#what they think of as pampering their children is still abuse

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did the zenin every try to convince megumi to stay with them by not beating the hell out of him? like were they ever nice or kind? other than maki and mai and the few times together, does megumi have any positive memories of anyone in the zenin?

idk just seems a bit counterintuitive to continuously isolate and destroy your relationship with the biggest thing since sliced bread by never showing him an ounce of kindness or sympathy even when he’s a kid.

So yes and no.

In their minds, they absolutely did, but Megumi would say they didn’t. The key issue is that they never tried to appeal to Megumi for who he actually was, but who they wanted him to be. They were trying to be nice to someone who wasn’t real to begin with.

Megumi got special treatment from the rest of the clan. He had the nicest clothes. He had personal trainers. He had the direct attention of the head of the clan. He had a private bathhouse and servants to attend him in it. He had a private room in the home of the clan head, who had the nicest home in the entire compound. All his meals were prepared for him and brought to serve him directly.

In the eyes of the clan, they were spoiling him. Everyone else was fighting for scraps. They all trained, but it was in crowded, sweaty rooms where they didn’t get attention unless they were already exceptional. The Zenin clan is very old fashioned, so they don’t really have private baths in homes. They were all bathing in communal bathhouses where you had to wait for your turn and half the time you got there and realised that you were out of soap.

Beating him was never a big deal, in the Zenin’s mind. They all got beat. It was a part of training. You learn to think through pain and react in a fight if you’re experiencing real pain, which is the exact reasoning Maki brings to hitting Yuuta during training. If they made the Ten Shadows exempt from that, they’d be weakening the person who was supposed to be their strongest by coddling him.

So the Zenin would say Megumi was already being spoiled by the clan, and any attempt to stop his training in handling pain was just another attempt at sabotaging his development.

The thing is that Megumi didn’t want any of the things that they were “spoiling” him with.

He hated the clothes they had made for him. He wanted to wear his own clothes. He couldn’t even pick what to wear. It was another way he lost control. Yeah, they gave him his own room in the nicest house, but he was getting locked into it, and he was only in there when they had finished training him to the point of collapse. The bathhouse was a traumatizing experience for him. He was stripped down and forcibly bathed by strangers. It wasn’t a luxury to him; it was a violation. He would have taken the communal bathhouse any day. He had no say in what he ate, and his meals were brought to him because it allowed the Zenin to pack his schedule even tighter, because he didn’t even get real meal breaks. He just paused to eat and then immediately picked up with whatever they were teaching him. But they never registered any of this as driving him away, because they were too deluded by who they wanted him to be rather than who he actually was. The Ten Shadows in their mind would not only not be upset by this, but he would appreciate it. Megumi was meant to be honoured by the clothes and the room and the private bathhouse. And he would be, as soon as they broke him of Gojo’s control. Any time he expressed upset was just another show of what Gojo had done to him. He needed to be freed from it, so they never actually heeded him begging them to stop.

It’s also important to note that most of the Zenin didn’t know how bad the beatings were.

Again, all of them got beat. The clan head got beat when he was a kid. It’s expected for them. But none of them got beat as badly as Megumi, except for maybe his father when he was Megumi’s age.

Because a lot of the beatings weren’t coming at the hands of someone who wanted him to love the clan. They were coming from Naoya. Who hated him.

Naoya wants him to hate the clan. Fuck, he wants him dead. Megumi is everything he was supposed to be, and he wants him gone. He wants to hurt him.

Naoya got more access to Megumi than anyone else in the clan when Megumi was a kid. He was one of their most gifted fighters and high up in the clan, but not so high up that he was busy with actually running it, so he was tapped in as his trainer. He went farther in hurting megumi than anyone else in the clan thought or expected he was. He was just supposed to hit him when he taught him how to fight, to train him how to take pain, and as a disciplinary measure to break him of Gojo’s influence. But even then, discipline in the Zenin compound usually stops at a few slaps. Like, they still all are abusing their children, don’t get me wrong, but the extent of the abuse that all of them face was no where close to the abuse that megumi was under.

Naoya wasn’t beating Megumi to train him. He was beating him to hurt him. He wanted Megumi to suffer as much as possible. He wanted to make him feel pain.

The rest of the clan never heard Gojo’s claims that he had taken Megumi away because they were beating him, but they wouldn’t have believed them if they did. Megumi was supposed to be their strongest, so if they could take training, he could take training. He was getting every luxury and benefit that they weren’t getting. The whole clan thought he was being treated like a little prince. Of course he didn’t need to be protected from them. They all have the mindset of “my parents hit me when I fucked up, and I turned out fine.”

If Megumi hadn’t had cursed energy, Naoya would have killed him with how badly he was beating him within a month. Even with cursed energy, he almost killed him.

It’s not the expected norm to beat clan members within an inch of their life, unless they’re failures like Megumi’s dad who they actually want to kill. That would be counterintuitive. They need their members in peak physical condition to be fighters. No one there would believe that’s what Naoya was doing if they knew.

The worst of the abuse came from someone who actually hated megumi and wanted to hurt him. But none of the “positive” things they said they spoiled Megumi with actually had any kind of positive impact on Megumi, because they refused to accept him as he was. They were trying to spoil the fantasy they had of him. But the actual child had lost all control of his life, was terrified of them, and was traumatised every time he set foot on the compound.

[abbyfmc]

Plot idea #8 (i think)

A yandere husband or boyfriend during his beloved's pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum care.

Pregnancy:

●He will always be watching you. From what you eat, to the people you interact with, if he even let you talk to other people.

●He will always do his best to make you comfortable.

●He would only let you out for medical appointments. He wants to see that both you and your child are okay, regardless of things like gender.

●He would watch your belly grow and being an overprotective yandere, he wouldn't let you make any efforts.

●They say some pregnant women have weird cravings, so if that's the case for you, he'll make sure to fulfill them to keep you happy.

●He will thoroughly inspect ALL gifts you are given, or ALL things you buy.

●His views on abortion… it depends. He would not agree to do it unless: (1) The fetus is in serious trouble; (2) Both the fetus's life and yours are in serious danger; (3) Someone else has abused you.

●Nor will it force you to have an abortion if you don't want to.

●He will make sure you eat and rest well. He will not want you or his children to suffer.

●He will shower you with pampering, but he won't let anyone else do it.

●Not to mention he would gently caress your belly, and talk to your child calmly.

2. Labor:

*Natural birth:

●At this point, you may be about 7, 8, or 9 months pregnant.

●It's quite painful, and he knows it. You knew it too, even though you tried not to think of terrible birth scenarios, and he made sure you were calm as much as possible before "that" day.

●He would be quite careful with the information you seek from the Internet, as well as from acquaintances and family (if he still lets you see them), so his surveillance increases by a thousand.

●When the time comes and you start feeling the classic pain and contractions, he is not going to wait for an ambulance.

●He would also be nervous, not to mention terrified of losing you, the baby, or both in the worst case scenario.

●He'll want to be with you at all times, but there are some hospitals that won't let the man into the delivery room (either by order of the wife or because of hospital policy), so his presence at the birth… depends.

●If he can't get in: He would be very nervous in the waiting room, only being able to hear your screams of pain and cries, at least until he gets to hear that baby's cry.

●Or maybe he'll faint from nervousness.

●If he can get in: He will try to cheer you up, although he will feel helpless at not being able to do anything more than that to take away your pain.

●At the end of it all, when the baby is born, they will be relieved that you are okay, they will come into the room to clean you up, they will bring your child to you, etc.

*Cesarean delivery:

●In this case, the appointment will already have been scheduled. He will be impatient and nervous just like you.

●When you enter the operating room, he will wait patiently in the waiting room, although inside he will be restless and somewhat scared for you.

●When this is all over, he'll be watching over you and the baby in the room, and maybe he'll drop his yandere behavior when he sees a nurse helping you.

●She will take care of you in the hospital, even helping you with the baby so you can get some rest.

●Once the anesthesia wears off, he or she will try to soothe your pain as much as possible.

●Of course he must have been scared, because he really thought he almost lost you.

●But on the other hand, he will be very happy that you are finally not only his, but that you have also given him a child. A sign of love.

●And being a yandere, he'll barely let your parents (or his) visit you and the baby.

●He won't let you do almost anything on your own; he'll help you sit, lie down, stand, eat, walk, carry your child, feed him, etc.

●Even when you sleep he will watch you both.

3. Postpartum:

●He would drive home from the hospital.

●Beforehand, he will have made sure to have EVERYTHING ready to welcome your baby home, especially the room.

●He will help you with your child's care and personal care, as he doesn't want you to lift a single finger.

●If the baby wakes up at night, he would be able to go and calm him down, change his diaper, etc. He would only wake you up to feed him.

●He would avoid any method of stress, from physical exertion to people he considers to be a nuisance to you.

●He would block calls from your work, annoying relatives, etc…; not to mention that he would barely allow visits from his parents (your in-laws) or your parents.

●He would constantly tell you how proud he is that you are his and that you have formed a family together; although he would say it with the classic yandere obsession.

●And of course he would adore his son, since he considers him to be a smaller version of both of you. He will admire the resemblance he has to you, even if it is very slight.

●He will help you with cleaning, cooking and everything in general.

●He would be capable of killing for your well-being and that of the baby. He would even kill as long as both of you are strictly protected.

-The End.

What do you think about it?

[reysdriver]

Regulus & Marriage

headcanons about Regulus and his feelings towards marriage and family — regulus x gn!reader

warnings: mentions of his abusive family (but he's left them so yay)

words: 0.4k

- I feel like this has been said before by so many people but Regulus definitely wanted marriage and kids SO BADLY 

- Like Sirius would be against both of them (especially because he's like a punk rocker and a rebel so he hates all institutions like marriage)

- But Reggie would like be on your first date together and he's already thinking of his proposal and what the wedding will be like 

- He keeps a list of future baby names that has dozens of names that pop into his head at all hours of the day

- And same goes for like wedding and proposal ideas, he has a journal where he writes down any ideas he has for your wedding, sketches down possible engagement/wedding rings, and whatever else comes to him 

- If you two date at Hogwarts, he defo tries proposing once there, but you tell him that you should wait until you're older (even though you definitely want him)

- And then he waits basically until you graduate, barely any longer than that 

- He just wants you two to promise that you'll belong to each other forever he loves that type of devoted romance 

- You two also move in together so quickly after graduating

- And he's got that family money so even though he left them, he'll still use the fortune to buy a nice place for you both

- When he proposes for real after graduating, it's elaborate but still super sentimental and intimate 

- Your wedding is similar, like he spares no expense but still keeps it relatively small and does it all for you

- He definitely wants kids as soon as possible, and he wants as many as you'll allow him

- If you don't want kids, he'll settle for pets that he pampers like his own children

- He spoils the hell out of you and your family 

- Will buy everything you could ever need or want, he'll always be there for you because his own family wasn't, he just wants to be the best dad he can possibly be 

- He's sometimes scared he'll turn out like his own parents, but you point out all the amazing things he does and you constantly reassure him that he is nothing like them 

- And you don't need to pretend. He really is the best husband to you and best dad for your kids, just all-around fantastic, kind, loving, and adorable

[nerves-nebula]

hiiiii i have questions abt the 'leo lets his brothers leave' universe:

is there even any chance of leo like,,,,, EVER forgiving or liek not wanting to kill(?) his brothers for leaving him? do the other three ever think they fucked up by leaving and feel guilty at all, or try to do anything to fix things with leo? (as much as they could ever possibly be fixed lolll) do any of their friends find out what happened? (specifically april or casey?) and do they think the three were kinda fucked up for leaving leo to be abused and manipulated and sa'd by his dad for years?

