#healing over anger

[eskawrites]

okay who’s gonna take one for the team and write a super soft ptsd/recovery ronance fic with the title ‘if you wanted you could do no harm’

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

cult leader!geto could fix you entirely but he could also make you sooooooooooo much worse

[starheirxero]

Must confess I am so worried that Lunar will just default back to the repression tactic. Because now they know what happens when they're honest about all their messy, angry, honest feelings: they do terrible things and people don't like them. Which isn't a logical conclusion to come to, no, but . when ur traumatized to all shit, that's likely the conclusion that will be made regardless :(

[thusspoketrish]

The Time Is Always Now.

I’m angry. 

I don’t even have space inside of me to feel afraid. I’m just fucking furious.

Today, I’ll allow myself to feel this rage, give my body and mind the space and time to honor it. Tomorrow, I’ll keep it movin’, because the only way out is through. The road to liberation is paved with love for ourselves and our communities. Now is the time to channel your pain, grief, and anger into mobilization. Whether it’s through nurturing your community, creating art, writing, or practicing radical self-care, do it. Do what feeds your soul. Do what brings joy to others. Do what fosters belonging.

Maya Angelou once said, “We put surviving into our poems and into our songs. We put it into our folk tales. We danced surviving in Congo Square in New Orleans and put it in our pots when we cooked pinto beans. We wore surviving on our backs when we clothed ourselves in the colors of the rainbow. We were pulled down so low we could hardly lift our eyes, so we knew, if we wanted to survive, we had better lift our own spirits. So we laughed whenever we got the chance.”

Let her words be a balm for what you’re feeling right now. Just as those before us struggled and endured, we too can survive and prevail. We too have the power to shape our pain into something just as beautiful and enduring. We’ve come so, so far, and yes, this hurts, but don’t let it break you or your spirit. The work continues, and it should radiate peace and love in the face of their fear-mongering and hatred. 

Take care. My DMs are always open if anyone needs space to scream, cry, or celebrate in our shared mission.

Holding space with gratitude,

-Trish

[chaos-burst]

"Healing is over."

Euripides, from Grief Lessons: Four Plays; translated by Anne Carson // paramore, “interlude: i’m not angry anymore” // Langston Hughes, from ‘Tired’ featured in Selected Poems // Fyodor Dostoyevsky // @shorthalt // Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

[ID: a litstack comprised of various quotes on white background.

Gods are stubborn. So am I.

People speak sometimes about the “bestial” cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.

i'm not angry anymore well, sometimes i am

i am i am i am furious

I am so tired of waiting. Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two— And see what worms are eating At the rind.

i often hear how humans talk of crossroads how they look the devil dead in the eye and dare him to move forward. i stand alone on ground which kills and look the devil in the eye and dare you to move forward.

���There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.” End ID]

[sammygender]

^this but unironically

[000marie198]

What if in sonic prime the whole Tails Squad confronts and talks down nine.

I don't think it would change much

He was hurt and he wasn't listening to Sonic of all people. He tried to hurt Sails and Mangey just to get his attention. I don't think he'd listen during the series

[angelstrawbabie420]

grief will have you saying shit like goddamn and fuck maybe the abuse was worth it

[rxttenfish]

in another case of me being biased as hell and yet talking anyways: i think i fundamentally don’t ship miranda or aaravi with any of the PCs for similar reasons.

i don’t like PC ships with miranda because all of the PCs feel too eager to please and too easily persuaded to do literally anything for the object of their affections, and i feel like not only would this dissatisfy miranda (for as much as she talks about wanting to be held up on a pedestal, i feel like all of her actual behavior suggests otherwise) but it would place the PC in a very precarious situation where their boundaries would be too easily ignored or bypassed.

and i don’t really like PC ships with aaravi because the behavior of the PCs reminds me too much of other people that i’ve known previously, where they love the idea of someone with anger issues, but neither can deal with nor wants to deal with the actual work that comes with loving and being close to someone with anger issues. it also doesn’t help that both the narration and the broader fandom reaction has been to treat aaravi being angry or having these anger issues as cute, which i can say from experience is so dehumanizing that it’s ruined entire relationships by itself.

