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[another-whump-sideblog]

12 for puppy

12. “But you said you loved me!”

Amanda, if pressed, would say she had a perfectly happy childhood. She had everything she needed. She always had enough food and felt safe in her home. She had toys and friends. She had her own room. What more could she have asked for?

Maybe if she was closer to the person asking, she would say her parents didn’t really want her, but they didn’t take it out on her. They did everything that could be expected of them. She was cared for and told she was loved. Instead of being bitter about choosing to raise her, they buckled down for 18 years of responsibility.

They saw it as an 18 year job. She knew from a young age that as soon she turned 18, her parents were going to go back to how their lives were before she was born. Which was fine. It wouldn’t be fair to expect her parents to always play the same role. And adulthood always seemed very far away.

She was still caught by surprise when her parents kicked her out on her 18th birthday. She knew they wouldn’t take care of her once she was an adult, but she was still in highschool.

“I can pay rent!” She said. “I’ll just be like a roommate until I finish high school, you don’t have to do anything.”

“We don’t want a roommate” Her mom said.

“Where will I go?”

“We don’t really care.” Her dad said.

“But- but you said you loved me! Were you just pretending the whole time? Or can you just- just turn off your love just like that? I’m your daughter! You’re my parents!” A deep sense of dread was starting to take hold. They were going to kick her out.

“You’re an adult, there’s no need to throw a tantrum. You can pack all your stuff, we have no use for it.” Her mom said.

And so, Amanda did. She had a vague sense that her parents shouldn’t be allowed to do this, that she’s still in highschool and even if that doesn’t count for anything, don’t you have to give a certain amount of notice to evict someone? But… why would she want to stay? She had friends she could stay with, and some with parents nice enough that she wouldn’t have to hide in their closets. She’d be fine. She’d be fine.

She tried, later, to call them and talk things over. They didn’t answer, no matter whose phone she used.

Amanda is gone now. Puppy doesn’t even know her name, and when she reminisces about the time before Master took her, she doesn’t focus on the time spent with her parents. Still, every once in a while, the thought comes up: As much as Master lies, at least she’s never pretended to love Puppy.

[taciturnstripofbeefjerky]

your pyro design is very neat and i think it looks cool

thank you !

[deinocheirus]

@zeeyena @i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem

The reason Asterion’s nose looks different when he was younger is because he had work done on it

[nepetassprites]

welcome

this is a @i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem sprite edit sideblog. my askbox is open so send requests for kin things or just sprite edits you think would be funny. i dont rlly have a dni just dont be a bigot

[i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem]

Hello my friend, I am a hadiah from Gaza.

Can you help my children and donate evetn a little

I was working as a lawyer to bring justice, and now you are the ones who will bring justice to me...We lost our jobs, our homes, all our belongings, we became homeless.. Asking for help is not easy, but saving lives on the front lines

I have children. I suffer from a hernia, diaphragm, stomach bacteria, and infections, and I need continuous treatment...it is expensive.

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Please do what you can.

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@i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem

IT DEPENDS! blue cheese is very jade green 2 me cheddar tastes yellow

Does cheese taste green or yellow?

I'm lactose intolerant, so I can't answer this one.

[another-whump-sideblog]

could you write something about any of janes pets being stuck in the hot room with metal attached to them? because metal burns if a place is really hot

Sure!

Charlie thinks their wrists are going to be permanently damaged. They can feel the hot metal of the handcuffs melting to their skin.

Jane had said she wished she could take the handcuffs off, but she didn’t trust them to not try anything stupid. They said they didn’t care if she trusted them, and she said they should. And then she threw them in the hot room.

The metal got hotter so slowly it was hard to notice at first, but now Charlie writhes on the floor, trying to find a position that burns less. It’s not working. Moving makes their skin stretch painfully, but staying still makes the burn feel like it’s going deeper. There’s nothing they can do to make it hurt less.

This isn’t worth it. It hurts so bad, and for what? Pointless defiance. Defiance they should’ve saved for something that actually mattered, instead of a power struggle they know they’ll always lose.

They care about whether or not Jane trusts them, now.

[deinocheirus]

@i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem

Rector has fantasized about being invited to do a Ted Talk for a decade. If you asked him 10 years ago he would have titled his mock speech as “how transmutation can change the world”, but he’s very sure his current vision is more provocative .

