#this family needs therapy right now!

[maskymoo]

To be honest, I never realized that Willowpelt and all her siblings had such interesting, in-depth stories if you took the time to look at them and make your own inferences from them.

Willowpelt herself and her relationship with her kits, Leopardfoot relationship with Pinestar and being the mother of Tigerstar, Patchpelt and the multiple relationships he's had, Spottedleaf if you decide to rewrite her story to a more respectful story reflecting on hard, but sadly realistic situation that accused in her life, and Redtail persisting to improve himself and rise through the ranks in his life before being killed by his own nephew.

Not to mention the kits of these siblings, like the close bond Tigerstar, Darkstripe, and Longtail had with each other, or how Longtail was close with his half-brother, Swiftpaw, before Tigerstar indirectly killed his cousin.

Also, Darkstripe nearly kills his own half-sister, causing not only his own family pain but probably also devastating Longtail in the process after what happened to Swiftpaw, before he was killed by his own half-brother, Graystripe.

Tigerstar also had an interesting upbringing with his grandfather, and father being Thunderclan's leaders before Pinestar left, leaving behind Tigerstar and his mother. He also had an older cat constantly being paranoid about him (not trying to shit on Goosefeather, just stating a fact), and the loss of his siblings. Also, the only father figure in his life was a bad person, making Tigerstar nearly kill a cat at some point.

And then he continues with his actions by taking advantage of his kits while both dead and alive. We all already know about Tigerstar's dictatorship and what did to get there, so I'll skip all that, but all of that info is still important.

He leads Hawkfrost to help him continue his selfish goals, and during his time alive, he manipulated his own sister, which traumatized her. Not to mention Tigerstar manipulated his grandson to train in the Dark Forest.

Bramblestar also later abuses his mate Squirrelflight and isn't that nice of a cat later down the line after being a pretty good person in the previous books.

In the end, this family faces generations having trauma and while some cats are able to move on and live normal lives like Sorreltail, Rainwhisker, Sorreltail, Graystripe, and nicely Tawnypelt, it's sad to see how it still affects them later on.

Damn, this entire family needs some therapy.

[averagemrfox]

Yea ok but if that really is the Summer Maiden behind them and she’s just a kid and they put these two in charge of training and guiding her

The mother who abandoned her own child and killed the prior Spring Maiden both out of fear and the sibling who was loyal to the wrong person until it was almost too late and was unable to save her baby sister… I’m sure they’re coping fine with that responsibility

[torchickentacos]

Swinging a bat at a hornet's nest, but I keep seeing the opinion go around that it's insensitive to say that we'll make it through the next 4 years because so many people didn't the first time around. Which, I guess I see the point, but like... do you expect all of us to just be like this for the next 4 years???

I totally get why some people can't feel hopeful, but insinuating that someone else is in the wrong for being able to stay optimistic just isn't productive or, in my opinion, a reasonable expectation. We all react to stressful times differently and not only is that okay, but it should be encouraged that people work through this however they personally need to and in whichever emotional state they end up in.

[vaguely-concerned]

just going about my day idly contemplating how some of the ways hawke can interact with a romanced anders are not at all unlike how they interact with leandra (and a bit of carver too, especially with a purple hawke), and then thought about my hawke in the timeline where he romances anders and was hit straight in the face with 'was he ever actually in love, or was he just desperately trying to renegotiate with his mother's ghost in any way he could' and now i need to lie down. this is the power of dragon age 2

[the-fidgety-fiddler]

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[lilaccatholic]

how do i do it though. how do i let go of the bitterness and the hardness when they kept me "okay" for so long? does it come when i finally leave? can it ever?

[goldeneyedgirl]

omg tumblr is such a hater because I didn't get notifications of your posts 😭 anyways I'm so glad you're back, have you been working on damage alice lately? or hybrid-verse? (the main one or the baby one i love both) these are my forever favsss <3

Aww, thank you anon!

Damaged Alice is being reworked because I decided that I wasn't happy with how the ballet studio scene turned out, I wanted to flesh out Alice and Bella's friendship because it lacked a lot of nuance - especially regarding Edward and Alice's relationship in this 'verse, and I wanted to completely retcon how New Moon transpired. I'm hoping there will be something from this 'verse for Whumptober or Ficmas, but I'm still in planning stages.

Hybrid is being a monster, as per usual. It's just going to be this massive, huge fic, and I'm still on the fence about splitting into two or three separate fics. I also fantastically messed up the timeline, and rage-quit the outline when I realised my error. But like, my outlines are more like friendly suggestions anyway, so we persevere.

But more pieces are being put into place - we've got some bonding between Emmett and Alice, we've got Cynthia being a trolling little gremlin to her older sister, and Alice to have a hard time when the Cullens return ala New Moon.

I think it's pretty unrealistic that Bella just forgave Edward the way she did. He took her agency, he lied and left her for dead in the forest, but she immediately forgives him because he tried to kill himself because he thought she was dead? Gross. And a mental health event like that is going to leave scars. So it's going to - on Bella and Alice.

There's also loads of world building going into it - Alice's 'history' with James, Carlisle's friendship with the Denali coven, the Cullens having their own friends outside of the family, and a lot more supernatural history in the US. I'd love to bring the Chinese coven into Hybrid via Carlisle's history but at this point, I've got a lot of Stuff happening, and I'll probably save them for another fic. We'll see.

