#like. i don't remember what the maximum age for developing did is so like could you hc him as having did? possibly. considering his trauma

[alyimoss]

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Biggest psych nerd pet peeve is when people use mental discorders inaccurately. For example people saying a character has DID without looking into it (ie. the only trauma they’d ever experienced was an adult, which is not grounds for being diagnosed with DID) instead of any of the other dissociative disorders that very well could fit this character. I mean what

[thedawningofthehour]

If Draxum had raised Gale then it would be a normal separate AU, which wouldn't hurt me as much since at least no one would be actively trying to keep the brothers apart (EW Shredder doesn't count because he's brainwashing his turtle too). What's more, in most separate AU's Draxum wants them to meet. And now I absolutely want to know what your version of that AU would be.

Because that's the part that bleeds me, for me, turtles are a package deal, you either get them all or you get none. I don't care if Draxum is trying to conquer the world as long as all the turtles are together and I think I just explained why my AU exists.

My whole basis for doth was literally a separated AU but with all the angst of having developed that brotherly bond and having it snatched away. With every other separated au, even ones where they were originally together and kidnapped/lost as older children, (like Leo and Mikey in EW, and there is one fic where Draxum kidnaps Donnie at a young age whose name I can't remember now) the bond still isn't what it is in the show. And it's ironic mentioning slushie's au, since that was one of the stories that inspired doth. I basically looked at that and went "I can make that more emotionally wretching." I wanted MAXIMUM angst, and this was how I decided it was best to deliver it.

An actual doth separated au, hmm. Well, first of all we have to overlook the fact that Donnie named himself here, realistically Draxum would have named him something else, (probably after some heroic Yokai or maybe his father or something) but for simplicity's sake I'll continue to call him Galois. A lot of it really depends on how Gale ended up with Draxum and what went down when the turtles were separated. Splinter could see that there were four turtles, did he think Donnie died in the blaze? I could see him becoming even more depressed if that was the case, trudging along to care for his remaining sons but always feeling the gap where his fourth kid should be. (he might have even resented April a bit, feeling like she was taking the spot his 'real' daughter/fourth son should have occupied) He probably wouldn't have told the boys about Donnie-until he was confronted with evidence that he survived the lab explosion, and then honestly it's a 50/50 shot whether he'd go murder a goat right then and there or jump straight to denial, because there's no way he could have just left his child with that nutjob for thirteen years.

If he saw Draxum take Donnie for himself, there's no way he'd leave that alone. He'd make sure his other boys were safe, but he would go at Draxum with everything he had to try and rescue his son. Maybe that's the situation he'd go back to Big Mama for, knowing she could keep his other kids safe and help him get his last baby back. Draxum would probably have to go into hiding.

On Draxum's side-I mean, like in doth, he'd go from 'warring warrior scientist' to "I love my son and if anything happened to him I'd kill everyone in the world and then myself" in about three seconds flat. Gale would do exactly one (1) cute thing and he'd be a goner.

Logistically, Gale's upbringing would be pretty much identical to the backstory Draxum fed him in doth. He would have been very hesitant to take Gale out in public, homeschooling him and, after realizing how intelligent he really was and giving up on the whole 'warrior and protector of humanity' thing, training him to take over as his scientific successor. They'd have a very close relationship, Draxum would probably be a little more affectionate, and Galois a little less.

I also don't know if he'd be the only one by the time the show rolls around. The ooze used to create the turtles was destroyed and Draxum didn't back up his notes apparently, so the formula was lost. He could have theoretically used Gale's blood to try and reverse-engineer the ooze, (something he does actually try in slushie's au) but it would be a question of if he was willing to use his son like a lab subject. He's very uncomfortable with the notion, he wants to maintain a separation between Galois and the crimes against humanity he regularly commits in the lab, and even something like taking his blood for a mutagen experiment feels like the first step down a slippery slope that Draxum is terrified of going down. But this Draxum would also still be on the 'army of elite warriors' things, plus he's enjoying this whole dad thing. He kind of wants more kids.

