#it was one of those really weird parent control services

[wield-the-mighty-pen]

Adrien might not get your references, but he will periodically send you every clean vine compilation on the list that he has accumulated over the past 10 years

[evilminji]

Okay but? We of the DPxDC? Are COMPLETELY Sleeping on DPXBNHA?

And not even for the Main Plot Shenanigans!

Just?? It has ALL of DC's super powers? But MORE OF THEM. And like 80% of the population has um! Danny can?? Finally achieve his DREAM of being???

JUST SOME DUDE™!

Yeah, he's in Japan. That's a bit of a learning curve. And YEAH, there was a cataclysmic war like a few centuries back that sorta... fucked everybody up. No one wants to talk about it. There may be mass graves and Never Forget memorials. But?

On the SURFACE!

This place seems utopian!

No ghost hunters! Advanced technology! Robust social services*!

Wait... what was that asterisk? What do you mean "corrupt shadowy government organizations"? What do you MEAN "Immortal Supervillians"? NO SPACE PROGRAM!?!? AaaaaAAAAAAAAAAH?!?!? I'M IN HELL!!! This is ACTUALLY THE BAD PLACE, THIS IS HELL, OH GOD NOOOOOOO-!!!!!!

Cause see?

There are SO MANY REASONS he'd end up there?

Think about it! Wish that he lived somewhere his weird biology wouldn't exclude him from becoming an astronaut? In Quirks having Bnha Japan EVERYBODY has weird biology! Y'ain't special! You could TOTALLY be an astronaut!..... if we HAD those! We do not. Shut down that program during the Quirk Wars and never really started it again. (And somewhere, Desiree LAUGHS)

Or MAYBE? Things are getting a little hot on the ground? Bit TOO spicy. The Family Fenton and Friends have fallen back, behind the barely holding shields. Not even the Mansons considerable political maneuvering could stop the inevitably of human fear and blind unthinking hatred. Money can't buy everything, in the end. There is only ONE(1) way out.

Through the Zone.

Plan: Strangers In A Strange World is a go.

They're all Limnal enough to fake it. Sam with her plants. Tucker with his technology and persuasion. Jazz with her limited empathy. Their parents with their... well, weirdness. And with a touch of ghostly assisted meddling? Well, they've always BEEN there! Haven't they?

And that's not to MENTION the random 4 year olds with no control! JUST coming into their powers! With all those big emotions in tiny bodies? Startling events and tantrums? Villian attacks? What could THEY possibly hope to do to control or guide that fresh new power? It does what it does and the rest of us are just along for the ride!

If Danny happens to be minding his business and gets accidentally kidnapped by a VERY distraught 4 year old? Well, that's hardly the KIDS fault, now is it? They're FOUR! That is basically a toddler! Tiny child! They are upset, confused, and didn't mean to do ANYTHING. He's a hero. And Heros don't blame little kids from accidents, no matter HOW stressed it makes them.

No, the curse like a sailor INSIDE their head. Like an ADULT.

Just? Imagine~☆

The slow transition from *starry eyed shoujo sparkles* "This is SO COOL~!" to "huh, that's... kinda weird. And Sus. Weird Sus. Maybe nothing... oh! A distraction!" To "okay, this KEEPS happening, that was shady. You all saw that right? You realize that's not NORMAL, right? That that's fucked up? Not cool?" To "oh god, oh God, OH GOD! I'm in HELL! This is actually HELL! I'm trapped in HELL!!! WHAT THE FUC-"

Like? This kid LOVES space. LOVES the stars. And this is one of the few Superhero Cannon that SPECIFICALLY MENTIONS that IN CANNON? Thanks to Quirks? As in Superpowers? That VERY THING got fuckin SCRAPPED. Gutted. Consigned to be a relic of the past so they could all focus on punching each other Real Good.

He would weep BLOOD. Chew the WALLS. The LEVEL of unhinged this child would unleash? Not as Danny Phantom... but as DANNY J. FENTON? Beautiful. Vaguely psychotic. Definitely doing the Fenton Name proud. God, the NOISE HE WOULD MAKE would be inhuman and yet somehow? Come entirely from his human half.

They👏 Would👏 Hear👏 BOSS👏 MUSIC👏

I don't even know if he'd CARE about the main characters. They'd be tangential at best. The man would be in a one man war with I-Island over their lack of space program and hoarding of scientific progress. Probably living out of an abandoned building or forgotten subway station. Just? The MOST bedraggled, feral genius to ever haunt Japan.

As opposed to the REFINED feral genius. Who is Nedzu.

I bet Danny stands outside his school at one AM waving his scientific papers at a camera and YELLS. Like a deranged lunatic. Mismatched slippers and a "haven't slept in a week" crazed glint in his eyes.

He's Nedzu's new best friend. They GET each other.

And, yes, Nedzu COULD let him in... but it's faster to just let him yell and read the papers through the camera. Who CARES if they both seem insane! Let's shout about advanced physics and engineering at 1 am! Over the speakers!!! Oh? You need to physically SHOW me the notes? Well I COULD unlock the gates... OR just wait for you to finish scrambling up the walls like a feral Racoon, to then throw yourself OVER them.

Either, Or.

I'm just SAYING! We are SLEEPING on this! There is so, SO much fun to be had! Danny breaks rules and minds! His outrage over injustice and the complete lack of SPACE! His protection instincts going BUCK FUCKIN WILD. The INDESCRIBABLE hate boner he would have for Mr. "Lemme just rip parts of your soul out so I can collect your powers like pokemon cards" AfO.

There? Is SO MUCH, guys. SO MUCH!

@hdgnj @the-witchhunter @babbling-babull @hypewinter @nerdpoe @lolottes @dcxdpdabbles @mutable-manifestation

[hyperlexichypatia]

I was reading through your old posts about youthlib/anti-eugenics and I wanted to ask how you reconcile people's right to raise children with those children's rights to be free from abuse? Where do you draw the line between reproductive rights and parents' rights? (Not trying to be combative, I generally agree with you, I just feel a bit stuck at this impasse)

So this is a really good question, and I don't actually have a firm, absolute answer. I elaborated a little bit on some of this on the post about family abolition vs. reform (I link back to my own posts a lot, because my mind is a weird interconnected web).

Some thoughts I do have, which I do admit are not One Unified Answer:

I do not support "parental rights" as they are conceptualized in the U.S. and most of the world as a property relation of parent-owner of child-property.

I do support a non-property-based (but therefore difficult to define in a property-based legal system) right to family, right to form meaningful relationships with one's kin, biological and nonbiological alike.

I do think it would be possible, with a lot of legal work that I'm not qualified to do, to legally articulate a relationship of support and guidance between a child and their bonded caregivers, which is not based on "Who owns this child?" but based on "Who are this child's People?"

