#tw conversion camp

[steddieunderdogfics]

Where's Your Crown, King Nothing? by StrangerSteddie

@strangersteddiex

Rating: Mature

12,547 words, 4/? chapters

Archive Warning: Chose Not to Use

Tags: Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Hurt Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson Lives, Protective Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington Has Bad Parents, Steve Harrington Has Absent Parents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Abused Steve Harrington, Eddie Munson is a Mess, Brotherly Steve Harrington & Dustin Henderson, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Friendship, Good Friend Robin Buckley, Platonic Soulmates Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, Other Ships Not Mentioned in Tags, Slow Burn, mention of conversion camps, LGBTQ Themes, Protective Wayne Munson, Supportive Wayne Munson, Steve Harrington Has Abandonment Issues, Steve Harrington Has Self-Esteem Issues

Summary:

When Steve's parents unexpectedly return and find Steve in hospital they decide enough is enough and offer him a devastating ultimatum. As his world begins to fall apart, he realises that relying on those around him may not make him the burden he believes himself to be.

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[matrivers-quote-book]

It’s giving, what’s it called? Straight camp?

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Instead of conversion camps, there were camps to make you more gay.

[puppetoffthehook]

"I'm here, I'm here now."

My muse had been kidnapped and tortured for the past week send “I’m here- I’m here, now” for your muse to save them.

@ebbiemunson

He feels so week for how he’s clinging to Eddie; like he’s a life raft in the turbulent ocean of Billy’s life. His dad had been convinced there was no helping his son aside from a camp a few towns over. A camp to “cure” him of his homosexuality.

They did a lot of shit while he was there that made him look at other men and want to scream. Want to cry. Want to shake apart and never be touched again. But it didn’t cure him of his love for Eddie. The bastards couldn’t make him fear the one person who had been a lifeline for him. That’s why the moment he escaped, he ran and ran until he fell into Eddie’s arms.

“Ed… I’m so tired. I can’t go home.” He’s not sure what anyone knows about why he was gone for the past week and he shudders to even think of mentioning it. “Can I stay?”

[lillyfloweyfun]

so.. I came out to my mom.

I grew up in a Mormon house, this happened to my brother too. I was hoping it would be different because I was the last born. I was hoping she'd hug me and say "i'm proud"

i was fucking hoping.. that she wouldn't say those exact words she said to my older sibling.

but yes. my mom is taking me to conversion camp, and I'm so scared right now. I have no one else but myself to blame, I wish I had never come out. If I come back as Andie again, please remember me for who I wanted to be, not who i was forced to be. please god. i'm so sorry, i'm so scared and I don't know what to do.

[aftgficrec]

It open!

Is there any new Nicky and or/twinyard centred fics or any Kevin wymack bonding ones?

Or wymack parenting the other foxes?

Thank you in Advance

There is a lot here, so we split this up.  You can find fics about Nicky and the twinyards here, both canon compliant (or at least adjacent) and AUs.  Find Kevin & Wymack bonding here and Wymack parenting the Foxes here. - S

Previous recs:

Nicky with both or one twin here - see the extensive list on previous recs in this post

Nicky parenting the twins here 

new twinyards bonding here - also features many previous recs

Nicky & depression here

Nicky-centric fics here

big brother Nicky here

bad days-andreil & nerik here

angst w/comfort for andreil and nerik here

Nicky after thanksgiving here

Nicky in germany 2 here

long distance soft nerik here

‘AFTG/TFC minifics… ch 84’ here

‘Afterthoughts ch 90’ here

‘A two-man team’, ‘Something Good’, ‘Love is Patient, Love is Kind’ here

‘It’s a love story, baby’ here

Nicky-centric:

All We Got Was Bruised by Rose_vine [Rated M, 48214 words, complete, 2024]

They sent people to Camp Full Point to change them. Nicky was a boy made of secrets and lies, and he had broken a long time ago. Camp Full Point might just be the thing that kills him. Or, Nicky's parents send him to Conversion Camp. This is that story.

tw: violence, tw: blood, tw: conversion therapy, tw: electroconvulsive therapy, tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: religious guilt, tw: implied/referenced homophobia, tw: internalized homophobia, tw: restricted eating

Struggling in Silence by Ciara_Westford [Rated M, 34487 words, incomplete, last updated July 2024]

Nicky has been struggling with his mental health for a while. He tries to hide it from the others, but after a more or less public meltdown, he can't hide it any longer. The other foxes, as well as Wymack, Abby and Betsy want to help him, but Nicky doesn't know how to accept help from others.

