#family issues prompts

[3hks]

Substitutes For "Dead Parents"

Okay you guys! I mentioned this in a past post, but when it comes to family, some of ya'll are just... not creative. And don't get me wrong, having deceased parents is deep, dark, and hard, but at this point, a lot of readers simply overlook that because it's just that common. Not to mention, a lot of you guys aren't doing nearly enough with that information! So, for this post, I'll give some new examples relating to "family struggles!"

>> Neglect: Neglectful parents often don't give their child enough attention, time, or care. They don't always hate their kid; quite the opposite, really, they can still love their offspring and are simply unaware that they are being neglectful. This happens for a multitude of reasons: all their attention is focused on a different child, they're busy, or they're just uninterested in their kid's activities.

>> Abuse: Abuse is rather straightforward; it can be physical, mental, or even both. Even if it's only physical abuse, it can heavily damage the child's mental health and make them question their self-worth.

>> Fighting: I think that a lot of us have endured our parents fighting, and I'm fully confident that none of us enjoyed it. It's incredibly difficult for a kid to listen to their parents fight without knowing how to stop it, being stuck in the middle, and even worse, being the center of the argument. As it escalates, the child may even feel neglected, because their parents are only focused on each other.

>> Absence: Like neglect, these parents don't devote nearly enough attention and time to their child. However, this is because they are hardly present in the household to begin with. Normally, it's their career that keeps them away, leaving their kid to raise themselves.

>> Controlling: Oftentimes, controlling parents are found in, believe it or not, more successful households. Kids who have parents that own a successful business or are powerful in general are sometimes raised to follow those footsteps regardless if they want to or not. If they don't want to, as a result, they are kept on a tight leash. Controlling parents can also be found in stricter households.

>> Toxicity: Toxicity, a form of emotional abuse, can come in many forms, gaslighting, demeaning words, constant criticism, comparison, etc. Frequently, the child is unaware that their parents are being toxic until a third party points it out to them. This is because they've only known their parents acting in toxic manners; thus, it becomes their norm. However, it's also entirely possible for the parent to be oblivious to the fact that they're being toxic.

>> Distant: Being distant doesn't always have to be because of some crazy reason; they might've been a very happy and close family once, but as time passes on, they just simply start drifting in their separate ways. It's not the same as neglect or an absence; the child is usually able to adjust to it easier, and it might've even been their choice to be distanced from their parents.

>> Child Responsibility: This is a scenario where the kid acts more like a parental figure--they have to take care of both themselves and their family. In some situations, they also have to work in order to supply their family with enough money to be able to pay for life necessities. This normally happens when a/the parent(s) are out of commission and struggle to provide for their family. If the household is poor, the child might be working alongside their parents in an attempt to make their lives easier.

Did I miss anything? Let me know what you guys think about these substitutes!

Happy writing~

3hks :D

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[riyo-soka]

Omega: so am I force sensitive?

Ventress, looking at Omega’s family of emotionally unstable men who would try to blow up the entire galaxy if she got anything worse than a paper cut: if you are it’s not my problem

#the bad batch #tbb spoilers #she realized she was *not* qualified to deal with the fallout of their issues and decided she simply wouldn’t #and she was right for that #save that kind of drama for the professionals (the Skywalker family) #tbb omega #asajj ventress #tbb hunter #tbb wrecker #tbb crosshair #so we’re clear: they would fail miserably at blowing up the galaxy and probably die in the process #and that would be what prompts Omega to actually blow up the galaxy

[creativepromptsforwriting]

Do you have any family problems that could make a strained relationship? like distant family but actually blood-related

Family Issues

competition and jealousy between family members

very different lifestyles

different world and political views

different views on morality and spirituality

communication issues, misunderstandings, not listening to each other

issues with the partner of a family member

high expectations that are not being met

caregiver stress when caring and supporting family members, maybe grandparent they are both related to

divorce or separation within the family

generational differences

abuse from family members, physical or emotional

housing issues, living with extended family

addiction of a family member to substances, gambling, etc.

feeling entitled to another family member's money, space, time, just because they are related

Hope this helps!

- Jana

#anon ask #family issues #family problems #writing prompts #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writing advice

[starkholme]

"Lifestyle of superhero whose whole life is saving the world, work in a mundane job and you?"