I think that kind of change requires abolishing the property relation between parent-owner and child-property, as well as abolishing the notion that a child must have Two Legal Parents, that gaining a new parent must mean "losing" an existing parent, that children's material needs are contingent upon their legal parents, that children should be kept ignorant and lied to about their own backgrounds.

I also think we can decouple reproduction (a biological process that anyone, everyone, everywhere, should have unlimited personal autonomy over, as part of bodily autonomy generally) from parenting, which should be understood as a relationship, not an ownership. It is possible to parent without reproducing, and it is possible to reproduce without parenting (and reproducing without parenting shouldn't solely be seen as something tragic like "abandonment"; sometimes people just want to be sperm/egg donors/surrogates, and that's okay).

For various practical reasons, it makes sense that by default, unless people actively choose otherwise, a child's default next of kin should be the people who conceived/birthed them, but that should be easily amendable to suit a family's needs.

(CW child abuse in the next paragraph)

As for protecting children from abuse, absolutely that needs to be integral to any family law changes. It's frustrating in an American context because the categories "what most governments in the U.S. consider child abuse or 'bad parenting'" and "what I and most youthlib advocates consider child abuse or 'bad parenting'" have, honestly, very little overlap. Child welfare in the U.S. (and many other countries -- most countries I know of) is heavily rooted in classism, ableism, and racism, among other things.

Like -- youthlib people are always getting drawn into arguments about "Is social services too quick to take children away from their parents and violate Parental Rights, or are they too lenient with abusive parents?" and the whole framing is wrong, because it's both and neither and it's always more about "who" than "what."

In the eyes of most of the U.S. government, a middle-class parent who beats their child is a more fit parent than a gentle parent living on the street. A parent who chemically restrains their child is a more fit parent than a parent who leaves an 8 year old alone for an hour. A parent who puts monitors and location trackers on their teenager is a better parent than a parent who manages their disabilities in unapproved ways. Most child welfare cases are about poverty or other social marginalization (immigration status, disability) rather than abuse. And coercive control is considered Actively Good Parenting.

So yes, I think children should absolutely be protected from abusive families of origin, but it should be when the families of origin are actually abusive in their behavior towards the child, not when they're merely poor or immigrants or disabled or religious minorities or people of color or queer or some other marginalized population. And that requires the entire institution of child welfare to basically reinvent itself from the ground up.

[candeathbereal]

Small Astro observations

-Sun conjunct ascendant in synastry is an odd moment for me. Mostly cause as a Leo rising I have met some Leo suns and I have no bad blood for them. It just feels weird because most times the Sun person will mimic the ascendant person in some way. From what I’ve noticed at least. Maybe my Uranus being in my seventh house has a mild affect because Aquarius is all about uniqueness or something along those lines. So naturally I can enjoy the idea of someone doing/acting similar to me but not enough to make a bond with a person. Idk it feels odd for me at least. Other people enjoy it though but maybe it’s just my ego talking idk.

-Pisces suns from what I have seen have either sleepy eyes or something distinct about their teeth. Some people have said that Pisces have fish teeth but that isn't all they can have. Idk I've noticed that most Pisces I have met can have fish like teeth but overall their teeth just has something distinct about them. For instance, my dad has almost no teeth but still chooses to eat steak and all that even though it doesn't seem that easy for him to do. I also think it's the Taurus moon and mars that adds to his stubbornness. You could read this observation for either tropical or sidereal since I've seen the same with some Aries suns (tropical). I myself am an Aries sun but Pisces sun in sidereal and I have a lazy eye and some interesting teeth imo. Mostly cause I have two sharp teeth kinda where you would see vampire fangs but I have a similar moment with two bottom teeth like directly below my other two teeth. There is just a odd sharpness to them that my other teeth don't have. Plus I have always had problems with my teeth to the point that apparently at the age of 12 I had to get most of my back teeth removed (they were baby teeth so they grew back).

-3rd house synastry creates more of a sibling like bond with a person or that person could remind you of one of your siblings (depends on you I guess idk how many siblings people have so yeah). Whereas 4th house synastry has more of a likelihood to remind you of a general family member as opposed to one of your siblings or just a sibling in general. I've noticed that 4th house synastry causes an emotional comfort where you can talk about your trauma or just childhood in general with someone one, but 3rd house synastry is more like a weird assumption that you don't really have to talk about that because somehow it is just accepted that you know it. Again kinda like a sibling moment cause most times you don't have to have deep talks about your childhood with your siblings (at least for me most times). Funnily enough I have fourth house synastry with both my sister and one of my brothers (I have my moon in my sister's fourth house whereas my brother has his moon in my fourth house), so we do have those talks about our trauma and such. Honestly I have always felt more close (emotionally) with them than my own parents. It's an interesting bond for sure for me. I feel very lucky that I have that bond with my siblings.

-6th house synastry is a moment to live through because it can manifest differently based on the planet. I think moon in sixth house causes the most mixed reactions to each other, because the sixth house is all about routine and service. So the moon being there causes a emotional bond for each other through service towards each other. Although it does depend on other aspects of the synastry most times it's a mutual I help you you help me kinda vibe to it. I think it can work out but both parties would have to have some level of emotional maturity or even just a lack of Pluto influence. It's not like it can't work out with Pluto influence but it just would take a lot more work since Pluto is a little cunt who likes messing around with shit so the emotions get fucked around with the most. I can't blame Pluto too much for it since it is a planet all about transformation and obsession and people can control their own actions. Take what you can from what I said.

Anyways I haven't posted in a while so I figured I'd do that real quick cause it would feel wrong not to. I would love to hear you guy's thoughts on this or even anything at all. Feel free to message me for any questions you might have. I can't guarantee anything great or even smart. A veces no tengo sentido. Todavia estoy aprendiendo espanol asi que pido disculpas por mi mal espanol

[captainkirkk]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

ATLA

Divergence of Destiny by Fernandidilly_yo

This is his life now, here on this ship, serving tea with Uncle and the crew. Traveling the world and staying far, far away from the ongoing war.

The Jasmine Dragon is Zuko's home.

Meeting the Avatar does not change that.

It changes absolutely nothing.

(Until, inevitably, it does.)

Tea and Cakes by ghosteyes

Zuko is having trouble pretending he doesn't has a problem with food and through a series of field trips with friends, the gaang starts to pick up on that as well.

Wishful Thinking by mindbending

Right after Boiling Rock, Zuko found Sokka sprawled in his tent with a bouquet of red roses, and a ring of romantic candles, and one final rose set between his teeth. With the littlest twinge of envy, Zuko realized the entire display was for Suki.

The point is Sokka's flirting is about as subtle as a buffalo yak. To miss it, you’d have to be a complete and utter airhead.