As for the Baby-verse version, I'm contemplating retconning Alice and Jasper's reunion to be harder. So much change is happening, Alice was abandoned by the Cullens during the hardest time of her life, she's not going to easily trust that they have her back again - let alone that of her son. I'm also super committed to getting Maria involved (listen, there was a wild AU version discussed where Alice goes to Maria for protection and the pair of them raising the baby as a platonic couple. Jasper's living in Hell trying to reconcile with Alice and meet his son because Maria's there being a pest).

I really want the baby-verse version to be satisfying to read - bittersweet in that Alice and Jasper have this family together but, like all things in life, it's temporary: Oliver is mortal. Alice won't live forever. And that's what makes it beautiful, that's what makes it a love story. I don't enjoy kidfic at the best of times, but I abhor kidfic that creates a perfect, flawless ending. Families are messy and constantly evolving. But that's a TED Talk for another time.

I took forever to answer this, so I've got a snippet below of Cynthia and Alice's first big argument below, from the main Hybrid fic. I hope you like it and THANK YOU for the message!

After dinner, I distracted myself with homework - finals were looming, and I wasn’t exactly ready. It was a good distraction, knowing that Jasper was at the meeting with the Pack tonight, and there was so much on my mind I didn’t want to think about. Dad and Simon knew something was up, but neither Cynthia nor I had cracked. I didn’t want to bring them into this more than they already were.

hybrid.

And for that, I blamed the Clearwaters. It was one thing for them to decide to explain the Pack to my parents; it was entirely another thing for them to offer their one-sided perspective on the Cullens without permission. They had broken the treaty, but the Cullens wouldn’t harm them. If it had been the other way around…

Economics did not distract me enough; my mind moved through the questions but I was still listening for the sound of Jasper at my window or for my phone to chime...

There was a knock at my door that I ignored; I had no interest in repeating my conversations with my parents regarding the Cullens, until I could corner Esme and Carlisle into talking them through everything calmly and reasonably. And I was still furious with Cynthia's part in Saturday afternoon's side-quest on the Res.

There was another knock, but my sister didn't bother to wait for me to grant her access this time.

“Alice?” Cynthia slipped into my room looking nervous. “Are you still mad with me?”

“Mmm-hmm,” I said, not even looking up from my notebook.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t realise it would upset you this much…” Cynthia began, and I froze. “It was just… Sam said that you just needed to hang out for a while so they could talk to the Cullens. Seth said everything would be fine and…”

“Are you really that damn naive?” I snapped, finally spinning on my chair. Cynthia jumped at my sudden movement, and I distantly realised that this was the first time I’d yelled at her; we didn’t really fight or argue. A little bit of bickering over insignificant things was more our flavour of disagreement. “Sam Uley held me hostage because Jacob Black would never allow Bella Swan to be a bargaining chip. They were trying to force the Cullens’ hand… Seth and Jasper could have died today, and you think I was just ‘hanging out’?”

“What are you even talking about?” Cynthia’s voice wavered slightly.

“They’re dangerous on a good day, you get that right? You’ve seen Emily’s face - that’s what happens to girls who get too close to the wolves,” I said nastily.

“Oh, and the bite scar on your neck is just this year’s hot look?” Cynthia crossed her arms over her chest, and looked me dead in the eye but I could still hear the quiver in her voice.

Honestly, I nearly slapped her for that. The only thing that stopped me was that I wasn’t in the business of hitting people who didn’t hit me first - and I’d probably break Cynthia’s nose if I went after her right now.

“You keep acting like Jasper’s the second goddamn coming of Christ, but he left you!” Cynthia continued. “He tried to kill you! Seth hasn’t done anything to me, but he’s the villain!”

I tossed my pen onto my desk before I snapped it in half.

“Do you know anything about the Pack? Have they told you a damn thing about the treaty?” I asked in an icy voice.

“You keep saying things like that, and not telling me anything!” Cynthia threw up her hands. "You’ve got to actually give me an explanation for everything that has happened instead of keeping me in the dark and getting mad at me!”

“Why would I bother when you’ve already taken their side? When you’re co-ordinating with Sam Uley to have me held hostage over Bella Swan?”

[floral-hex]

One of my brothers is moving away to college today + I have to skip therapy, so it’s a lot of… a lot. a lot.

[jomnki]

"please tell my kids they're siblings one day"

"okay" *apollo goes to khura'in and becomes the minister of justice there* *phoenix's eyes snap open* "i forgo r"

[locamotivednp]

im having first gen american mother problems and asdfajk i do not know how to explain it to my therapist

[majimassqueaktoy]

Honestly the funniest thing about Haruka's idol story line in y5 (and dont any of you come at me with the You're Lessening Mirei's Evil Heinous Actions shit, I know she was the antagonist, blah blah) is the fact that as far as traineeships go Haruka's.... wasn't all that unusual- Living on your own away from your parents? Par the course. Having older figures be unduly harsh about your talent/looks? Also par the course. Insane schedules? Creepy fans? Yep. In fact Haruka is older than a lot of people are when they start traineeships nowadays... Like that aspect of the game could have been played up for even more dramatic value than it was.

[letbuckfuck]

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[sol1loqu1st]

:/

[anxiously-going]

Not to be Sam Winchester on main, but do you every think about how growing up feeling like the black sheep of the family and or friend group warps you're sense of identity?

[born-to-lose]

Um. Day ruined :D

[yuyu-bubu]

girl why you so horrors

homophobia all fun and games until im reminded my parents are genuinely homophobic and they'll always hate this part of me no matter what i say