#not the abused teen that's for sure

[kittyphoenix12-xx]

i’ve figured it out btw

billy antis don’t know how to think for themselves. the duffer brother call billy their ‘human villain’ and he is the only one to be called so, not brenner not henry, billy.

and it’s actually stupid that billy is their villain. brenner is a manipulative, child abuser (yes he is, to all those people who seem to think he was a good papa) and henry/vecna murdered a bunch of children. but sure, billy’s implied racism and violent tendencies mean he can’t be redeemed.

and the other reason is that brenner/henry are connected to the upside down/scifi aspect immediately, meaning people are viewing them in a scifi/fantasy context (like a lot people point out, the same context that cause people to forgive anakin/loki) but billy isn’t - he’s the human antagonist

and that’s all they’ll ever see

#stranger things #stranger things rant #billy hargrove #billy hargrove deserved better #brenner #vecna #henry creel #anti vecna #please use critical thinking #a child murderer vs an abused teen #who do people forgive more #hint #not the abused teen that's for sure #anyway #y'all are stupid #come at me bro #anti duffers #i hate the duffers #duffer brothers #fuck the duffers #just discovered all the duffer tags lol

[snivel1]

Kinito in the computer of a person in an abusive family.

Horror&blood warning under the cut!

Transcript of the intentionally hard to read text:

"Friend! I made sure to give them a good talking to! They won't bother you ever again!"

#kinito would 100% try to think of some way to help/protect/save an abused kid/teen/adult #he'll think of something for sure🙏 after all friends protect each other right? #kinitopet #kinito #kinito fanart #kinito the axolotl #kinito my beloved #he'll probably be torn between trapping them in his world where it's safe #and somehow manifesting into the real world to. deal. with the abusers #blood #horror #scopophobia #snively doodles #he's very stressed because he thinks he can't do anything to help in any meaningful way at first;; #I'll try workin on the requests now!! hoping my brain will let me <33 #abuse mention #child abuse mention #(implied) (you can interpret the person here however you want be it a child or teen or an adult) #peep the kinito crew shaped keys :)) they're very cute i think

[proudfreakmetarusonniku]

God. This is so heartwrenching.

#I pray they make it out as well as they can #Even if they end up fucking up and doing something horrible #It’s clear beinh connected to this man is dangerous especially since he’s been able to influence some since their MID TEENS #I’m pretty sure Freddy and Eryn would have been 16-17 too ugh #Protect minors in the CC space #The fact that these kids were allowed around an abuser is just gutwrenching #I will always feel that no matter how badly they turn out #No child deserves abuse #And that includes content creators #abuse tw #wilbur

[blusandbirds]

isaac lahey ("your father locked you in a freezer in the basement to punish you." "he didn't used to.")

"shape shifted" (teen wolf) // "cut" (catherine lacey) // "abomination" (teen wolf) // "unleashed" (teen wolf) // "motel california" (teen wolf) // "anchors" (teen wolf)

#teen wolf #isaac lahey #web weaving #child abuse tw #blood tw #like isaac's dad saying he's not angry. isaac asking scott if he's angry. when scott says no isaac asks if hes sure. cuz his dad said no to #him asking derek if he did something wrong because he feels like he's being punished #him begging scott to punish him because he feels like he did something wrong #because his dad use to assure him when isaac got hurt it Was his fault. but now things are out of order. #'feel better?' he's asking scott. he's asking himself. #also isaacs dad reassuring him that hes not angry. offering false comfort. and then lashing out at isaac. #derek saying 'come here. let me look.' he gets isaac to offer him his arm. his trust. to reach out to him. and then he breaks it. 101. #derek's trying to teach him. #but jokes on him isaac's had this lesson before. #(though it seems he never learns.) #i just got a lot of feelings about him okay