Stranger Things

Down in a Dead Man's Town by holyfudgemonkeys (erraticallyinspired)

When Steve nearly runs over Will Byers on that fateful night in 1983, he doesn’t expect offering him a ride home would result in both of them being hunted into another dimension. Surviving there is hard. Adapting to normal life again is even harder. His old self settles like an ill-fitting suit, and there’s no room for nightmares and fear and his new bond with Will in it. As he struggles to find a new normal he can live with, Steve finds himself befriending a bunch of kids and maybe (definitely) falling in love with a local weed dealer.

BNHA

Overcome by redrobin1989

When Izuku accepted All Might's quirk, he never expected to feel this helpless again. Sitting in on the interrogation of a serial killer, he realizes that the past can't always be left behind. Sometimes it comes back and brings with it a body count.

One can either overcome the problem or yourself be overcome.

DC (Batfamily)

Conference Room 2B by motleyfam

And okay, fine, Tim can admit it: his parents paying off a school official to circumvent social services just to see him was sketchy at best—probably illegal at worst. They really shouldn’t have done it. Bruce and Alfred would be furious to find out that they had. Not to mention Jason, who would go absolutely apeshit.

But–

But it was also just really fucking sweet of them.

Tim hasn’t felt this loved, this cherished, this fought for and desired by his parents in years.

Doesn’t he at least owe it to them to hear them out?

(Three months into Tim’s foster placement with the Waynes, Jack and Janet Drake decide they want back into their son’s life.)

Another Mirror by byrambles

It’s over remarkably quickly. The winning Batman leaves the losing Batman on the floor, still and broken, and Superman moves quickly to tie that one up as Winning Batman turns away. Turns toward Damian.

His shoulders slump, and Damian feels numb. This is not his Batman.

Anton Syndrome by Anonymous

Tim's parents have been away for six months and counting—the longest he's ever been left alone at one time—and it's starting to have some unpleasant side effects. Luckily, he has a solution.

OR, the one where Tim attempts prostitution to cure his touch starvation. His plan goes wrong pretty much from step one, but it all works out for the better.

DC/Danny Phantom

I Just Wanna Talk by foldingfacets

John Constantine beat the system of life and death until it fully refused to touch him anymore, and when it did, it never went well. It was a fact that the League had come to terms with, or those that knew, anyways. None of Constantine’s past could explain the kid in fuzzy pajamas that was curled up on a chair in the Justice League’s control room asking for the elusive brit.

Danny had barely made it to high school graduation only to be thrust into dealing with the millennia of bullshit waiting ever so patiently for the King of the Infinite Realms to look at. The fact that there was a weird amount of paperwork filed regarding some dude named John Constantine that looked like the weirdest form of tax fraud he’d ever seen was puzzling, and his parents committed that regularly. He has no idea what the hell he’s looking at.

Alternately: Danny is the inter-dimensional personification of the IRS for Death and the Unliving, and he just has a couple questions.

[creaturefeaster]

Now I’m curious of some of the other characters upbringing, if you could give a short summary (or long, I love reading your rambles!!) of each of the Fated 15’s upbringing, what would they be like?

I'll go down the list ^^.

Tim's upbringing was just fine. A bit of an overprotective mother, but a loving and caring one. She really drilled home the morals of hard work & hospitality into him growing up. He and his mom are very close, especially because they're all they have at home.

Hannah couldn't complain about her childhood either. It was a very chill upbringing. She takes heavily after her dad-- he's a cool and relaxed kind of dude, handy. Their whole family (Mother, Father, Hannah, Step-brother) are big on helping out others and spend a lot of their free time in community service, and that's had a big effect on how she interacts with others, especially post-Fault.

Brook, as I'm sure most of you know already, grew up with a very very traditional, anti-tech family. Not a lot of exposure to the outside world, her and her siblings were schooled on their property and were taught a lot of untrue things about the world beyond their small town. But, her childhood was not bad. Her family is very loving-- conditionally so, but she's never had an issue falling under those conditions-- and perhaps a little overbearing at times. Her and her older siblings have all learned to hide certain aspects of their lives, thoughts, and desires from their parents as a result of their aggressively traditional ways of thinking. Brook's thing was sneaking out at night, a habit her parents believe she's grown out of (she hasn't).

Gary's upbringing was both lavish yet harsh. He's a prince after all, taught many skills and hyper-specific manners, had high expectations, all of which he failed to excell enough at for his dad to ever be proud of him. His dad and step dad always seemed like they were watching and judging everything he did. He was prone to lashing out, running away for short periods, or intentionally causing issues just so he could be grounded and be alone for a while. It's left him with a lot of bad habits and poor emotional regulation. Never taught or praised for doing the right thing, only punished for doing the wrong thing.

Lauren's homelife was nearly picturesque. Loving parents, bratty older sister but never anything more than a bit annoying at time, an incredibly large and decked out home in a gated community with friendly neighbors and seriously, nothing to complain about. She simply had interests that never aligned with her family's, and even though they supported her she convinced herself that they either didn't understand, or that they were overbearing and controlling. They weren't. She just functions on a different wavelength and made it their problem, lmao.

Elliot's upbringing was a little rough, his dad was rarely there and a bit of a deadbeat, and his mother was a hard worker trying to make enough to support their family. Elliot had to raise his younger brother which matured him quickly, but he missed out on a lot of his later childhood as a result. He often found himself in a lot of risky situations with nobody around to provide some foresight, so he's lost and learned a lot throughout his life

Tanner's upbringing was kind of boring. His family was never super close, it just wasn't really in their nature. Often they would be off doing their own things rather than participate in family gatherings. Even meals were typically enjoyed alone or distracted by things like television. There wasn't always much to do at home, and he grew to be very tolerant of inactivity. He spent a lot of his time in his room listening to music, or getting up to weird or questionable things late at night with April.

April has always been a contrarian, and even in instances where she wasn't, her parents grew to expect it from her and acted accordingly anyways. There's always been a lot of arguing in her family, and as a result she has a hard time not defaulting to arguing or just straight up opposing a statement, even in the event that she does agree with it. Her brothers were often cruel towards her and never got in trouble for it, and she never really felt like she belonged at home growing up.

Leon's life was pretty free. He grew up in the very small nowhere town of Lystrike with parents who had him later in life than most, so he was raised by not just them, but as they got older and couldn't always keep up, the greater community as well. You'd hear no complaints from him about his childhood, he felt safe in his town and stuck hard to the good morals it taught him.

Rachel's upbringing was pleasant, her family was close-knit and sociable. Despite magic being quite the uncommon thing to learn as a talpian (and even questionable depending on where you live in the underworld), her family was always supportive of her. They raised her well and she felt more than confident in moving out when she was old enough, and always kept in close contact with them after she left.