Kacy but make it Supergirl AU

This is specially for my friend who insisted me to watch NCIS: Hawai'i because she was in love with Kacy and she's also a big Supercorp stan 🫶

#kacy #lucy tara #kate whistler #lucy x kate #kate x lucy #kacy prompt #kacy AU #Supergirl! Lucy Tara #Lena Luthor! Kate Whistler #I know the obvious thing would be to Kate being Supergirl because she's tall and blonde #and Lucy is a rich brunette with family issues so she fits Lena better #BUT LISTEN TO ME #tbh it's much better Lucy opening up about everything she left behind in Krypton #as well as her feeling alone with the family that adopted her and how she'd probably felt like an outsider her whole life #and I want Lucy to hold Kate like she weights nothing #And Lucy is from Texas so yeah she's totally the girl who went to the city to free helself from her family #but she stays good and wants to help everyone #I'm also accepting Kate being like a CEO of a big lawyer company because WHY NOT

[stealingyourbones]

Short DPXDC Prompts #175

The Bats witness Danny getting summoned. When they are alone Danny asks where he is. He perks up with the response “Gotham, New Jersey.”

The Bats listen to Danny’s request hands him a burner phone to call someone he knows in the area to come and get him. Much to the bats surprise, Danny calls a very familiar number and says “Hey Uncle Gordon! Can I crash at your place tonight? I got summoned again.”

#dp x dc #danny phantom #dc comics #writing prompts #dp x dc prompt #Batfamily #Uncle Jim Gordon let’s make it a thing because aaaaaa #only issue is that we’re potentionally making the Wayne family tree a fuckin circle with this if people ship Danny and a batfam member #eh who knows I just think it’s a cool idea ^-^ #bones prompts

[the-grand-gemini]

Wyll Ravengard thoughts/writing prompt:

Wyll's identity is so heavily focused on his father, which absolutely makes sense given his upbringing with only the one parent, but that doesn't mean sometimes Wyll never wonders what his life would be like if she'd been there. He doesn't necessarily miss his mother as he never had her, but there are moments of "what if". What would father be like, would his expectations have been the same, would his mother have stopped him from being sent away, would she have come with him if Ulder would not let him remain in Baldur's Gate, would she too have cast him out, would she have written to him after he left the Gate, would she make father stay in touch too? Wyll carries a sense of loss and nostalgia he has no means of placing. His mother is an empty shadow in his mind.

Which brings me to this: I can't get the idea out of my head that after Wyll is transformed he feels he's lost part of the gift that his mother gave him. Specifically his eyes. Are Ulder Ravengard's eyes also brown like Wyll's? Probably, but maybe Wyll's eyes were the same shade of brown his mother's were... He had already lost one during battle, and now his remaining eye has been touched by the Hells.

The scene that made me think of this is when Karlach is mourning the loss of the heart that her mother gave her. I feel like Wyll is still probably in relative shock over his changed form and is experiencing body dysmorphia. He would hear Karlach's words and suddenly have another moment of heart break. A thought that had not sat with him yet while too busy trying to adjust to his new form and survive their adventure. The gift that his mother gave him has been corrupted and it's his fault.

(Not that it's actually his fault given that he was a teenager when forced to take Mizora's deal, but you can't tell me Wyll doesn't feel guilty at times for "failing" to meet his father's expectations and internalized that sense of shame)

Even though he's never really met his mother as she passed before he could know her, he feels another level of loss. The body she died giving to him has been altered, the eye(s) in the mirror watching him are no longer his mother's. Maybe one day there will be some relief. His changed body is a means of stepping out of the shadow of who his father expected him to be. But for now there is loss and mourning a gift given by someone he never knew.

I just feel like Wyll doesn't get as much writing and we don't really get to deeply explore the horror of having your body altered without your consent! Which thematically everyone in the party is desperately trying to avoid having their body altered via the illithid tadpol! What we do get are a few brief lines saying that we are sorry and that he's still himself (as well as very handsome if not more so because... horns 👀💦).

I need to read about Wyll mourning himself and accepting his new body. Confronting his father for abandoning him in a time of need. Remembering his father choosing his duty to the city over his duty to him as his child. I mean he could have retired! He and Wyll could have moved to the country OR travelled the coast together fighting for others! However that didn't happen and I feel like a bigger discussion is needed before healing that bond.

You can't tell my young Wyll Ravengard, who loves his father so much he already forgave him the moment he was cast out, didn't cry his heart out alone under the night sky the first time he was on his own. That he doesn't suppress those emotions constantly, because yes he doesn't regret sacrificing himself to protect the people of Baldur's Gate, but that doesn't mean he doesn't weep knowing his father's love was conditional.

I need a discussion where he worries that Tav may choose to leave him someday if he cannot meet their expectations. He knows its unfounded, but the hurt inside himself remains.