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads

What Stalks Among Us

YA thriller

two best friends skip a field trip to explore some old forgotten backroads - and get trapped in a looping corn maze full of weird shit, including their own dead bodies

they have to figure out how to get out, what’s killing them, what’s causing the maze, and face their traumas

fat girl MC with anxiety, both are bi and have ADHD, no romance

#What Stalks Among Us #aroaessidhe 2023 reads #sarah hollowell #wait i just noticed it's them on her shirt on the cover... #i enjoyed this a lot! #it really immediately gets into it huh. not any build up. but in hindsight that makes sense #it gets a little repetitive in places but it works and I love how it all tied together #no romance #(it DOES explore past abusive relationships as a theme but very much just the effects of healing from that rather than showing #much of the actual relationships) #I really love how it emphasised how important their friendship is without there even being a question of it being romantic #(but also exploring that a bit re: the side character stuff in a way that I think is great) #it does make references and then explain them a lot (though also i get that could be an adhd thing with ur mind going on a tangent) #she even is like man i wish my brain would stop making all these pop culture references! #that plus a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be #that and a few other aspects of the writing felt a bit unsubtle - but also it is YA its allowed to be #also some of the references made me laugh LMAO. including: #'remember when you thought the maze followed crossroad rules from supernatural. do you think the maze knows about super hell' #i cannot fault someone for saying heckin wimdy because I sure do that. well not 'heckin' but #anyway felt like realistic teens #bisexual books

[xgoddessoffandomsx]

Me at people who said Derek should've ended up with Kate

#anti kate argent #anti kate x derek #anti karek #teen wolf #sterek #sure shipping derek with his abuser and rapist isn't twisted but sterek is #derek hale

[my-thoughts-and-junk]

Sometimes I see sexuality or gender headcanons about characters and im just like dude im pretty sure they don't know what half those words mean

#random thoughts #'robbie valentino is panromantic demisexual' he looks like a self-described emo kid who would call me slurs in high school #yeah sure MAYBE he's those things but does he have the words for them? absolutely fucking not are you kidding me #and even if he did he would NOT use them. he's like those cishhet girls who make out with other cishet girls when they're drunk #he'd have like one homoerotic penpal througout high school and they're sending each other letters like it's the fucking victorian age #practicing calligraphy and shit (it's just cursive but even more completely illegible) #robbie DOES give off demisexual energy though. he'd just call it having taste #and he would bully people in his school who call themselves that #not like physically but emotionally. mean girl energy. #honestly the gravity falls teen friend group gives off that super emotionally abusive energy #like they talk shit about other people in their school and think they're above everyone else #except thompson he just gets like really quiet and awkward #let's be real robbie had an antagonistic relationship with a fucking twelve year old he's not thinking about gender or sexuality #he'll think about it for like five seconds before going 'that was weird let's go make flamethrowers out of old hairspray cans' #he would make fun of gender non-conforming students to distract people from the fact he's wearing eyeliner #he puts on eyeliner for the first time like 'huh. time to push this to the back of my brain for the next five years' #also robbie dyes his hair. that's canon. unrelated but i think it's funny #gravity falls #his middle name is fucking stacey???

[apostate-in-an-alcove]

There's (idiotic, possibly sadistic, but definitely miserable) people in this world that have an intense hatred for children and teenagers and then choose being a school teacher as their career.

#i hate most teachers #i do not believe they became a teacher because they like teaching #they became teachers because it allows them to have power over minors #the way teachers talk about and treat their students is so dehumanizing #you guys do realize that children and teens are human beings too right???? #schoolteacher #if you're going to whine about how hard being a teacher is in the notes save it for someone who cares #because i sure as hell don't care how hard they have it #a lot of school teachers are genuinely abusive and I feel like we don't talk about that enough #teaching is an important job #which is why its so important to call teachers out for their bullshit

[skunkes]

Answering dis ask chopped up too

thank u, but my situation isnt that dire! Thats where half the problem comes from, i struggle because its really not that bad here, i just would like to leave for the regular reasons anyone would wanna leave home (+ being trans), that joke about what you dont pay in rent by living with your parents, you pay with your mental health etc etc

#talkys #anonymous #skunk mail #i wldnt call it abusive by any means...just annoying #like today's Last Straw is ive gone years without frequent human contact bc i dont make online friends #and all my irl friends are busy or have moved. ive hung out with a new online buddy like 3 times this month #told my dad im busy today watching movie with them so i cant go to target with him and now him and my mom are #getting into my business about who this is and why theyre more important and how I cant be doing this or w.e #its just Annoying. i just want to be able to do whatever i want without worrying i want privacy etc #not sure thats worth a job i hate and struggling to make rent but it is annoying and Toll Taking #oh also we're watching the saw movies and i mentioned this bc he interrogated me on what im doing with this friend #and then he made comments about how i shldnt be doing that bc those movies are awful #this is the same man who introduced me to the beatles as a child then banned me from listening to them as a teen #bc theyd have demonic brainwashing influences or some shit #im just tired im simply tired #i found out recently even the favorite child (my brother) has issues with them and thats whats made me want to leave more like #im not strong enough to withstand it if even the favorite cant. im jst tired i want to leave