Bonnie's upbringing was hard. Her mother was frequently ill, and her father worked long days at sea. She took care of her mother from a young age, and when she wasnt, hung around the docks either with or waiting for her father. She had to be the one to acquire the family's goods and necessities more often than not, and her home town was not a particularly safe one, especially for a young girl to be walking around in all alone. She never complained though, not once. She was lucky to have a home whereas many others in her town did not.

Michael's childhood was loving. He's always been a bit babied by his mothers, though they've laid off it a little in more recent years, and so he tended to be a little more ignorant and immature growing up. He went through an oppositional phase in his teens that made his home life a little more tense, but that's kind of on him-- his mothers have always been supportive and given him everything they could for him to live a comfortable life.

Samantha's, as stated a few asks ago, was lonely. Life lessons were missed or taught begrudgingly through house workers, or rarely learned the hard way. She has grown cautious of the unknown and gets a bit uncomfortable stepping out of her comfort zone, because nobody at home has ever taken the time to teach her some confidence. Yuan helps her through this, by virtue of being a huge fucking dragon.

Debbie's upbringing wasn't awful, but not very fun either. Raised soley by her dad who was a militant control freak, she could hardly be herself at home. She learned to become proficient at sneaking out at night, and gets away with all of her rambunctiousness when her father is away with work. A lot of her life has involved being yelled at or around, or walking on eggshells to avoid upsetting her dad-- especially in her earlier years. If there is one thing she got from her dad, it'd be her volume control.

Vilmr was raised as best as he could by Maja, a lady who has never had any children of her own. She's given him a roof, enough food, plenty of wisdom, and some harsh love here and there. He's always been a hard child to keep tame, but respect and discipline have been constant lessons throughout his upbringing and he's always worked hard to make her proud, even if he finds himself being problematic from time to time.

[heroes-of-lemuria]

I was gonna make a comic but idk if I’ll get around to it so just yaps about vague ideas I have for Janey (calling her gobbler girl feels mean)

Things I want to like. Explore I guess with the gobblers is like. Wealth inequality I guess? They’re constantly hungry and starving and we see very skinny ones with ribs while the only ones who seem genuinely well fed are royalty. I think that’s an interesting dynamic to play with.

Also in my mind the push to get Gobblers making their own food rather than relying on Nanas imports isn’t like bc it’s not healthy but because Nana has been allied with the Gobbler Royalty to keep the population purposefully disenfranchised. A hungry helpless population is easier to control. And The Nana corporation is purposefully keeping the gobbler population 100% dependent on them for food. Developing their own infrastructure is something that’s been purposefully sabotaged for generations so they won’t have the time or energy to think about rebelling against the King and Nanas itself. Food desert situation. If Nana is the only way you can get any food you won’t say bad things against it and you’ll take whatever reject stock you’re sold for unreasonable prices because you have no other option. The triumph is no so much awesome they’re eating healthy and exercising but more so in beginning to take control of their own economy. Starvation has led to no one really having the time or energy to well. Do anything but try and survive for a long time. Idk this is far from polished.

Anyway Janey was like a weird social reject street orphan in a place with negative social services so she just kind of like ate bricks and stole shit to survive and has a deep deep deep resentment for like the kings and barons (she’s too 12 to like comprehend fully what nanas up to yet) and some people find her like a weird pest and others feel bad for her but most people kind of ignore her as an uncomfortable aspect of society they’d like to ignore because it’s uncomfortable. Anyway when the shit with the like. Rosina starts originally only the King and like his hand selected entourage were going to flee but word spreads via telephone that witches are trying to kill them all and a panicked mob starts and people flood the ship before they like just start driving it away in a panic to stop people from storming it more. Janey like ends up here without wanting to because she gets swept in the mob, maybe someone who feels a bit nicer towards her grabs her by the arm and drags her on despite her protests in an attempt to help her.

Anyway damage control they’re all packs on this boat that’s just a Nana import truck the like kings guards commandeered and tried to get the royalty on super quick like w no gobblers nor nana noticing (this went bad) anyway one of those bitch ass barons is like um. Yes the king has graciously chosen you lot to come with us and start anew as our kings loyal subjects. Thank him.

Anyway like later they’re in Colossus they just kinda land the first place they see once the food runs out (the imports that were supposed to be for the whole town naturally). And Janeys like why the fuck did all that happen. And some gobblers like don’t you know they said witches were trying to assassinate the king and kill is us all. And a big thought bubble comes over Janeys head of her in a witch hat (very cool) boiling the king in a big cauldron so she sneaks out of colossus (street urchin stealth natch) and just like shows up in Merle’s office like. I want you to teach me how to be a witch. And that’s how she gets wizardly.

She’s kind of a misanthrope she has a very me Vs the world mindset (i think it’s fun to give this 2 a life wiz) but also sees Merle as like a parental figure who like mentored her and gave her like teaching and a roof and her first ever real meal so she absolutely idolizes him. In my mind I’ve talked about gobblers constant starvation being from their bodies burning mana at a crazy rate I think she finds like. Downing mana potions actually like. Stop the constant hunger pangs. So another awesome bonus of being a wizard. (Pretend if you will in a game mechanic way her mana drains at like 3x the rate of a normal wiz) this is a lot of yapping but I like her.

She chews on her hair as a nervous habit as well as her nails and finger skin. She cuts her hair short into a bob in arc 2 to stop herself from chewing on it in an attempt to make people take her more seriously and treat her with some more respect (doesn’t work) I also think she’s very very aware people think she’s stupid and utterly resents that.

[fehck]

4.26

I feel guilty that I sent this block of text to my therapist (like it’s the first time I’ve done THAT before 🙄🙄). I also feel guilty that I stopped logging the hours in my days like she said to after doing it on here for what? 3 days?

Anyway, I’ll put it here and censor names.

Context for you guys, my MRI came back and I’m a candidate for surgery. On the left side of my brain, the trigeminal nerve is compressed by a cerebral artery and also a vein. On the right side of my brain, the trigeminal nerve is compressed by a single vein. The typical surgery candidate only has compression on one side of the brain.

I’m also epileptic. At the height of abuse from the CSA abuser that I still experience Stockholm syndrome from (? With? How would you say that?) my seizures had just begun and were out of control. Doctors considered a brain surgery at that time as well.

Further context, I recently had a long but like, split in two parts flashback to an assault that happened in her basement. It was notable because I was assaulted multiple times, daily. But most often in one of two locations. Morgan and I went over that flashback in session the other day.

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Coming here to bitch and cry, sorry 🙃 I was in {hometown} today. I headed back home fairly early because I was in pain. The last few days, I’ve done “fuck it” in a totally different way. I had previously stopped having constant background noise and three screens in front of me in order to make *everything* stop. I caved and it’s honestly been (mostly) nice. I had to. I keep hearing her voice throughout the day and I can’t make out what it’s saying but it’s definitely her’s—it’s been years, probably since things were still in court, that that’s happened. It turns out those results were more triggering than I thought (these are the kind of MRI results that make one a candidate for surgery). It really set in while explaining what’s been happening to {grandparents}.

