#on-demand therapy

[0vergrowngraveyard]

how shocked do you think little tails was the first time he got captured by robotnik and sonic actually came to rescue him. like “woah he didn’t leave me to die :0”

[whydoihavetoart]

ghosti

[mythtakens]

well and imagine a character is doing well in his life after a lot of pain and trauma, definitely has his moments of struggle but he's trying every day to be happy and be what his loved ones need. and someone appears in front of him and it sends him back in time. puts him back in the worst moment of his life. seeing them brings up all these painful things he wishes he could change that he still hasn't ever fully come to terms with. and because he can't let it go, he wants to fix it in whatever way he can, and he pursues contact with this person in a way that is undoubtedly inappropriate, when really he should definitely leave them alone. it's probably self destructive, ill advised for sure. eventually he comes to his senses and tries to back off, but that initial need to make up for the past, that desperate search for redemption or catharsis, well at a time when he is extremely vulnerable the consequences of that become personally devastating. so who am I talking about. Bobby or Eddie.

[captainskells]

The Angel and the Good Doctor

"Thank you for staying with me for so long."

"It's all right. I̵t̷'̸s̸ ̸a̶l̶l̶ ̸r̸i̸g̷h̸t̴. I̶̹̖͆t̶̠̎'̶̳̭͛̋s̵̺̅͝ ̷̠̪̀a̴̢̢̅l̵̻̰̒l̷̳̯̑ ̴͈̔r̵̟̹̍ï̴͙̰̈́g̵̥͌͂h̵̢̀t̶̰̎̒."

[quietwingsinthesky]

my therapist: you sure seem to be coming back a lot to the way that the timeless child episode skimmed over the doctor being killed over and over again to use them. is there something we need to talk about here.

me: no im normal.

me: but do you think anyone even noticed them changing each time or do you think they did and kept quiet about it because the work being done was too great to lose to protect the timeless child from being used.

my therapist: 🤨

[coldercreation]

I'm not normally one to do anything more than lurk on social media. But 2 days ago I got properly introduced to omegaverse content after being to intimidated for a while, yesterday I discovered Let Me Try, and now I am tearing through LINK content like a rabid dog.

So uh

Thanks?

I still wanted to ask some questions if thats okay.

What are canon ages of the boys at the time of Close your Eyes and Lock Me In?

Do you have an idea of a time gap between those two stories? They seem to be the main points of reference of the timeline

Hello! Yayy, LINK's caught another one!! You're very welcomee heheh<3

Like all the other specifics for the stories, their ages / locations / accents etc. are a bit vague on purpose. I like to leave the room for everyone’s own imagination based on what they’re familiar with. It makes things a bit fuzzy for the timeline sometimes, but I just prefer having the blurred reality instead of basing it on real places and tracking a firm timeline.

But generally, I eyeball the gap between CYE and LMT to be maybe a couple of years.

The later on in the timeline we get with the newer published parts, I’ve been thinking that Kizzy, as the oldest of the four, are now getting closer to the mid-twenties mark and maybe over. 

The age order is: Isac as the oldest (by two critical weeks🤺), then Kit, Liam’s a year younger, and then Nathan. -> Nat’s age difference to the others & the gap between the stories could technically vary +/- an extra year or so, depending on whatever length of uni you’d want to imagine.

So basically, the canon is vague and they are all twenty-ish something in CYE and LMT xx

[aturnoftheearth]

And me i’ll never forget being told to kill myself for going to a supernatural convention freshly 20 and excited to spend a weekend talking about destiel with my friends. It’s like there were demons under my bed waiting for me to get home so they could fucking get me. The destiel therapy appointment became real as fuck

LITERALLY do you remember. us telling everyone after denvercon that the tickets were nonrefundable and we were gonna make the best of it by meeting our beloved friends and spending the weekend with them and seeing if we could infiltrate the impenetrable wall of gay cas silencing. and everyone said “yes do it!!” and we did and we spent the weekend posting and everyone was supportive and having a good time. and then we got home and were immediately told to apologize for going or kill ourselves. and this never happened to anyone else going to cons before or after.