Great questions!

1. There is definitely a chance for redemption (tho I don’t really like that word) for everyone involved but first leo has to have a massive breakdown. Think azula from atla. It has to be messy and violent and unhinged and probably end with him restrained in some way lol. The road to recovery for this leo will be way tougher. People will say cruel things they can’t take back :p

2. Yes and no. At the point where they leave none of them really know how bad it is for Leo. They still think he’s splinters pampered favorite who never gets hurt as bad as they do. And since he didn’t want to come with them at the time, and they’re small children with a limited worldview, they kind of just assumed that was always the case. They miss him and think about him but they don’t really feel guilty or like they abandoned him until he comes back spitting vitriol. (Though they know from April that he’s become increasingly unpleasant, they chalk it up to his usual Leo Sucks behavior)

And even then they dont feel TOO bad until they figure out what actually happened. idk if Leo would even talk about tho he’s probably convinced that he hasn’t been abused and assumes all his feelings of rage and betrayal are cuz his brothers abandoned him- they might have to do a memory trip about it to get the to the truth. And even then it would be a significantly more brutal experience than the canon Leo memory trip.

3. Their friends don’t blame them cuz they were literally soooo young. Like the oldest was 13. I’m not sure if they meet Casey the same way tho. Raph originally met Casey while healing from his broken arm after their failed attempt to run away. If they’re in the hidden city most of the time I don’t actually think they’d meet Casey until later.

In fact it’s far more likely that Casey meets April and Leo long before he meets any of the rest of them, so he’d probably be sort of on Leo’s side. But since he knows April she’s able to tell him their side too. Casey has experience with splintered (haha) siblings so he gets it and tries not to pick sides, but since Leo’s his friend he’ll be on Leo’s side if he has to choose.

At least until he falls for Leo’s brother with resting bitch face, but then again fist fighting your gay crush is also a fantasy of his so if leo brings him to a brotherly conversation that turns into a brawl he’s not gonna pass it up…

April is solidly on the boys side tho cuz she’s received a lot of abuse from Leo (especially when she refused to tell him where his brothers went) so she gets why they didn’t bring him with. In this timeline he’s kind of a horrible menace. His relationship with April is super strained

Also important to note that while Leo got most of it, they were all abused and manipulated by splinter, and raph was also sexually abused. So like yes it’s terrible but also it’s not like leo has a monopoly on suffering here (though he’d beg to differ)

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i feel like i would be burned if i said agamemnon and clytemnestra were the same, i hate when they make agamemnon look like the devil, bad father, bad everything but clytemnestra who abused her daughters and tried to kill a baby (who was her own blood and it was a punishment in ancient greece to kill your own blood) and killed caassandra's babies as the "perfect mother, punished by the patriarchy" (except if it's electra she deserves to be abused according to her stans)

What would happen if I wanted a retelling of the curse of Atreus as a cycle of domestic violence, toxic families, but how it passes from generation to generation, Agamemnon being the older brother and who has to become tough to protect Menelaus his younger brother, and Menelaus ends the curse by sparing Helen's life unlike his ancestors who gave his own daughter the throne giving a curse to his generation, Menelaus forgiving Helen and returning to Sparta with Hermione his daughter whom he pampers very much and for her he refuses to marry again for fear of being treated like a bastard

agamemnon trying to protect those he loves most But only one mistake causes his daughter to be sacrificed to his disgust and he also ends up dead because of his wife, there is something that bothers me is that many justify Clytemnestra saying that she did nothing wrong, But many forget in Iphigenia of Thauros that Iphigenia does not hate her father, she even calls him dear, when she hears that her mother tried to kill her brother who was a baby (yes, she herself mentions that she remembers that Orestes was her little brother) and when she realizes that he has been alive she is not angry because they killed her mother but Felix because the rest of her brothers live and does not hold resentment or hatred towards their father deciding to forgive

Many Clytemnestra stan say that Clytemnestra is punished by the patriarchy and did nothing wrong but they forget the parts where she used the Trojan women as spoils, enslaved her daughters and tried to kill Orestes and also forget that Iphigenia in some versions asked her to take care of her brothers (something that Clytemnestra did not fulfill), Electra is underestimated by Clytemnestra apologists and her actions also to villainize Orestes who is just a child

If the myth of the oristeia is to say that mothers are only incubators, but Electra's actions show that women still have power (she supporting Orestes to take the throne usurped by his stepfather) and showing an authority figure to her brother, even in some statues they put her as the highest than Orestes, something that only happened with mothers....

Orestes at the trial not only frees himself from the furies, he also frees his family, supported by his sisters and his uncle, Orestes kills the worst version of himself by killing Clytemnestra (one who was initially a victim but became a victimizer) ending a cycle of violence

I'd be burning with you if that were the case tbh.

As I agree with the whole "Both Agamemnon and Clytemnestra do some awful things" and how people hate on Agamemnon and put Clytemnestra on a pedestal which is really really annoying. Honestly I don't have too much to add as you've already laid it all out very well.

I spoke about it a bit before but where is the feminism in a mother throwing away her children for her new partner? (Modern day we hear stories about how that fucks the children up, y'all don't think it was the same back then?) Where is the feminism in killing the victim of the man who has caused you pain? Why is feminism always more "loved" when it's "violent"? Why can't women just BE? Why do women have to be violent in order for her story to be feministic?

Cassandra wasn't even one who behaved as a "homewrecker" who revels in destroying families. She was literally just trying to survive in the situation she was now in. She was a concubine for fuck's sake!

I really don't understand people villainizing Electra and Orestes so much. Like I'm sorry but if your mom, after killing your dad and making this new guy boss, THREW YOU OUT. I don't think you'd be very happy either. Why do people ONLY care about Iphigenia? Does her love for her siblings not matter?

People who genuinely revel and go absolutely bonkers about their Girlboss Queen Clytemnestra killing with no sign of like, irony and/or like, goofiness. I love Penelope who is constantly praying for the suitors to die. I joke about Odysseus' "Bother the wife, you get the knife". But like, yeah, THEY FUCKING KILLED PEOPLE. THEY'RE MURDERERS. I'M NOT SAYING THAT'S FINE IRL FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

And even then like, if it WAS just Agamemnon, then that'd be more understandable, still fucked but understandable. HE was the one who did the "deed" I guess. BUT YOUR OTHER CHILDREN RECEIVING CONSEQUENCE? WHAT DID THEY DO OTHER THAN EXIST?!

And oooh, I love the parallels between Menelaus and Agamemnon so much. The messed up brothers. :') Some really cursed guys.

[woundlingus]

Okay, Unfinished Business 13x20 THEE Gabriel master thesis of episodes for his characterisation tells me one very important fact about him, and that’s that he is an unreliable narrator.

This is perhaps not even his fault, years and years of suffering the worst kind of abuse it’s hard to think clearly about much at all, let alone the intricacies of what happened to put you where you are and trying to understand other perspectives. It’s hard when you’ve spent a near decade (or undisclosed amount of time being shifted between Earth and Hell) with only the worst kind of torture at the forefront of your mind.

Or maybe, he does know. He is the trickster in every way that matters regardless of if he’s the original Loki or not. I’d find it pretty hard to believe that the trickster who haunts Sam Winchester’s nightmares would be unaware of the irony of his situation and the symbolism of his own torture, I imagine that makes the punishment all the more humiliating and bitter. Gabriel is also a show boat. A peacock. He’s always paraded himself around as tough and unknowable, he’s also a known liar and both of those traits work together to create a very convincing story in whatever episodes story it is he wants to tell. But he is a liar.

What sounds better? Gabriel ran away to hide under the skirt of his pagan friends?

Or, Gabriel was living a luxurious life where he was pampered and beloved;

(That’s right, the pornstars obviously)

That these so called friends wined and dined him, fed him his fill, and then when he was at his most vulnerable after they’d made well sure he felt comfortable enough to let his guard down- THEN, and only then, did they strike out against him. He could have never seen it coming. The ultimate betrayal.

Gabriel can’t keep his story straight the whole episode. He opens with a bold faced lie (can you spot the resemblance to any other lies so far?)

He knows this looks bad. He’s already so fragile, and he knows the Winchesters want him for his grace so I can’t imagine him knocking on their door for help was a decision he came to easily. So these two men who are bigger than him, stronger than him, and have a bone to pick with him, bring him into their motel room while he’s bleeding his guts out and can barely stand. He peacocks. I’m fine, “you should see the other guy”, wink wink. God forbid they know he’s weak, god forbid they think he’s any more pathetic than they already do.

He’s guarding his very fragile ego right now, frankly, it’s the only thing he has left.

I don’t doubt for a moment that Loki’s POV is any less clouded by his own personal prejudices and ego, they’re very much the same after all. Loki was in that cave, Gabriel did rescue him.

These are facts. That doesn’t change that Loki freed Gabriel from a cave of his own and saved him from his family as well.

They are equals in this fact. But neither willing to admit to it. Loki I understand, he’s given very little time to plead his case and so he gets right to the point. I saved Gabriel’s life, he killed my father.

Gabriel however, has plenty of time to explain himself and wastes it spinning a story in which he can both simultaneously look cool and still find himself to be the ultimate victim in. He wastes time keeping the Winchesters in the dark and it could have cost them their lives when they ran in after Gabriel without the whole story. Lucky for them, no one here cares about the Winchesters lol Loki is as occupied with Gabriel and he is with Loki. But they could’ve been hurt!

I’m not saying Gabriel doesn’t deserve catharsis, that he shouldn’t get to kill Loki and his children. I don’t need to, Gabriel does-

Maybe that was the tricksters best trick so far, that Gabriel managed to warp his own memories and perception of what happened to fuel his own survival, and now that he’s out and the world is real again he can’t make himself let go of what he had to tell himself. That Loki was unnecessarily cruel. That Loki snapped out of nowhere. That his closest confidant sold him out for money of all things. He can’t let himself remember it was more complex than that, he tells himself he needs this, because if he doesn’t he’ll have to admit that under all this peacocking and lying he is that weak and broken and scared. If Gabriel has to sit down with the reality that he’s never going to be that cool and sexy guy who gets everyone he wants and couldn’t care less, he’d probably want to kill himself (which is what really starts to get him down in the following episodes because guess what, killing Loki didn’t fix anything he’s still broken, :( always will be)

I think he believes if he can lie hard enough, this fabrication could be real. It can be real to him at least, so he doesn’t have to face the humiliation of either admitting to his own stupid naïveté and he didn’t see the obvious coming, or that he knowing and wilfully begged Loki for a place by his side and got throw down hard for his cowardice. But it’s not like there’s anyone left to contest his story now.

