#IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE THIS AUAGHJ

[definitelynotshouting]

Oh is it litd/ tj appreciation hours?

I think one of the things I love most about hungar au is that it's so real with grians support group. He has people that will be there for him no matter what but there isn't the sense of "oh I could never be mad at you". His friends are furious. They're angry, and sad, and confused and hurt and they're still there for him but it's so clear that THEY are hurting too.

A support group is so important to getting better, and many times you'll here "oh its no trouble, I'll always be here for you" but being that support group isn't easy. Being someone's caretaker can be draining, and exhausting, and borderline soul crushing sometimes.

So many times it's overlooked how much recovery is painful for the support group, and no body ever wants to talk about it because they never wanna make it feel like it's about themselves and it sucks.

Litd doesn't shy away from that. Pearl is angry, confused, and probably filled with a dozen other emotions I can't put into words (in not a writer lol).

Ahhhh, I could literally scream about this for hours and even then I wouldn't be able to express how happy and SEEN these characters make me feel.

Sincerely, someone who spent years as someone's sole support group and eventual caretaker. -🌺

this is actually something that is SO important to me and something i really didnt want to shy from in the fic, which is that being someone's support system is incredibly hard, and it does hurt to see someone else spiraling. There are a lot of messy and confusing emotions in this kind of situation, and i really wanted to showcase that. Its rare to see any kind of recovery fic focus on the caretaker as much as the person going through it, and i personally find a lot of merit in it-- im really glad it resonates with you, because from the start i've always wanted this to be a major focus.

It's something that's gonna continue cropping up a LOT as the fic progresses-- especially with regards to the people who end up being Grian's primary longterm caretakers until he gets to a point where he can function by himself again. I have quite a few arcs im really excited to go into once we get back to Hermitcraft, and one of them specifically addresses the burnout associated with that concept. Honestly, i just really wanted this narrative to be clear about how there are no bad guys, only a messy and painful situation with hurt on all sides, and im really really glad i seem to be pulling that off so far :]

#shouting speaks #asks #hunger au #compliments #IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE THIS AUAGHJ #and yeah its like!!! everyone is feeling some type of way about this !!!! mumbo and pearl are the most noticeable rn #bc their reactions involve ANGER #but tango xisuma and scar are really going through it too-- they just show it in different ways. everyone is so so stressed... #also scar.... my gods i have some juicy stuff in store for him. rn he is on lock and in crisis mode #but when that wears off.... ohhhh man. im so excited #txt