#it’s a sad one today but

[bonegloss]

2.28.24 -

[sga-owns-my-soul]

reblog to give ur mutuals a soft lil kissy on the head

[timethehobo]

Last scribble for the night. He just makes me smile.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Look what we've become.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

[yellowistheraddest]

are they wrong?????

no.

[sad-leon]

would anyone listen to this? the ramblings of a lunatic?

[expelliarmus]

[hajihiko]

It runs in the family

[sad-girl-hours23]

Everyone agrees, Tommy has the biggest ______.

@118dailydrabble Day 13: Volunteer

bucktommy; featuring henren & madney

Rating: T

“Who has first round?” Chimney asks.

“Don’t everybody volunteer at once,” Tommy mutters, gesturing for Buck to let him out of the booth.

“Hey, you have the biggest wallet,” Chimney counters.

“No dependents,” Karen agrees.

“And the biggest hands,” Hen offers.

“So you’ll have no problem carrying the drinks,” Maddie says.

“And the biggest —”

“Buck!” They all groan.

“—heart.” Buck rolls his eyes.  “You didn’t let me finish.”

Tommy smirks and kisses Buck’s cheek. “Thank you, baby. I’ll be back.”

Buck watches Tommy make his way to the bar, admiring how his ass looks in his jeans.  He turns back to the table. “He also has the biggest dick.”

Chimney throws a peanut at him. “Damn it, Buck.”

Also on AO3

[platoapproved]

— Queen of the Damned

[fishluring]

team wasteland this is how we can still win

[omegalerc]

now this is the face of a cat who got the cream. the max cream specifically. maxream.

[lazylittledragon]

70s (?) Damien and Veronika are KILLING ME they're so adorable!! Were they vampires then or were the photos from before they were turned?

these are from when they were still human!! they got married in 1966 and were turned sometime in the late 70s

they had to go into hiding for a few years but then in the 80s it got easier because a lot of people started to look like them

[xyrw]

Vault of Knowledge got me really sad while seeing spirit’s memories but these two in particular just made me so so sad.

And others in that place, I really loved their backstories and how they all became friends even after losing important people.

They found light within each other and I think it’s so beautiful.

Found family trope never disappoints

[untitledgoosegay]

re last reblog I do see fanfic culture pushing/replicating a certain model of "what trauma looks like," "how trauma works"

this is a problem across all areas of society obviously, but transformative works are, well, transformative. they're about crafting and modifying narratives where the fan-creator sees a flaw or a lack -- often for the better! don't get me wrong, I've done my fair share of "I take a hammer and I fix the canon," it's the main thing that gets my creative gears spinning -- but what happens when that "flaw" is simply a narrative not conforming to popular expectations?

some people just don't get PTSD from events that sound obviously traumatic. they're not masking, and they're not coping; they just straight-up didn't get the permanently-locked stress-response that defines PTSD. they walk away from a horrible experience going "well, that sucked, but it's over now." some people do get PTSD from events most people wouldn't find traumatic. we don't really know why some people get PTSD and others don't. but fandom has an idea of events that must be traumatizing, of a "correct" way to portray trauma. you see the problems with this lack of understanding in e.g. fans pressuring the devs of Baldur's Gate 3 to add dialogue where the player character badgers Halsin about his own feelings on his abuse -- because he must be traumatized, and his trauma must fit a certain mold and presentation of sexual trauma, under the mistaken impression that anything outside that narrow window is somehow "wrong" and disrespectful or even harmful to survivors.

take, for another example, the very common trope of a traumatized character who hates touch or sex "learning" to like touch or sex as a part of their healing process. certainly that can be healing for some people; other people will never like, or want, touch or sex, because of trauma or because they just don't. the assumption that someone who doesn't want sex or doesn't like to be touched must be traumatized, must be suffering from this perceived lack, is seriously harmful -- to asexual people, to people with sensory issues around touch, and to people for whom healing from trauma means freedom to refuse sex or touch.

and there's a secondary trope, one that's slightly more thoughtful but ultimately repeats the problem -- that once someone has learned that their boundaries will be respected, they'll feel it's safe to soften those boundaries. once they feel safe refusing touch or sex, they'll feel comfortable allowing it on their own terms. but many people don't, and many people won't! many people will simply never want to be touched, and never want sex, and they are not suffering or broken or lacking because of it. the idea that proving you'll respect someone's boundaries entitles you to test those boundaries -- the paradox is obvious, and yet this is something i've seen hurt (re-traumatize) people i care for.

people are imperfect victims. people don't heal in the ways you expect. many people have positive memories of their abuse, of their abusers. many people hurt others in the course of their trauma, in ways that can't easily be unpacked in a 5k oneshot. very few narratives of trauma and recovery actually fit the ones put forward by popular children's media and romance novels -- which are the ones I most see replicated in fandom spaces, because they provide the clearest narrative and easiest catharsis, and so they're easy and soothing to reach for.

that's not necessarily a bad thing! i am not immune to goopy romance tropes. i am not immune to teary catharsis. not every fic has to grapple with ugly realities. but there's a problem when these narratives become predominant, when people think they're accurate and realistic depictions of trauma, when the truth of trauma is unpleasant and uncomfortable, and doesn't fit any single narrative, let alone one of comforting catharsis

[napping-sapphic]

I just want to fall in love with someone who makes me feel safe like even when we’re angry or sad or upset i just want to know that both of us are still going to be okay