care then I would not get into college… or even have friends).

I got into Cornell in my senior year (lol I guess this is the timeline) and I was incredibly sick. My trauma was catching up to me. My hs ex was incredibly abusive. My parents, even more so. There was *something* going on with my brother but no one listened to me, and I’m still mad about that. I wish he had gotten into treatment sooner.

I missed more than half the days of my senior year in high school. I had migraines, extreme pelvic pain, and… near crippling fear/anxiety/depression. And most doctors didn’t really believe me. My school? Wayzata High School?? Well on behalf of the now-politician, Ginny Klevorn, white suburban mom™️ extraordinaire INSISTED that I needed consequences (despite me basically making up all my homework and exams) … so they gave me straight Fs for one of the quarters in high school. But they did make my parents take me to therapy until I graduated - too bad that my first therapist was also abusive and was later fired.

I was furious.

I worked my ass off to my detriment to attempt to do as well as my other over-achieving peers. I definitely wasn’t learning - I swear that I didn’t know what I was doing half of the time. I didn’t have a lot of money or resources either - we just got creative most of the time. I just had to get good grades and do a million extracurriculars and volunteer and learn how to drive and come up with excuses about my behavior and play the violin and deal with abuse and pain. I was definitely not the best student but it was good enough. Four Fs would ruin all that though.

I got in anyway because I incorporated it (and my immigrant upbringing - I think that was the trend back then, oof) into my essays… I got a sizable financial aid package. And I visited and accepted.

And then I went and was so severely depressed and in bladder pain the whole time that I ended up with a 2.99 GPA, more trauma, maladaptive behaviors, no idea what I wanted to do in my life but applied to UMich’s MPH program on a whim and someone took a chance on me. And the Cornell degree.

I did work hard but… Cornell was traumatic. It’s really not ok that we are known for suicides and general bleakness. The “easiest Ivy to get into, hardest one to get out of” or whatever? Fuck that - I saw grown adults crying or majorly stressed out because they might be put on probation or cast out of the engineering degrees. Or the level of absolute corporal punishment of students using the answer manual to finish homework and then they all had to go to a hearing?? And you could have some permanent mark on your record? Wtf? Do you remember that? It was a witch hunt and also extremely unreasonable. I felt like I and so many other people I knew were constantly on edge.

My urologist in Ithaca also FUCKING SUCKED. He did this weird procedure trying to literally stretch out my urethra with rods… and I got so much worse. He slut-shamed me constantly. He was the only specialist in the area - and not specialist in my conditions. I think I was his only regular AFAB patient!

And I got my first back hernia at Cornell.

And a devastating friendship breakup that I will never truly understand. I was so lonely for a while.

But the wines class was good.

I met amazing people there, and I’ve had unforgettable experiences. My best friends were from there. I did learn how much I couldn’t learn, and I taught myself how and did really well in grad school.

And now it helps in job interviews and stuff. And makes people (read: me) think I’m elitist. Yay.

And yeah - I think college and then ending up with 5 degrees is one hell of a trauma response.

[itsnotmyfaultsomepeoplecantread]

Ok first, this made my day because he really was an icon in that episode and I’m very pleased to have this knowledge (which I can now laugh at every time I think about it).

But ALSO, as I was describing this to my mom (who has not seen good omens), I realized I might have a… Hot Take™️. Like. Potentially a *really* Hot Take™️. Especially with all of the issues with the film industry right now. Bare in mind that I completely support the writers and actors striking right now, realize how difficult an industry it is to get into, and acknowledge that things desperately need to change in terms of equality on so many levels.

But here’s my thought: child actors who aren’t born into acting families are so often horribly abused, manipulated, and coerced into shit that leaves them traumatized. We have seen so many kid actors dive off the deep end as adults and end up in shit circumstances.

Why? Because they are basically being sold into acting by their parents. Their parents are making and keeping the money. And kids are a lot easier to manipulate than fully grown adults.

But think about what would happen if someone messed with David Tennant’s or Chris Hemsworth’s kid. That person would be instantly decimated and cast out of college.