[and-stir-the-stars]

For the Grab&Go AU, would Michael try to forcibly adopt Gregory? (Yes, this is in response to your post from earlier) Does Gregory run away from home in this AU? Does he meet Mike first, or Evan? (Answer whichever you want. This is more to nudge your brainstorming than actually looking for an answer)

I'd imagine he wouldn't go after Cassie, though, simply because her father also works for Freddy's, and Mike would probably already know him.

okay to answer this, first I'll say there's 2 Mikes in the au

Mike Smith -> this Mike killed Evan when ev was seven. This Mike grew up to work at Freddy's and accidentally got sent back in time, stopped the Bite from happening (grabbed Evan away when Ev was hiding from kid Mike on ev's birthday in 1983), and ended up kidnapping Ev when they were both put into the future (2001, maybe?)

Mike Afton -> this Mike was created after Mike Smith kidnapped Evan. To this Mike, his little brother Evan went missing when he was seven and was never found.

Mike Afton goes on to adopt Cassie and Gregory, after he gets a lot of therapy and grows as a person after thinking it's his fault that Evan went missing (this Mike believes Ev never would have ran away and got lost/kidnapped if he hadn't been so mean and tried dragging Evan to see Fredbear on his seventh birthday).

I'm still thinkin everything through ofc, but for now, current thoughts is that Michael Afton ends up adopting Cassie before Gregory. Cassie is either the result of a one-night stand Mike had, or Cassie is the daughter of one of Mike's masked bully friends who died/went to jail, and Mike ended up getting custody of her.

Gregory either had a bad home life or his parent(s) died and he was put in the foster care system. Either way, he ended up running away, where he met Cassie when no one showed up to her birthday party. Sometime after, Mike Afton adopted Gregory. So, Gregory meets Mike (Afton) before he meets Evan.

Evan runs away from Mike Smith when he's 15 or 16. Evan is living on the streets for a month or two, hiding from Mike Smith and trying to figure out what to do. One day, Evan gets caught shoplifting at a store that Gregory happens to be in. When Greg sees what's happening, Gregory causes a distraction and helps Evan get away. Once they're both safe, Greg laughs at Evan-- "that was such a rookie mistake you made! You really haven't been on the streets long, huh? Here, let me show you how it's really done!"

Greg introduces Evan to Cassie, and although the two of them encourage Ev to come with them bc their dad will be able to help Evan, Ev refuses. Greg and Cassie spend maybe a week or two bringing Evan food and clothes and hanging out with him, becoming friends. Finally, they bring Mike Afton to meet their new friend. Evan is terrified of this man that shares his abuser's face and name, but Evan quickly realizes this is NOT the same Mike who kidnapped him. He's still scared of Mike Afton nonetheless, but Evan stays around because Greg and Cassie are his friends. Ev doesn't want to abandon them-- especially not with a version of Mike that might be hurting them the same way Mike Smith hurt Evan.

So Evan stays, still trying to hide his identity from Mike Afton, and trying to make sure Greg and Cassie are safe with Mike Afton while also trying to use Mike to figure out his own complicated past, which Evan still doesn't remember very well.

As for whether Mike Smith would forcibly adopt Gregory,,

Im sorta debating whether Mike Smith would keep tabs on Mike Afton after realizing a whole other version of himself exists now that he fucked up the timeline. I think Smith would, but it might take Smith a while to realize Mike Afton even exists. Smith wouldn't trust this other version of himself at all, but he keeps his distance bc he doesn't want anything to do with Afton.