Vireo’s “unimportant” opinion isn’t frivolous, but she is actually quite scared of dogs and too embarrassed to frame her fear as anything but petty annoyance

Debbie also calls Cheeseburgers “Hamburgers with cheese”

[nardofischcake]

thanks for the tag!! this was so fun

@cemeterything @dark-pulse-girl @i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem @simplytemonade @random-amateur-artist

This picrew is sooo cute <3

Tagging @goldnskyart @origami-butterfly @the-watchers-demon @www-pinkhearse @the-amazing-meow @falloutcoys @moonlightsmasquerade @gooboogy @remy-the-lemon-berry @artisticallygay and anyone else who wants to join!

[another-whump-sideblog]

how does jane feel about romantic love. what would she do if any of her pets were in love?

The same thing she does with any kind of love: use it against them. Hurting someone that someone loves is very effective at getting the results she wants, much more than hurting strangers. It’s happened before, with other pets, that they’d develop romantic relationships. Just another vulnerability for her to exploit

For herself, everyone else is so much younger than her that romance would feel weird. Not that it was a strong interest before she became immortal

[another-whump-sideblog]

13 for the prompt thing

13) Begging/Pleading/Desperation

“Please, please, please.” It sounds more like a chant at this point. A prayer. “Please, please, please.”

“‘Please’ what? Use your words, Puppy.”

“Please stop. Please, please, please.”

“Aw. I know you can beg better than that.”

“I’ll do whatever you want. Please, please, please. I’m sorry. Please. Don’t hurt her. Please, please, please.”

It doesn’t sound like a word anymore. “This is your fault. Next time, you’ll know better than to try to get away from me.”

“Please.” Her voice is full of an exhausted desperation. She doesn’t seem to have learned, yet, that asking nicely will never stop me. But she will.

[nardofischcake]

:o !! thank you for the tag @dead-air888 , these are always fun <3

• Relationship status: single :')

• Fave colour: all shades of green 💚

• Song stuck in my head: Nothing's New by Rio Romeo

• Fave food: don't have a single favourite, but my top picks are fried breadfruit chips, cinnamon sticks, chocolate, my mom's lentil curry~

• Last song listened to: Specialz by King Gnu (from JJK S2!)

• Dream trip: Japan with my dad! we both love southeast asian cuisine

• Last show / movie watched: just finished rewatching Avatar: the Last Airbender, now I'm rewatching Legend of Korra

• Sweet, Spicy, or Savoury: largely depends on my mood but i think I'm most drawn to sweets ♡□♡

• Last thing i googled: "when did the french revolution start and end" lol, was listening to Viva La Vida by Coldplay and i started wondering

no pressure to those tagged, have fun~

@i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem @simplytemonade @dark-pulse-girl @guzhufuren @justthoughts1310 @bastart13 @mellauri

Tagged by @mj-iza-writer , thanks!

Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better.

Relationship status: Single. Happily so, but still open to the thought of mingling 👀

Favorite color: Any blue or cool toned purple

Song stuck in head: Slow dancing in the dark, by Joji

Favorite food: Pad Thai

Last song listened to: What's good, by Tyler, the Creator

Dream trip: Going to Costa Rica this summer, so I'll just say that :D

Last show/movie: Terrifier 2 (love Art. he's my babyboy <3)

Spicy, sweet, or savory?: Probably spicy, but sweet is a very close second

Last thing googled: Are mason jars microwave safe (they are!)

Imma just tag some random blogs I follow <3

@sickiehugs @dainluvr @roblingoblin285 @sunnynwanda @saraswritingtipps @shibara @whumblr @wh3nturtlesfly @oprhan @dappermouth

Of course, no obligation and no pressure :]

[hyperfixation-hopper]

eeeeee thank you for the tag!

I’m just a standard ol’ froggie

TAGZ (n/f): @gemstoneandtriangle @i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem @jade-harley-real

What kind of frog are you?

*not my quiz

npt: @juniperberrypipebomb @thelycanwitch @freelancing-mycologist @zipthegreat @glitchyycatt @niredsw @hefkerut @emo-space-wizard @karkat-homestuck-vantas @p-r @im-too-emotionally-involved

[hyperfixation-hopper]

Oooooo ty for tagging!!