Those kids grew up around acting and the industry and the complaints (I’d imagine) that the parents have. And they have their parents to back them up. They’re not just *the better option* but they’re probably going to be a lot SAFER on set than other kids.

I could totally see how nepotism babies become so important in the film industry, and families are on screen for generations. Boiling down nepotism to just being a problem of the film industry is a lot more complicated than that. It’s really, I’d imagine, just a symptom of a much deeper toxicity that permeates the whole industry.

And to be honest, as an ex-teacher, I’d rather have those famous peoples’ kids on screen than worry about kids who aren’t used to that dynamic being put in situations where they can’t stand up for themselves, because they have someone with them who knows the industry well enough to stand up for them. And they’re not just doing it so the parents can get the paycheck (and before you fight me, remember that girl from iCarly who literally wrote a book that’s title said she was glad her mom was dead and how traumatic being a child actor was for her).

I’m sure there are a lot of exceptions to this, and again, I’ll specify that I understand it’s a complicated issue. But I think maybe that other perspective has to be mentioned, because child abuse behind the scenes is a really fucking big problem still.

And all of that doesn’t even begin to discuss the other issues of how complicated it must be to have to figure out your identity when you’re growing up spending most of your time as another person. Not everyone is made for that, and for some kids it might be really difficult to get through those feelings if they’re not used to being around that to begin with.

Some states in America have literally changed laws to allow child workers again. And being an actor is still a job in any country. So please, let’s not forget the kids in the industry when we’re having these discussions of complex issues. I’m not saying it’s easy, I’m not saying that it isn’t a problem, but we have to think about every single side of this.

they really brought david tenant’s son in and said hey do you want to play a gay little boy in good omens 2. just a little camp mf. nepotism done right.

[empressofmankind]

God I hope you don’t mind me dumping that here but your story about you having a crush on kid Buggy when you were at the approximate age just hits me so hard and I don’t have anyone to talk about this with so here goes:

Way back when the anime first got translated in my neck of the world and I was a wee pre-teen, my friends quickly latched onto either Zoro or Sanji as their anime guy crushes. I used to pretend they were both not my type and that I didn’t crush on anyone in the series but that was a lie. A coverup to a truth I felt I couldn’t admit to my 12-13 year old gal pals. I had the most massive fucking kid crush on Usopp. He hit all of my buttons, he was fun, he was a bit of a coward but not to the point he was unlikeable, the episode that show him and Kaya meeting for the first time had him sitting on a tree branch in front of her window like he’s a goddamn Aladin type Disney prince. Just goddamn he did a number on me. But again, back then he felt like the weirdest option to get a crush on so I kept my mouth shut because teen me couldn’t take the teasing.

Some time passes and I haven’t watched OP for a long time, didn’t really care about it that much. I hear about the live action show and apperantly… it’s … good? Interest peaked. Watching it and having a great time. Getting back into the fandom. Find out there are a lot more people like me who not only have Usopp as their favorite but also think he’s super cute. Jacob Romero Gibson playing him helped a lot but, there are also a bunch of posts about people loving his animated form and appreciating him and many of them stating they had wee little babby crushes on him as well, even before timeskip buffed him up too.

And it’s like… it’s mildly emberassing to think back on baby’s first Blorbo ™️, but it’s also just so satisfying to be like “Uh-huh, yeah. This character is great. I know. I Love him!” And People wholeheartedly agreeing. And now I’m slowly making my way trough the series again and it’s just… so good. I am sorry for dumping this all on you on anon but it’s just my way of toasting to you in a very “To us! Us weird adults that used to be weird little kids with even weirder little crushes. We always had the best taste.” Way.

I am so happy you feel good about it now! I loved reading about your experience so don't apologise! It's all good! I like it when people interact with me over fandom. And I feel pretty special rn that you'd tell me this, Anon. I bet it is so recognisable for a lot of us. I can totally understand you keeping that under wraps as a baby, especially surrounded by Sanji and Zoro fanbabies. I apparently told everyone who wanted to hear and plenty who didn't. And, honestly, I still do that, haha. The live action being good had me so shook as well, because live actions have been doing so terribly poorly. But I am down with Ward as Buggy.