I can see a version of events where Smith doesn't trust Afton around kids when he learns that Afton adopted cassie and Greg and decides it'll be best to get Afton away from them, howeverrrr. That pretty heavily conflicts w the version of the au that I've been daydreaming about so far. Plus, Mike Smith knows that he himself is behaving really toxically and in ways that hurt Evan; he just has to keep raising Evan anyway, though, because no one else will be able to keep Evan's traumatic memories from surfacing like Smith thinks he can/has to, and Mike Smith has a lot of paranoia and trauma from other people hurting him that makes him afraid to let Evan out into the world. For Greg and Cassie, neither of these things are an issue; they're already out in the world and Smith might come to the conclusion that keeping them safe "isn't his problem" when he's already struggling to keep Evan cared for.

After Evan runs away, he ends up becoming a part of Mike Afton’s family. When Smith realizes where Evan is, I think Smith does try kidnapping Evan back-- only Mike Smith quickly realizes that he just... can't do this again. Evan isn't the only one with repressed memories; Smith himself also repressed just how bad things were when he first kidnapped a seven year old Evan who begged to be allowed to go back to his family and had to be locked in his room with his screams and beging and sobbing left ignored in the name of making sure Ev couldn't run away. Now, Smith sees the effects of being violently ripped away from that little slice of family and happiness that he found for himself crushing Evan, and Mike Smith just... can't. He doesn't have a plan, anyway. It was a miracle that seven year old Ev repressed away the kidnapping and his past, but Smith can already tell that this teenage Evan isn't going to do that. Smith knows he can't keep Evan locked up in his room and hope for another miracle solution like Evan repressing the kidnapping. So, he ends up letting Evan go at the realization that this is Evan’s only chance at happiness and safety.

Whether Mike Smith would have tried kidnapping not just Evan away from Mike Afton, but also kidnapping Cassie and Greg is an interesting question,, a version of events where Smith tries "saving" the three of them from Mike Afton while also letting Evan keep the siblings he found for himself could be really interesting.

It probably does bother Smith that he's leaving kids with Mike Afton when Mike Smith doesn't trust any version of himself with kids, but again, Mike knows he doesn't have the money or ability to try taking care of Evan, let alone two additional kids who also don't want to be with Smith and will try running away at any chance they get. Smith also doesn't have the guilt of, yk, killing Cassie or Greg in the original timeline like he does Ev, so Smith might justify it as "they're not my problem, not when I have Ev to take care of." Or at least, they're not his problem until he first figures out how to keep Evan safe (which he ultimately decides is letting Evan go).

#I didn't mention it in the post bc it would make things more complicated but evan does use a #Fake name when he introduces himself to greg and cassie (and when he introduces himself to mike afton) #Exactly how mike afton realizes this runaway teen is his long lost brother I'm not sure yet #I don't even know if it happens before or after smith tries kidnapping evan back #tw kidnapping #tw child abuse #grab&go au #evan afton support center

[cookinguptales]

as much as I wish it were otherwise, I feel like the way I would die in a horror movie is absolutely going to some out-of-the-way location to learn about a local religious custom and getting sacrificed or something.

like on one hand, I am always scrupulously respectful of the belief systems I'm studying, including accepting that some knowledge is not meant for me and that's okay, but on the other hand, I have been known to do some truly stupid bullshit to learn about something esoteric that's on public display. lmao

#just me #plus honestly since getting out of evangelical christianity as a teen #I find that I don't really believe or disbelieve anything anymore #(except I guess for the religion I was raised in which I have very much distanced myself from) #I respect some religious institutions and practices more than others for sure #and I'm mindful of politics and abuse in religious sects #but when people hear I did rels in college they often ask #'so which religion is right?' #and I don't know that I can conceptualize it that way anymore #I was raised in a religious environment that didn't allow me to respect or learn about other religions and I hated it #I was so closed before that I feel like I've rebelled against that by being very open now #so everything feels equally plausible and implausible to me now #I don't know that I can fully believe OR disbelieve in anything anymore #maybe that part of me is broken #the part that can trust and have faith #even the part of me that can be sure that something ISN'T real #I don't know #but like... many religious folks and places are just happy to teach anyone who's open to their beliefs and practices #you don't have to be a true believer #they just want to share their religion with you in any way you'll take it #but sometimes you DO have to be a true believer #and those are the situations in which I feel deeply uncomfortable and try to avoid #but maybe I'll end up getting killed by some religious group that kills outsiders who don't fully believe in things lmao #dying as I lived: being a nosy bitch #cw: #religion