[acourtofquestions]

A Maasverse note because I think sometimes characters get poorly judged both by other characters, plot lines, & fandom reception (of course this is all fictional… so this post is also purely fiction… and probably has some “fictional world differences” or “rules” to apply… but still😂)

This started with the *sarcastic* “lovely” talk with Darrow about the “people of Terrasen” because the idea of blaming Aelin — who, btw, let the record show was ONLY an EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD!!! — for “abandoning them” when she WAS A CHILD really got on my nerves. Especially as even this conversation is taking place with a 19-year-old… while not 8, and “old enough” in her own right; SHE IS STILL NINETEEN… and if you ask me IF ANYONE did any “abandoning” it was the people of Terrasen who simply went “hmm… we can’t find our queen… oh no! She must have drowned! No need to think further!!! MOVING ON!” meanwhile she was KIDNAPPED, after having her ENTIRE family assassinated IN FRONT OF HER (at EIGHT) and nearly drowning to outrun the assassin trying to KILL HER, & Arobynn was NOT much better; she couldn’t escape (cause SHE WAS EIGHT and with an ACTUAL ASSASSIN) and by the time she had “learned” (been forced into & through traumatic, abusive, horrifying, painful experiences for YEARS) enough to be “allowed” to leave the keep and at all able to even possibly run far enough to somehow get to Terrasen it was already GONE there was nothing left for her to go back to or save, and (even then) she was STILL A CHILD. She came back in under 10 years, barely an adult, she SURVIVED, give the girl some CREDIT PLEASE!!! And yeah, she was an assassin, no it’s not the most moral of jobs (but this is fiction) it was that or death, she went to hell & back (this was NOT some pampered upbringing) and YOUR queen endured it FOR you (and YOU damned her to it, or is it not fair to blame you? Oh, so it isn’t fair to blame y'all… yet the EIGHT-YEAR-OLD is fine?!) and to be honest, from her lineage (which kind of doomed her already) to the state of their world, they may actually NEED/want to have an Assassin as a Queen. Like yeah, she did that, she SURVIVED that, she is capable and smart and can actually lead a war. Can any of you old men gawking at her say the same??? Hmm??? No, you can’t because even though you all saw horrors, we all know the CHILDREN of Terrassen endured the worst; Aedion fought your wars, Elide was also kidnapped (not that any of you care; but it did keep her alive—I guess?), so can we just be glad you all are alive?!? AND LEAVE AELIN BE FOR ONCE, PLEASE! (I’m sure Darrow “has his reasons” and a backstory, but as a general point & issue I really can’t stand it).

wow sorry don’t know what got into me there maybe it is a lil personal?😅😂

Then into one that keeps popping up and bothering me: the argument & anger towards Nesta & Elain. Now while it does have its place (and I have been there too during points of my first read), I also am taking it all into account, and while I’m sorry that they let her go into the woods they were children. Nesta was a CHILD. Elain was a CHILD. (Maybe I don’t know exact ages, but they can’t have been in their 20s & 30s😂). THEY WERE ALL CHILDREN TOO. While Feyre was the youngest, while Feyre deserved safety & protection, while Feyre truly did go through a lot (and the fact she didn’t feel loved is absolutely gut-wrenching and wrong) some of which she may have been able to be spared from… she also wasn’t the only child, freezing, starving, losing parents, and terrified. Even Nesta as the oldest was still a kid. Elain is not that much older than Feyre, and she was a kid too. And yes, Feyre was a child, she was FOURTEEN, she was their little sister, and she was a child too even more. But honestly the truest guilt relies on not the sisters (THREE CHILDREN) but on the ACTUAL ADULTS; their father; who did have his issues & eventually redemption (and yes parents aren’t always capable that does happen; disability, pain, grief, depression, they are beasts), but also he still remains FAR more responsible than Nesta or Elain or even Feyre EVER should have been in the first place. It lies on THE ENTIRE VILLAGE that abandoned them; CHILDREN, whose mother had DIED, whose father was CLEARLY UNWELL, who were freezing & starving (& while the village may have been struggling they COULD have struggled TOGETHER and NOT LEFT CHILDREN to their own); THEY should have been the ones to step up. Not Nesta. Not Elain. Not Feyre. The three sisters were all children. And while any oldest sibling knows we are capable of filling roles, that doesn’t make it right; nor does it make anyone’s brains fully formed… so… like… they literally couldn’t think beyond more sometimes. And yes, while I can’t imagine sending one of my siblings (older or younger) off into the woods alone for any reason (I also could understand going off before they could stop you; I can understand why & how Feyre might’ve without them even knowing; because if it were my family it wouldn’t matter I’d do it, even if someone older was there), but I also can’t pretend it would be oh so easy to keep all four people alive by yourself (to a certain extent Nesta needs to be alive because she is the only “semi-adult” in the first place) and still as a child abandoned by the world (she had her issues too) she was a daughter so sure her father would save them begging for it in agony over it and lost in the world. While I in Nesta’s shoes would NEVER have let Feyre be near anyone during a break in, we don’t know the full story, Nesta may not have had options; she may have just run, grabbed Elain who was close by, and hid because at least she could keep them alive; and she was also a terrified child. And while Elain “went along” in Nesta’s shelter without protest; WHY WOULD’NT SHE? All children crave & deserve protection, safety, kindness, love, she has that in Nesta; why would she run from the only stability she has; especially as the child that lost something else (where Nesta was the favorite & simultaneously resented their mother, and Feyre was the “forgotten” child who never got to be a child or know such a kind of safe love, Elain did which means she knew the loss of it she had a mother to grieve) she was young and terrified and holding on to the only thing she could? And what happened to Feyre was terrible, she was forced to shoulder a burden alone, she also took it on (not blaming her, just saying she also didn’t say anything; because it was survival) and yes, it was wrong. But what happened to Nesta and Elain was also wrong. The three of them were children, and they could have done better, but they did their best and survived. As adults, they have begun healing those wounds. What else can we expect other than accountability from the ACTUAL adults at fault?! *and by actual I mean fictional😂*

The past is past. (To some extent in this context side at least)

So I guess all I’m saying is WHY ARE ALL THESE YA NOVELS BASED ON BABY’s AND TEENAGERs AND WHERE ARE ANYONE's PARENTS (oh wait their all orphans that tracks now) CAUSE I GUESS IT'S THE TROPE 🤦‍♀️ and the next character that gets all political & sexist & “my way or the highway child” during the middle of a WAR by blaming Aelin (or gods forbid poor the more I learn) Aedion for what they did to survive as children during Empire of Storms is going to get my wrath😅😂🤣 and don’t you dare Darrow EVER talk to Lysandra like that again!!! *thank you, Rowan, for protecting them; your family; with pride* (at least the 200-year-old stepped up to the plate😅😅😂… too soon?)

Shoutout to iwantavaldezinator for fandoming with me about the Terrasen issue😂

[thebuginthecornerofyourroom]

So, GTA5 is 10 years old.

I did not have an experience with the game (still don't), but most of my friends from back then did. It was everywhere. In person, in the tv, in the discourse... And early gamer youtubers were raving on the thing, especially when the online version came out. I remember seeing ratboy gamer channels playing the game for years after the release, either making stuff up in the history, roleplaying, making challenges with friends. I guess a lot of people that are now well established streamers started getting big that way. And they had their own fanbases that also played the game, since it wasn't a live update, just one purchase and that's it, you were in.

But now, it's been 10 years...

Back then, with some curation of your YT feeds, you could find some good channels with honest, entertaining content, but a lot of the videos of GTA5 were a showcase of gaming toxicity when interacting with other players. Since they also played a lot of other competitive games, you could see it all: racism, misoginy, abuse... All of the things that make youtube a shithole as a community you could see in ratboy gamer channels that uploeaded GTA5 stuff. Hell, if you moved around those circles, you could even see it in real life.

Now, things have changed.

Youtubers that got popular at that time have moved on to twitch to livestream instead. Ratboys that were 15 at the time are now 25yo adults, and have changed, for better or for worse. Channels and fans have gone deeper through the pipeline and have ended as alt-right channels or straight up nazis. Others have left videogames and youtube altogether. Other have transitioned. Others have children.

God of War 3 came out in 2010 and it was worse than the 2nd because it turned into just GodKiller Gore and Viscera Extravaganza by the mad god Kratos. Time later, Santa Monica made the sequel, with a Kratos with a kid, with a deep story about fatherhood, regrets and responsability. You still kill gods, but it is no longer because they crossed your path, and is justified by the story instead. It's the same character, but it has grown.

By the images of the trailer, the usual dumbasses are already complaining that GTA6 is gonna be Woke, that it's just gonna be progressive and pampering to the left and yadda yadda because black people are in it or there is a woman or whatever. For all that we know, Rockstar has shown a trailer with the same environmental topics than GTA5, and in the end, that's gonna pamper to the people that have not changed that much since. But what about the people that have changed? What are the people that have grown going to think if GTA6 treats black people as racial stereotypes in their story? Or women? Or LGTB people? Or other marginalized groups?

It's gonna be very interesting to see the people that have changed and the people that have stayed the same react to this, wether the game is the same as it was, or Rockstar has also changed.

[cursedvibes]

Watch Kenjaku legit step in between Sukuna and Yuuji next week cause at this point I believe anything could happen lmao

I always wonder, with all the allegories Kenjaku has going on surrounding birth, pregnancy and fetuses, does this favoritism towards Yuuji also come from the fact that they gave birth to him? Unconciously, idk. There's multiple factors including his own selfish agenda, or the fact that after 9 children Yuuji is the only one Kenjaku found not a failure etc., but carrying a child, giving birth and possibly breastfeeding might've had an effect on them.

Anwyays: I find it extremely interesting that Kenjaku didn't intend for Yuuji to stay as a vessel. Clearly Yuuji having a body strong enough to host Sukuna was the overall idea, but they really make it sound like they were really letting Jin Itadori pipe them just for the hell of it just to see what would come out of that lol. Cause really, beyond hosting/repressing Sukuna (which Yuuji has semi succesfuly done until... uh... now...), Kenjaku already said they don't have a specific role for Yuuji to play and want to see whatever he does next.

Also R.I.P Itadori Jin, Choso would have imprited on him like a baby duck.