I want to see Wyll struggle with his changed body and rediscover himself. Either with the support of a romanced Tav or just the entire team as a supportive found family there to help him.

If anyone wants to use this as a writing prompt please go ahead and tag me if you do so I can read it!

#wyll ravengard #wyll my beloved #bg3 spoilers #bg3 #character exploration #loss #body dysmorphia #tw dysmorphia #hurt/comfort #headcanon #daddy issues #parental neglect #abandoment issues #found family #I love Wyll Ravengard #i will die on this hill #at this point im treating BG3 like a book club #writing prompt #bg3 writing prompt #bg3 headcanons #self-indulgent post

[promptsforyourwhumpfic]

Whump Prompt #1143

Submitted by @cyborg0109 - thanks!

Whumpee goes into a dangerous situation without backup and finds an ally who is really dangerous but shouldn’t be trusted. The team can’t help whumpee for whatever reason, but can talk to whumpee through coms. Whumpee and ally are fine, but whumpee’s coms broke, and team is worried sick, because what if whumpee got hurt or the ally killed them?

I’ll add: What if the whumpee is hurt, but not by the ally. So when they emerge, tensions are incredibly high, and maybe the all is imprisoned for it. They have to wait for the whumpee to wake up before they learn the truth. 

#love it #whump #writing #ideas #prompts #trust issues #worry #team as a family #miscommunication

[scribblesbyb]

To My Unborn Daughter

B's fourth blurb. Inspired by the everlasting struggle of dealing with difficult mothers.

Disclaimer/TW: If you have mommy issues like yours truly, read at your own peril.

To my unborn Fairuz,

I write to you because you will never be a growing zygote in my uterus during which I could speak to you. I write to you because you will never be a soft mushy baby in my arms, during which I could pet your palm-sized head and lovingly whisper these words to you.

To you, my dearest daughter, I say this: You owe me a thank you.

And no, not for the reasons you'd think. I didn't choose to save you from the hellish loop that is adult life, the one you'll inevitably have to grapple through. I didn't choose to not give birth to you because the world is quickly dying and it wouldn't be fair to bring you into it...

Believe it or not, I've saved you from the nightmare that is being my child; to live a debilitating life where the idea of 'becoming your mother one day' haunts you. I've saved you from despising your own reflection at every turn, hating that your mother's image stares back at you.

You'll see me in your eyes first. We'd share that broken look women with unrealized potential have. The nose would be next. We'd share the inability to sniff out red flags early. Our mouths - both of which wouldn't speak their minds for fear of ridicule and adversity.

The similarities wouldn't stop there. You'll have your mother's brains; my brains. In its roaming halls, madness will besiege you. You'd inherit the suffocating pressures, the tormenting body image issues, and the relentless fight with hormones.

So, even though I may - nay, will - never know the sweet release of endorphins that comes from hugging you or watching you grow, it's a sacrifice you'll never know of and one you'd eventually thank me for.

I leave you with this: I hope you become the greatest daughter I know you will be to another mother, a mother you don't mind your own daughter becoming like one day.

Forgive me.

Yours,

The mother who wanted nothing but the best for you.

#writing #writeblr #writblr #blurb #female writers #writers on tumblr #writer things #writerscommunity #writing prompt #writer #mommy issues #letters #depth #family

[miajnsn]

journal prompts for abandonment issues

when was the first time you felts like you had to hide a part of yourself to be loved ? 

when was the first time you felt like you were too much or not enough ?

what you truly want in a relationship ? 

what you truly don’t want ? 

what are your boundaries in relationship ? 

deep down, do you believe it’s possible to heal this trauma for you ? if not, that’s okay - you can heal this belief.

what is 1 thing you can do to show yourself love today and the days after ? 

#abandoned #family issues #mental health #mental disorder #help #spiritualgrowth #healing #higher self #self love #journaling #journaling prompts

[wannabewritersobad]

"We are different it would be a dream for you to go back to your childhood.

For me, it's a nightmare."

#dialogue prompt #new writter #writting #writter #dialogue ideas #parental abuse #parent issues #family trauma #childhood trauma #trauma

[casstration]

a little scared i am being overly ambitious with kinktober

#the issue is i genuinely want to do all the prompts i have planned #i am simply a slow writer who is also a student #and i have family coming in town tomorrow so i will be Busy #but idk trying to have faith in myself <3

[a-little-bit-of-ships-in-my-life]

If out there is still a dbh fan, who stills lurks in the fandom, adores Connor and like the found family father-son relationship between Hank and Him, and of top of that wants to write a fic but doesn't have a plot idea i bring to you:

Connor learning about Father's day. He talking to Markus and how he feels about Carl, Alice wanting to do a gift for Luther, heck, idk, maybe him encountering some case about a father and their son, and being curious all about it, wanting to see how the city celebrates the day and then, realizing that all the things he hads heard about how a father acts (protectiveness, support, love, etc) fits Hank, and then, oh, oh yeah, Hank is like a father to him.