[roobylavender]

one thought before i disappear again but i really fail to understand damian fans' logic or interaction with canon on any level like your entire engagement with him as a character relies on a bastardization of every person around him. i don't see what worth there is in comparing how dick and bruce are comparatively written as parental figures in damian's life when your primary basis for analysis is canon from a writer who believes (1) dick shouldn't be in a relationship with kory bc he's happy-go-lucky and hates drama; and (2) bruce's life as a hero naturally culminates in fascism. neither of these are good faith takes on the characters involved so how can you place any value in how either of them are portrayed to interact with damian by way of that. and obv this doesn't even get into the plethora of talia issues which i have essayed about to the point of exhaustion. like idk i get that i can't make people hate a character obv lol and for many damian fans that attachment is there bc they read about him when they were young but i still don't really understand what there is about damian to be invested in once you're an adult who realizes he is holistically built on character assassination and racist stereotypes that he is inseparable from. like you can't really analyze his interactions with anyone without the context for those interactions being shoddy writing of someone else and i know that can happen in comics a lot but it happening in isolation is different from it forming the entire basis for a character

#to be deleted #like idk the parental comparisons wrt damian make my eye twitch. you are arguing about bastardizations this is USELESS.. #the fact that people genuinely believe bruce being written as an abusive asshole who would tell his child to his face that he doesn't like #him or treat him like an alienable object bc he didn't raise him himself and was turned into an animalistic assassination is just #so deeply insane to me like i get people don't like bruce sometimes it upsets me sure but the reasons are there but this just #feels so extreme bc it's literally built on the most egregious bastardization of bruce ever that refuses to even #acknowledge how deeply he loves and wants to help children not to mention how excited he was when talia was pregnant #and to be honest. to be HONEST. new teen titans dick would not have been able to stand damian at all #they do have some of that snark and dick is clearly annoyed with him when he has to take damian under his wing but like #it's ridiculously tame compared to how new teen titans dick would have reacted to someone so loath to team work #dick went to bruce's house when jason died and asked point blank why bruce put an incompetent kid out in the field #he's severely poor when it comes to tact and i'm not saying developing a relationship with damian would have been impossible but #it would have taken time and it would have taken time bc of DICK needing to adjust. not the other way around #dick is good at being a leader and taking charge when all the parts of a machine work in synchrony #what he's not good at is being faced with deviations from expectations esp when they cross the line with his morals #idk i know this is starting to sound like a bruce apologist dick hate post but it's really not i promise i just #i feel like people deliberately misunderstand their demeanors and expectations ESP in context of how they're written with damian #and bc when they're written with damian is at a time in dc comics where their respective character trajectories are practically #opposite to what they were twenty years ago rather than feeling like any kind of natural progression

[obsidianstrawberrymilk]

Jesus fuck why does no one talk about how Donna got married to a guy who knew her since she was seventeen/at most freshly eighteen when he was almost thirty and then he didn’t het her see their kid (who he was then responsible for the death of) like What The Actual Fuck.

#she was literally groomed and no one talks about it #also im pretty sure #if he was stil alive #robbie long wouldve been a similar age to lian #so they couldve grown up like pseudo cousins #lowk why did they erase all the og titan kids sans jai irey and lian :( #there couldve been sm interesting plotlines #w generational trauma #or the inherant trauma of being a hero or born to one w the knowledge #ur parent could die any day #and esp for donna #bc there is no way that relationship wasnt abusive for her #terry literally is gaslighting hr in every scene theyre in #notg to mention the power dynamic #donna troy #tw grooming #tw abuse #robert long #terry long #teen titans #fab 5 #dick grayson #roy harper #garth of shayeris #wally west #dc

[metanarrates]

