#the mandela cagalogue

[yes-i-have-thoughts]

Good morning -*dumps more FAITH out-of-context lore on you and then leaves*-

Let’s talk about Adam again for a change. I’ve hardly said anything about him because I’m so desperate to not spoil anything but good lord he’s gotten maybe one lore post while Evelin has two or three and Jonah has-what, five? Yes I’m biased shut up

- He was a doorstop baby. Apparently he was kidnapped, but when they tried to return him to his mother...Well, you can guess what shape she was in by then

- So they took him in and just kept his last name and mother’s fate from him. Dad was nowhere to be seen, there was no knowledge of any next of kin and it’s not like the little guy can tell them anything, so the case eventually faded out...Though some workers have a hard time admitting even to themselves that they essentially gave up on working out a kid’s family tragedy.

- He sometimes bounces from foster home to foster home. It’s not super speedy, but it still wears you down going to a new home every 3 years whether it’s your fault or not. So he’s learned not to get attached.

- This sometimes pisses off That One Kind Of Foster Parent who wanted a cute little traumatized kid to cuddle and they get one that doesn’t like to be touched, spoken to like a baby or having a helping hand all the time. He’s very independent, very stubborn and doesn’t give a damn about translucent sympathy, thank you very much.

- There was one house he really liked (and the parents of the house really liked him). They picked him up when he was 10 and was starting to hit rock bottom. He gave them a lot of shit, pulled the stunt that got him removed from one house early and was gearing up to start making death threats when the parents sat him down and told him that he can act out all he’d like: they chose to have him here, they want to help and the dishes and plates are replaceable, they don’t care about those. He could leave if he wanted to, but the mother really likes the kid and the father could see why when they first met him. How they got attached to this 10-year-old rife with unchecked anger issues and internal trauma he refused to talk about, they did. And it was going to take a lot of lashing out and giving them Hell for them to give him up when he’s been let down by so many before.

- The acting out didn’t stop immediately. But he made an effort to get better and actually opened up to a therapist for a change, something that didn’t go unnoticed. The parents started treating him to random little fun outings post-session so therapy sessions weren’t so scary, he made a friend and there was talk of getting a pet. It wasn’t a full adoption, but it was starting to feel like one.

- They had to move away, which tore up everyone involved. He kept in near-constant contact with them until he started making friends and still nags his current foster parent for the phone so he can catch them up on what’s going on at least once a week.

- He doesn’t like his current foster parent and she doesn't like him, but whatever. He’s close to aging out anyway, he can just hitchhike to where the better parents are and live where he’s happy. His life isn’t such a black hole anymore.