The pain kept escalating all day today (I think I was driving too much tbh) it just sucked and I could feel myself getting pissed at everything. I finally got in my own car to leave and you know that feeling in your face and throat before you cry? My whole upper body felt like that as soon as I shut the door. I started crying and a bunch of shit just came flooding in. I remembered what my EEGs used to look like. I thought of {actual saint} (youth pastor’s wife I’ve mentioned, {abuser} was jealous of our relationship, they used to be friends—plenty of weird lore) parents giving my parents money to help pay medical bills and potentially send me to Mayo Clinic as every treatment failed, her mom’s funeral and how she collapsed in my arms when she walked into the church while {abuser} stood way too close to me (I can still feel how badly I just wanted her to leave us alone in that moment and the multifaceted guilt I felt about it after). I remembered feeling completely drained leaving the service with {abuser}. And this is where this series of memories fucked me…I mentioned the rest of my memories I have of being in the basement were generally benign. This was like a half-flashback I guess, super vivid and I can feel certain physical things but the visuals clipped along really fast. I remember getting back to her place and changing clothes but I’m downstairs. For some reason, she had her laptop and work shit downstairs, I came around the corner to lay on the couch and fell asleep with my head on her left hip/leg while she worked.

At this point, in real time, my body feels like it’s being crushed and I have that feeling I’ve mentioned that Ive learned most people feel for their mom when they’re sick. I pulled out of {grandparents}, I just wanted out. Still unable to really think at all, I had begun to turn off of their road and into town. Then I just sobbed all the way home and slept HARD until like, 8pm…I fucking hate it here. ((I also noticed that this memory kind of helps place the other memory on the timeline? Just by where shit was at in the basement. It would be earlier than I thought. But I’m not entirely sure, I just fucking hate it))

[teamhawkeye]

if u wanna— all of the symbols for miss andy 🫶🏻

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

As a musician, she lives music - eats, sleeps, and breathes it. She's always listening to it, practicing her "guitar" (it actually is one but as an OoP it seems weird to call it that lol), trying to compose her own songs. She's a big fan of hard rock, soft rock, classic rock, grunge, alternative, metal, punk, psychedelic, glam rock, electronic...there's not much she doesn't like

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

Andy is ambidextrous. There's not too many instances where this comes up for her to show off, but she is equally capable with either hand.

Andy had a pretty decent relationship with her parents. Jesse and Dylan were always welcome in their house and the siblings much more enjoyed spending time with Andy's parents than their own. She was devastated by their disappearance - along with every other adult in Ordinary during the AWE - but learned over the years not to look into what happened to them further, preferring to believe they died quickly than suffer what some of the children did at the hands of the different dimensions the slide projector opened portals to.

Should anything ever happen to Jesse, Andy is the only other person currently capable of taking on the Service Weapon and role of Director of the FBC. Truly ironic, since she wanted that job and wanted to fulfill that role as a child but became jaded to the concept of it before she finally left the Oldest House, and that she thought she deserved the title more than Jesse and was enraged that she was handed it so easily...but no longer wants to step into those shoes.

💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits?

Both, technically. First and foremost, she's a light sleeper: she's had to adapt to living life on the razor's edge, always worried that the Bureau would swoop in and lock her back up in the Oldest House if they ever caught up to her, so she's always on the lookout for danger and ready to run at the first whiff of trouble.

But if she feels comfortable and safe, she can sleep well and deeply, though those instances are few and far between. Ironically, it's only really been near Alan or Jesse (and briefly, Scratch) that that ever was possible. Possibly even with Casey and Saga...we'll see

🔱 TRIDENT EMBLEM — can your oc swim? do they enjoy swimming?

She can swim! Growing up in Maine, there were plenty of summer breaks from school spent going to the shore - even though the water was freezing, it helped her learn how to swim in adverse conditions and she's still a fairly strong swimmer as a result years and years later

🔺 RED TRIANGLE POINTED UP — does your oc know how to use any weapons?

Andy knows how to fire a gun, but largely, she just uses her own powers in combat. Scratch taught her a thing or two about knives, so she's pretty handy with a blade too

🔶 LARGE ORANGE DIAMOND — does your oc know cpr? do they have any other medical expertise?

That's something she wouldn't have been taught as a child or at the Bureau while in the Prime Candidate program - and I don't see her having learned it at any point up until the events of Control. Afterwards, when she and Jesse reconcile and she works alongside her, that might be something she learns.

🚫 PROHIBITED — does your oc drink/smoke? do they do it regularly, or is it more on occasion or for special events?

Oh, Andy has tried about every single vice available to her once she escaped the Oldest House and tasted freedom for the first time as a teenager. She smokes, she drinks, she's known to engage in a little blow and reefer, she gambles, she fucks -

I think she grows out of some of that wilder behavior as the years pass and she meets Alan and reunites with Jesse. while she still indulges, she would not be going as buckwild as she did as a young adult on her own.

[familyvideostevie]

I dont know if you know about this new law that kight take effect its called the kosa act its a way to censor kids from ao3 wattpad and tumblr, they plan of banning and deleting these site forever, losing our fandom spaces and im trying to inform every fanfic writer i know bc your work is important and i dont want to let it go, we connect as a community with our obsessions no one else can understand im super sad and stressed out I just wanted you to know!

hi! i wasn't totally sure what you were talking about so i went a head and googled it and while i think you have good intentions, you are actually spreading misinformation! the bill (which stands for Kids Online Safety Act) was introduced in december 2022 and discussed and rewritten once thus far. it's only been introduced, which means there has been no legislative action on it. inside the senate there seems to be a lot of support for it as well as from multiple organizations that deal in mental health/eating disorders/protection for minors online.

so, i went ahead and read the bill, just to double check if there were stipulations for deleting online spaces and there were not! i think that we all know there are issues on here with minors and their access to things -- i don't want to claim that this bill is totally bad, since it's intent is to protect minors (defined in the bill as under 16s) from sexual exploitation and exposure to harm online. but at the same time, i personally think that it leans too much on the side of restriction and monitoring and thus encroaches on the information that teens have access to in general. it's sticky, it really is. the bill itself would require the following: for online spaces likely to be used by minors to set up a series of measures that would allow them to restrict content for minors, allow an adult in that minor's life to control those safeguards, and protect the minor's identifying info. the platform must also disclose how they use targeting and algorithms in relation to minors and allow minors/parents to report harm. it cannot advertise services that are illegal to sell to minors and annually report on potential risks.

so, yeah. that's the bill. you can read all about it online! i'm no tech expert but to me this sounds like age-verification (like when you try to visit a site for an alcohol brand), probably more serious tagging/filtering, and probably less guest/anonymous participation, which tumblr doesn't really allow much of anyway, beyond the anon feature.

i guess what i'm saying is: do your research before spreading info! i get that this is frightening but i do think overall protecting minors from literal sexual exploitation is a good thing, though this bill is, in my opinion, weird information control oversight nonsense, for the most part. i think we'll be okay. there are other things to worry about!

