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Autocodependency.

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the main element that has always grabbed my attention, first and foremost, from the renowned Ursula K. Le Guin short story "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" are the pair of lines that bookend the description of the Wretched Child. after initially describing all the delights and joys and pleasures of Omelas, Le Guin asks the reader "Do you believe? Do you accept the festival, the city, the joy? No? Then let me describe one more thing." and after describing the torturous existence of the child whose suffering is requisite for Omelas' happiness and prosperity, she echoes this sentiment with "Now do you believe them? Are they not more credible?"

i know that there are a whole two paragraphs that follow that line, and what they say, but to me it has always felt that the true point of the short story is a condemnation of the reader's lack of imagination. that in all the possible fictions that they allow themselves to believe, they somehow seem to find it harder to imagine a true utopia where no one needs to suffer than to imagine talking dragons and warp drives.

it brings to mind a Puritan ethos, capitalist realism, even the Hayes' Code. edicts that pleasure can only be gained through suffering, that happiness is a finite resource and not all are entitled to it, that morality demands abnegation. it is for this reason that i consider "toxic yuri incest" to actually be decidedly less radical and revolutionary than "wholesome yuri incest", and in this essay, i will...

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wake up lil bro

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i remembered that this was a thing and i couldnt help myself. elaboration under the cut

theyre both pretty vers, but hal got interested in Domming. dirk is really happy as a sub. hal also knows for a fact that dirk NEEDS to be Dommed so he doesnt just go crazy all the time, and Domming in turn helps hal regain a safe sense of control over both himself, his surroundings, and dirk. Domming is full on a hobby for hal. hes also really fuckin strict about SSC rules (as you should be) but dirk... not so much

drive: they both have trauma that impacts their drive. hal's drive is tanked most of the time bc he finds it difficult to interact with his body that way- another reason why he prefers to Dom, as for him theres a safe balance of separation and gettin' right up in there if yknow what i mean. dirk swung the opposite way with a generally higher drive while also struggling with hypersexuality (you can be hypersexual regardless of drive)

taking risks: dirk has a boner for Getting Into Situations that hal would rather he not get into ever. hal gets spooked somewhat easily and is more concerned abt safety. dirk doesnt use the safewords they set up LMAO. he says he will and he does remember them, he just doesnt know his limits and/or willfully ignores them to '''challenge himself''' which leaves hal with too much on his Dom plate too often. this is the cause of many arguments and hal storming out of the house with threats to never touch him again (yeah right)

dirk has called jakes name like 10 times. hal not so secretly likes it though. he holds it over dirks head for leverage

there was an incident that ended up with dirk in pretty bad subdrop, relating to him just not using their safewords, which also put hal in severe domdrop the next morning. hal ugly cried for a solid hour. this is related to the 'got injured/injured someone else' points

their playlist started serious w/ attention to bpm because they never half ass anything, but it quickly dissolved into memery. yeah they still fuck to it

dirk also mentioned alpha dave once. of course he did, hes himself. need i say more about that

hal kinkshames dirk for being a little too into machines routinely lol. its twisted around into a humiliation thing

hals mind sometimes wanders off during vanilla encounters. his face will just glaze over like dude will literally be scrolling through social media in his CPU brain while dirk is bouncing on it. it pisses dirk tf off and also really worries and stresses him out. hal isnt actually aware that hes just as if not a little more dissociative than dirk

tangentally to sex, most of the time all they want to do is snuggle and kiss. being able to be close to e/o like that is overwhelming in both good and bad ways. half the time they cant touch each other at all, and on really bad days they can't even be in the same room. theyre both BPD as fuck, so sometimes the feelings pile up until they burst

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gift-wrapped with the yellow caution. ♡

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bro ult dirk selfcest 👍

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do you want to die together

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RIP Rossi and Darko you would’ve loved being outlaws probably

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Post nut Bro who needs to recreate everything that happened using puppets and post nut D who just wants to cuddle and begs him to just come back to bed. 🤧

yes. lazy doodle for you for having a great brain

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I’ve never felt more alone It feels so scary, getting old

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Can you do old man yaoi (a!dave and bro)

bro is parasocial asf to me. anyway this was also very fun to draw (+ shitposts), hope it is good for you :]

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when he pester on ur chum till u... till u uh... uhm.. idk

(full version with PEANITS here on twidder)

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touching tips w ur brotherfather after ur daily strife sesh is totally normal right guys?

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Hahahrrr

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Spare some alphacest 🙏🙏🙏 idc what that's just my favourite and your last piece was so good

Hello! Thank you anon, it takes us a while to actually draw typically & I didn't want your request to take too long, so here's a small dump of unposted stuff that hopefully satiates until we soon follow-up on this and create more. :] (Tap to see full)