Then cue to him stressing over, what should he gift to his dad in this day.

#idk man #their father-son relationship gets me everytime #fic prompt (?) #detroit become human #DBH #connor dbh #hank dbh #like how do i tag this for the people with daddy issues who wants to enjoy some good ol' found family but not for the people with other ty #found family #hank and connor being father and son is so good #father-son relationship

[quietwingsinthesky]

Lucifer Kate Milligan

Rating: General Audiences Archive Warning: N/A Fandom: Supernatural Ship: Gen with background Midam Additional Tags: Major Original Character(s), Post-Canon, Children of Characters, Identity Issues, Names, POV Second Person, Father-Daughter Relationship, Growing Up, Angst Wordcount: 1121 Summary:

Your name is Lucifer Kate Milligan, and your father will not tell you why.

Your name is Lucifer Kate Milligan, and your father will not tell you why.

You are a baby first, and all this name is, is a collection of sounds that mean you will get tickled or fed. It doesn’t bother you that you don’t know where the sounds came from. You are more concerned with chewing on your dad’s shirt collar or how your father spins you around the kitchen in his arms.

You are a child next, and at school, you are called Kate. It’s on your desk, and your bookbag cubby, and your lunchbox. It begins to bother you that at home you are one name and at school you are another. You tell your friends your father calls you Lucifer, and they snicker. Some of them stop being your friends. Some of them are nicer, call you Lucy.

Your father doesn’t let your friend take you to church, even though you could dress up pretty like them in one of your poofy dresses that he seems to pluck from thin air. Your dad takes him aside, whispers softly, and you leave the room when you see your father’s face turn to stone even as he starts to cry. You leave them embracing. Lucifer Kate Milligan, you tell yourself, you made your father cry. You don’t ask to go to church again.

You curl up in your bed and hide under the covers shaking, not sure what you’re feeling. It’s too big for your body. It’s too old for your soul. In the morning, there are cracks in your bedroom ceiling, along the windows. Your father wakes you up. He looks at the damage done, then at you, and he presses a kiss to your forehead. Something calms inside you. You think you hear him whisper, “Be my little angel for a few more years, please.” You nod and bury yourself in a hug.

He’s invincible because he’s your father. You believe this. There are no cracks in your room when you raise your head again.

You are a teenager, finally. You are Kate, you tell your father, you are only Kate because that’s the name your friends call you. You get into a fight with him for the first time. He doesn’t call you Kate once. He never has.

Kate Milligan, you made your father cry again. It won’t be the last time. You turn the name he chose for you over and over in your head.

Your friend smokes pot under the bleachers and makes out with you sometimes instead of going to class. You tell her your full name, guilty about it in a way you never felt when you were telling kids about it over basketball when you were nine. She stares at you. You stare back because the color of her eyes always entrances you when you’re high. You wish your eyes were as brown as hers, but you’ve got your dad’s blond hair and blue eyes so bright they scare you when you see them in your mirror at night, like there is something wrong with you, like there is a lighthouse spinning inside your skull that flares enough to blind you when you look at yourself too long.

(Your father’s eyes are suns when he gets upset. You never thought it was strange. You don’t meet other people’s parents very often.)

“Lucifer,” she says, “are you joking? Lucifer? ” You nod. She pulls out her phone. You have one, but it’s old like your dad’s. He says he never got used to time moving forward again. You think he’s funny, but you’re too old to tell him that anymore. Your friend opens up Google’s garden gates and leads you to webpage after webpage about Satan. You press against her shoulder as the phone’s brightness hurts your eyes. She whispers out forbidden knowledge until your gym teacher whistles at you.

You get suspended. Your dad drives you home. He’s not mad about the weed. He never gets mad about stuff your friends say their parents tear into them for. You only get in trouble if you don’t come in past curfew. You didn’t even get in trouble last year when you got into a fight and broke a kid’s arm. Your dad believed you when you said you barely touched him. (They had another of their meetings late at night when they thought you were sleeping, and now you’re wondering what all those words meant, why they echoed themselves around the shadow of your namesake.)

“Why am I named after the devil?” you ask.