Out of curiosity since we’re all talking abt tropes and fanfic trends what do you make of whump fic? I know it’s a super broad genre but feels like such an expanded view of like, hurt/comfort… I definitely see the appeal of it more than omegaverse but it’s such a weird little brand of fic that feels almost aligned with like, the poor little meow meow school of thought lol

ehhhhh I don't read that kind of stuff anymore (or much fanfiction at all, honestly,) but I did when I was younger. for me, as a teenager dealing with some pretty heavy issues, it felt like a way to externalize those feelings of pain and helplessness by projecting them onto fictional characters... but it also came with a kind of fixation on those topics that I don't think was exactly good for me. there's a kind of voyeuristic scrutiny on certain types of trauma that I remember existing in that scene, and looking back on it I don't feel quite comfortable with the way abuse was commonly portrayed in those types of stories. I question whether that type of sensationalism, when written by people who haven't been abused, is actually helpful to survivors. I don't consider myself an abuse victim per se but i AM a cult survivor and i remember feeling fairly alienated by the way that some fanfiction writers would handle that topic!

still, i can't deny that a lot of people in that scene were survivors themselves, and that a LOT of people I knew who liked it were also teenagers using it to externalize their own problems. it's honestly a pretty normal developmental stage for teens to fixate on edgy topics! at a certain stage of adolescence, you do gain the ability to really conceptualize topics like death and suffering, and a lot of teens end up processing those new ideas by fixating on them. i mean, the edgy anime oc made by a teenager is a stereotype for a reason, right?

so like idk i don't quite know what my overall commentary is on the topic. compared to something that's gotten as big as omegaverse, it still remains pretty niche, which does mean that it hasn't had quite as much ripple effect on fan communities. I'm sure it's still subject to the same issues of racism and cissexism and ableism etc etc that broader fandom stuff has, but I honestly don't remember my time in that scene well enough to have many coherent takes on it. sorry

#narrates #def some poor little meow meowing but its such a weird subset of it that im not sure how to analyze it lmao #i also really do not think that survivors esp teens are obligated to write their abuse with a ton of subtlety or virisimilitude #its just that the lack OF virisimilitude felt a little weird to me when reading stuff that dealt with my own personal traumas. #it didnt feel like people were in much dialogue with cult survivors. but thats true literally everywhere lol

[mrfoox]

The fact I refuse to confront/inform the people who have basically ruined my mental state and my ability to function bc that would make them feel bad is honestly bonkers

#miranda talking shit #I cant say id be having a good and normal life if i wasnt abused as a young child but im 90% sure I'd not have this must trouble #Id still have my autistic and add problems but my anxiety and depression would definitely be a lot better #Its... Insane. That my older brothers probably have no idea how much they have actually ruined my life/mental state from such an earlh age #As 4 yrs old... Hell they might not even remember it or even think it was a 'big deal'. I know my second oldest brother probably falls into #The latter. I know now that they both most likely have undiagnosed adhd/autism and they used me as a way to act out/feel better #But being told youre stupid. Fat. Ugly. Useless from the age of 4 like... I cant stress how much it have ruined my self image #Ive tried to build confidence in myself and love myself since my teens and i can barely say im 'avarge' without doubting it #Like they also hit me but that's nothing compared to the mental torture i had to go through on an almost daily basis #Funniest thing is that bc it happened/started when i was so young i didnt think it was... Bad or weird or abnormal. #I started crying when my parents told me to go tell my brothers it was dinner time. I was terrified of knocking on their doors #I still to this day 20 years later am still incredibly uncomfortable and anxious talking with them and i havent been able to make much of #An relationship with them bc of it. Im scared to say anything to them even if its simple shit. And men/boys in general ive thus been #Terrified of since i was young. Once again i thought it was normal to mistrust and be scared of men until i was in my teens #I wish i could hate them i wish i could be angry i wish i had someone to blame #But no my brain is too nice and give excuses to them. Their actions are excused. They have ruined me mentally but thats not their fault #Fuck that might be true but they were still 6 and 11 years older than me. I didnt have a chance to protect myself in any way #I wish someone saw i wasnt okay. I wish someone understood that i wasnt well. I wish someone saw me. #Negative #Abuse

[trans-leek-cookie]

yes. he did. he went on an island that i cannot think of the name of and had a bunch of his fans on there and tried to make a cult

HUH? WAIT OH GOD MIGHT REMEMBER YHIS HOLY FUCK

#Cult ment #Abuse ment #Ask to tag #Idk if it's what I'm thinking of but I'm p sure it was related to grooming teen girl fans? Y'know what lemme look it up #Anyway let's all fucking team up and kill him