When he does realize that the other turtles survived, oh yeah he'd tell Galois everything and try to convince them to 'come home' to him. I don't think he could ever bring himself to harm them, knowing they're his son's brothers. Draxum and Gale would probably try doing what the fam is doing in doth, reverse-kidnapping his brothers and trying to make the case that Lou kidnapped them first and Draxum is their real father.

I still kind of wish I had set this story up just from Gale's pov after waking up from the brainwashing, treating his memories like they were real and having the truth slowly revealed through interactions with Leo and the fam. Most of the story would be missing then and the ending wouldn't really make sense, but that would have been SO COOL.

[richmond-rex]

Honestly the fact that Anne Neville and Elizabeth of York seemed to get on is pretty endearing to me. It would be interesting to know how much (if she did) Anne influenced EoY's style of queenship. Especially since, I think that, whilst there is something to be said for Richard having the potential to have been a good king hade things not gone like that, imo the more tragic 'lost opportunity' is that Anne seems to have fulfilled the role of queenship perfectly (except for motherhood I guess, but that's not her fault), and it's a shame that side of her doesn't seem to be discussed much. Now I'm just imagining the two of them in the afterlife chatting about clothes whilst their husbands glare at eachother lol.

Hello! I think this question has two parts: Anne Neville's relationship with Elizabeth of York and Anne Neville's style of queenship, so please bear with me while I go through all the points. It’s rather long so I apologise in advance!

The traditional disclaimer is that we don't know much about Elizabeth of York's relationship with her aunt Anne Neville, but what many people might not realise is that they didn't spend much time together. Richard's time as Duke of Gloucester was mainly spent in his Northern estates where Anne was based, so apart from some big court occasions, Elizabeth would not have seen much of her aunt growing up. Once Richard took the throne, Elizabeth would likewise have seen very little of her aunt. She remained in sanctuary from May 1483 to March 1484. She left — maybe Richard publicly received his nieces or maybe they simply departed sanctuary after he swore his oath not to harm them — but it seems Elizabeth and her sisters didn't reside at court after that. The continuator of the Croyland Chronicle specifically says Elizabeth Woodville sent her daughters to Richard III’s court around Christmas. Then, Elizabeth of York either remained at court until February or until her aunt Anne died in March 1485. The longest time they spent together to develop some kind of relationship, at maximum, was three months (December 1484 - March 1485). 

The thing about Elizabeth and Anne sharing similar dresses in shape and colour is that it's not really a sign of a close relationship—we must remember that in a medieval monarchy, the personal was political and the political personal—though it could very well be a sign of a close relationship in the right circumstances. However, considering Anne Neville barely knew Elizabeth by that time, I would say it's rather a sign of Anne's attempts at reconciling her husband's family. It was part of her job as a queen consort to act as a pacifying agent, and Richard himself would try to reconcile the rest of the Woodville faction by offering them pardons in the following months. Gifting Elizabeth of York a dress in close resemblance to her own would send a clear political image, even if a false one: this is a united family. Indeed, once queen herself, Elizabeth of York and her mother-in-law Margaret were seen together on diverse court occasions wearing similar outfits (although they likely had a close relationship, sharing similar outfits is not evidence of that). 

Elizabeth of York would have seen very little of Anne Neville's queenship to have been inspired by it. In contrast, from birth to age seventeen she had experienced her mother's queenship first at hand. Elizabeth Woodville kept many of her children close and Elizabeth of York in particular is noted to have accompanied her mother almost everywhere. Aged three, she was there with her mother as Elizabeth Woodville visited Norwich to receive the city's welcome. Aged four, she was there with her mother and father as they made a pilgrimage to Canterbury. Aged six, she was there as her mother received Lord Gruuthuyse of Bruges. Aged eight, she was there at Windsor riding a horse alongside her mother as they took part in the Order of the Garter celebrations. Aged ten, she was again at her mother's side at the reinterment of her grandfather Richard duke of York. Aged twelve, she was there beside her mother rewarding the jousters competing at the celebrations of her brother's wedding. And aged fourteen, she was there at the baptism of her youngest sister standing as one of her godmothers. To quote Arlene Okerlund:

To the degree that royal occasion permitted, [Queen Elizabeth Woodville] included her children in the rituals and revelries of the Court— introducing them to responsibilities they would encounter as heirs to the Yorkist dynasty. Such nurturing during childhood greatly influenced Elizabeth of York throughout her adult life. As queen consort to Henry VII, she surrounded herself with family—sisters, uncles, nieces, nephews—including them in her Court and generously paying their expenses from her privy purse.