[butterflyinthewell]

I’m so fucking tired of Autism Parents™️ and I want back those three hours of my life.

I’m so fucking tired of swallowing my anger, being just as polite as any neurotypical and having those neurotypicals spit down on me anyway and tell me I’m being condescending to them. They always do this when I don’t give them the response they seem to want no matter how much I validate their anger or pain or whatever else they’re feeling.

I took a metaphorical bullet today, and I guess it’s better that it was me than someone in a much more fragile mental state. This really made me spiral.

So what happened?

I had a three hour Twitter DM conversation with an Autism Mom™️ about why Autism Speaks is a dangerous, bad charity. I was polite to the point of saccharine (while she treated me like scum) as I put forth the emotional labor necessary to answer her questions as thoroughly as possible and give links to back up what I said.

I tried to put on a positive face of help rather than coming at her with the anger she kept venting at me. I didn’t comment on how damaging it was for her to talk about her autistic child’s diapers or meltdowns in public like she was. I was focused on teaching her about Autism Speaks and linking her to resources that could help her better help her child.

And after those three hours of sounding like she was on the verge of changing her mind, she abruptly said, “you know what? I hate how patronizing and condescending you are. You autistic freaks are all the same, and I hope you all get wiped out. I’m going to march in every walk and light it up blue till autism is gone because assholes like you shouldn’t exist. Thanks for reminding me why I support Autism Speaks, it was the right decision” and then blocked me.

I was stunned.

Then I cried.

This shit is making me lose faith in any parents being able to listen or care about autistic people, including their own children.

We’ve made so much progress and yet, I’m reminded that being autistic is still seen as a reason to hate people. It doesn’t matter how polite we are or how deeply we conform, we are still Other and treated as less.

I’m white, I hate to think of what black, brown, Asian and indigenous autistic people have to deal with.

I tried my hardest to change a single mind, and it didn’t work.

Don’t ask me to name names, there’s no convincing this person and harassing them won’t do any good either. I reported them for hate speech and I’ll let the Twitter mods decide what to do about it. Probably nothing, but eh, my faith in people giving a shit about autistic people is down to zero right now.

I tried and it wasn’t good enough. I let everybody down, so I’m sorry.

To parents like that mom: fuck you for eternity. You are teaching other neurotypical adults how to treat your children like shit. Your kids will grow up to receive the same vitriol.

I hope, someday, when your child cries in your arms after trying to have the same conversation with another adult, that you remember how you treated me.

I hope your child cuts you out of their life, forgets your face and never sees you again.

You didn’t want the child you got and you don’t deserve any children after treating another human being like you treated me. I fear for your child and what horrors they must see and hear from you every day.

You said you want to eradicate autism, that includes your own damn child.

You fucking monster.

Next year, I will fight harder because of you.

Because autistic people of all abilities, races, ethnicities, religions, classes, orientations and genders deserve to be heard, especially the most vulnerable autistic people who get silenced the most, and I won’t let people like you stand in their way of living a better life.

[princess-pathetic-112898]

Yes hi things are craptacular so I’m coping by devoting some spare time to the simultaneous comforting nostalgia and rebellious spirit of Codename: Kids Next Door. Here are some headcanons of mine:

-Chad 100% has burnout. This boy was put through the Gifted Child™️ wringer by his parents and among his old friends went from being idolized like a deity to “We Don’t Talk About 274 No No No”. He just wants to have a healthy dynamic with a person where he himself is merely a person.

-Wally is a diehard Sonic fan. He has OC’s, draws cute fan art & has a secret collection of plushies. His favorite is obviously Knuckles.

-Abby, Nigel & Hoagie are all autistic. Abby makes use of some small stim toys when she feels jumpy and has a playlist of relaxing music (it’s mostly classical, jazz & pop music that’s on the mellow side). She also has an escape space set up in her room at the treehouse- lots of pillows from Claire’s & Justice and blankets propped up into a canopy. Candy is her biggest special interest.

