#my shawties in christ these dragons need therapy

[wingsofwater]

SO 👏

for reasons i will not get into but im sure are obvious given context clues, i happen to relate to sunny a lot. shes a sweet little people pleaser on the surface, but with a streak of ferocity and anger when she needs it. she doesnt like being pushed around, and she especially hates it when everyone [including her own sibs] think shes completely agreeable and lets everyone walk all over her

so its especially annoying when everyone expects her to automatically hate her guardians as soon as shes free when no, thats not how this works!!

the guardians served as her parents for literally her entire life up until she escaped. sure they were bad, they were horrible, but they didnt let her die, and, in the loosest terms possible, they took care of her. in bad circumstances, of course shes going to cling onto whatever semblance of kindness she given!! rose tinted glasses and all that, shes going to try to focus on the good and block out the bad, hence why she was always nice and tried to please everyone; she didnt want that thin veil of hope to be broken. ive done that too. i continue to do it, its a coping mechanism, it keeps you from focusing on the bad so you don’t end up spiraling into hopelessness, or even worse. so of course sunny isnt going to drop it as soon as shes safe. of course shes not going to let go of how she viewed her life when shes believed thats just how it is this entire time. thats just not how this works, and it probably will never be how it works

tl ; dr, sunny has been through hell and back and as a coping mechanism chooses to cling to the good in the world instead of focusing on the bad and i find it EXTREMELY annoying when everyone wants her to drop it just because they don’t think it fits into their view of how people should deal with trauma

hey chat so this might just be my personal opinion but i think it will be so cool if we could stop getting mad at sunny for having coping mechanisms