[cuntwrap--supreme]

Having (briefly) been a teacher, there are a multitude of reasons why teachers don't report several things to parents.

I had kids who were being sexually abused. Physically. Mentally. None of those figures are people who deserve to know shit about that kid. Some people weren't allowed to eat or bathe at home. Some were sent to school in ratty Goodwill clothes as punishment for who knows what, despite their parents both making lots of money. Some were ridiculed by their parents for disabilities or illnesses, both physical and mental. Per laws that make you tell parents if their kid is having gender or sexuality questions, you have to tell those highly abusive parents that their 'son' has been requesting to go by they/them and be called Tracy. Which, like, if a grade school aged kid (who are the most likely to be very secretive and embarrassed by literally everything) opens up to you, their teacher, about something very private and requests solidarity or help or whatever and asks you not to mention it to their parents, there's probably a damn good reason, even if you've never heard of abuse from their household before. Some peoples' parents aren't outright abusive, they just make comments that tell their kid they wouldn't be welcome if they were gay or trans or whatever.

Now, you are a mandatory reporter as a teacher. But this doesn't mean "tell parents their kid says she's a lesbian in class but they think she has a boyfriend." It means calling child protective services and shit when you hear a kid saying their dad hits them, or if they come to you asking what to do if a friend of their mom's touches them weird, or one of their friends says they've been cutting and it's only getting deeper and they're scared. You report to help the child, even though it won't seem like help to them in many circumstances. You do not report things to parents that could hurt the child. If a kid says to you, "Hey, I'm actually a boy and my name is Travis, you can ask my parents, they're totally chill," and next time you meet with the parents you call that child Travis, that's chill. But if Travis asks you to please, please don't tell his parents because his stepdad says he'd kick him out, you trust that kid and misgender them (for their safety) next time you meet with parents.

Saying it should be illegal to not report a child's gender/sexuality to parents is literally just don't for parental control. It's done for people who see their child as an extension of their property and not as a whole ass human being. To people who push that narrative, their children are hardly different from their car or house. "But I want to keep kids safe from brainwashing!" they scream. Ok. Valid enough. Do you really think a kid socially transitioning literally just while in school fits that description? Hell, let's even give them the benefit of the doubt and say their kid did so after all their friends "became" trans. I still fail to see how this is a safety emergency. If you're right and it is just "social contagion," treat it like any passing fad and wait for them to ride it out. Tons of people change aspects of who they are when they're still working on sussing that out. If your kid ends up not being trans, no harm done. If they do, they have a better grasp on how to move forward and what all they need to do to achieve that goal because they were able to explore that aspect of their self earlier. In both scenarios, they know their parents do not love them unconditionally.

If you actually want a happy, well-rounded child, you support them and guide them through the rough parts of life. You do not let it be known that certain things, be it gender or religion or political stance, will make you care about them less, or resent them. If you cannot handle a gay kid. A trans kid. A kid who changes religion. A kid who marries someone of a different race. A kid who is disabled. A kid who is different from you in ways you don't anticipate. Do not have children. Get a goldfish or something that doesn't live very long and that you can't traumatize by telling it you don't care.

god all his financial decisions really do stem from his anger at his trans kid leaving him don't they

[the-starlight-papers]

My original Kingdom Keepers post keeps getting notes. I did end up completing the main series, although I couldn’t make it through the second inheritance book, but I just want to add some thoughts I have. (I sadly lost my notes to a phone storage purge, so this won’t be as detailed as I might have wanted)

Under the cut bc it’s long.

I think an issue that (for me at least) the later kingdom keepers books run into is I have a harder time keeping my suspension of disbelief. I would say the first three books are the ones I have the least amount of issue with. The main way the Keepers operate is in secret, having to sneak around both normal Disney security and their parents. The only adults that are really involved are Wayne and Wanda, who both have a bit of the mysterious mentor vibes, so it’s ok.

The thing that really starts to throw me off is when the books start to have adults involved. Again, Wayne very much felt like he was doing his own secret thing. But when the head of security for the Disney Cruise starts to get involved it feels weird that they’re just letting a bunch of kids handle it. It gets really bad when you get into the return series and Brad, a real actual Imagineer that you can find his actual real life LinkedIn profile, ends up helping the Keepers and even getting made into a DHI.

One thing I also really like about the books is the Philby infodumps. I think they’re a really fun way to play with the mechanics of the magic/technology system in universe. I also think they really add to the idea that Philby knows what he’s doing. Plus they’re fun to read now even as an adult now that I know slightly more about computers.

Generally I think the main series is good. I think the return series is generally ok, although I do wish they would have brought the character development that the Fairlie girls got into the rest of the Return series because it was really cool to get to see them become more self confident and get better control of their powers. And in Jess’s case just destroy Greg Louwski in hand to hand combat, which was super satisfying to see after he’s been a constant nuisance throughout the series.

I do however think that the series has slowly lost sight of what it set out to do. It originally started out as an adventure set in the parks that kids who had been to the parks could see these characters sneaking around and fighting villains in the rides they had ridden. The loss of this is I think why the Inheritance series, and to a lesser extent, the Return series, struggled.

I went to Disney World as a kid, and the books set in the parks I had gone to were and still remain my favorite. Pearson spends very little time describing the surroundings or what the rides look like, because you’re already supposed to know! Why spend time describing what Test Track looks like, or even explaining what it is, if your audience has already ridden it themselves! And that’s I think why Inheritance especially falls flat. No one knows what the NorAf Disney World park looks like, or what the CommuniTree looks like, because they don’t exist! And Pearson doesn’t explain them for the reader.

One of the other best parts of the kingdom keeper books as well was that the kids used the technology avaliable to them at the time. Sure a little of it comes off a bit cheesy and as blatant product placement now, especially for services that have been long discontinued like Virtual Magic Kingdom or DGamer. But the inclusion of these services make the stories feel more real, like the kids themselves are coming up with these plans on the fly.

Which again is why I think Inheritance falls short. Pearson makes up all this cool futuristic technology, which is fun! But if I went to EPCOT today, I wouldn’t be imagining the kids from those books running around with their fancy smartwatches.

The other thing that suprised me about the Inheritance series is that they chose to make all the characters the kids of the main characters. I’ll talk about that in a second, but I would also like to mention that the Inheritance cast is younger (and feels younger) than the original cast. Eli and most of the other kids feel much more like late elementary school than middle school like the original keepers, and Lily’s got to be a second or 3rd grader. I’m assuming this was done to target a younger audience (which I do think makes sense, the keepers were all 18 in the last five books which did make it a little hard for me to relate as a 7th grader).

