#traumatic mindsets

[the-bat-bros]

I feel like we don’t talk about Jason in his first few months at the manor enough

I don’t know how to describe it other than - a poor individual suddenly in a massive mansion with everything they could ever want - BUT fear of losing it all. Fear that it’s all too good to be true, that he could be sent back to the streets at any moment. A poverty mindset so he:

- hides leftovers in his room. He can’t fathom waisting food.

- Playing off of that, he’s too scared to go down to the kitchen in the middle of the night when he’s hungry - another reason he hoards leftovers in his room. He’s terrified that he’d get in trouble for eating something outside of mealtime. He won’t even take a snack from the kitchen in the middle of the day. He just eats leftovers from his food stash.

- Bruce gives him an allowance. And he saves a good chunk of, if not all of it, under a floorboard. Or in a box hidden in his closet. He doesn’t want the money to disappear, doesn’t want anyone to take it from him.

- Alfred takes him to the toy store? He looks for sales. Looks for the cheap stuff. He doesn’t want to spend a lot of money.

- The first time he gets sick, he just stays in his room and acts like it’s nothing. When he’s given medicine and taken to the doctor he’s shocked and a bit nervous. He’d never been to a doctor before. And why does medicine taste so nasty?

- What do you mean he has to go to school? All seven days of the week? For the entire day? He can join sports and clubs? But wouldn’t he have to pay for gear/supplies?

- He’s scared to open up at first. He doesn’t trust adults.

Bruce and Alfred have to sit down and have a long talk with him. Reassure him that he’ll never go back to his old life. That he’s safe here. That he’s loved here. He’ll never go hungry, never have to worry about food or money ever again. He can go to school, participate in clubs, whatever he wants to do.

And Jason cries.

After that everything changes. He becomes a goofball. He buys the things he wants. He doesn’t hoard food anymore (which makes Alfred so happy, he doesn’t have to clean up moldy food or have to worry about bugs or mice anymore. He develops a love for reading and goes to the bookstore weekly. He loves helping Alfred in the kitchen, and develops a special bond with him. And he opens up, if only a little bit.

[sp0o0kylights]

obsessed with your latest steddie au! steve’s relationship with his parents is so emotionally abusive and manipulative and my heart is breaking that nobody seems to recognise that

Thank you!!

I really wanted to focus on how Steve's parents are abusive in a way that is a lot harder to clock.

They're not out there screaming and kicking him out of the house. These people want you to like them, and they lie like they breath.

These are the adults who downplay serious issues, who make you doubt yourself, who smooth things over or even apologize on your behalf as a way to control and isolate you.

If everyone thinks you're terrible, and your amazing, doting, angelic parents are once again swooping in to save you, then your escape routes close up rapidly--which is of course, the whole point. They want their victims to rely on them and them alone.

For a lot of the Party, that's just not an evil they've encountered yet.

Throw in the fact that Steve does in fact, have a head injury, and things get muddy FAST.

It makes for delicious, angst-ridden scenarios and I am delighted everyone's happy to come along for the ride.

[bietrofastimoff23]

people think that Aegon's taunts are a good reason to kill him (guys, you don't have siblings and it shows). at the same time, no one is saying that Aegon should kill Aemond for provoking TB to strike back, which is why Aegon's son was killed.

I thought it would be a terrible and cruel scene where Aegon would embarrass Aemond in the whole brothel, and it was only a drunken stupied Aegon.

[dedtoot]

Can people stop doing this shit please

I hate how a topic, that's worth genuine discussion, of how fandoms around kids franchise were not safe for the said children(situation is still is FAR from perfect), turned into "i did not like this obvious painfully unfunny parody as a kid, so now I'll complain"

It completely ignores that fandom is more than fan art and demonizes artists once again

Also including fucking NAZO UNLEASHED in the thumbnail are you kidding me😭😭

[curioscurio]

being raised american baptist until high school will fuck you up so bad.

it teaches you that you are, by nature, inherently an evil creature constantly sinning and committing shameful acts just for existing. you dont deserve love or relief or happiness or joy because you are just that horrible for existing. that you can never be Enough to make up for the sin of being born.

:) but dont worry! Some Guy died a horrible death so that your pathetic self is allowed the privileges of living. :) * hope you like Some Guy because now he's the most important person in your life btw.