Likewise, Laynesmith and Beer have noticed how significantly Elizabeth Woodville influenced her daughter's style of queenship, even the nature of her patronage activities. In a sense, their performance of queenship was much the same—the only difference is that Elizabeth Woodville was the victim of a slander campaign against her family. Indeed, we can recognise the extent Elizabeth of York's Woodville relatives influenced other areas of her life. Comparatively, Anne’s three-month influence would be very minimal.

Now, speaking about Anne Neville’s queenship: again we suffer from a lack of sources, but equally, she simply didn’t have a long tenure as queen to have left an easy mark that we can assess. But for an informal analysis, let’s see what we have; let’s go step by step by the outline I laid out here.

1) Perceived as an exemplar of womanhood: We have unclear evidence. The priest John Rous described Anne as ‘seemly’, ‘beauteous’ and ‘pious’ — that’s keeping with exemplar womanhood, but that very priest was commissioned (either by Anne Beauchamp, Anne Neville or Richard III) to laud her genealogy, and indeed, boosted Anne at the expense of her own sister Isabel as if Anne was the eldest and true heiress of Warwick. 

2) Giving birth to royal heirs: During her brief tenure she saw her only son die, nevertheless, for half of that brief period she had indeed been the mother of the heir to the throne. There’s some evidence that she was quite involved with Edward’s household and that she and Richard were trying to set it up in Middleham (or somewhere else in the North) in contrast to the household of the last Prince of Wales, which had been in Ludlow in the Welsh marches. Unfortunately, Edward of Middleham’s death + Anne’s real or perceived barrenness gave grounds to rumours that her husband would set her aside by means of a divorce (or poisoning). Indeed, it undermined her queenship.

3) Appointing numerous officials to handle household and financial administration + collecting honourable female attendants: It’s likely that her household either absorbed Elizabeth Woodville’s former officials (as Richard absorbed Edward IV’s) or that she brought her own from her time as Duchess of Gloucester; probably a mix of both. As for her ladies, Laynesmith comments that “the majority of those who appear to have been in Anne Neville's household were members of northern gentry families, and were probably her attendants as duchess of Gloucester also”. It included some family members like her cousin Elizabeth Parr and her illegitimate half-sister Margaret Huddleston. 

4) Supervising various family matters + providing hospitality and welcome to guests at her husband’s court: The closest we can get to that is when she received Elizabeth Woodville’s daughters for Christmas 1484 and tried to have them reconciled and integrated into her husband’s regime. In any case, unfortunately, we don’t know if that was her idea or Richard III’s.

5) Advising her husband: This sections ties a bit to the last point because we don’t have any kind of evidence if she did advise her husband (though she likely did) or if Richard III deferred to her advice/requests. For example, we have at least two occasions when Henry VII told someone else he took some decision at Elizabeth of York’s request. However, given the private nature of this activity, it is unlikely that much evidence would have survived. Maybe the main point should be: did Richard III listen to Anne Neville? It’s hard to tell though he probably did on some occasions at least or at some point in their married life. Their point is to have evidence of this whilst Anne was queen.

6) Spiritual support; patronising individuals; both lay and religious: Her previous links during her time as duchess might explain why she didn’t join any fraternity whilst queen. However, in March 1484 'the most serene Queen Anne... augmented and endowed [Queens’ college] with great rents'. Scholars have speculated whether that was Richard III’s initiative, though many of the estates granted to the college had initially been property of Anne’s mother, Anne Beauchamp. That’s the extent of her charitable endeavours as queen as far as we can tell, though let me remind you that even this initiative was political: the college’s last patroness had been Elizabeth Woodville, and her patronage was necessarily cut off when Richard took over.