I'm not entirely sure Sukuna will seriously try to kill Yuuji. He generally prefers to toy with and torture him, and watching Megumi be possessed while being powerless to do anything about it is way more cruel than killing him. Yuuji wants to die anyway. But speaking of, Kenjaku has to become a bit more careful with Yuuji. In the past they could count on Sukuna reviving him or someone else like Yuuta stepping in and healing him, but now that will become more difficult. Not saying they will pamper him in any sense of the word or jump in front of the gun so to say...just maybe keep a closer eye on him? But I think they're gonna do that anyway for multiple reasons.

Yes, I think having given birth to him and him being their biological child has some influence on them. They also call themselves Choso's parent and there still seems to be some Noritoshi DNA swimming around in them (which gives them immunity against the Death Painting poison), but they don't call the Death Paintings their children or acknowledge any kind of close personal relationship because well...there isn't one. They didn't birth them or father them, they simply arranged for the abuse of the Mother and then added Noritoshi's blood. Much more hands-off than Yuuji's case. No playing house and teasing the father-in-law. And then there's the failure on top of it. When Choso isn't screaming in their ear, they generally don't seem to think much about that experiment, just "that happened, that sucked, anyway-". They make jokes about it instead of seeming upset.

So in that sense Yuuji is their only living child and he's getting the favourite treatment (not always a good thing with Kenjaku). I also think they would have fucked Jin either way. Maybe they wouldn't have necessarily had a child with him, but he's their type: guy with colourful hair, more slender than muscled body and pretty face. counting Mahito and Kashimo too here because I'm biased They were having a little fun at work you could say. Given their domain, I also don't think this was their first pregnancy. They've been alive for over a millennium, contraception wasn't always that good and they clearly are attracted to men. Things happen. And who knows how many times they practised for this experiment. I don't think even they could make Sukuna's perfect restricting vessel or whatever else Yuuji is supposed to be on first try. All these kids would of course be long dead and I think they were always more of an absent parent/mother anyway. Whatever happened to those children could also influence how they feel about Yuuji now. But we will probably find out more about it when they meet him again and/or we get to why they picked Kaori and Jin specifically (if they picked Jin at all and didn't just do it with him because he was available and desperate for a baby).

Another thought, in Shibuya they also said "things born from me can't exceed my own potential" with a kind of faint expression. The English translation uses "create", but in Japanese it's 生まれる which straight up just means "to be born". There are a lot of pregnancy allegories in their speeches, they don't always get translated though, like in ch 202 when they say the cursed spirit will be pregnant/swollen with the cursed energy of a hundred million people.

I think this could for one, refer to past experiments that involved them giving birth, which clearly didn't go very well or it's what they might ideally hope for Yuuji to achieve. Although judging by their expression there's not a lot of hope. This phrase of course also includes the Death Paintings, but since they don't act this depressed whenever else they are brought up, I don't think that's the full picture. In that case, they didn't birth anything anyway, which might have been the point. They thought things would go better with minimal involvement from their side, but that didn't help either. But maybe Yuuji will manage to surprise them and prove them wrong.

[lollytea]

i just read your latest fic and it had me so emotional, like it felt very true to them, in darius’s inner thoughts about how hunter ‘snuck into’ his heart, to his dorky ‘HAH’ at hunter, to hunter’s ears basically burning off. then the hug at the end was so funny but also so sweet! do you have any darius and hunter headcanons that weren’t mentioned? no pressure to answer, mainly came here to say i loved ur writing! hope u have a nice day

(This ask is several weeks old. Sorry I forgot about it for so long but I finally feel like talking about Darius again.)

To be honest while I do enjoy this idea of Darius and Hunter forming their own little family, I was definitely drawing a few blanks on how it would realistically get to that point, given what we know from canon interactions. But when sitting down to write the fic, I tried figuring that out. I don't really have any cutesy domestic family hcs about them but I can ramble a little about my hcs about how their dynamic formed? From like. Pre-ASIAS to post King's Tide. Idk if that's what you're asking for but I'll go for that.

-- I see Darius as somebody who is very flawed but ultimately good. He's not very nice but he’s a hero. He risked his life for his cause because he wanted to save the lives of everyone on the Boiling Isles. He cares about people as a whole but he doesn’t really like most of them individually. He believes children should mix with other children and have healthy friendships with each other but he also can’t stand children anywhere near him. 

He’s very much “Yeah I believe in the inherent goodness of witch-kind. I just think witch-kind is very annoying and everyone should stay the fuck away from me.” 

Like he's so self-involved and wrapped up with his own agendas that he really doesn't spare the lives and feelings and motivations of other people a second thought. Unless it's somebody he actually cares about (like Eberwolf.) they just don't matter to him personally. 

-- This was originally his view on Hunter. Darius never really thought about this kid unless he was standing directly in front of him and even then, his only feeling about him was annoyance. Due to that self-involved nature, it never occurred to Darius to maybe analyse for a minute why Hunter might be the way he is. He just believed him to be an uptight, arrogant spoiled brat. 

Based on Lilith’s opinion of Hunter, I personally believe that Belos’s abuse over him was a secret and nobody in the coven had any idea what was going on behind closed doors.(Except for Kikimora cuz shes nosy.)  They all just assumed he was a pampered little prince who got special treatment just for being a prodigy and having a familial connection to Belos, Darius included. 

Plus he was very obviously a snitch and they couldn’t risk having him around. Darius found that when he ignored Hunter, he usually got all pissy and stormed off so this was his go-to method of keeping Hunter’s nose out of their rebellion business. 

There’s also, of course, Darius’s extremely complicated and somewhat stifled feelings of having a kid with his mentor’s eyes running around. I figure Darius largely repressed how deeply this hurt to look at him when Hunter was very young and manages not to think about it most of the time. But it still hits him sometimes when he least expects it.

Like Hunter is his mentor’s replacement. Just looking at him was a reminder that the man Darius knew was dead. In the past Hunter’s existence filled Darius with sadness and anger. This probably had an effect on how icy Darius became when Hunter was around, though it had mostly numbed into indifference by the time he was a teenager. 

-- Hunter’s original feelings towards Darius are interesting. I think he secretly looked up to him even before the events of ASIAS. But of course Darius is nothing but distant and dismissive which infuriates him. (I still think about his palismen recording where he’s like “Darius just IGNORED me. ALSO as per usual.” He sounds so petty. So full of contempt. Its hilarious. It sounds like Darius is in the room across the hall and Hunter is speaking loud enough to make sure he hears.) This causes Hunter to act out to a pathetic extent. Whenever they interact he plucks up all of his Golden Guard-ness to make himself seem more impressive so Darius will stop looking at him like that.

In their first scene together in ASIAS, Hunter is struggling to grip on to his authority over Darius but he just comes across as a petulant child. But the moment Darius starts making those disapproving comments, Hunter folds completely. One conversation with Darius and he’s become a desperate puppy who wants to be told he’s doing a good job. I wonder if he would have reacted like this if it were just anybody or if he specifically wants Darius’s approval so badly because he’s someone who’s never given him any. Obviously Hunter’s self-worth in general is mostly at play, but I think the person who makes him feel shitty being Darius definitely has some influence over it. 

Like Hunter is Darius’s superior and we know that in any other circumstance he would probably be offended that someone who ranks below him has the audacity to order him around. But Hunter spends the whole episode carrying out Darius’s “orders” like a good little child soldier and excitedly blowing up his phone like “I did good! I did so good!! When you see how good I did you’re gonna be like “Hunter you did good!” You’ll see!!”  

(Also “How did you get this number?!”

*shifty eyes* “doesn’t matter.”

HUNTER???) 

So its like. The two of them start off with a very clashing dynamic that is kinda unhealthy for the both of them. But there is hope. There is always hope. 

-- Their final scene in ASIAS is a turning point for this relationship because it’s when they really begin to see each other in an entirely new light. It turns their former dynamic on its head. Hunter wanted Darius’s approval because he was a well respected and intelligent Coven Head, someone who was deeply involved in “Belos’s World”, something that Hunter was so passionate about being a part of. 

But in that moment where Darius expressed how proud he was of Hunter rebelling and making connections outside of the castle and assuring him that he won’t tell Belos about this incident or about Flapjack, this perception Hunter has of him changes.

With this, he has dipped into Hunter’s world, his private messy conflicted little world and he doesn’t judge him for it. Basically Darius encourages Hunter’s identity outside of being the Golden Guard and Belos’s loyal nephew. 

And Hunter doesn’t really know how to wrap his head around this at first. Like he doesn’t smile in the scene. He’s confused. Completely fucking bewildered. He does not have a single clue what is happening or why Darius is suddenly being nice to him for no reason. Like for the whole episode he wanted to hear Darius say he was impressed but now that it’s happened he’s like “huh???” 

But Darius showed Hunter kindness and if there’s one thing Hunter is always grateful for, it’s kindness. So his respect towards Darius doesn’t disappear but it definitely shifts into another direction because it now comes from a different place entirely. He now has a little affection for him too, which did not exist before. So it’s like. Originally antagonistic co-workers but now maybe friends?? Maybe?? Acquaintances at the least. And that’s a start. 

Darius keeps his word and never breathes a word of this to Belos which makes Hunter feel like maybe he can actually trust somebody in this castle. Like maybe he can like. Tell Darius things? And he won’t have to worry about it getting around. There’s definitely a tentative trust building. 

-- On Darius’s end, the ASIAS scene was the first time his brain really saw the whole picture. It made him stop and re-evaluate the boy he had previously written off. It humanized Hunter in Darius’s eyes. Enough so that once the night is over, he might even feel a little guilty that it had taken him so long to realize that he really was just a lonely kid this whole time. But at that moment, he’s so pleasantly surprised and amused that he’s just overtaken by a bout of genuine warmth. His brain is just going “Good kid!! You’re a good kid!!” 

I feel like Darius’s comment about sewing lessons was supposed to imply that the two of them do end up spending some time together after that episode. Which presents this set up. Darius has known Hunter for years but it has always been as the Golden Guard. But what kind of person is he when he’s off duty and he’s just a kid clumsily learning to cross-stich? Well Darius gradually finds out and it’s like meeting someone new. He becomes quite attached, in spite of himself. 

As mentioned above, Darius being his secret-keeper coaxes Hunter into being a little more open during their conversations, which further strengthens then budding bond. And it’s like. He doesn’t say it outright. It’s all about the implications. But Darius soon comes to realize that Hunter’s relationship with Belos is not what everyone thought it was. 

-- Darius does not fully realize just how attached he is getting to Hunter. He sorta figures he just finds him somewhat endearing. Like a friendly neighbour giving a kid life advice but still keeping him at arm’s length. Like he’s bored. Might as well teach some dorky kid to sew idk. 

I love his extreme reaction to Hunter being mentioned during Hollow Mind. The instinctive movement, followed by the sheepish body language. I like to interpret it as Darius being like “Okay yeah sorry I don’t really know what that was either.” It’s him realizing for the first time that the love he has for Hunter has snuck up on him.