[carbonateddelusion]

what does Mari like baking (like what goods)? Is there anything she prefers? What’s her favourite flavours for baked goods? (questions from an autistic person who fixated on baking)

THAT'S SO VALID

she likes pastries because they're a challenge! all I've heard from people is how difficult they are to make lmao. they especially like stuff like macarons, filo, and croissants specifically because they're fussy and hard to master. their favorite flavor is proooobably strawberry :3

I've said this before I think but, you can tell she likes you because you'll be getting random sweet (or savory, if you can't handle sweet/are diabetic) things (especially things that are time consuming or otherwise a chore to make).

they also work a part-time job as a candy maker, because honestly being a therapist who works basically pro bono (being paid by the county/state to do services for people who can't afford it normally) does not pay well. and she just enjoys the job too :) it's a nice way to destress and stim by pulling candy.

[lesbianwyllravengard]

Starting to slowly realise I'm really not doing well mentally and it's. concerning. I feel like I should take a break from tumblr bc it takes some of what little energy I have but it's also my source of joy with friends so idk what to do, like I'd miss y'all more than I'd feel good about being away. But if you notice me talking less/not responding in days it's bc I just cannot. I leave your message notifs up so I don't forget tho <3

[deepwoundsandfadedscars]

Me last night: hmm maybe I want another tattoo, I'm going to start talking to this artist *sends message*

My cousins wife: *sends an incredibly hostile message about how I've been ignoring her and she's gone above and beyond for me trying to be supportive of me, when in reality she hasn't texted me first since November and when I text her, she's very short with me and makes no effort to continue a conversation with me*

"Yeah hi, artist? Make that three tattoos"

[ryaartt]

Now available on my teepublic!

[anthromimicry]

AHH, okay, okay... it has recently come to my attention that i have not been posting enough headcanons on here compared to my other acc's so i'm about to fix that right quick. i have briefly talked about this in one of my previous posts, but misao has allowed one or two patients throughout the years to hold her VERY beloved tarantula which she has (affectionately) named rosie and those were ones who she actually had developed a personal liking for, which is surprisingly ( or perhaps not so surprisingly, i guess it just depends on how you look at it LOL ) rare for her to do. so i believe it's safe to say that if she has offered you a chance to touch her... that you have somehow managed to worm your way into her good graces haha. also, another good indicator that misao GENUINELY likes a patient is that she will make physical attempts to comfort your muse, but of course as a mental health professional, misao acknowledges the importance of consent and she will ask them if she can hug them / put a hand on their shoulder as a comforting non-sexual gesture before doing so. though whenever it comes to psychotherapy — you are generally supposed to be a neutral presence towards your clients or patients, so misao still doesn't consider them to be friends if/when she does things like this as that would be compromising the integrity of the patient and therapist relationship.

and speaking of the patient + therapist relationship, i will circle back to how this relates to how this could be a indicator that misao likes your muse on a personal level if they are a patient of hers, BUT as a psychiatrist; it is not only misao's responsibility to listen attentively to the person in her office but also to diagnose and issue prescriptions to patients, and whenever she does this, i do like to think that misao does not abuse her power in the way that she will assign them with the wrong drugs or anything like that (except in the event that she is about to eat them or had somehow found out her secret which... is messed up for a multitude of reasons, of course). but i do have to say that she is ever-so-slightly less likely to advocate for a patient who has shown themselves to be hostile towards her or she feels has insulted her in some way, as misao is VERY much capable of being vindictive but in ways that are not so obvious if that makes any sense. like for example, if your muse comes in in visibly uncomfortable restraints, she will not volunteer to have any guards take them off for them and will simply let them sit there like that because, well, she is lowkey evil. ( okay, no, that is actually HIGHKEY evil of her ngl but misao doesn't care JSJSJ ) so, if she likes you... though i know this is rather two-faced of her and totally unethical of her as a physician to set patients of hers to different standards, she will advocate more for those who she likes personally.

this is part of how she is flawed as a psychiatrist, for lack of better words, as although misao likes to think she doesn't get her personal biases get in the middle of treating her patients... it DOES happen and she seems to subtly practice favoritism. but here is one thing that you all may be unexpected to hear: misao honestly thinks that the nonconsensual use of ECT, or electroconvulsive therapy that arkham has been known to do that is also very morally wrong to do, is barbaric and will not pretty much under any circumstances subject her patients to it unless they actually consent to it. because it has been shown to help those with treatment resistant depression or bipolar disorder in some cases, though it also has been shown to have some risks associated with it such as temporary memory loss and difficulty learning. people have also suffered from more serious side effects from it as well including longer lasting gaps in memory, however, so the risks are not exactly moderate all the time.