tw: depression, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: conversion therapy, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: panic attacks, tw: nightmares, tw: vomit, tw: implied/referenced self harm

Holy and free by sapphosgaycousin [Rated M, 2871 words, complete, 2024]

„Will you come to mass with us for Easter?“ That’s how it all started to go south. When Erik’s mother had asked him to attend church with them on Easter Sunday, Nicky had said yes without thinking twice. What bad could happen, right?

tw: ptsd, tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: religious trauma, tw: vomit

Nicky is the sun that shines even through the clouds series by ThePureMonster [Rated E/G, 21452 words, 2 complete works, 2024]

Part 1: We'll pray for you, honey (E, 15038 words)

"Homosexuality is a sin. Homosexuals are doomed to burn in hell forever, if they want to change, they can be healed. By rejecting temptation, they will become normal again. They must try and make more efforts if it doesn't work." That's what Nicky had been hearing all his life. And he really tried his best until one day he stopped. Nicky's difficult path to himself.

tw: violence, tw: child abuse, tw: rape/noncon, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: homophobia, tw: conversion therapy, tw: depression, tw: religious trauma

Part 2: We love you, Nicky (G, 6414 words)

Five times when the Foxes learn a little more about Nicky's terrible past. And one time Nicky feels confident enough to open his heart and tell them the truth.

tw: panic attacks, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon

Du bist der Einzige für mich by Anonymous [Rated G, 772 words, complete, 2024]

Nicky gets jealous, Erik reassures him.

A little crush turned into a like by HereBeChickens [Rated T, 3814 words, complete, Aftg Mixtape Exchange 2024]

In the end, it’s his German teacher that works everything out. Or, Nicky's year in Germany with his host brother that he totally does not have a crush on and his feelings that he totally has under control.

tw: implied/referenced homophobia, tw: implied/referenced conversion therapy, tw: implied/referenced suicidal thoughts

I'm never gonna not dance again by Acetober (allfortheBoyds) [Rated T, 7023 words, complete, 2023]

Pole dancing, as it turns out, is fucking hard. Even the simplest swing requires a type of body control Nicky doesn‘t think he‘ll ever be able to possess. He tries anyway and with a few tries and tips from Dan he manages a decent performance. Out of the corner of his eye he sees Kevin - looking as grumpy as ever - strap into a pair of hot pink heels. He wobbles around like an oversized newborn fawn. or 5 times Nicky danced in front of other people +1 time he danced only for himself (and Erik)

Twinyards-focussed:

Come across the universe between you and I by bInTheMoon [Rated M, 4258 words, complete, 2024]

“Aaron! Wake!” “Hey,” Aaron answered his twin, who was crouched at his side and staring at him. “I bought ice cream, it’s on the bag.” “What the fuck, Aaron!” Andrew hissed, his cold eyes not leaving him for a second. “What happened?” “Accident.” ---- Or: Only they would need an accident to take another step to healing.

tw: car accidents, tw: injuries

I‘d die to be somebody you could love by moonlightboyz [Rated M, 39860 words, incomplete, last updated June 2024]

"For a medicine student you're really dense sometimes." It was quiet for a while before Andrew spoke up again. "I don't know, how to be your brother, Aaron. Not the one you want, but I'm trying." "And I'm trying too." OR This fanfic explores Aaron Minyard’s complicated feelings regarding Andrew Minyard and how he learns how to love and be loved by his brother.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: drug abuse, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: panic attacks, tw: disordered eating, tw: self harm, tw: negative self image

Don’t go where I can’t follow by moonlightboyz [Rated M, 8579 words, complete, 2024]

Andrew held out his hand between them and Aaron intertwined their pinkies. “I promise to never leave your side.” He muttered. “I promise to protect you and never leave your side.” Andrew echoed. OR an AU where Nicky kills Tilda and Drake and the twins live with a foster parent while they wait for Nicky to be released from prison and everything else that happens while they wait.

tw: implied/referenced child abuse, tw: implied/referenced drug addiction, tw: implied/referenced murder

Slings and Arrows by This_Witch_Writes [Rated T, 5935 words, complete, 2022, locked]

Andrew Minyard had spent quite a lot of his admittedly short life wanting to die. It wasn’t really a secret though he didn’t talk about it. The evidence was right there on his arms, in every cigarette, in the way he stood between those he’d chosen to protect and a world that wouldn’t hesitate to leave Andrew in a cold ditch. So he was a little surprised that now that he was going to die he was so pissed off about it. His only thought as the gunshot rang in his ears was a pathetic ‘this isn’t supposed to happen’ like life had ever cared what he thought. - As he faces down what could be the end, Andrew considers his complicated relationship with his own survival.

tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: past suicide attempt, tw: gun violence

Nicky & the twinyards:

Mom by high_lady_kate [Rated M, 1941 words, incomplete, last updated April 2024]

"“Are you sure about this?” Nicky wanted to shout no! and then several insults regarding Tilda Minyard. Instead he grinned at Erik and finished zipping his suitcase." Or: Nicky Hemmick is 19 when he gets custody of the Minyard Twins.