7) Enriching her husband’s kingship, taking part in courtly rituals, complementing the king’s masculine qualities, acting in a Marian-like capacity as intercessor: 

Anne Neville provided status and wealth to Richard III during his time as Duke of Gloucester and was an instrumental part in the establishment of his strong grip in the North. Richard III leaned almost entirely on his Northern powerbase for his usurpation of the English throne (so in a sense, Anne Neville was instrumental to that takeover as wel). According to Croyland, many people were loyal to Richard thanks to Anne, and his kingship was threatened when people perceived Anne to have suffered slights (real or imagined). She took part in courtly ceremonies and in that capacity legitimised her husband’s kingship, but we don’t have examples of any intercession carried out by Anne on behalf of any individuals, or indeed like I talked in point 5, of Richard III taking her counsel. 

TL;DR: We can’t say if Anne Neville fulfilled the role of queenship perfectly. She may have lacked in some areas, though it’s unclear whether that was because of the circumstances of her husband’s usurpation, her short time as queen, or any personal fault of her own — obviously, her son’s death and her infertility were not actually her fault, but her sickness contributed to the descredit of her husband’s regime, either because they thought he was harming her, or because people believed it to be God’s just punishment for the murder of Edward IV’s children. Again, circumstances outside of her control, but that played a role nonetheless 🌹x

[loeksgood]

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[weemietime]

Lol, yes. This was like the OG performative activism, but it was still good this gained the traction it did. What pisses me off about it is how quickly everyone forgot once the next oppression got popularized. It's the double-edged sword of social media.

Yes, it's good to document what is going on and for the time it's popular people may get some assistance. But like, I continued to follow Joseph Kony and the LRA. I was forced into armed violence as a child so it was not just performative for me, when I said stop Kony I fucking meant it.

Dominic Ongwen got sentenced in February 2021 as one of the first child soldiers to ever be prosecuted by the ICC. And it's hard, because we know he was indoctrinated in this shit early on. David Crane and the United Nations set the precedent during the Taylor trials that no child soldier under the age of fifteen would be tried, because they concluded they wouldn't have the mens rea of an adult.

And it should be noted that while they created guidelines that included the potential to prosecute children aged 15-18, they never did. Ongwen was an adult when his trial began, and he was prosecuted for actions he took as an adult. So it's a little different, but it still is setting a precedent.

I experienced indoctrination myself, one of the lower LRA commanders talked about how they felt Joseph Kony could read their mind and I had the same delusions as a kid. I got given crack cocaine as a kid, too. Delusion mixed with drugs. Ongwen's formative development included watching someone get their skin flayed off. Like, that alters your brain chemistry. It changes you on a biological, neurological level. It changes your very DNA itself.

One of my abusers made me cut off another child's fingers, his name was Tomas. I vividly recall every picosecond of this experience. And I remember the before and the after. It changed me, it changed my physiology permanently. Appetitive aggression, where the more violence kids do, the more violent they'll be.

So stop Kony was important to me and it still is. Dominic Ongwen got the maximum sentence, 25 years, and it's this case of everyone doing their very best and still not coming up with the right answer. What I mean by this is that we really don't know what to do. He raped and killed people all on his own, without being forced into it, and held a high position in the militia. But he was brainwashed, and abducted, and tortured, and fundamentally changed as a little kid. So what do we do?

At the very least, the ICC does not operate on a retributive model. He is in prison, but it isn't a punishment, it is because he failed to integrate with his community. It's because he is a dangerous actor. Hopefully they do expose him to some rehabilitative programming. DDR programming is still so crucial.

do you guys remember stop kony 2012

[confusedshades]

Ok I'm throwing Jason into this for maximum chaos and drama.

Jason had just gotten back from a mission with the Outlaws, which is why he can be forgiven for not knowing but as he stared at the group chat messages on his phone he wasn't sure whether to laugh at Bruce, sigh in exasperation at the adoption tendencies, or go guns blazing to find the kid's parents.

Jason decided to kill two birds with one stone. He went on patrol that evening, eager to find out more information on the new sibling and tease B about his adoption tendencies simultaneously. Luckily he found Batman easily enough early in his patrol and followed the man for a bit. He raised his eyebrows at the violence he was doling out at the criminals, but they were all left for the cops to process so that at least told Jason something.

He dropped down on the rooftop next to his father.

"B."