But as the night goes on, he comes to fully accept that he really really cannot deal with the thought of that kid getting hurt. Which is kinda huge for Darius “Some of you may die. But that is a sacrifice I am willing to make.” Deamonne. Really the only person alive whose wellbeing worries him to that extent is Eberwolf. 

-- However everything Darius has been working towards is finally building up to a climax so he doesn't have time to focus on his conflicted sense of attachment towards the boy. He doesn't see himself as a very paternal person so its a little too much to unpack right now.

All he knows is that his goal has extended to something more specific. He's always understood the reality that some people might die in the process of saving the Boiling Isles and he has accepted it. But now he's decided that it cannot be Hunter. This Golden Guard needs to survive. If he doesn't, Darius doesn't know if he'll sleep right ever again.

-- Once they come into contact again after the events of Labyrinth Runners, Darius tries to keeps a distance between himself and Hunter, both physically and emotionally. He doesn't freeze him out entirely like the way he acted pre-ASIAS and he keeps up their amicable relationship but he doesn't meet with him in person, only speaking with him sparsely over crystal ball. This is partly because of paranoia over spies possibly picking up on the rebellion leader's fondness for the former golden guard, and partly because he doesn’t want to encourage Hunter into getting involved in all of this and Darius fears that showing too much approval or affection would only egg him on.

However, during their first conversation, it is obvious that Hunter fully intends to be involved. This is obvious from the way he carries himself in Darius's presence, the brusque and businesslike way he speaks, as though this is a government strategy meeting, oblivious to the fact that Darius only called to make sure he was safe. He's also filthy and exhausted looking and as he's rambling away about the EC invasion of Hexside, so obviously having practised it in the mirror beforehand, Darius feels his throat tighten.

This is so obviously a kid, his immaturity is transparent and even after everything he's been through, Hunter still feels an obligation to play the role of a self sacrificial hero. This is the moment when Darius's vow of downplaying his fondness crumbles and he can only sigh, overwhelmed with relief that this child is still alive in spite of everything. Darius tells Hunter that he's proud of him. He didn't plan on it but he just had to.

Darius had to reign himself in after that, swearing not to be so often until the Day of Unity was over. He was rather aloof with Hunter from that point on. Hunter notices the shift in his Darius’s behavior and assumes it's just because their situation is grave. He mirrors it when they converse, just to further prove that he is taking this seriously.

-- Hunter is terrified at the very idea of being involved in this final stand against Belos. It keeps him up at night just thinking about it. However, not being involved simply isn't an option. There's too many lives at stakes and he has never done nothing in his life. Plus at the front of all this is Darius leading the rebellion and Hunter wants to be as brave as Darius. He feels like he would be a disappointment if he doesn't make himself useful.

He's been compensating during their talks by summoning as much as the Golden Guard as he possibly can because all of his confidence has kinda deteriorated since Hollow Mind, which he is desperately trying to hide from Darius. Their relationship just reached a point of mutual respect and he's terrified of losing that.

Despite how much they have come to care about each other, they still don't fully understand each other, due to their own flaws as people and the limited time they've spent together. Hunter is still under the belief that he has to earn this relationship through heroics, despite the fact that he really doesn't want to.

Meanwhile, Darius doesn't understand that maybe he should talk to Hunter a little more, express how much he cares about him, stabilize their relationship in Hunter's eyes. Maybe then they could have come to an honest understanding and Darius could have found a job for Hunter that would have helped the rebellion but wouldn't have put him directly in the crossfire. However Darius has never been good at expressing deeper emotions, so he just doesn't. So they get absolutely nowhere.

-- Darius assigning Hunter as Luz's escort was absolutely a sneaky way of giving him something to do that would keep him out of harm's way, similar to how Eda sent Luz off on the "mission" in the first place.

Darius kept his connection to Hunter to himself. It wasn't something he talked about. But Raine could obviously tell. And of course Raine tells their girlfriend everything. And like. Who would understand what Darius is going through better than Eda? She also took in some dumb kids just for shits and giggles only to become unwillingly attached to them. And though Darius remained tight lipped on his own dilema, he did listen as Eda plonked down beside him, offering him a swig of her apple blood ("Ew. No. Your spit is on that.") and expressed how frustrated she gets with those kids sometimes. Too young and too stubborn and unwilling to back down, even when Eda is begging them to let her keep them safe. But they'd never trust her again if she forced them out of it, so now she just feels completely helpless.

And though Darius never mentioned Hunter, Eda knew that he felt similarly. The Amity mission was the brainchild between the two of them, a way of getting both their children out of the way, without them feeling like they were being pushed out of the way.

-- Once the dust lifts, the draining spell stops and the Boiling Isles is turned upside-down, the BATTS are forced to regroup and adjust to their current dilema. But, as Darius and Eda eventually discover, Hunter, Luz and King are nowhere to be found.

-- There are also 4 distressed and furious fathers who want answers on the whereabouts of their children. With everyone in such hysterics, Darius is obligated to be the level-headed one, despite his own nerves. He assures the parents that wherever their children are, he believes that they are definitely with an amazing boy who will do everything in his power to keep himself. This Darius promises, because he cannot fathom a reality where Hunter is torn away from the other kids. He has to be with them.

Darius later sits down next to Eda, finally opts to take a swig of her flask (Truly a sign that the end is nigh.) And says "You know I meant that. They won't be hurt while he's with them. Luz included."

Eda erupts with a dismissive snorty laugh. "Luz doesn't need that nerd taking care of her. Betcha twenty snails that when they pop up again, we find out that she was the one saving his butt."

Darius scoffs. "Twenty snails? Really, Eda? I know you can make it more interesting than that. Fifty."

It might be an odd way of coping but Darius and Eda making wagers over which of their kids is tougher really reinforces the wishful thinking that their kids are out there somewhere and they're alive. Because Darius and Eda don't know what they would do if they let themselves believe otherwise.

-- So like. At this point Darius and Hunter care very deeply for each other but they haven't had the chance to come to a mutual understanding, which has led to miscommunication and uncertainty and a reluctance to admit just how much they do care. The groundwork is in place but they still have so much building to do. I figure that it'll be after season 3 before their relationship can really grow. But I kinda LOVE how complicated it has the potential to be.

[jmalchanceux]

You are pregnant (Headcanon) - Donna Beneviento

- You live together less than a year when she broaches the subject, Donna simply loves seeing you with Angie and how patient and loving you are with the doll she considers a daughter, she has imagined several times what you would be like with a baby, a child of yours and hers. She casually asks you if you want to have children someday and when you answer yes, the doll maker becomes quiet, thoughtful;

- She asks Mother Miranda for help so that she could get you pregnant, some modifications cadou allowed her to do this, you were surprised by the phallus when decided to have fun between four walls but you didn't think it was fertile and didn't worry about protection, she didn't warn either;

- In the following weeks she became more clingy and sweet than she usually is, Donna massages your feet before bed, prepares you herbal baths, cooks anything you want to eat and you attribute the weight you gain in a few months to this, but then came nausea and dizziness that hit you morning after morning like a punch in the stomach, you believe you are sick and strange the smile she gives you, as if you had said something silly, after that you have an ugly discussion about how she tricked you and got pregnant without consent;

- The relationship gets awkward at first, but you can't resist the doll maker who continues to pamper you and talk to the baby all night, lots of affectionate moments that quickly bring you two back together again, by the end of the third month you are totally reconciled. Donna and Angie can't stop talking about baby names, they have many ideas and both believe it's a boy, since you have no way to find out the gender even with Miranda there are no options left but to wait for the surprise;

- Donna has always wanted a family since she lost all her relatives at a young age and didn't think about the consequences of getting you pregnant without consent, so absorbed in the idea that she could start her dream family with you that she didn't even realize she was committing a kind of abuse, for several months she begged for an apology even though you had already told her that you forgive her and cried in your lap several times for it, in the end you both came to an agreement that a much desired child came at the right time although in the wrong way;

- There is a room left over where the baby's room would be, but Donna insists that the crib be in your room so that you could be close and meet all the child's needs, Angie wanted one too and with much difficulty you convinced her to sleep in her own room. Anyway, the other room has been decorated with autumn colors and there is a musical mobile above the furniture with several plush toys, created by Heinseberg, you also got a blanket embroidered by Lady Dimitrescu herself, the two siblings are excited about the arrival of their nephew, just like your wife and adopted daughter they faithfully believe it will be a boy;

- The Dimitrescu sisters, on the other hand, are betting that the baby is a little girl and they have learned to sew dolls like their aunt, creating a copy of each family member that have been placed on the bookshelf in the bedroom along with the children's books they have given away. Salvatore also thinks is a little girl and couldn't wait to spoil her as he does his other nieces. Mother Miranda doesn't take much interest in the child beyond the expectation that it will be a successful mutation cadou;

- At seven months you still don't have everything planned, there isn't even a birth plan, but when your waters break prematurely during a dinner at the Dimitrescu castle you are forced to deliver your baby in one of the rooms of the luxurious residence, Heinseberg and Salvatore take care of the girls while Alcina helps Mother Miranda bring your baby into the world;

- The labor is long and exhausting, Donna doesn't leave your side for a second and fills you with words of encouragement, praise, and thanks for bringing your heir into the world, after hours and the scare of a premature birth a baby so small it could fit in a shoebox comes into the world, a healthy little girl named Caterina Beneviento.

(Caterina is one of several variations of the name Catherine/Katherine and means "pure", Donna would love the meaning itself and how sweet and chic it sounds, principally with her last name)

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[astrobydalia]

❄️ SIGNS IN THE HOUSES 🏠

Hello guys! Here’s a quick description of how each sign influences the houses. At the end of this post there’s a quick run through of what the houses represent so you can better apply the description to your case. Enjoy!

***DISCLAIMER: Remember that planets and placements can modify these energies!!!! This post is mostly aimed to better understand empty houses.

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💪🏼 Aries: Where you have Aries in your chart represents the area of your life where you feel most independent and assertive. Could even be the area of your life where you adopt a more selfish attitude cus this could be where you feel most individualistic and where you prefer to walk solo or make your own decisions. This sign comes with a sexual undertone, not in a Scorpio way but more like this being an area of your life where you could feel empowered and therefore sexy. This might be where you feel like the first at something or where you just wanna go for it and have a leader/pioneer attitude.

💄 Taurus: where you have Taurus in your chart can represent where in your life you prefer to take things slowly and just enjoy every little step of the process. You just enjoy this house. It is where you might prefer to get things for yourself and then enjoy them, where you just like being pampered, all the luxury and taking care of yourself. This could be an area of your life in which you know exactly what you want from it and the part of your life that you just enjoy for the sake of it without any particular reason other than you just enjoy it. However, this is a house where you somehow get something from it. This house might be a source of relaxation, comfort and soothness.