Eat Your Young by Rose_vine [Rated M, 1947 words, complete, 2024]

Any hopeful feelings vanished the second he sat down on the medical chair in the doctor’s office. There weren’t any straps on it, but Nicky felt like he was constricted anyway. He remembered viscerally the sensation of thrashing without being allowed to move, the buckles that had wrapped around his arms, legs, and chest. The bite guard they’d shoved in his mouth, tasting like vomit. “Nicky,” Andrew said. Nicky looked up with wild eyes. “I can’t,” he gasped.

tw: ptsd, tw: anxiety

The secrets we keep by DrowningStrawberry [Rated T, 5067 words, complete, 2024]

Andrew never kills Tilda, he never had too. A certain cousin had gotten there first. or Nicky Hemmick has a murder problem.

tw: implied/referenced murder, tw: implied/referenced conversion therapy, tw: implied/referenced abuse

And I Fall by DrowningStrawberry [Rated M, 3193 words, complete, 2024]

“Maybe Eric is glad you stayed away longer because he doesn't want to have to see you.” And on and on and on in a rotation in his mind. Before he realizes he is moving, he's grabbed a knife and locked himself in the bathroom. Or Nicky's depression gets the best of him.

tw: depression, tw: suicidal thoughts, tw: suicide attempt

Nicky thinks the twins don’t love him by @hmmm-shesucks [tumblr, 2023]

Nicky thinks the twins don’t love him, but then they both get ejected from a game for beating the shit out of a guy who illegally hits Nicky hard enough Nicky breaks his wrist.

Nicky & Andrew by @bisexualchaosdemon [tumblr, 2024]

I think Nicky does piss Andrew off, but not because he's loud and dramatic; because he cares.

Art

Twinyards by @eeriethacus

twinyards by @art-foxx

Happy Birthday to the Minyard twins by @midgart

I dont smoke by Mitski and the Minyard brothers by @eeriethacus

Nicky after taking this picture: 🏃🏃🏃 by @prince-peachie

A little candy by @neroholik

Nicky Hemmick by @neroholik

I heard someone had a birthday some days ago😏 by @yarn_garn (Twitter)

[transient-ichor]

While I know trans remembrance day has passed, this needs to be said my story needs to be said before I can no longer say it all of our stories those of us who still live and those who have passed on.

My name is Cora. I'm 19 years old when I was younger. My family sent me to a conversion camp in the middle of the woods. The time I spent there was hell beaten with belts and bibles, forced under "holy" water to drive the demons out of us, we couldn't eat or drink until we confessed our "sins" amd prayed to god. I do not know how many of us lived. I do know some of us died. There were 10 of us in a cramped unair-conditioned cabin, 0 trained medical staff, and no main roads for 5 miles in any direction. I was 14.

And I hate that I survived when so many others did not or committed suicide upon returning from the camp.

[mcltiples]

@evilmcg sent; "So yeah that's why I killed my dad and to a lesser extent my mom. But my dad really had it coming!" evilmcg for prime rick (opening up about her past abuse)

Well, didn't that sound oddly familiar. Sure, it might've not been exactly the same as his past. However, he could relate heavily to that. Especially the last part she mentioned. When he thought back on it, he felt a spark of amusement.

"Woah, sounds like the apple really doesn't fall far from the tree. In this case, I'm the tree," He knelt down to her height, making eye contact with her for a few brief seconds. "Actually, I went through something similar..."

It wasn't often that Rick opened up about his past. No one knew except for one other person. Someone who was long gone out of his life now. So sharing this with Meg -- someone that he considered a friend and a daughter-figure. It was important.

"My dad wasn't nearly as malicious or dumb as yours --- he was the epitome of masculine energy. All he wanted was a son who got shit done and would take over the farm, maybe marry a nice girl, have kids, grandkids, y-you know -- the whole American Dream,"

Rolling his eyes, he continued, casually as ever. "Well, problem was, I wasn't the kind of kid who got shit done, nor did I want to marry a girl or have kids, let alone fucking grandkids," He let out a hollowed chuckle. "And so he chose to think I was gay and he hated that,"

All those younger years came flooding to his mind. The therapist appointments, being sent away to certain camps, so many insults and forced heteronormativity. So much pain and torture. Yet, his facial features didn't falter. Completely detached from what he told.