[here-comes-the-bard]

thank you molly i have been thinking about yaevinn and prey animal rage since 6 am in between the owie of the day. he is not a hunter but by god he fights like he is being hunted and that might actually be scarier.

come to think of it, yaevinn started expressing his anger more at around the same time as he started actually making an effort to keep himself alive in combat... the moment he started to realize that his life is worth something and that it's at risk of being snuffed out, the moment he realized how many times he's been cornered, how he's STILL cornered, he got angrier and became less and less likely to take shit. even when it was perceived; even from his partner (these two things happened together at the same time, yaevinn was already upset and nithral was just making sure he didn't. fuckin waltz off to his death).

[ssreeder]

Hi pook 😢 ( sorry if u don’t like the nickname) but I’ve been reading your series and I am reading Into the Fire (chapter 8) and I’m just wondering why you made Sokka give in so easily when people tell him to control himself that’s not Zuko. Because I would imagine that he would be more stubborn and more focused on what he wants instead of being caring. Even though he’s a caring and kind person I feel like being in prison would make him more selfish and less understanding of other people if than makes sense 😭

Like it just aggravates me when I see Katara try to idk really baby him and control him a bit (not mentally) it just kind of annoys me. Because even though Sokka loves his Sister I feel like he shouldn’t listen to her for real.

But that’s just me because that’s my opinion coming from someone behind has anger issues/ gets angry easily 🤷‍♀️

I love love love this series btw!!!!

I added your other ask too so I could respond to both! Hiiii hellooooo I don’t mind nicknames it’s actually nice because then I can keep anons apart haha

as for your comment about sokka I gotta say you’re probably the first person to tell me sokka isn’t angry enough haha. Which is fine because everyone’s allowed to have their own opinions, but my thoughts on LIAB angry sokka is his intelligence is often battling his emotions. I think sokka is smart enough to know he isn’t supposed to be lashing out at people the way he is or clinging to Zuko so tightly to where they both can’t breathe. i also think he is desperate to be back to his “old self” without actually wanting to be his old self. I do think he is fighting his path to healing every step of the way but even with all the time spent in prison he is still SOKKA. He cares for people he loves his family and he knows from watching his parents growing up what a healthy relationship looks like - his codependency to zuko is probably not it. I doubt it will change much, but when people tell him ‘you need to chill’ Sokka is very much like I FUCKING KNOW BUT I HAVE NO CHILL!!! NONE! ZERO CHILL.

but I can’t imagine sokka wanting to hurt anyone who doesn’t deserve it. Or fighting his friends and family to isolate himself anymore than he already is. I have learned that writing a more emotionally triggering fic does stir up emotions in people and causes them to project onto the characters a bit which is fine but everyone processing trauma differently. & sokka is doing it his own way just like zuko is.

Also…. This is a fanfic and I don’t know if people wanna read sokka being a raging asshole for 50k… so some of the realism in healing gets lost to word count because unfortunately I can’t spend years and 1000k helping these boys overcome their trauma so some of it has to be rushed a little for word count / plot purposes haha.

Liiiiiiisten here pooki-anon you come yell at me anytime about liab I’ll be right here to soak up every word! Thanks for the ask I’m glad you’re enjoying the series!!

[asgardianhobbit98]

I really need to re-evaluate a lot of my friendships. Online and irl.

[starheirxero]

Things are going crazy in tsams land today i see😊

GHOD LITERALLY. VI THEY MADE ANOTHER LUNAR AND ECLIPSE CENTRIC VIDEO THIS IS HUGE FOR ME THOSE ARE MY TWO FAVORITE BROTHERS IN THE WHOLE WORLD. AND LUNAR FINALLY HELD A CONVERSATION WITH ECLIPSE WITHOUT GETTING ANGRY OR SHUTTING DOWN. AND WE GOT MORE FUN INFO ABOUT HOW ECLIPSE TICKS!!! ITS A HUUUGEEEEE WIN FOR ME TODAY AAAAAAAAAA

[spaceratprodigy]

one of my favorite things abt how faith reacts to max in fallbrook arc is her being directly faced with her own hypocrisy

[visionthefox]

gotta take this out my head,shhh Rant! Puppet and Eclipse are too harsh on Sun im watching puppets and eclipse show, because idk,reasons, I was staring to like puppet more, they are quite nicer than I recall but.. flaws.. idk exactly whats up, but I know the two are in a dimention thats just staring ,Sun and Moon have been awake for weeks, for what is been said around.. Eclipse is clearly having a hard time separating his own issues and is worring me a bit see, I love the idea Eclipse is watching and hoping to not interviene too much into anyone's development, but Moon's situation clearly touched a nerve on him.. he was moon indeed but something I think they are forgetting is that..Eclipse here doesnt have his original memories, if Moon actually got rid of all copies left, means Ruin had to recreate most of the memories left in the show or he re wrote it all what makes him acting so angry and offended at Sun's fears the less understandable, since he's taking things too personal from memories installed on him, most likely what the show had showed us and the more he talks over his memories the more I worry he's gonna end up forgetting things relevant to his character, his hatred on Sun..