-Nigel has very little filter and can have a hard time with social queues, and tends to rely on his serious leader persona to feel in control of his surroundings. He definitely deals with anxiety, and one of his favorite coping skills is building models (you can see model sets & equipment in his room at his house sometimes). He does some physical stimming now and then, the Kids Next Door is his biggest special interest, and his Rainbow Monkey is a go-to comfort object.

-Hoagie also has little filter, most often manifesting in his puns & jokes. He likes having a routine and breaking them can cause stress. His interest in detective work came from a mix of special interests and being a keen observer. Obviously science and airplanes are his biggest special interests.

-Wally has ADHD tell me he doesn’t

-Kuki definitely loves the Sanrio characters and kid friendly Ghibli movies. Her favorite character is My Melody and her favorite movie is Ponyo. Her family loves Ghibli movies because they pertain to her interests of cute & friendly fantasy stories while also helping her feel more connected to her culture.

-Maurice does a lot of on-campus activism at school. He cares deeply about social justice issues and wants to encourage others to get involved. He’s tried to start a current issues club but faces pushback from school administration, so he got an independent club going through a lot of group texting and social media.

-Wally is also a huge Clone Wars fan because Dee Bradley Baker.

-Post INTERVIEWS, Sonia especially misses Nigel because she looked up to him. When Abby becomes Supreme Leader, she takes Sonia under her wing as a protégé of sorts because she sees a lot of potential in her. Since Abby also deeply misses Nigel, her and Sonia talk through a lot of emotions together. They bond over a shared passion for candy (since Sonia is snacks and sweets officer of her sector) and go on some expeditions together. When Abby turns 13 (and obviously is selected to be a teen operative battling evil adults around the world with her girlfriend Henrietta) Sonia becomes the new Supreme Leader of the KND.

Let me know if you want to hear more!

[straight-to-the-pain]

I do know several explicit self identified kink blogs that only have text. Thats quite common now especially since the Great Tumblr Purge. Ive seen some whump posts floating around there. Ive also seen some kink posts floating around whump tumblr. Especially with posts like “wow I just want to see a cute boy get beaten up” or whatever, there can be so much overlap.

Idk what the ~solution~ for minor issues are. I dont think there is going to be a way to make sure youth who are on the internet looking for Hurt People Content will NEVER stumble across something sexual tbh. But I guess the best we can do is try to make it clear what isnt for them on our own blogs (aka label up front things that will have noncon or whatever, maybe tag “hey minors dont go thru OPs blog” if we’re concerned) but if they decide to go click on everyone who reblogs a post… thats out of our control. The internet is, for better or for worse, full of all kinds of people who will reblog whatever they please, and some of them might be horny about it.

And our staff are already trying to make this website have as few nsfw images as possible with varying success so… 🤷🏻

I think whats more important than wringing our hands about whether or not someone of some age has a sexual though is being kind and helpful to the people who are in our community. As a minor wading through all kinds of nasty shit online back in the day™️, I could have benefited a lot from a community like this. Open conversations about consent and ethics and sexuality would have done much more for me than trying to keep anything remotely sadomasochistic as far from me as possible.

-(New anon, just didnt want shit about this but came to soapbox on your blog. I think youre making great points and Im glad youre facilitating these discussions)

I think those are some great points, thank you! I want to say that I think it makes complete sense to say, state that you have to be 18 or over to interact with your blog, or asking people with nsfw blogs not to interact because you’re a minor, but you also have to remember that not everyone is going to check this or realise this.

While people should be able to message others and ask them to not reblog from them or comment on their posts, I also think that blocking is honestly fine and good and people shouldn’t be afraid to block simply for personal comfort. It doesn’t have to be a punishment. It’s just a way of curating your own experience.