“Kate?” he says like a man at the top of a cliff digging for a foothold. You know why you’re named Kate. You have pictures of your grandmother all through the house. Your dad talks about her often, sometimes like she’s still here, like he sees her to make new memories every once in a while.

“Lucifer.” You cross your arms.

He stops the car too hard. Your chest aches from the seatbelt digging into it.

“You’re named after your uncle,” he says. You don’t have an uncle.

“Why’s he named after the devil?” you ask about this ghost you’ve never heard of. You wonder if he got called by his middle name, too. The way all the websites put it, your name might as well be a curse. You’re not sure if you feel better that it’s a shared one, a family legacy.

Your dad is quiet for a long time.

“You should ask your father,” he finally says.

Your father never tells you anything. You learned this as a child. He will give you the world and all the precious treasures in it, but he will never answer your questions the way you want. You could ask him why the sky is blue. He would look upset and give you a toy horse to add to your collection.

Lucifer Milligan, who are you? You stare into the mirror. You have your dad’s face but your father’s nose. You think you love your best friend. You think there’s something wrong with you.

You put your finger on your nose. So does your reflection.

They love you. They’re protecting you.

Your father wants what’s best for you. You’re his little angel.

You drop your hand. Your reflection does as well, but it moves slower than it should. Your heart skips a beat.

For a moment, there’s a boy dressed in white. He’s a lot like you. You have the same eyes. You’re both too bright.

He looks sad. He looks like he wants to tell you something. He opens his mouth.

You blink, and there’s no boy. There’s just you. Lucifer Kate Milligan.

You’re scared of who you might be.

#midamap2023 #for the prompt 'family'! #also do y'all have a collection on ao3? #well shit went and made another weird daughter for an archangel. who could have predicted this. #midam baby ilysm. she has so many issues <3 #midam #spn #oc #michael spn #adam milligan #fic: g #fic: spn #fic: oc #fic: michael spn #fic: adam milligan #fic: midam #fic: michael & oc #fic: adam & oc #fic: post-canon #fic: second person #fic: 1001-5000 #fanfiction

[ame1lia]

Of course I am angry

angry about the fact that you left

always ripping up the cleft

you turned the other way

not just today

seeing me in so much pain

taking every opportunity to steal

“It wasn’t such a big deal”

being pinned down to the floor

just to break my bones, to keep me sane

but what for ?

what did I do to deserve this misery

cause now I am scared

that someday I really dared

to not come back with the victory

you always wanted me to be the best

encouraging me to give me the rest

stumbling right over my dead corpse

ignoring all my works

so for now I shut my mouth

and maybe even drag myself south

into the next best blade

I just wish you stayed

#original poems #poetry #spilled thoughts #female poets #poetic #poets on tumblr #poem #sadnesss #poems and quotes #writing #spilled ink #sad prompts #dark acamedia #daddy issues #family issues #ed not ed sheeran #tw self destructive behavior #academic validation #dark academia #sorry for being depressing #angry #angry poem #relatable quotes #quotes #writing promts #my wiritng #dear diary #digital diary #english literature #philosophy

[fangomango]

Any weather that isn't super hot is rather romantic to me

Like it may be heavily pouring but all I want to do is take you outside and absorb the rain like a cactus

Texas for the sake of my now single life make every day not hot so I can think about my otps

:) thank you

#kissing your beloved on a seat mext to a rainy window sounds lovely #....you could also make out with them too for added...ness..idk making out and having the sound of rain sounds nice #not for me obviously (kissing someone on the lips sounds rather gross and bad tasting) but like...for ao3 fics it would be good #deep down i am nothing if not a sappy romantic #writing things #romance prompts #idk if you like it im sure this could be a prompt #its one in my head for my otp... #mhhh thinking of a fic and nkt writing it because you dont know how to write down the movie your head made as a story #yknow i havekt really had anything to like...ship that wasnt canon in months and i love this feeling #ever since metal family i havent shipped anything that wasnt canon #(fun fact.when i was posting metal family k wasnt even hyperfixated on it.i was just posting it because people liked it and i have a sad #need to people please so people like me because i have few friends and attachment issues....haha anyways) #but like...i miss this feeling of love this kind of thing brings #(also jsut got out of a 5 year relationship...not much love feeling for me so maybe im overreacting) #...im rambling #rain>>>>

[riddled-fingers]

beuhh

#sry for the lack of activity #basically just some family issues leading to me not feeling very inspired to draw #sable screams #not art #delete later #if u have any suggestions or prompts id appreciate it tbh i need to climb out of those hole somehow #text