"Hood." The hand on the back of his neck in lieu of actual scenting grounded Jason further. Settled something he didn't even realise was unsettled.

"Heard you've found yourself a new trainee."

"Hng." Oooh that meant it was bad.

"How is baby Bat treating his successor? Any biting yet?"

"D is badly traumatized. He barely seems aware of his own dynamic. N caught him letting out a purr today and he was horrified at the reaction apparently."

Green tinged the edges of his vision like they hadn't in ages. A pup afraid of purring? Yeah he was heading back to get his favourite knife after this. "What do we know about him?"

Batman moved closer and as one they stepped away from the edge of the roof. He looked around before pressing a button on his gauntlet to start a small white noise machine. The big bad Bat breaking his own rules about personal details on the field? At least he remembered the white noise to make sure no one else could hear them if they tried.

"Danny Fenton is all we've been able to get out of him. He won't say anything about where he came from or anything else. We've figured out he's fourteen and physically okay. Emotionally and psychologically is a very different story. He doesn't have any scent - not even his own, doesn't know how to react with any of the dynamic centred behaviours. Scenting, cuddle piles, scent based emotional reading."

Jason's anger increased. To not even know what to do, to not even recognise anything meant the kid's instincts had been suppressed via training. "Was he kept isolated from everyone except his trainers?" He growled

Batman shook his head. "He lets things slip about friends or a sister, about classes at school. He knows how to interact with people and emotionally and socially his development seems fine. Just his dynamic which has been targeted."

The subvocal growl stuttered out in Jason's throat. Everything else was fine but just his dynamic was affected? A vague idea began to itch at the back of his mind. "B, are we sure the kid is actually from around here? And not an alternate dimension where they don't have dynamics?"

"Leslie did a full check up to rule that out early on. He has the biological aspects of the dynamics like extra scent glands and puppy fangs."

"I think it's time the kid met his older brother. Maybe a new face and fresh eyes will help."

The two agree on some logistics and part. Jason, due to his long absence decides to do a short patrol of his territory, check in with his men, remind people who keeps an eye on things. It's the twilight hour before sunrise, when even Gotham becomes silent for a breath, that he catches sight of a kid furtively trying to catch his attention.

He drops down to the ground to see what the issue is. "Oh thank the ancients I never thought I'd find you! I need help. These people keep trying to adopt me but they're also doing all these strange things that they say is normal for kids but they make me feel uncomfortable and strange and I just want to escape. Please I know I'm new to Gotham but everything I've read about you says you protect children, you have to help me!"

Jason looked around and tugged the kid towards one of the Alleys. Once they were out of sight he took off his helmet. It was effective in a lot of things, but when trying to talk to kids, he'd found that an actual face and voice were helpful for them, and being able to smell was helpful for him.

The minute he took off his helmet though he knew someone had not kept their eye on the ball. Because this kid vaguely smelled like pack, like the Batpack, but he didn't have his own scent. He could see the kids distress and lack of sleep all over him. The eye bags, the chewed till broken lip, picked edges of an obviously new sweatshirt.

"Alright kid, I'm going to need some information from you to help. What is your name? And do you have someplace safe to go?"

"Danny and uhh no. Not really. I can't go back to my own home but I can't go to the fruitloops either."

"Alright. I have a safe place close by if you want to stay with someone else," a rapidly paling face that shook made it clear that wasn't a possibility. "Or I can have you staying at one of my bolt holes. It's not the nicest place but it's got food water and security."

"Okay. Yeah. The, the bolt hole sounds good."

dc x dp prompt

So I just got into the dc x dp fandom very head strong and I’ve been reading dc x dp fics left and right, some of the fics containing a/b/o dynamics and I just had a thought what if Danny one day took a trip to the DC universe and this universe had the a/b/o dynamics

Danny: I am a traumatized teenager that is alone and is totally normal

Adopting orphans left and right Bruce Wayne: don’t worry pup I’ll take care of you, you’re obviously neglected due to you’re having no parental scent

Danny: STRANGER DANGER, There’s a child sniffing pervert on the loose protect your childern(runs away)

Bruce Wayne: ???

Bruce Wayne: was it something I said.