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whumpfish · 8 months ago

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Sorry, sorry, but manipulative hurt/comfort is fucking cocaine to me. The predatory aspect of it. The vulnerability—500% better if the hurt party knows they're being manipulated and is past the point of caring. The juxtaposition of sweet and sharp flavours. Barkbarkbark

#this is v much a thing #after i got away from my ex #i moved in with some #let's call them friends for the sake of illustrating my perspective at the time #i was used to being the maid #our roommate and i had kept the apartment we lived in with my ex clean #out of sheer terror of the consequences #which was handy to people who just threw empty candy wrappers on the floor when they were done eating #i was used to being a provider #which was handy for people who didn't feel a pressing need to pay rent on time #$7k #seven thousand US dollars #70% of my life savings #and my sworn brother would visit #and say “are you okay”#“i don't like the way they treat you”#and i brushed it off #these people loathed my ex as much as i did #they'd never do the same shit she did #right?#wrong #do not brush people off when they try to warn you #they can see shit you can’t #again #comfort OPTIONAL #because that's how life is #not all “caretakers” are bottomless wells of sympathy and blankies and soup #some of them are users #a lot of them in fact #whump is the supposed to be the genre that doesn’t shy away from that

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