⚙️ Gemini: where you have Gemini in your chart is the area of life where you may feel like you don’t know exactly know what you want so you’d rather browse through your options first. Bc of this, the house that rules this sign in your chart will be an area of big doubt and curiosity for quite some time. You’ll likely try to solve these doubts by gaining more intelectual knowledge like researching information, asking for opinions and stuff. Even when you have things a bit more figured out, you might still want this area of your life to have some “openness”. Can also be an area of your life where you’re somehow juggling two or more stuff.

🧸 Cancer: where you have Cancer in your chart is the area of your life where you’re more sentimental and where you like to be vulnerable. Could be where your family has some direct or indirect influence or where you take into account your family the most. You somehow relate the themes of this house to your family. The house that rules this sign in your chart will influence how you deal with your feelings and it’s where you’ll be driven mostly by them. There could be a strong sense of nostalgia and you may want to feel cared for here. This is an area of life where you just wanna follow your heart so to speak.

👑 Leo: where you have Leo in your chart is the area of your life where you take most pride in. This house will influence your sense of individuality and you’ll feel like what this house represents is part of what make you you and is basically part of you “brand” as person. It represents the area of your life where you may wanna feel like the protagonist or like you somehow stand out. In this house you could also showcast your natural talent or what the house represents will be part of your natural talent(s) and where you see a source fun. In this house is where you might find flings.

🧽 Virgo: where you have Virgo in your chart is the area of life where you feel like you should act more methodical and deliberately. Where you feel like you need to make plans, itineraries and mental lists for everything. Or is simply an area of your life where you have a set plan or expectation. Where everything falls “according to plan” or like it’s supposed to. This is an area of your life where you wanna keep things simple and predictable and where you may be most efficient and helpful. In this house there could be a sense of wanting to do something for others somehow and where you caritative spirit is showcased.

🖼 Libra: where you have Libra in your chart is the area of your life where you like to collaborate with others, ask for options or feedback so that everyone is happy. This is an area of your life where you only wanna see harmony and you just want to enjoy it peacefully, but unlike Taurus, this is something you wanna enjoy with an other not just yourself. This is an area where you feel the most beautiful or where you see everything as beautiful and/or artistic. This can also represent the area where you usually find your romantic partners and most likely where you’ll find partners with whom you’ll have a commited relationship.

⛓ Scorpio: where you have Scorpio in your chart is the area of your life where you may find more turbulence or drama such as abuse, bullying, things constantly going wrong etc. This is an area of your life that could be source of trauma, but also deep self-discovery. Could indicate where in your life you feel sexualized or where you find sexual partners, where you lost your virginity, found your sexuality, etc. This will be an area of your life that will force you to change or upgrade constantly or you could feel like you’re the one who needs to constantly change or upgrade this house’s themes. You could find that this part of your life is full of ugly, uncomfortable, taboo stuff.

📚 Sagittarius: where you have sagittarius in your chart is the area of your life where you are most optimistic and hopeful. It’s where you found your wisdom or where you feel the most wise or where you become wiser. This area of your life could have been very eventful and you may feel wise about this house bc you feel like you’ve seen it and experienced it all, but you still have more to go and learn. You could see this house as a source of adventure, thrill, fun, exploration and knowledge. This area of of your life could be influenced by religion, higher knowledge, a lot of smart or wise people around, foreigners, traveling etc.

📊 Capricorn: where you have Capricorn in your chart is the area of your life where you are mostly serious and strategic. You want no bullshit when it comes to this house, you want things serious and long-lasting. SERIOUS is the key word here. This will be a part of your life that will take you time and practice to really get the hang of and you may need to work hard in order to master it. You may find yourself struggling with this house for some time. Like Virgo, you want things to be predictable with this house but Capricorn also wants things to be 100% reliable and long-term. When you finally see things going well with this house, it’s always gonna give you a sense of victory.

🪅 Aquarius: where you have Aquarius in your chart is the area of your life where you are more innovative and socially-aware. It might as well be where you find your best friends, like your BEST best friends. This can be where you may have felt like you were smarter or where your ideas are seen as bizarre or genious. In this house you may have to deal with lots of people, crowds or the general public, so this is where you are most socially active. You may care about this house and could commit to it, but you don’t want to feel too attached to it either. This is bc you may wanna stay experimental and open minded about this house bc you wanna get a sense of freedom from it.

🪄 Pisces: where you have Pisces in your chart is the area of you life idolize the most. This is the house you resort to in order to escape. This house could also give you a strong sense of longing, like you made a wish upon a star when it comes to this house and you may hope that one day you’ll get it. This house can also give you a sense of hopelessness, like you may not ever get or entirely grasp or understand those house’s themes. It can also give you a feeling like you don’t exactly know what’s going on with this house and you either roll with it or get anxious about it. You could have lots of misconceptions about this house too. This is an area of your life that could be source of creativity or spirituality.

THE HOUSES

1st house: the sign you have here is your personality, this is the vibe you give, how you see life and what you attract from it.

2nd house: the sign you have here represents how’s your self-worth, your possessions, your body, your way of making money and gaining things for yourself 

3rd house: the sign you have here represents your school life, neighborhood, the way you chat, your opinions, the way think or learn and your siblings

4th house: your home and family life, your basic emotionality and your family tree

5th house: your leisure times, hobbies, your children or inner child, flings, your self expression

6th house: your daily life, routine, your 9 to 5 job, acts of service and your health

7th house: your romantic life, how you are when you connect with others and the type of people you attract

8th house: your sexuality, your traumas and your shadow side, things about yourself that you hide bc you feel they’re wrong

9th house: university (or any higher study), religion, traveling, anything foreign and your beliefs

10th house: what you aspire to achieve and who you’ll grow to be once you mature, your career, your vocations public image and reputation

11th house: your friendship life, groups and communities, public settings and your view towards world or socially related issues

12th house: your imagination, what you subcountiously attract and desire, your dreams and fears, your soul, spirituality

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[thegreymoon]

LMAO, WHAT DO YOU THINK?

You've been expertly played by an opportunist for 20 years! I think it's about time you transferred your higher brain functions from your dick back to your head.

***

LMAO, as a Song Dynasty equivalent of a bank account, obviously! 🤣🤣

I have no sympathy for this man. Zero. None at all.

***

LOL, what is she doing??

I mean, technically, she's right, they must resolve this, but isn't she digging her own grave? Things were bad before, but now she's admitted to him that she never loved him and was using him all along, plus she is threatening the rest of his family?

Has she forgotten that she is a concubine and that they can sell and kill her at a whim? Does she think Molan will save her? There is NO CHANCE Molan's in-laws will lift a finger for her and what power does Molan have on her own? None! Changfeng is also useless.

And even if she is not banished, her life of leisure in this house is over! I think she has lost Sheng Hong's protection here for good.

***

Oh, fuck you.

Yeah, she's a bitch, and yeah, she has been a cancer eating away at this family for twenty years, but you brought her in! You! You fed her and nurtured her and gave her free reign to abuse and murder in your own house! You turned a blind eye to everything! You!

The nerve of him to act all offended now, smh.

***

Oh, and the best part of all this? Molan was undoubtedly his favourite child 🤣🤣

***

Oh, Hualan, you don't have an in-law problem. You have a worthless husband problem.

I am fascinated by this woman. Here she is, living with this useless man in a hell of a marriage and she is still here, preaching to her mother how she must support Sheng Hong and endure calamity together because they are husband and wife? How he will no longer pamper concubine Lin?

HE HAS BEEN PAMPERING CONCUBINE LIN FOR 20 YEARS! HE HAS CAUSED THE FUCKING CALAMITY! WHAT HUSBAND AND WIFE? HE BROUGHT ANOTHER WOMAN INTO HER HOUSE, HAD CHILDREN WITH HER AND UNDERMINED HER FOR HIS MISTRESS' SAKE AT EVERY TURN! HE HAS SPAT ON HIS MARRIAGE FOR DECADES AND WANG RUOFU IS FULLY ENTITLED TO NOW SPIT IN HIS FACE!

***

And when do we beat your worthless son to death, please tell?

Have I mentioned lately how much I despise Countess Wu?

***

Eww, gross 😬😬

I know this is technically not incest and that this is hugely hypocritical of me but family members sharing sexual partners is a HUGE squick of mine (like two brothers with the same woman, two sisters with the same man, or god-forbid, parent and child with the same partner). I nope out so hard.

***

LMAO, Granny remains an undisputed Queen 👑

End them, Granny!! 😅😅

***

LMAO, Granny is ruthless!

But I'm with her on this. I would react in the same way. If somebody went out of their way to endanger the life and livelihood of myself and those I care about for their own petty gain and then came to me asking me to ruin my life to help them get out of the hole they dug for themselves? I too would tell them to feel free to die.

***

LOL, she's pregnant?

But I am fascinated by all this. So, you were willing to beat a whole living woman to death for the crime of having sex, but are now unwilling to follow through because of a barely-there fetus that is the product of said sex? 🤔

I just cannot with this conservative, pro-birther logic.

***

Honestly, I've been thinking about what Molan would have turned out like if she'd had a different mother since I started this show.

She is beyond doubt a sociopath, but was she born that way, or is it her upbringing that turned her into one?

Honestly, I can see both sides of the argument.

Even if she's been born a legitimate princess, I can totally see her using her power to murder people to get a man who isn't interested in her to marry her too. If she had been born a man, she would have been even worse. The more power you give her, to more she will misuse it.

***

LMAO, Eldest Sister wanted to beat her ass so much 🤣🤣 Imagine pissing her, of all people, off to such an extent!

***

LOL, good girl, Minlan!

Honestly, same! With her prospects and the way all these marriages around her have turned out, I would have sooner become a nun.

***

LMAO, the mentality of these women, I cannot 🤣🤣

Each and every single one of them has had a hell marriage and still they are all, "Not marry? IMPOSSIBLE!"

The Story of Minglan

There is so much RL stuff that needs to get done ASAP but I MUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS!! 😭😭

I have the impulse control of a chipmunk, I swear 😫😫

***

All these servants are going to end up dead to cover up for Molan, aren't they 😔

On the one hand, they should have known better than to get involved in something this stupid and dangerous, but on the other, did they really even have a choice?

***

LOL, YOU HAVE LESS TIME THAN YOU THINK!

***

LMAO, IS HE SERIOUS?

The men on this show are so self-absorbed and stupid, I cannot 🤣🤣

My good sir, she is risking her whole life and future here if she is found out and all that will happen to you is a moderate scolding from Mommy 🙄

***

IKR! The audacity of him!

And you are still doing all this just to get him! GIRL!!

No brain cells are detected anywhere in this room!

***

IT IS HAPPENING!!!!!!!!!! 😱😱

OH, MOLAN, THERE WILL BE NO CRYING YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS ONE NOW!! YOU'VE FINALLY DONE SOMETHING DADDY CAN'T FORGIVE OR BLAME ON YOUR YOUNGER SISTERS!!

