( five times safe ) for @interxstitial and jiwon/caspian
it's been a long day, and he's tired, and he's stressed, and everything is just so much—but jiwon's here, and he missed him, so caspian tries. he listens, and he responds, and he tries to contribute, but every word takes so much effort and soon, he can't force a single sound from his traitorous throat. so he hugs his knees to his chest, hides his face, and waits for jiwon to get—upset, or angry, or—or for him to demand a response, or an explanation— but then he doesn't. he just speaks softly, leans against cas, and doesn't ask him anything he can't answer with a nod or a headshake. he's not sure why. he's not sure what he's feeling—but eventually, his hands stop shaking.
they know that, despite what many people say, they are not a monster. but they feel it, sometimes—when uber rides stare suspiciously at them from their back seat; when a friend mentions their disgust for the thing they don't know caspian is; when hunger strikes, vicious and violent. but not now, when they've got their fangs in jiwon's neck and his hand in their hair and his voice in their ear telling them he's all right, it's okay, he's not scared or hurting. there's nothing they have to hide from jiwon—other than the feelings they're starting to put a name to.
if, a few years ago, someone told caspian he'd be at a dance studio, watching a bunch of loud little kids do their best to follow their teacher's instructions—and he'd be smiling—he would have laughed. he wouldn't want to be there. the parents certainly wouldn't want him to be there. the kids, if they happened to spot him, would certainly try to hide. but caspian, now, knows none of that is true. the kids have all seen him pick up jiwon after class ends. if any of the parents have issues with him being there, they'll have to go through jiwon—a surprisingly formidable foe, he's learned. when panic tries to rise anyway, to say he shouldn't be here, he should just wait in his car, he looks at jiwon's blindingly bright smile, and feels warm.
they're terrified of how jiwon will respond, but they're more scared of what will happen if they don't try. they've done all the shitty, stupid coping mechanisms they remember from the psych ward and therapy, but the urge doesn't go away, so caspian pulls out their phone and types with shaking hands. (—hey this is stupid but can i come over —we don't need to talk if ur busy or whatever i just need to not be alone rn —i don't wanna do anything stupid) they surprise themself by meaning it. they don't want this. they don't know if jiwon will understand—if he'll know—if he already knows—but they know they'll feel better with jiwon nearby.
he still can't believe he's let this happen, even as it's happening. he can't believe he's letting jiwon see him like this, that he wants caspian, that he gets to touch him. he's never wanted this, has always hated himself too much for anything but inebriated quickies he barely remembers the next morning. but now he's—safe. with jiwon, he knows he's safe, and he feels safe. as he presses hot kisses to their neck and shoulders, tells them how good they're doing, how beautiful they are—all he feels is warmth, and safety, and love.
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I wasn't planning on reading it today, but now I'm intrigued.
I've always kinda been an eclipse simp, ya think this will make me dislike him? Genuine question.
Fellow eclipse simp.......... I see you.......
Any other Eclipse I'm fine with (at least so far, like @just-a-drawing-bean's Eclipse he is FUCKING FINE AND I LOVE HIM WOOOOOOOOOO), Sleuth Jesters' Eclipse is full on manipulative asshole (we sure love antagonist characters woOOOOO), meant to be feared. I hate him as a person but as a character he is so fucking interesting in the ways that I won't say shit about because-
Well, spoilers ghfjhgGSJH
Go for it though! It's a super well written fic I am going apeshit about it! Not a win for Eclipse simps (unless you're- somehow into the shit he does in it) but goddamn he is fascinating
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sometimes the moral of the story really is just "you cannot go back and what happened to you is going to be with you for the rest of your life. but it's still going to be okay" huh
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self-flagellation and self-bullying are all bad motivators for change BTW. it can be hard to escape from a spiral but genuinely u have to be nice to urself or nothing will change
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i am going to start a collection
if you have any other posts of this kind please send them to me
update: this one thanks to @iputmcytsintohydraulicpress (great url, by the way)
this one courtesy of @catamaurrr-star
So I didn’t want to separate it into two images, this was the best I could do- thanks to @blocky-tides! also art is by @/cheeryfairies
thanks @o0recipme0o
hey @igotthisaccountunderduress. less mcyt related but thanks anyways :D
heheh
I GIVE UP GUYS HOW DO I IMAGE ID SOMEONE HELP ME
...so anyways here's my self-promotion now that this has almost 15,000 notes and you guys sure as hell won't see it if i reblog
My AO3! Not much there right now besides OC stuff, but more to come!
Situations ask game! pleasepleaseplease send me hc/life series stuff here i need enrichment (some of these are shorter, but i can promise you i will deliver!)
@traffic-smp-headcannons! me and mod tides like seeing your ideas :)
(of note: i also take art requests, but only traditional)
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also worth noting that "abusive" doesn't actually mean "irredeemable" either.
there's a lot of people that have done things in the past that were bad, because they weren't taught any better, or they were in an overall toxic situation where EVERYONE was shitty (like a cult), or they were just at an especially low point and hurt others for it.
you don't have to forgive them. you don't have to ever speak to them again. you can be angry with them until you die if you want.
but society cannot function if we don't allow them to move on. to change their behavior and fuck off somewhere else and build meaningful relationships without bothering you again. we need a path for people to change, or nothing ever will.
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lead balloon (the tumblr post that saved me)
if this comic resonated with you, it would mean the world to me if you donated to this palestinian family's escape fund.
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no creative notes because this isn't that kind of comic.
I know I don’t owe any of you anything but I still felt compelled to write about my long term absence. And I feel far enough away from the dangerous spot I was in to be able to make this comic. I have a therapist now, and she agreed that making this could be a very cathartic gesture, and the start of properly leaving these thoughts behind me. I am still, at seemingly random times, blindsided by fleeting desires to kill myself. They’re always passing urges, but it’s disarming, and uncomfortable. I worry sometimes that my brain’s spent so long thinking only about suicide that it’s forgotten how to think about anything else. Like, now that I've opened that door for myself, I'll never be able to fully shut it again. But I’m trying my best to encourage my mind in other directions. We'll see how that goes.
I am still donating all proceeds from my store to Palestinian causes. So far, I've donated over $15K, not including donations coming from my own pocket or the fundraising streams which jointly raised around $10K. In the time since I made my initial post about where this money would be going, the focus has shifted from aid organisations to directly donating to escape funds.
If you'd like to do the same, you can look at Operation Olive Branch, which hosts hundreds of Palestinian escape funds or donate to Safebow, which has helped facilitate the safe crossing and securing of important medical procedures for over 150 at-risk palestinians since the beginning of the genocide.
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