I definitely think that it’s futile and harmful even to pretend that teens and young people don’t know anything about kink or sex. I am well aware that minors are going to have personal interests and fantasies and may well be trying things with each other, and honestly I just hope that they’re having open and honest discussions about this with their friends and with trusted adults in their lives.

I’m not responsible for online minors who follow me and I don’t want to know about your sex lives and interests, but at the same time if you don’t have someone you trust who will talk to you about this at home or at school or at a youth group, I would rather people came to me so I could give them age appropriate resources and guide them towards a more appropriate and safe source of information.

I would absolutely rather that young people have informed safe sex rather than being told that they should never think about it until they turn 18 and doing it secretly and getting hurt or hurting someone else in their ignorance. And I am well aware that teens are going to read sexual content, and probably read things that aren’t meant for them too, and I think there’s a difference between exploring and figuring things out in your own mind and actively seeking out adults to interact with them about that content. And it’s on the adults here to draw those boundaries and at the end of the day, block minors who are interacting with them inappropriately.

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. There was a person saying they want Demeter and Hades to be friendly with each other. I understand their relationship in the myth is not that because Hades took Persephone from her and asked Zeus not Demeter (I guess in ancient greece it was more customary to ask the father and not the mother) I'm kinda confused

From OP: I had to fix some of this ask (spelling) because I couldn’t understand it at all. So, I’m sorry to the anon if this isn’t exactly what you were saying.

2. I’m sorry but a confident and talented writer should not be taking suggestions from their fans for plot ideas. If she wants feedback that’s one thing, but straight up telling her what to write? That’s not good? 

3. Just get ready for LO fans to claim the bestseller lists are rigged because LO .1 only ranked showed up on two lists (#4 for USA Today, which is good!) and #58 on Amazon (which is slowly dropping) and didn’t rank on anything else, especially not NYT like they were gearing up for. 

4. Honestly I feel like RS butchered Persphones character. Season one she’s shy naive, but talented amd smart with hints of blowing up. Season two she’s everything and anything, she’s not a special goddess just the most powerful beautiful intelligent goddess there ever was. Remember when school was important to Persphone? Not anymore she just wants to take over the underworld with hades only doing 1 month of classes. Oh and future dread queeen? She still crying her eyes out during the trial. Persphone was hinted to be more than what she is. 

5. oh no, not LO not making NYT like Webtoons desperately wanted and LO fans screaming foul about it. Anyway -

6. if one of her tumblr followers suggested persephone be r//ped to make LO "more mature" and she seriously went with it to seem like a Big Serious Wrier™️ then we need to find that person and beat them up. violence is no the answer but it is now.

7. i agree w/ other anon. i would have loved if LO was more a look into Persephone's newfound freedom and life as a young adult and then at the very end she meets Hades and it's a wink to the camera about what comes next, but no, let's have this weird, convoluted mess instead of themes Rachel can't depict well and having it more of how Hades "deserves" her while Persephone just floats through the aether of a "plot".

8. Rachel trying to do mature themes is exactly what pushed LO into territory she can't write. There's nothing wrong with it being light, and tbh it benefitted from being that way instead of dark and heavy like mythology is. Idk why she'd make that change when most people wanted a light read and the "mature" themes she can' depict well easily one of the most critiqued and disliked parts about LO as a whole.

9. bruh ive seen so many LO stans be so cruel to other webtoons because theyre not what they like. They nearly ruined the creator behind HxP ficlets' career because they mass spammed her, they harass the PW creator on all her episodes, they harass the BIPOC and LGBTQ+ webtoon creators all the time, they even fight amongst themselves over any disagreement. They have no foot to stand on when they're easily the most hostile and toxic fandom in recent memory.

10. sorry but this whole trial plotline reminds me of the ongoing kenosha trial where the literal murderer is crocodile crying hes just. a kid and is innocent and doesnt deserve punishment (he's even babied by his mother!) and much like lo persephone i just know both of them will get off because theyre privileged brats who will get away with literal murder. i know rachel couldn't have planned for that to be a near perfect comparison but maybe that proves the AOW was a bad idea to begin with.