***

GETTING ALL THE POPCORN!! 🍿🍿

***

LMAO, everyone is so sick and tired of her bullshit 🤣🤣

"Daaaaaarling Hoooooong" is not going to do you any good this time!

***

Oh my goooooooddddd 🤣🤣

WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS GOING TO HAPPEN?

***

LOL, and of course she pretended to faint 🤣🤣

Bitch, the time for these cheap tricks is OVER!! YOU ARE DONE!!

***

LMAO, but god forbid she marries a scholar, and a farmer's son at that 🤣🤣

She must marry a 🌟COUNT🌟

***

Wait, would they really kill her?

I mean, I know they regularly murder servants, but she is a daughter of the house after all. I assumed that she'd get sent to a nunnery or something.

***

LMAO, THESE THINGS ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE!

IF THEY BEAT MOLAN TO DEATH, THEY ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO KILL YOU TOO!

***

LMAO, isn't your daughter implicated by association too?

What are you happy about?

***

Oh! They thought they could hide it!

No such luck, LMAO! 🤣🤣

***

LMAO, drag his useless ass, Granny!

This is all the fruit of his neglect and unfairness!

***

LMAOOO, THIS SCENE IS THE BEST!!

She's taking no prisoners today and he's so ashamed 💪💪

***

Oh my god.

She still thinks she's getting away with this?? 😬

***

OOOH, SHE IS SCREWED NOW!!

SHE LEAKED IT, DIDN'T SHE?

***

She is so over. She sorely overestimated herself here.

***

LMAO, this whole exchange 🤣🤣

The endless nerve of this woman!

[justanie]

Hoshi Kazeno (Lil' Oc Info):

Birthday: October 5th

Age: 12

Height: 1,49 cm - 4'9,5"

Likes: Singing, music, cute things, butterflies, fashion, shopping, gifts, showing off, being "herself", being pampered, desserts, candies, make friends, Big Hero 6, flowers, jewerly, pay attention, stickers, fruity lip gloss, cute animals, unicorns and rainbows.

Dislikes: Ugly insects, the abuse, that things don't go as she wants, ghosts, studying, "Nerd Things", seeing others suffer, villains and monsters of San Fransokyo.

Family: Liv Amara (Aunt), Fugi Kazeno (Father), Adelaide Amara (Mother), Ima Kazeno (Big Sis.), James Kazeno (Big Bro.), Yoshio Kazeno (Lil Bro.) and Kimi Kazeno (Lil Sis.)

Friends/Allies: Hiro Hamada (Crush onwards), Baymax, Megan Cruz, The Nerd Gang, Aunt Cass, Professor Granville, Chris (temporarily)

Enemies: Di Amara (later) Chris (later), Karmi (regularly) most of the villains in the first few seasons.

Voice Actress: Liliana Mummy.

History:

Hoshi Kazeno is the niece of Liv Amara, moved to San Fransokyo by decision of her parents since not having enough knowledge and getting distracted in her classes around science, she is moved to the city to take advantage of learning more from the high technology of which said city is characterized. Although the care of "Liv" does not help much, since she is negligent with Hoshi's education and instead of helping her to at least start with the basics of science as it was proposed for her, she enrolls her in the SFFI (San Fransokyo Female's Institute) to receive an education worthy of a true young lady believing that her reason for being there is for spoiled behavior (which, also helps, despite not being the main objective of why the girl is in San Fransokyo)

In her establishment, she ends up bumping into Hiro Hamada, who meets him at an event where the most acclaimed schools in San Fransokyo (the SFTI, the SFAI, my invented SFFI, among others) come together in a fair every year. Although her first impression was not something so pleasant, since Hoshi only mocked not him but the entire SFTI for the already reputation they have by being named "the School of Nerds" that by that time even before, Hoshi despised this type of people for no reason.

It is when for the time that she stays and adapts more to her new environment in the city, Hoshi changes her way of seeing science as something boring, to end up impressed by the great work and requirement that the facilities and inventions originating from San Fransokyo, starting to get closer to Hiro and the gang, where she was able to reveal a more friendly and charming face than the egotistical and pampered one that she always has to expose to the world. Her connection to the Big Hero 6 so far, is that she has only been present to see them in action (sometimes she gets rescued by them if danger confronts her) without taking into account that under those armors they are Hiro and the others being those super heroes, it's not until later.

Personality:

I think that by this point you already know what her personality is like: She is initially seen as a spoiled, selfish and pretentious girl, wanting anything on a whim and leaving aside issues that she dislikes. But under that layer of hostility, there is also an outgoing girl, with a sweet and kind heart who has only show if you know her better, worrying about people who matter Hoshi in her life despite continuing with her reputation as a "girly and spoiled girl".

Other Datas:

It is known that she is not originally from San Fransokyo, she lives in the almost neighboring city of this "Santolumbur" (A combination of Kuala Lumbur - Malaysia and Santorini - Greece) together with her family that you met from her parents and her four siblings, despite Since it is a disadvantage to be half ignored for being the middle child, she takes advantage of acting and doing what she wants with her life, even if her parents still pay her the same attention as their other children. Hoshi was born with the rare and peculiar "Alexandria Syndrome" reason why her eyes are naturally purple and not brown or blue like the rest of her family.

Her passionate hobby is a limited variety of what is related to music, preferring the classical, pop and celtic genre. She has a very fine and prodigious singing voice, knowing how to play wind instruments (specifically, the flute and its derivatives) better than anyone, although it can also vary a bit since she is able to play the Lyre and/or Harp and because of her musical likes, she dreams of one day becoming a famous singer in the future.

And that would be the most important thing that I can tell about my OC, that it should be stated that she would be introduced between the end of season 1 and that she would happen if she developed more than half of season 2 with Di Amara as the villain. Actually, i'm edit the part of Hoshi's home ^-^

[f1nalboys]

Anon asked:

Hi I was wondering if you could do headcannons for the slashers finding child reader and seeing some marks on their bodies that means they've been abused by their guardian or parent? And maybe slashers being the reader's new guardian and parent? You can add fluff in this if you like.

Hi, thank you sm for the request! I had such a good time writing this lol, just imagining some of them as parents was *chefs kiss* I hope you enjoy this! (And, if you or anyone reading this is dealing with abuse, please call or text the hotline * and remember you are strong, brave, and do not deserve what is happening. <3 )

*This hoteline is only for the U.S states and Canada, but please don’t be afraid to search up the hotline for where you are or to tell someone you trust!

WARNINGS: implication of abuse

MICHAEL (RZ)

‘What is this gremlin and why are they around me?’

Honestly would be treating you like a pest as a first instinct, he doesn't really get why you're around him in the first place like where are your parents…

I mean once he loses you he's gonna follow you around because he needs to know who you belong to lol 

During his little stalking hours he starts to recognise his own behavior that he exhibited in his childhood to yours and he gets this sick feeling in his stomach

When he sees your guardian he is immediately filled with rage because he knows exactly why you're doing the things you were

He is killing whoever it is that very night he doesnt care whos around of the chances of him being caught

There’s a 50/50 chance of him taking you in himself. I really think it’ll depend on your age and how you act, you know? Michael isn’t going to want to or be able to take care of a toddler or kid in a way he sees fit so he's just going to drop you off at a neighbors house 

Now if you’re older and more reserved/independent he might be more willing to watch over you but I still think it would be really hard for him to do so

As long as you’re in Haddonfield though he’ll be checking in on you and just making sure you're alright and safe

Boogieman got your back basically

Billy Loomis and Stu Macher

‘Why is this unattended child out at night and why are they hanging out around us?’

They’re psychopaths not assholes, they’re gonna try and help you lol

They’re surprisingly good with kids, especially Stu, so you’re immediately comfortable around them

Billy is the first to notice your behavior and any bruises and immediately connects the dots. He’s had his fair share of bruises and knows exactly how you got them

Once he starts asking questions, Stu will catch on and get just as mad as Billy, if not more so.

They both have already come to the same conclusion: whoever did it to you is not going to be surviving the night

Take you to Stu’s parents house (who welcome you with open arms and doted on you) and leave for an ‘errand’

Gone for a few hours and when they come back (they made sure to stop and get you some snacks) they let you know that you're safe now

When they take you to the police station in the morning they promise to make sure you’re alright and Stus parents offer to foster you (they’re going to adopt you don’t worry)

Big brother Stu and Uncle Billy :,)

Thomas Hewitt

Personally I think they have a strict no children policy (they’ll kill them if need be but they try to make sure it never comes to that) but Tommy and Luda Mae are very strict enforcers of this rule because if Hoyt had his way it wouldn’t matter what age you were; food is food

The moment Thomas sees you being hurt in any capacity he is going straight to his mother to tell her and lets just say Luda Mae is pissed

Thomas becomes a protective older brother to you, Luda Mae is acting like your mom, and Hoyts your weird Uncle but Tommy make sure he isn’t too harsh on you lol

Your abuser is staying alive until Thomas knows exactly what they did to you because he’s going to return it tenfold

Hoyt would bug you about getting revenge but Tommy really wouldn't want you to do so because you’re a kid, you shouldnt be exposed to that sort of thing (he knows eventually you’ll have to learn about the family business but he wants to stop that from happening for as long as possible)

If you say you want to, though, he’ll be with you every step of the way

He is going to teach you sign language you don’t know it because he wants to talk to you and let you know everything is alright now

Found family at its core babey

Sinclair Brothers

Lesters the first one who notices. He saw what happened with Bo growing up and seeing how you were acting when you were in the car, shrinking into yourself, he got angry

And when Lester is angry, he is angry… the man is hard to piss off so when Bo sees him pull into town with you in there and sees his face he knows something happened

God, speaking of Bo, he was furious. It took so much willpower to not kill your abuser right then and there

Bo is good with kids, i don't care what anyone says, he’s cracking jokes and letting them look at the car’s engine with him, stuff like that

Made sure you didn’t see or hear what happened with your abuser but will introduce you to Vincent (who might be more inclined to show you his face if you think his mask is scary) and he lets Vincent know that these people aren’t to become statues under any circumstance

He tells you the people you were with left and that they apologized for what they did and he doesn’t think you believe him but you seemed so relieved he didn’t want to tell you the truth

Most likely to take you to the next town over to the police station to get you somewhere safe because he and Vincent agreed that it wouldn't be safe for you in Ambrose

But if you begged enough to stay Vincent would convince Bo that it’d be alright

No matter how much Bo grumbles about you being there, eating him out of house and home, he’s actually pretty happy you're around because he can be a father figure to you (even if it scares him half to death)

Vincent will teach you how to sculpt (obviously not with humans, maybe when you're older if they ever tell you (or when you inevitably find out))

Cool Uncle Lester teaches you about bones and lets you ride around in the truck with him

Jason Voorhees

Witnesses it during his daily rounds around the camp  and neither he (or Mrs. Voorhees) is happy

Kills them then and there; there is 0 hesitation, he lowkey forgets you're even there and that you’re witnessing it 

When he notices you he feels so bad and actually feels worse when you seem to be happy they’re gone

Is afraid you're going to be scared of him because all he wanted to do was protect you but he’ll try and explain to you through sign language or through writing into the dirt with a stick

Actually wants you to stay in the camp with him so he can watch over you but has no hard feelings about you going back to civilization (he doesn’t even know how he’d be as a father)

Obviously he can't go and drop you off somewhere because he’s literally s zombie lol but he will go as far as he can to make sure you get somewhere safely

Worries about you even weeks after you’ve left, like how are you doing? Are you with someone trustworthy? Do you remember him?