But I’m still surprised that Pearson chose to make the next generation the kids of the original keepers. Starting all the way back in book 5 of the original series, the Keepers started hearing rumors about their DHIs being replaced. This was such a constant fear over the keeper’s heads throughout much of the second half of the series, adding to the stakes that if they got caught, not only would they be in serious trouble, but they would loose their ability to fight the villains. It had been foreshadowed for so long I’m surprised that there were never any real steps made to bring in replacements.

Bringing in new, unrelated kids as the next generation of Keepers would have allowed Pearson to keep the series in the present. He still could have used a similar plot line with the rise of Villains Land, but it would have (in my opinion) felt more relevant to the kids reading it.

Additionally the removal of the DHI mechanics feels odd. I know they’re replaced with the kids all being Fairlies, and there seems to be a general move away from tech and towards magic. But it feels weird removing a mechanic that had been the central aspect of the story for so long.

Anyways. I hope I’m not too critical. I did genuinely enjoy reading the first few books (I speed through the first four books in under two days total), but I think the series sometimes doesn’t seem to understand what it’s doing to work well.

[mallorychance]

things have been going great recently but other things are making me feel ickyyy.

Mallory lore/kinda but not really vent, more so just ranting under the cutt

My family were all super Mormon when I was a kid, but we stopped going when I was around 8 because of my dad’s declining health (he’s recovered since!). My dad still believes, but my mom left about a year ago because of the manipulation and the church’s beliefs changing to be more controlling over time. Today, I went to my great aunt’s funeral, who was and always has been an extremely active member in the church. Her sister told this story about how there was a woman who stopped attending church and my great aunt visited her weekly and did all she could to bring her back to church and I’m sitting here like???? why do you think this woman is giving you excuse after excuse to not attend???? All the stories her sisters and my grandpa told about her as a member of the church just made me feel so gross.

I spent the funeral trying to hide in the dress, corset, and cardigan I was forced to wear, it just sucked. Also, the cardigan was my great aunt’s, it felt wrong to be in it at her funeral. I was wearing these tiny boots that were 2 sizes too small for my feet with heels that made me likely sprain my ankle :( the whole thing just sucked and now I can barely walk because it hurts so bad.

and no I’m not going to the doctor I was just at the ER two days ago because I was struggling to breathe, had nearly passed out several times, and my heart was doing all sorts of Not Right Things. I was “diagnosed” with “what-is-this-emotional-woman-doing-here-instead-of-being-home-with-her-husband”. not joking, that is literally the joke one of the nurses made. I’m 16.

anyway back to the point I was originally writing this whole thing for: while sitting in the pews the thought of wanting to be able to help people like my great aunt did crossed my mind. Yes, she was very religious and did most of what she did for those kind of reasons, but she was genuinely a good person that cared for people, members or not. The feeling of being unhelpful and worthless clawed at me all day, especially after my dad shouted at me for trying to help my brother saying “you are not needed. no, stop. stop. you’re not necessary.” what a great thing to tell your child you still haven’t called mental health services for.

so cool. so great.

also also also the feeling of singing hymns in sacrament made me feel awful. it was like going back through horrible memories. Sitting in that dress, keeping my little sister’s dress down because she couldn’t sit still like my mom used to when I was her age, feeling her bumping my arm as she looked around confused while we prayed, it just made me feel awful. I wish I never have to go near a church again. There’s so many things about those churches that just creep me out and make me feel gross.

When you enter any LDS church, the front room is always the same. Heavy black metal and glass doors a man in a suit holds open for you, the old man sitting on one of the old armchairs next to the table with the lamp that has lion faces sculpted into them, the fake plants, the easel with white jesus displayed on it, the table with a stack of the day’s program on it, the walls made from what seems to be scratchy burlap half up and then large white painted bricks, and the blueish carpet. It always smells like rot, old people, and air fresheners.

There’s always long halls surrounding the sacrament room and gym, but the bathrooms are always in some weird spot that make you have to go around the halls twice. I’ve been to churches in three different US states and they’ve always been the same, it’s like actually creepy.

super unrelated but might as well continue rambling atp. I’m being stalked?????? this dude has been like actually stalking me and my parents and my school won’t do anything about it because he has autism. I’ve known him since early elementary school and he straight up asked if we could date early on in this school year. I rejected him because 1, i was not healthy and could not mentally handle a relationship, 2, i wasn’t allowed to come to the upcoming dance he wanted us to go to, 3, just was not interested in him, 4, I HAD BEEN ASKED OUT TO THE DANCE SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY 😭, and 5, kindaaaaaaaa already liked my now gf. I just told this guy I’m with my gf now and now he keeps asking to show me Garn47 on a discord call when I’ve told him no over and over. He keeps wanting to do stuff with me and play games and I’m like please. please stop talking to me it makes me so uncomfortable. there’s also someone else like kinda being weird but idk if that’s stalking or just them being weirdd but I don’t like itttttt.

anyway yea things are going great. im gonna go ice my ankle now. maybe play some Minecraft and continue building my granite altar.

[morrisxn02]

✍︎ @logiyande

He was halfway towards Linden house when he spotted her as she exited the Athletic Center – her signature vintage baggy sweaters were hard to miss for people who had a keen eye for fashion. Logan seemed like the type of person who would choose comfort over style any day, but whether her outfit choices were intentional or not, she had mastered the art of grandpa-core like no one else on campus.

“Psst, Logan.” He called in that funny way people sometimes do when they don’t want to actively yell, so they will do a weird whisper-yell type of thing. Edward never yelled. Even when it was categorically necessary, he never raised his voice. It was one of the mannerisms he still carried, learned from the strict regimen his mother used to indoctrinate him and his sisters. Some habits had stuck better than others – he still never raised his voice, he still never talked too much about his personal life, and he still waited for everyone to be seated before starting a meal. But others were just second nature he had repressed until he saw himself liberated from her firm grip, like slouching on chairs, sitting on top of tables, and sprinting instead of walking. There was only so much parents could control once their children left the nest, after all.

“Glad I found you here.” By then, he was already sprinting in her direction. “I was about to go to your dorm to drop something off. Saved me the trip.” Thank God, though. Those things were so damn heavy. His hand reached for the vintage Loewe messenger bag hanging from his shoulder, as he began to explain, “Listen, I know your birthday was last month and all, but the Swiss postal service really likes to take its time.” He pulls out the 14-inch box of Caran d’Ache Pablo colored pencils, tied with a red ribbon and a little handwritten note – another one of the mannerisms his mother had passed down to him – wishing her a Happy Belated Birthday. Love, Edward. Instead of her name, he had written her old Tumblr handle as a nod to their little inside joke. “Happy birthday again.”