"So, one night, I took this axe and I waited until my parents were sleeping," His lips curled into a twisted grin, bright blue eyes glazed over with nothingness. "And I fucking swung it into my father first, I kept going while my mother screamed for me to stop, and once I got annoyed with it, I fucking ended her life too,"

With a laugh, he stood up, hands on his hips. It was as if he had just told a lighthearted story. "Anyway, we have a lot in common, who woulda thought? But hey, that means we gotta stick together, right? You, me, the Mortys, and maybe their Ricks. We'll make one big happy family."

[starry3yes]

halloween be the perfect time to relapse chat

i genuinely have felt useless without having a goal in mind, but now it’s time for strictly soup and green tea :3

[belleamante99]

I finished reading Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle yesterday. Yes, I definitely read it on the day it came out.

As a queer, autistic person who was raised in the Southern Baptist church during the 80s until the early 2000s, this book hits hard in a lot of ways.

I had a good friend pulled from school in 2003 and forbidden to speak to me when his parents found out he was gay and that I knew and hadn’t told. They sent him to Christian counseling.

I had a much loved teacher recommend Exodus International (ex gay conversion nonsense) for him without realizing I was also queer.

So yes, on the serious side, it hit me in the feels.

On the silly side, it was a delightfully fun read with just enough suspense to keep you going. Occasionally pretty gross, but what’s some body horror between friends.

[whump-me-all-night-long]

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[phoneheadedtrans]

Finally getting to read Camp Damascus again, and oh my God. "I'm gay, and there's a demon out there who really doesn't want me acknowledging it" (Tingle, 108). The pacing, the progression, the characterization, slow showing of details about the actual Camp Damascus oooughj. I love how it touches on repression and memory. I have memory issues, and the part of my life that I have the least amount of memory from is the time I was in conversation therapy. I was never kidnapped, but my parents kept dragging me there every week. I remembered her name about two years ago (the conversation therapist), and I finally googled her again. The whole thing was really sketchy, she kept moving buildings like every other month. She's moved towns now, and has "Christian counseling" listed as her area of expertise. It shocks me to know how many queer people have experienced conversion therapy. I personally know 5+ people who had it done in the same way mine was (parents told you that you were going to see a gender therapist, it was actually conversion therapy instead) and I know at least one person who was KIDNAPPED AND SENT TO A CAMP IN MONTANA. Camp Damascus speaks to the queer autistic experience unlike anything else I have ever read, and I'm so glad I went into the book almost blind.

[bl4sphemy-archived]

ok ok I edited samael's backstory a bit? I made it so his parents sent him to a conversion camp, and ofc it didn't work so they gave him to his aunt, who accepted him for who he was...

[rosalinesurvived]

Confession time: when I first read aftg I identified so hard with Nicky and legit thought that he would kill his father. That never came around so I promised myself I would write a fanfic about it. That also never came around, so here we are.

[plethoraworldatlas]

one thing I do think the owl house did poorly that I never see talked about is "think inside the box" camp.

Like, it's very obviously meant to be a stand in for those "troubled teen discipline camps" but it's never not treated like a normal summer camp or a joke. Vee makes a host of friends there, including a Nonbinary goth kid.

It hits me that not everyone knows that "troubled teen camps" in reality function exactly the same and are often also conversion therapy "camps" or "boot camps". These things got real popular during the Satan Panic and other moral panics, like Procedural law shows did episodes about these places abusing goth kids as recently as the early 2000s. Evangelicals still regularly send their kids to be tortured at these places for being goth or just getting their hair dyed.

Like, Luz obviously needed help and some kind of intervention, but it's so wild to me to hear the fan base, especially the LGBT side of the fan base, going to bat for sending to that camp because no of them have any idea how these places actually operate.

It's a huge miscarriage that the show didn't protray the camp as seriously as it should've. No, I'm not saying a Disney show should have had a "conversion therapy camp", but it's honestly irresponsible to protray the place as just a summer camp (despite the literal Orwellian pamphlet showing a kid crammed into a box; Haha, funny, but that's a real and actual common punishment these places employ) when the real places this camp is a expy of are torture camps for the LGBT kids watching the show.

[squidthechaotickid]

Oh hey that's not a good emotion! Oh God I could have screwed up my entire life holy crap!