how about this: when i was 9 and my stepdad beat me until i passed out and i told my friends at school, my teacher over heard and i was interviewed by cps. they also went to my house when i was at school. when i got home, my step father was waiting on the couch, and told me who visited him that day. he told me if i ever snitched again he would beat me to within an inch of my life.
how about this: my mother locked me out of the house when i was 14 and when i cried so loud the neighbors called the cops, the cop told me i should have been respectful of my mother who was trying to sleep.
how about this. the demon you know is less scary than the demon you don’t.
children in abused households are raised to fear the idea of being taken away. children in abusive households see that help makes things worse.
dont you ever blame an abuse victim for not going to the authorities.
White Villain: Today, on the way home from massacring an entire village, I saw a puppy and I…. didn’t kick it…. I wanted to…. but for some reason…. I didn’t.
Fandom: THERE’S STILL GOOD IN HIM!!!! REDEMPTION ARC HERE WE COME!
Hero of color: Today, I saw a puppy that had been hit by a car, poor thing. I know first aid, so I felt obligated to help. It’s leg was broken so I fashioned a splint out of some old boards and the shirt of my back before I took him to a Vet clinic for further care.
Fandom: …..So what you’re saying is that A VETERINARIAN WASN’T THERE WHEN YOU PERFORMED THE SPLINT? Don’t you know that if you do a splint wrong the bone might heal wrong if you don’t have a Vet check it at the earliest possible time? I know that’s what you did but imagine if you hadn’t! What a fucking idiot. How can anyone like this character?