*ONLY if you follow our special book of make believe rules and try your hardest to indoctrinate other people into this lifestyle

then MAYBE God will think you've scraped up enough Good Boy Points to escape the innumerable forms of painful and grotesque Eternal Torture in the afterlife (that you deserve btw.)

also your non-believer friends and your pets are going to hell (which is a real place) no matter what. they tell you all this when you're 5 using puppets

[earthwalkinangel]

[citrine-elephant]

fellas we are getting desperate

[okiria]

i have so much unwritten ria angst but this is okiria in the hypothetical spinoff that exists in my beautiful mind palace. peace and love

[obscenicon]

prev post is also why i cant stand the vitriol ppl have against "puriteens". like.. these kids are literally victims of this culture. they are not your oppressors!! they are being sexually harmed and coerced into doing this shit!!!!! i have witnessed it firsthand AND have been one of those kids

[elysium-the-true-faceofsalvation]

I just realized that 3 out of 5 of my female characters have misogyny involved in their stories in a major way and that wasn't even intentional but fuck it we ball.

[cienie-isengardu]

Jango Fett Open Seasons: Retreat vs. fight no matter the cost

Another detail from Jango Fett: Open Seasons that I find very telling about characters is their approach to retreat. I’m specifically want to talk about the  four major Mandalorians - Tor Vizsla, Jaster Mereel, Jango Fett and Montross as they all were at some point in the story put in situation when they needed to decide to continue fight no matter the cost (in theory the ideal Mandalorian warrior mindset) or to prioritizing their people’s life (a choice testifying to good leadership). And yes, those situations weren’t always exactly the same yet similar enough to see the implied(?) similarities in theoretical dissimilar characters.

So we have Jaster Mereel, the original leader of True Mandalorians. During a mission on Korda Six, when Mandalorians came across the enemy's heavy fire (and Jango ordered his people to find cover), Jaster gave an order to regroup at Jango’s location - the safest place and abort the air strike.

And once it became clear, they made a mistake to rely on second-handed intel - but before they learned it was Death Watch's trap - Jaster decided to abort the whole mission. Something quite different from what Jango will teach his son decades later (“Your loyalty, your honor – these are the things that matter. When you accept a mission, when you give your word, it is all that matters.”)

Montross however refused to regroup at Jango's location

and continued the attack, stating "we've never abandoned a mission!"

Montross survived thanks to Jaster who personally came to his aid only to betray his leader and leave him behind once Tor showed up. And while he tried to take command of True Mandalorians, he did order an evacuation, as the "Jaster's last order still stands" argument.

Then we have Tor Vizsla who during Jango’s attack on Death Watch’s ship, ordered everyone to evacuate.

And now, let’s talk about Jango Fett who started very much minded like Jaster, what was the best visible on Korda Six. The mission was his first official role as Squad Commander but he didn’t allow pride or desire to make Jaster proud to take over common sense. When it became clear his men were under too strong enemy’s fire, he ordered them to get into trenches / find cover. 

However on Galidraan, as a leader of True Mandalorians, when he already knew they walked again into Death Watch’s trap, instead of  de-escalate threat of the Jedi by at least trying calm down the situation and presenting what is going on behind the scene- and mind you, the Jedi did not have all facts but Fett already met Vizla at Governor's residence and as he wore helmet at that time, most likely had recorded this, not to mention all Mandalorians could present what they were doing and where they were via the recording from helmets - Fett ordered to open fire. And the Jedi naturally responded as such.

(And really, if Fett was smarter he could at least try to turn Jedi against Death Watch).

This is even more surprising choice as Jango's first reaction upon seeing Republic shuttles before even meeting eye to eye with Jedi was to call his second-in-command to order an evacuation.

Which is pretty ironic, that both Jaster and Tor, despite their ideological differences, were at some point shown to prioritizing their men’s safety by ordering retreat / evacuation, while Jango started as similar minded (Korda Six and upon seeing Republic shuttles on Galidraan) but once Jedi showed up, his attitude changed into “no running, fight whatever the cost” which not only led to great tragedy but made him more like Montross. 

[none-tadashi-left-hiro]

I literally don’t know how to talk about and process this without sounding like some sort of weird incel but maybe that’s what’s going on

[r0semultiverse]

I don’t know, me personally, I just think two adults playing pretend & pretending being gross together with full open communication & consent between them is harmless, but maybe that’s just me.

[only1lorrie]

[fanganedit-beach]

Listen i know i haven't and probably won't do a analysis in a long while but it still makes me go insane how people still mischaracterize tsurugi. I'm actually going insane.

[catta1ll]

i have a bad feeling sprout might be dead