If you stay, however, he is gonna be the best god damn dad ever, if not a bit overprotective

You’re not allowed to leave the designated area he’s ropped off outside of the cabin because god forbid some campers stumble across you

Tiffany Valentine

We all know my wife has no qualms about killing kids but she’s way too sympathetic once she figures out what's going on with you

Meet your new goth mom! She’s great!

She is the most qualified out of all of the slashers to take care of a kid regardless of the age (I mean, remember Glen/Glenda and how accepting she was? How much she cares for her kid?)

She’s killing your abuser without a single care in the world, she’s not wasting any time either. She lets you know you’re safe with her and that nothing will ever hurt you again

Get ready to be pampered; she is treating you to everything you could ever want. You won’t be spoiled, of course, but you’re going to be comfortable

You will be the most well-adjusted kid being taken care of by a slasher (maybe losing to Billy and Stu but that’s just because of Stu’s parents) so congrats for that!

[ilikekidsshows]

Hey, I was wondering if you could talk more about what you thought about the conflict that happened between Ladybug and Chat Noir in the new york special?

Certainly. Mainly, it’s the same issue we saw in ‘Glaciator’ but manifesting in a different way: these two tend to misunderstand the relationship between them because of their personal experiences and expectations, which tend to naturally be in conflict because of the very different pasts the two characters have. I also think the conflict was two-sided and only one side of the issue at hand was solved. We had Cat Noir’s dishonesty and Ladybug’s inability to act as a comforter, with only the former being solved.

Since it's the one that gets resolved and it's more straightforward, let's start with Cat Noir's side. He's the child of a strict, emotionally abusive father and we've repeatedly seen that he projects his relationship with his father into his relationship with Ladybug, and here it happens again. Gabriel would not let Adrien do what he doesn't allow and we've seen what he does when Adrien disappoints him: punishes him severely.

Strict parents don’t raise obedient children, they raise children who lie well. And Adrien had more of a motive to be deceitful than most. This special was the first time Ladybug gave him responsibility over something. If he said he couldn’t do it, would she ever trust him with anything again? Or, would she simply tell him to suck it up and do as he’s told, forcing Adrien to choose between her and his father in their demands of him? And Plagg, who I will point out, has been actively more helpful in season three, actually helped Adrien come up with a plan that, to their reasonable expectations, would not have led to anyone being hurt or disappointed, so Adrien obviously saw that simply not letting Ladybug know that he wouldn’t be physically present in Paris would work out. Adrien even was responsible about it; he kept himself actively informed of the situation in Paris up until he was made to put his phone away. And then things went to hell in a handbasket at the worst possible moment.

However, here comes the fault in Adrien’s reasoning, which was very reasonable to him and his implied-to-be equally abused Kwami: Ladybug is nothing like Gabriel. Marinette would have heard him out and they’d have come up with a plan together to deal with the situation, as long as Cat Noir got a hold of her soon enough for them to meet up and make a plan. We don’t really know what the time frame is between Adrien finding out and the departure of the plane to New York, but, considering Plagg stopped Adrien from contacting Ladybug, and no time constraint was mentioned, they’d have had plenty of time.

This is the beginning and end of Adrien’s half of the conflict. After this point, he’s merely reacting to what he thinks are clear signals from Ladybug. He tries to help with the villain the best he can, while Ladybug keeps distracting him by berating him in the middle of the fight, finally breaking his will to fight entirely by declaring she can’t trust him anymore, one of the nightmare scenarios I mentioned earlier. Add to that the villain using his power to harm Uncanny, he was convinced that Ladybug would be better off with any other partner. When Ladybug didn’t refute his assessment that he was a failure and no good hero, he decided he was right and abandoned his ring. However, when Uncanny revealed to him that Ladybug did, in fact, still need him specifically as her partner, he came back, deciding that it didn’t matter if he was a worthless failure as long as Ladybug would find a use for him anyway. Adrien repeatedly describes himself negatively in comparison to others, his self esteem is awful, but that wasn’t really a matter being handled in the special.

When Cat Noir made it to Ladybug and was instantly welcomed back, he apologised for not being honest and Ladybug signalled her forgiveness with a fistbump. This gesture signalled to Adrien that he could trust Ladybug and that Ladybug trusted him back, that the things she’d said in anger were just that. This showed Adrien in a blatant way that Ladybug was nothing like Gabriel, who would have lorded Adrien’s failure over him and punished him, instead of accepting his assurance that he’ll do better next time. This was an important lesson to Adrien, because he needs to be as honest with Ladybug as their secret identities allow because they’re a team and can’t go doing things independently when it affects them both. Adrien’s experiences in the special are ones that will specifically help him overcome his character flaw of being too distructful of others’ intentions when it comes to Ladybug.

Then comes Marinette’s side, and this one is more complex. While how badly she was distracted in that fight and how badly she distracted Cat Noir was an issue in and of itself, it wasn’t the thing on her part that escalated the conflict. It was merely what set up her state of mind. What escalated the conflict were the things she said in anger that she didn’t take back while Cat Noir was clearly falling apart. Marinette was understandably upset by what happened in Paris, but she made a very big mistake with how she handled that: she focused only on herself. Marinette needed comfort because she couldn’t heal Paris, but Cat Noir needed comfort because they could do nothing to help Paris, he’d just temporarily killed someone and he felt like a failure as a partner. But, when Cat Noir didn’t instantly move to assure her that she was fine, Marinette turned her back on him and walked away. She wanted space, because Marinette usually finds a quiet corner to think when she’s dealing with something, but Adrien saw that as a rejection. And when Cat Noir voiced all these things going on in his mind, she was silent, making him feel like she was condemning him, seeing him as worthlessly as he did. So he decided to leave her so that she could find a better partner.

Marinette also has her own misconceptions about her and Cat Noir’s relationship. This is another thing I noticed in ‘Glaciator’: Marinette doesn’t think Cat Noir is an actual human being with real human emotions and problems. She got better about it after ‘Glaciator’, like accepting his feelings for her as genuine, but she still doesn’t understand that Cat Noir can get hurt emotionally and might need a bit of support every once in a while. In fact, in ‘Timetagger’, she blatantly shuts him down when he’s looking for affirmation, claiming he “already knows he’s the best”, when Adrien actually has very poor self esteem. I mentioned in another comment that Marinette sees Cat Noir as a fae-like being, someone who only goofs around and supports her, and is never touched by worldly things like pain and sadness. The only threat to him are the supervillains they face. Every time one of them has shown a need for comfort, it’s been Ladybug, and Cat Noir has always been the one to comfort her. They’re stuck in these roles, and Marinette doesn’t know how to break out of them when Cat Noir is the one needing comfort and support. To drive this aspect of the conflict home, this is the direct reverse of the situation in ‘Miracle Queen’. In ‘Miracle Queen’, Marinette makes a mistake with real consequences, gets Fu’s identity revealed to Hawk Moth which led to his capture, but Cat Noir overlooks that to support her instead. In the special, Cat Noir’s mistake causes property damage in Paris that they can’t undo, but Marinette can’t overlook it to support her partner through his mistake.

Here’s the thing: Marinette has a good life. She has a supportive family and supportive friends. This gives her a solid foundation as a superhero and it means she’s used to people picking her up when she falls down. It’s not just her relationship with Cat Noir that’s characterized by the idea that support just shows up when she needs it. Heck, at the end of ‘Love Hunter’, Luka seemingly magically appears for the sole purpose of giving Marinette some comfort. However, we’ve seen some hints, mostly in ‘Weredad’, that at least her dad wants to overly protect her. We don’t know how well Marinette would actually take Adrien rejecting her, but, considering how miserable she was repeatedly in season two over just not getting to see him, I suspect not well, and her dad was convinced she’d go as far as being easily shattered by that. Children need to feel small disappointments to be able to handle the actual hurdles they’ll face later in life. The way Marinette becomes an anxious mess over failing at something reminds me of myself as a teenager, and I was a very shielded child. My mom pampered me, not by much, but enough that I had to learn to pick myself and others up at a later age. And I feel that’s a lesson Marinette needs to learn as well.

We saw from what Marinette said to Uncanny that she didn’t think Cat Noir’s mistake was irreparable. She didn’t mean the gestures I described earlier as how Adrien saw them. She didn’t mean to turn her back on him to reject him and she didn’t mean her silence to be read as her agreeing that he was a bad partner. But she never once considered that she might be sending Cat Noir these signals, even as Cat Noir told her how he felt about himself in relation to her. Instead of supporting her partner by saying anything to refute his self-disparaging comments, or even sharing their pain together, Marinette remains silent, experiencing her own pain alone and leaving Cat Noir with his. Marinette is a good leader, but she’s not a good partner, because she lacks the ability to support Cat Noir. This isn’t her fault, it’s a character flaw like Adrien’s distrust of others to consider his well being in any scenario. However, it’s one that’s harder to fix than Adrien’s, because Adrien’s flaw is one of perception, so he just needs to see contrary evidence to learn better. Marinette’s issue is that she lacks important skills for comforting someone: spotting a need and responding to it. I’m pretty sure we haven’t seen Marinette actively comfort anyone during the entire series. It’s very likely she’s never had to do so before the moment with Cat Noir in this special.

This is why Adrien leaving her was so important to Marinette’s future growth as a partner specifically. Technically Marinette needed it to happen. Marinette had to learn that you can’t expect someone to be there indefinitely if you never let them know you want them there, and she had to learn that Cat Noir needs her to reciprocate the supportive relationship between them instead of only enjoying the benefits of her partner’s almost unwavering support. An unequal relationship will not last. If you just keep someone around for their comfort, they’ll leave you once they have none left to give. If you just keep someone around for their good days, they’ll leave you once their bad days come. But in this special we saw Marinette taking the first steps towards realizing her partner’s humanity, ergo, fixing the part of the issue that’s in her perception: she was still thinking about him when she was Marinette. I noted in ‘Glaciator’ that Marinette usually stops thinking about Cat Noir once she’s Marinette again, which is part of that whole “seeing him as otherworldly” thing. Breaking out of that mindset is as important as it is for Adrien to break out of the “everyone would turn on me if I didn’t please them 24/7” one.

Basically: the conflict was resolved, but it showed where development still needs to happen.