so unlike some of her colleagues at arkham, misao will not force anyone into it and insists on only doing it if/when she has written consent from them. thus, you could say that although misao is certainly not perfect and her general morality is VERY skewed, even she has some 'standards' as to lines that she will not cross. though of course, every doctor in arkham should be prescribing to ECT only being used in consensual situations, though it is sadly known for being a very corrupt institution for a reason. misao herself has not contributed to the corruption in this way, however, as i believe there may be personal reasons behind why she does not want to go beyond it and i will discuss those more later. but for now... i hope you all liked this little drabble of mine.

[saesans]

desperately need to know who came up with “right-wing, left-wing, the whole bird hates women” because it’s going on the list of things i plan to say as an exasperated elderly wise woman delivering truths to the naive young women of my mountain village

[purplerakath]

Cobra Kai - the Six Senseis

I wanna explore the six main Senseis in Cobra Kai (yes I'm counting Chozen and Kim for this), their motives, their focus, and how they treat their students. This is another 'Daniel will look bad when we're done' post so fair warning on that, but I think it needs saying.

Because the motives of each teacher, and their methods, taken together, paint a real interesting picture of each of them.

Chozen

So Chozen's motives aren't really spelled out in the story, he's there because Daniel asked him. But his overall vibe is to offset who he used to be, so his focus more in the 'firm but fair' school of things. He doesn't have a lot of lessons so it's mostly just Protect the Egg.

Which was really good.

He wants to make the kids better, and that's really all there is too it. He'll be the 'bad cop' (like in Protect the Egg) because that's the best way to teach them how important the lesson is. (Yes I'm starting with him because I have the least to say.)

Kim

She's also in the 'firm but fair' camp... but her understanding of 'fair' is skewed by her father. She teaches because she loves her father, and wants her father to respect her. She wants to live up to his ideals, and his ideas... bluntly, suck.

Of the villains she doesn't revel in the cruelty the way Cobra Husbands do. Yes, she'll torture kids to make them strong. But that's to make them strong, it isn't because she likes it. Of the three villain senseis she's positioned as the most tragic (even with Kreese's backstory in full display). She'd definitely not nice, but I struggle to call her evil.

Terry Silver

Silver is much easier to call evil, but not in the same way as Kreese. Silver has two motivations: business and pleasure. Business-wise he wants to take something he loves and monetize it. That's fine if it weren't for the other half of the equation. Pleasure wise he enjoys taking people, and breaking them into his image. Not molding, not sculpting, breaking.

See, if you keep in mind that he believes turning his students into reflections of himself is a part of his vibe, it makes sense he still obsesses over Daniel. A student he didn't break. Or maybe he did, but Daniel didn't break into Silver's image of strength. So he's got to remedy this. Which is why he's polite and friendly at the start, but it's clearly a facade the further down we go.

Methods wise, unlike Kim, he does revel in the cruelty... but not attached to his favorites. He's shown to care for Kenny while teaching him how to hit a man hard enough his heart loses a beat. He revels in seeing his favorites do that to others. He wants to succeed through his students, and take their wins as his.

Johnny Lawrence

This is the weird one, because the show put a lot of time and effort into Silver and Daniel. Silver is Daniel's personal Satan. I say this now because Johnny's two motives: business and pleasure. That Johnny's favorite success is his students' success. That he takes their wins as his own.

Johnny is the good version of Terry Silver. Because Johnny doesn't universally love it when his kids permanently hurt others. Like- Kyler's an asshole, Kyler's friends are assholes, they deserved what was coming to them. But he doesn't want his kids doing that to everyone. And especially not Robby.

Johnny's motive is to keep his rent paid and his fridge full of beer. And his motive is that Miguel is a good kid who doesn't deserve the shit that gets thrown at him. And this extends to the rest of the kids that are his. He wants them to get stronger. And his methods are harsh, but not cruel. They hurt, but the pain isn't the point.