the Sun we know was unable to know he was there and when he did he tried to talk sense into Eclipse! offer him a body! HE refused it! when the take over happened ,OG eclipse only played mind tricks but never reactivated the pain like he did on Moon.. so it has me a bit confused on why Eclipse hates Sun so much here.. then again I can assume he's just still trying to adjust to the change, having to face the two people that killed him, and pretty much grew to hate would make things tense..

(here's the part I wanted to writte)

but that has me confused and a bit annoyed? is that both Puppet and Eclipse,without even knowing any of the two long enough,judge too fast and clearly dislike Sun from what they view as a selfish act of control how I see it, the two woke up, this Moon is clearly more calm than the one we know, they never actually had a chance to talk like the ones we know! and when the lights go out suddently one of the two is in pain now this had to happend maybe for a week for Sun to develop a fear so high it had him avoiding even shadows of objects, that aside, is often forgotten sun is a stress ball, and a people pleaser, it so clear to see his AI is in development as he doesnt know that Kids bleed and they cant be lifted too high.. yet he is aware adults do bleed... so what they view as "selfish" is actually only the way he had to ensure not only his safety but others! as Moon is not even hiding his lack of worry over hurting someone! kiddos! when he meet FC he was clearly ready to harm him! now, Moon is also too calm,respecfull and even a bit childish by the way he talked to Eclipse, asking to play games and what he's done , adorable! so having him killing seems way too wild yet again, Sun is unable to actually know what his other do, all he knows is to fear the one he cant talk to.. and when Moon does talk to him? is still too much for him to handle, deleting the video is not an act of "not caring" is trying to avoid comfrotation, he simply havent been able to come to terms how he's feeling over Moon enough to feel safe talking to him! I cant just go along the protagonist that simply walked into his home, boss him around and stared to force him into situations he's terrified of idk I feel for Both and is good Eclipse is aware they are messing things up a bit.. (side rant, I find adorable that Moon got too pissy over Eclipse talking him down, its kinda having me thinking Moon admires Eclipse due to his smartness and he's still thansksfull for the help, he clearly wants to be friends and Eclipse here is just an ass, Moon didn swear until he meet Eclipse, hope they hang out!!)

[closetdbisexual]

so fucking crazy that barry is an actual like . war vet . with serious ptsd from having killed someone and obvious severe mental issues that he needed genuine serious help with and the military just kicked him out and sent him off to a hospital and went . well hes not our responsibility . and then the hospital went . well hes not our responsibility either. and they let him go and nobody even bothered to check in on him or to make sure he stayed somewhere to get consistent help or even a therapist or psychiatrist who could understand . so he did something so awful and horrific and he couldnt tell anyone about it and he fell right into the arms of someone who had been waiting and watching for him to be that killing machine since he was 5 years old . and he promised he loved him and he understood and he could help barry use his talent for good . barrys ONLY talent. because hes not good at anything else. he doesnt have hobbies or friends. he has fuches. and he has the ability to kill. and he says he can give barry a purpose and make him feel safe and validated and worth something again and hes the only one who will ever understand or accept or genuinely, truly, love him . so barry accepts it and he loves him too . and he does what he wants because he was trained to follow orders and he was trained to kill and all he wants is to feel like hes doing the right thing and he can make up for what he did, he can redeem himself for killing a civilian, by killing these people who are bad guys. who do bad things. what fuches told him . and he believes that . and hes fuches' responsibility. not the military, not the hospital, not anybody else who might truly understand or want to help him or who might realize that maybe, maybe they could have prevented that . prevented who he is . that maybe its their fault . that they broke a sweet, shy, innocent young man with their tales of glory and adventure and patriotism . that they let an innocent man die in front of his family . the military didnt care about any of that. nobody cared once they decided he was safe enough to be let back into society . once they decided he didnt need their help anymore. only fuches cared. and honestly, it wouldve been better if he didnt.