#my parents are terrible people

[avinox]

I swear to fucking god if I don't get out of this house soon I'm gonna end up killing myself I'm not kidding

[somegrumpynerd]

-Okay but some of the fears that Color has are in fact the same fears that Nightmare has when it comes to Killer.

Like, Color is worried that Killer's so blindly loyal to Nightmare for whatever reason that he wouldn't even think of complaining if he hated it. And at the start that was something Nightmare probably expected. His henchmen should be loyal and obedient and not ask questions nor complain. But now, after years of learning and bonding and softening up significantly he wonders sometimes if that's still the case.

Nightmare knows Killer well, perhaps better than most, but he's not exactly an open book. Especially when it comes to his own wants or needs. More often than not when he makes a request it's intentionally silly or unreasonable for laughs, like asking if they can take Dust to the nearest pet store and try to trade him in. Very rarely does he want something strong enough to make it known, both to himself and others, like asking to keep the first cat he found.

So.

If he hated this. If he truly struggled and fought and agonised with himself about the position he's in and the work he's doing and the life he leads.

Would he say it? Would he realise that was how he felt? Would he even consider saying no was an option?

If Nightmare asked him to do something he really genuinely did not want to, would he just do it anyway because he doesn't believe he has a choice in the matter?

The only way of finding out (besides making a blatantly difficult request of him, which Nightmare is not willing to do) is to simply wait and trust that Killer will tell him if something is wrong. Which... is not exactly foolproof or easy.

But it's part of why Nightmare hates to be around Color too much, because deep down he's more than a little worried that Color could be right and he doesn't know how to fix it.

[girl-drink-drunk]

they had to time skip in episode six because then we would've seen rebecca and jeff kaplan be better parents than wanda ever was or pretended to be

[vee-is-a-clown]

Ok you know what makes me angry? Why is Allura so mature and humble? She's a daddy's girl only child princess who was set to inherit a flourishing kingdom. Sure, she's well educated and probably elegant and graceful and tactful because that's how she was raised to act for diplomatic reasons but she was also probably spoiled throughout her adolescence. She probably got whatever she wanted whenever she wanted because her family had the resources to give it to her. Who's to say she isn't a spoiled brat who can otherwise act kind and approachable? Even if she isn't a brat, she was still handed her life on a silver platter. She has to learn how to operate and be self sufficient.

When she gets out of that pod, she should be scared. She should be angry. And she deserves to be so. Her father that she relied on for just about everything shoved her into a sleeping pod and suddenly she's awoken by someone who isn't him. Logically, that means he lost. She should be kicking and screaming. She should be having the worst panic attack ever. She should be mourning everyone and everything she's ever known. She should be mourning the status quo that will never again be maintained. She should be mourning the future that can never come to fruition.

She has to figure out life without any system or technology that she's ever relied on. Coran doesn't know how to fix and maintain everything. She's like one of those people that wake up from 10+ year comas and don't understand modern technology. She is my dad who has had the same flip phone since forever and now must figure out how to use a phone with a touch screen.

Every luxury she had as a princess is gone. The castle chef who knew exactly how she liked her food. Her mother's ladies in waiting who told her the castle gossip. Her own ladies in waiting who'd sneak out to festivals and other trivial things with her. The cleaners that arranged her room exactly as she liked it. HER MOM. I don't care if she was a daddy's girl, she still has got to miss her mom.

I feel like she should've had more outbursts. Seeing Keith in the red paladin armor should've made her cry. In fact, all of them should have. The new paladins in their armor is a symbol of a new era- an era without the people she loves. She deserves to scream at the top of her lungs and lock herself in her room and trash something. She should be yelling that life isn't fair. She should be angry. She should be so angry.

I don't care if she's trying to hold it together for the paladins in the show. She's holding together too well. She needs more moments of instability. She needs to grieve. She needs to be tired. She needs to be imperfect.

[oddberryshortcake]

I think the Knight of Dawn being "a coward who is unable to stand up for what is right and does as he's ordered to" and "someone who cares deeply about his family and did everything he could so that Silver could live a happy and normal life in the future" are two statements that can coexist.

[al-luviec]

juvie buddies

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

you are pitting Jesus and Santa Claus against each other. I am acknowledging Santa as both a mythic symbol of Christ and a cultural legend based upon a real man whose faithfulness to Christ was used by God to grant common grace not just to the people of Myra but throughout the entire world. we are not the same.

[mixupmycota]

Also while im thinking about it - if someone responds to people expressing joy and enthusiasm and earnestness just in general with resentment/bitterness/anger/frustration/envy: they seriously need to address that, or it's going to ruin their relationships and the mental health of people around them.

People will not like them. It will not be unreasonable to dislike them. If they use it as evidence that they're too broken/fucked up/shitty to change, they will be disliked even more and it will become incredibly reasonable. Especially if they directly talk about these feelings in front of the joyful person.

It's a shitty thing to do. It's lashing out, because someone might feel like they have no control or agency in their own life, so they pick at people who are seemingly free of the problems they lack.

Doing this destroys confidence. It destroys self esteem. It's a very vicious thing to do to another person. It is not inevitable behavior.

Everyone can change. Even if the change is incredibly tiny. Even if personality disorders or complex trauma histories are at play. Even if there's ongoing disasters. We have agency in our own lives and make choices in how we treat other people. I understand feeling powerless and like we're set in stone and there's nothing that can be done but I promise it can start so small.

Even if it feels like lying to themselves, it is my hope that people who feel like this can try actively thinking about being happy for the person they see being joyful. Consider what conversations they could have with the happy person if instead of being hateful, they instead asked questions about whatever is making that person happy. They might learn something, and be able to pass it across to other people. It might cheer them up.