[icharchivist]

I feel bad for what everyone else is cooking up for Lu Woh over there, but I think I understand

He's very bullyable, so everyone wants to bully him into submission and that includes sexually

Fediel meanwhile is very open and hot, so people want her to sit on their faces (It's me, I'm people)

Orologia is our parent so we're not dragging them into this mess, Ewiyar is a cat and Wamdus is a child, so at least we still have standards despite being horny.

Galleon, tbh, I don't know. She's great but not really my type. Her gimmick is funny and I appreciate the kissies, but while fanservice-y in design she's not as obviously sexual and doesn't trigger that primal instinct to bully

And Wilnas is almost too obvious. I'm not knocking him, I definitely wouldn't turn him down if he wanted to get nasty, he's very attractive and very nice. He's a himbo and an obvious service top, you ask him for something and he does his best to deliver, despite being very stupid. But he'd do his best, always, and you gotta love that for him. He's always giving it his 169%

Lu Woh is really Going Through over here in the Belial realm. in Icha's gardens we don't let it go this far but holy shit.

But yeah i definitely understand the appeals. he looks like a prideful person so it makes sense people are compelled to knock him down a peg (or peg him down idk man). And i think it's something also with Tsundere with the idea that, since they don't say what they mean, maybe if pushed to an extreme they will be forced to be honest eventually yaknow?

For Fediel yeah, exactly, i think she's too in control of her sexuality and more assertive so people just want to be her thing rather than wanting to humble her in some way

likewise though, i can't imagine Orologia in any sexy stuff, they're too parentshaped for that, and yeah, not dragging Ewiyar or Wamdus into any type of sexy conversations either. Standards, and also why would you. I'll add that even if Ewiyar wasn't a cat, Ewiyar is too in love with Ewiyar to even accept anyone else i believe. Just leave her be man.

Galleon is a weird one for me because i definitely think she's meant to be extremely sexy and all, she doesn't do it for me. There's a sort of mix with her of vulnerability and shyness, while also having open affections, so she can definitely hit some boxes here, but she's definitely not my type. I did see lots of porn of her though and i think people really are into the demure and shy look for a sexy body and the kissies and stuff. Idk personally she gives me big sister, or even motherly vibes at times, that i can't see it.

and for Wilnas he's the one that works his charms the most on me in the whole gang actually so, yeah. Gotta love a pure himbo. This is definitely a type of "you're so fucking stupid *removes clothes as we speak*". But yeah you're right, he'd genuinely be a service top and would just do anything he can to please you and he'd be so excited about it, and eventually would just go overboard because he's so determined to please. Those aren't bad things to have in a character.

He's def more made for this. I think him and Fediel are really the ones who are the most designed to make u go goo gaga. I'm not receptive to Fediel but i sure am to Wilnas, so what can i say. played like a cheap kazoo.

but yeah i mean. I've seen dragon porn but what i can really see from it is that Lu Woh is getting It with people intending to leave him Ruined by the experience. So it's. a sight! to behold!

Lu Woh really unhinge people to a whole different level huh!

[mychemicalficrecs]

any priest!gerard fics besides unholyverse?

The thing is: this mod, as tumblr says, identifies religiously as 'I was raised Catholic' so going through these fics is always Interesting! But luckily, I think blasphemy and all that shit is hot. With that tmi out of the way: Here's a bunch of fic for you. I didn't try to make this Frank/Gerard, but it still happened.

Frank/Priest!Gerard

Even a Father Has Sins to Confess by MizErie, 9k, Explicit. Father Way knows it's a sin in more than one way, but he just can't help the feelings he has for the altar server in his parish. Young Frank even has aspirations of becoming a priest himself one day. And that has him spending more and more of his time with Father Way as he finishes his last year of high school and prepares to enter seminary. Will Father Way be able to resist his urges or will he succumb to the Devil's temptation?

Against the Works of the Flesh by happilyappled, 63k, Explicit. Frank Iero is the gay teenager who, after coming out to his Catholic family, faces trouble in finding himself and fitting in. He will find himself, though, through Father Way.

Guilt by silentdescant, 7k, Explicit. Frank has an obsession with Father Way.

Not A Saint by happilyappled, 6k, Explicit. Father Way is not just a priest and Frank is not just any other man.

Unholy by cupid_falls, 2k, Explicit. Frank has to stay after youth group

I'll never let them hurt you by KJBrainrot, 33k, Mature. Midnight Mass AU. What can be said about Belleville? Nothing, that's what. It's just one of those suburbs you either manage to escape from, or get stuck in forever. Mikey was of the latter school, he had never even tried to go away. He had to watch all his friends and his brother do. For a weird series of coincidences, though, they all end up back in town at the same time. It's like eighth grade all over again, except Ray's a cop, Frank's all messed up and Gerard...well, Gerard's a fucking priest.

Holy Palmers by nomdeplume (ibelieveinyou), 1k, Explicit. Unholyverse Extended Universe - Priest Gerard fucks Frank's stigmata. (Surprisingly tender)

On The Altar by SadGhostCult, 7k, Explicit. “On the altar, now, Frank,” the priest demanded again, his tone firm and strong, as if he genuinely enjoyed being the dominant one here with full control over Frank—and not only that, but the fact that although the church doors were locked, they really could be caught at any time. Plus, it was definitely a sin to fuck on the altar before Christ. --- Frank can’t remember the last time he went to church, and since he’s been kind of in a bad way recently—failing all his classes, getting into drugs, etc.—his mom forces him to not only attend this Sunday’s service, but to also go to confession with Father Way and admit his sins.

Someone Get Me to a Church by oompapa, Frank/Gerard, Bert/Gerard, Grant/Gerard, Frank/Grant/Gerard, 18k, Explicit. Can be read without watching the show. This is ‘Midnight Mass,’ streamlined with liberties taken to prioritize gay smut. Also, for the sake of forcing Grant’s sexy voice into this thing, this Angel is telepathic now. I am weak and I will see you all in hell.

The Devil's Got Your Number by frnkxo, 4k, Explicit. Frank was the leader of his church's youth group, so naturally, he wouldn't be the first and only teenager to sin and have a crisis of faith. He's a good boy. He loves his faith and his God. He cannot be swayed by the Devil. But of course, Gerard has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Twice a Week, Religiously by mashedpotatoqueen, 5k, Explicit. Frank temporarily moves back in with his parents and they tell him he is going to go to church with them. Whether he likes it or not.

The Sound as You Fall by ontheskyidance, 23k, Explicit. “Told you to be careful,” Frank whispered, sliding his palm to settle it on the edge of the handle. Gerard didn’t even breathe as he locked his fingers around it. One sharp push and the blade would be buried in his throat. “You’re Poison, then,” he guessed easily. Gerard’s lungs burned with the need to gulp air, blood deafening in his ears. “Pleasure to finally meet you, Father.”