Tags: @glitch-1983 @i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem @gemstoneandtriangle (you don’t have to if you don’t want to) and anyone else :P

thx for the tag @quinnoliver

no pressure tags: @talesoflore @justaz

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@i-likegamesbut-cant-playthem 

I’d like to start by saying Im genuinely sorry for causing you distress. This post and its tags aren't about being mad at anyone for wanting things to be better. You are putting words in my mouth. I’m not mad at you for that either, because I’ve been there and done that and its a sucky mental state to have to be in and im sure you wouldn't be there given the choice. I’m sorry you felt attacked. It wasn’t an attack on anyone, especially not you. I don’t know you. I have never met you or interacted with you and I have no opinion on you or whatever discrete categories you align yourself with. I don’t know enough about your life to say one way or the other wether its better than mine or worse, and even if I did, I’m not interested in that kind of comparison. I am not pursuing some nebulous idea of “equality”, I am talking about recognising that whatever words I or those around me place on my existence, it is within my interests to view them as constructed rather than being some weird biotruth that separates me from every other disabled/mentally ill (and neurotypical!) person on the planet. It’s perfectly ok to want labels. They’re very useful! I have my own discrete categories, and I use them with regularity, but I do so in the understanding that they are socially constructed. That isn't me saying they don't exist or impact my life, in much the same way that me saying “gender is constructed” doesn’t mean it isn’t a big and important part of my identity.

I’m also sorry if it felt like I was saying nothing can or will get better. I wasn’t saying that. I fully believe that any social ill is capable of improving if enough people want to dismantle the things causing it, but that isn’t going to happen if we maintain that individualised and harshly segregated Dx. are the best way to improve individual disabled and mad peoples lives. It won’t work, not for most of us. Individualism is the death of social justice.

I admit I don’t completely understand how your takeaway from what I said was “I hope other disabled people have it worse”. I expressed, at most, mild irritation at the kind of people either saying "this disorder isn't real because too many people have it" or those saying "people with my dx all behave and think like this" because they're both incorrect. I mentioned the fact that (at least some) dx.s are partly attached to class privilege because in my experience thats true. They’re also affected by racial and gendered bias. These are facts. Im not saying them to hurt you. They're facts I have at some points benefitted from! I’m a white dude with an autism diagnosis received while going to private school in my country of origin. While that was the case, the diagnosis was a useful tool that garnered me additional help and accommodation. I was later a white dude in a foreign country who didn’t speak the language and no longer had the kind of money that puts you in a private school. When that was the case, my diagnosis was used as grounds to sequester me in a special needs class in an outdoor trailer for five years. Nothing about me or my disability changed, it was just that I was no longer middle class and a native citizen. Do you see what I mean? When I was valued for other traits, being diagnosed helped me. When I was less valuable, it got me isolated and institutionalised. 

I am transgender. I was lucky enough to come out during the brief window where HRT could only be prescribed by one clinic in my country and where being psychotic was an exclusion criteria (being autistic was a no no at best). When I was attempting to access transitional care, my gp decided to write I was delusional in my journal. This was true, but it wasn’t something that had been noted before. It was his way of wielding psychiatry to prevent me from having autonomy or being trusted to narrate my reality. When I-years later-was referred to a new clinic, a different GP was kind enough to delete this note about my delusions from my medical journal. It made accessing care significantly easier. As recently as a three days ago a mental health professional speculated that my gender identity is a symptom of schizophrenia, and only retracted this observation because I was in a state to calmly and politely stand up for myself. If I hadn’t been in a state to do that, theres a chance it would have gone into my journal and negatively affected other aspects of my care.

Do you see what I mean? These categories intersect. It’s complicated. It’s confusing and unfair and it sucks. I’m sorry, I don’t like it either, but labels are never just labels in isolation, and they’re never going to be the fixed properties you seem to want. Im not mad at anyone who didn’t have that experience. I wish nobody had run-ins with institutional ablism. I don’t feel guilty for not suffering as much as many other people with the same problems as me, because that would be pointless and a waste of my extremely limited energy. I’m not saying “die in a ditch for equality” Im saying “these labels are useful as long as they’re useful. Use them until they aren’t. If a label gains you access to treatment that helps you, accommodation that makes your life more liveable, grip onto that fucker for dear life. If it’s worsening your situation and you are able to release it, do so. Use labels, but remember that they are tools and that the hammer can build a house as well as it can smash its windows. Use labels, yes, but don’t build a camp around them. Be aware that they aren’t and shouldn’t be precious, and be in solidarity with other mad and disabled people, because we need each other much much more than we need to be neatly distinct.”

Again, im sorry for hurting you. It wasn’t my intention. You are a stranger, but now that we’ve talked I wish you only the best. Use your labels. Exploit whatever resources you can. Keep the anger! Its a great tool! But maybe direct it at something that isn’t a rando NEET who posted cringe on his video game sideblog. Above all, don’t die in any ditches. You living long and well is a win for us both.

"is ADHD real or have we made another category to encompass freaks and sick people who don't fit neatly into any personality disorder diagnoses and make too much eye contact for autism?" longest thread on the DSM fandom boards, closed down after 1817168179 comments when one user got doxxed for calling another the r word. (answers yes btw)