It will be a much better way to handle a situation then covering others in tar in an attempt to make themselves feel better by dragging others down to their level of misery.

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

I love Jiang Cheng and I hope you agree. The most tragic thing about yunmeng siblings is that JC and WWX really love each other the whole time… I like to think they can fix it someday

Someday perhaps....in the meantime, I bet he's loving having dogs run around lotus pier. As a WWX deterrent of course. No therapeutic reasons at all.

[fiona-fififi]

Okay, but do people not understand that some people love to spend time with the children of the people they care about?? That people can love kids who are not their own?? This whole weird fucking narrative that keeps getting spouted in this fandom about how Eddie is supposedly a bad friend because he "uses Buck as a babysitter" is so fucking obnoxious. First of all, Buck "babysitting" is not actually something we see all that often in canon at all.

But also, spending time with a kid you love while helping out a friend you love is not a fucking burden, and it is kind of infuriating that people treat it that way.

[anantplayingdnd]

once again thinking about Barovia as a means of understanding abusive relationships and the various ways people in situations they can’t escape try coping with it all.

barovia village is full of people who have just accepted how terrible this is and have lost all hope. they’re miserable but with ravenloft literally looming above them, living in ignorance is just as impossible as escaping.

the vistani are people who maybe aren’t in the abusive relationship themselves, who have the freedom to leave (mostly, they just have to ask for permission first). their general mindset is “well, i’m sorry Strahd is so mean to you guys, but he’s generally been pretty nice to us, so i don’t really feel like I can/need to stand up to him.”

vallaki is a whole city full of people who just want to act like… you know. All Is Well. vargas in particular is so deep in denial that it opens him up to being manipulated by Strahd. it’s hard to know to shut the gates for a monster you don’t believe exists.

lady wachter, although she believes Strahd is real and acknowledges how bad he is, thinks she can solve the abuse and make everything okay again without ever dealing with the actual problem (you know. Strahd.) my version of her was obsessed with bringing the sun back to Vallaki, which she wanted to do by sacrificing one of the PCs. even had this plan worked, it’s not like Strahd would have let it work for long. the sun can’t come back until Strahd is dead.

the abbott, meanwhile, has no intentions of just killing strahd. they know that wouldn’t work. so instead, why not just give the man what he wants? strahd wants a red-headed girlfriend, so let’s make him a red-headed girlfriend. nevermind the fact that what strahd actually wants is one specific red-headed girl. but the abbott has convinced themself that there must be a way to do this without anyone getting hurt. dead bodies don’t need their arms and legs, so that isn’t really hurting anybody. if this works, nobody has to get their feelings hurt. if we can compromise enough and just give Strahd what he wants, then he’ll leave us alone. surely.

[multiversal-pudding]

Listen- I never played Nicktoons Unite nor do I know much about it aside from a couple cutscenes I looked up, but also. Why do I feel like Danny’s energy out of the four would be the most “This might as well happen”

[k-l-ng]

Non existent MDZS Fanfic's summary 2

Lan Qiren & Lan Sizhui, + Junior Quartet + Parental Wangxian

Hurt/Comfort, Found family

Lan Sizhui was a Wen.

He knew there was nothing to be ashamed of. There was also no need to worry; he was unconditionally loved by his family and his friends.

Lan Sizhui knew- yet he was scared to reveal himself.

In his darkest nightmares, Lan Jingyi would start avoiding him, Jin Ling would stare at him in horror, and Ouyang Zizhen would say nothing as his father hurled accusations at him.

In the moments he felt lonely, he would look around and wonder if his grand-uncle was truly busy with sect matters, or if maybe, he didn't want to see him anymore. Lan Sizhui had essentially confirmed his heritage when he'd gone travelling with uncle Ning, after all.

Wen Sizhui wished to keep his friends, so, so desperately.

Wen Yuan yearned for a glimpse of his grand-uncle.

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Or :

Lan Sizhui was behaving strangely. He seemed upset.

His loved ones couldn't do nothing.

[hor3nee]

??? why are you scared to write for leon ???

Uh... Idk if scared was the right word to use, more so I think the popular interpretation of Leon, at least in the current fandom, is not one I'd write him as. And like people get mobbish about it as though only the one particular viewing they've subscribed to MUST be the only one written, and any other writings of his character outside of it are invalid.

And my viewing and understanding of his character, and by extension how I'd write for him, would get me crucified by "fans" because it doesn't really align with the popularised interpretations of him.

[drinkingdeadpeopletea]

Title: "flash-frozen in the driver's seat" Fandom: Midst (Podcast) Categories: G, Gen, No Archive Warnings Apply, Complete Word Count: 3613 Characters: Phineas Thatch, Tzila Guthrie

“Why do you have that?” Tzila asks. Phineas opens his eyes. She’s pointing at his abacus with the back of her pen. He looks down at it and frowns. “It’s my abacus.” “I know what an abacus is,” says Tzila, rolling her eyes. “Why do you have Caenum? Didn’t being a soldier and solving mysteries or whatever get you a ton of Valor?” Phineas and Tzila have a conversation in the quiet halls of the Lazaretto.

(hi everyone it's ME again! back with another midst missing scene i couldn't stop thinking about.)

[skellebonez]

I am trying really, REALLY hard not to fall into the trap of catastrophizing everything, to look on the bright side and attempt to plan ahead, but today is one of those days where it's just so fucking hard to do that. All I want is to be able to have some cash in the bank to fall back on, but I can't even keep it long enough to have the ability to fall back on it in the future.