The point is that the world is full of pain, and it's better to teach them in his company, then let them learn the hard way. He doesn't want them hurt, but he accepts they will get hurt no matter what. So he wants them able to stand up after.

John Kreese

Kreese also believes the world is full of pain, and that you'll get hurt no matter what. But he takes it a step further, so he doesn't teach. You keep up or you fail, and those are the only options in his dojo. His methods are hard and cruel, cold and full of contempt. Not... really any different from the above.

Because Kreese's interesting element is still just his motives. Kreese has a war to fight. He needs soldiers to win that war. He doesn't care outside of that. Who is this war against. Mr. Miyagi. The fact that the old man is dead hasn't really dampened Kreese's drive to win.

So he fights his war against the best proxy he can find for Mr. Miyagi. Danny LaRusso. His students are all essentially expendable, to win against anyone who ever insulted him sincerely. Which right now came to a small immigrant who broke his hand once 40 years ago.

...you all see where this is going, right?

Daniel LaRusso

So Daniel has two key sides to him, the side that's used to generally shower his with praise. And the one that usually doesn't get talked about at all. See, he taught Sam karate for one simple, easy to understand, reason: he loves Karate. And if it was just love of karate, we'd be good. He taught Robby for the same reason.

But that isn't why he opened Miyagi Do Karate.

He opened it to ruin Cobra Kai. He did it, because he isn't over the trauma inflicted on him by Terry Silver. He did it, to put a stop to Johnny Lawrence. His initial ad was directed at Johnny specifically. His every sales pitch was to get students away from Cobra Kai. He doesn't charge (which, ignoring Johnny and Cobra Kai, should piss off every other dojo in the Valley), and once Cobra Kai is gone he will stop running the Dojo entirely.

Which means like Johnny's dark reflection is Terry Silver. Daniel's reflection is John Kreese. Daniel's righteous crusade to put an end to Cobra Kai. Yes, he cares about his students (... well, give or take my entire previous post about him disowning and throwing out Robby). Yes, he does all he can to avoid pain and hardship in teaching them (except for when he has them train in freeze and heat waves).

But would he keep the dojo open for those kids if he wasn't fighting a war with John Kreese? We know he wouldn't! He's said as much, repeatedly! Would he teach one or two kids that aren't his actual children? Maybe, until they do something he calls wrong and then kicks them out.

So where am I ending this on?

What all this Means

Each of them, not you Chozen you're good, has some fatal flaw to make them somewhat less than stellar as a sensei. Johnny is probably, on the whole, the best of who we have left. But he still learned too much of Kreese's lessons to avoid some of Kreese's behaviors. His lessons are dangerous and in the real world you shouldn't aim an automatic pitching machine at children.

But his reason for teaching, and his drive to teach, are still good. And once he got past the whole 'no Mercy' bit (which he did remarkably fast all things considered) he's a really good teacher. Kim is sorta in the same boat, just replace Kreese with her dad and you get the same general issues. Good reasons, bad lessons.

Silver, if he wasn't so delighted to cause suffering in others, would probably be a good teacher. However the whole 'I just wanna hurt my enemies, and anyone else that I don't directly care about' thing makes him less enticing an option.

And then we have Kreese and Daniel, two sides to the same messed up self-obsessed coin. Sure, all told one of these faces is way less willing to murder people. He's far less ready to just punch teenagers in the face for talking to him. But I wouldn't call Daniel a good teacher. His motives are not about helping the kids anymore, and that's a fairly bad trait in a teacher.

He doesn't want to teach, he wants an army to carry on his crusade. Most of Seasons 2 and 3 hold that up. And once his crusade is done he won't even feel bad cutting everyone loose. Which... that's not how mentorship should work. You teach them all you can, until they've learned all they need, on their terms. Not yours.

[teenagefeeling]

not to sound completely bitchy but i do hope lip fillers go out of style soon. first of all i've always thought it has some really weird racial implications for white women to suddenly be treating big lips like a fashion trend but second of all i genuinely think it just makes people look like they have a medical issue most of the time. also one time when i was little i watched an episode of 1000 ways to die where a woman's breast implant exploded on a plane and tbh my brain just imagines people's lips doing that whenever they have too much filler in