#It's never a dud

[drifting-pieces-blog-blog]

hiii :D so i recently read some of your fanfics after finishing the show and i REALLY like how you write them- so my question is what resources did you use to write DID/ being Jewish correctly? I'm planning on writing myself and i want to get everything about them done good since i myself dont have those two things. Also as a added bonus what comics do you recommend me reading for good characterization for Jake since ive heard that they fucked up writing him in some of the comics.

Hi!

This is embarrassing. I write by the skin of my teeth. Open doc, just start typing. I also write from a lot of deep personal experience and emotion (and trauma). There's two in particular that come from real life experience for me. I'll let you guess which two. You'll be surprised.

What research did I do? Well... I spent a solid year working very....VERY hard and can now say I am Jewish! So the research was pretty intense there. I'm sorry I can't point to any particular spots for that. In terms of understanding Marc's Jewish trauma, the best I can point to is Zelenetz's issues that explore Marc's past with his father. Absolutely amazing and a great view on generational trauma. I also recommend looking into how generational trauma works. It's a fantastic understanding on where he's coming from.

For research into DID? So, I used to want to be a psychologist when I was growing up. I was obsessed with trying to understand mental illnesses that were being depicted in movies and books and understanding how they worked and how they differed from what was being shown. I latched onto Moon Knight for a lot of reasons, but he was also the first mentally ill person openly depicted in comics that I had ever seen. And they didn't make it look glamorous and didn't do the evil alter route. So naturally I fell down the rabbit hole.

What also helped? I met some amazing people that have DID and listened to them.

Don't make it look flashy or extra. It's often a slow thing and the people that care about them the most and know them quickly learn how to tell them apart. I know a husband and wife pair that can walk into a room and instantly know who is sitting there before the other even says anything.

Just remember that it's a real thing that happens and it isn't a romantic or glamorous thing. It's a thing that comes about because of significant real life trauma that leaves a terrible scar. Sometimes you get some amazing beautiful people out of it that unfortunately suffer terribly at times. But it isn't all suffering. There's good days, there's bad days.

Just know that you aren't going to always get it right. Not everyone with DID has the same experience and some of them are going to say you got it 100% and others will say you know shit and move on.

There are a lot of people with DID in the Moon Knight fandom. Some of them are willing to talk about some things and answer questions. A lot of them aren't. Respect that. It's their life, not a show.

ALRIGHT. Now the comics. Read OG Doug Moench. His run has the most and best Jake Lockley in it. He's loving, he's a people person, and he has strong feelings. After that, you can get into Lemire. he's in it, but not as much. You actually get a lot of Steven in that one, which is SUPER rare. And honestly, the Steven in that run is probably the closest and main reason for the Steven in the MCU show.

Then you can skip a LOT of comics because Jake is trashed after that.

Jump back in at McKay. His Jake Lockley is the fun Uncle that sneaks you a twenty when your parents aren't looking with instructions to 'have fun kid' and then ruffling your hair. There is not a lot of Jake there, sadly, but there's enough to make me smile.

Sorry I couldn't give you a more definitive answer with things to go look into.

Best I can tell you is just write from a good place. Don't write for shock value and don't over do it. Write what you know and don't try to fill in the blanks with something that you spent two seconds googling.

[currentlyinlaudnastiddies]

How is space? Are you mad at me for helping him? It was 100% his idea and peer pressure and stuff I SWEAR.

(ooc I personally hc that she helped him and low-key felt guilty for a minute cuz she was sorta motherly and paid a decent amount of attention to her. I believe she hardly got parental validation as a child simply because she was royalty, those types of parents typically aren't involved. I also think the phrase "I'm not mad, just disappointed" really gets to her. I enjoy giving the younger mechanized mechs old teenage angst to highlight the fact they didn't really "grow up" persay)

(so sorry I'm yapping I really felt like explaining before sending the ask)

@engineeroftheaurora

Oh, didnt expect that....space is alright. Its abit cold but then, so was Terra in the winter so i am kinda used to it. Its also...beautiful. Seeing all of the stars glittering and the nebulaes...its quite a sight-yet i wouldve prefered to be here voluntarily. Well, ill be back eventually .

Ah, i'm not mad. Maybe at Jonny a bit, but...of course your brother could persuade you to help him...and, to be honest, i am quite amused at this.

..hows aurora with all of that?

[everybodywantssomething]

I’m irrationally upset about John Gallagher Jr being dead set on never returning to Broadway after Swept Away closes

[real-batman-thinker]

Whenever they talk about early Bruce’s training this is what I imagine

[fiascobaby]

Jill's dream in Saw 3D is the most objectively stupid Saw trap ever, and that's why John didn't bring her in as an actual apprentice

[so-much-for-subtlety]

it’s like he’s dodging bullets in the matrix

[monards]

seewe could talk about how all of alice's neglectful actions with klee are both horrible all while having clear loving intentions buut nobody ever is ready to see morally grey and fucked characters. Apparently

[screampotato]

Sebastián Yatra - Dos Oruguitas (From "Encanto")

All the videos I've watched lately about how Disney is losing its touch never mention Encanto. Just rewatched for the first time since it first came out. This part is just... devastating. Heartbreaking.

[mr-nicegirl]

i'd say a majority of those who grew up in a secular home / self-id as non-religious grew up culturally christian. especially in the U.S.

but i'm gonna be so fucking fr. culturally protestant v. culturally catholic is not even a joke. i KNEW christianity was fake the moment my bible thumper classmates would say being baptized is catholic and not christian like HOLD ON. that's like. the og CHRISTianity. not only that but if u believe in jesus (christ) -> you are christian. (jehovah. lds. etc.) LIKE IT DOESNT MATTER. omg?

[quitedisastrous]

i wish i could just do nothing for a few days straight. maybe even just sleep for a few days straight. sooo excited for constant misery over the next 20 days

ranting in the tags. i would just scroll past if i were you

[ialpiriel]

I could tell some horror stories re: lrb, but mostly I want you all to know that if you can reliably wash your hands after using a toilet at work you should be thankful. Did you know this was a blessing you should be thankful for. Do you work and learn in a location where a sink is necessarily co-located with the toilet. Be thankful.

[fantastic-mr-corvid]

Any attempt to present one of the relationship's between Conficcare, Tesoro, Muro & Elena as more or less complex and important ultimately falls flat, but outside those cour four the full mesh of deep relationship's turns into a partial one, with some characters not really having much to say about each other.

Which is how Tesoro exists in Ramettas mind primarily as her brothers boyfriend, or as she would put it, sidehoe. I love her so much. This guy that's shaped so much of her brother and Muros lives to her is just the other man to Conficcare & Muros platonic 'keeping it together for the kids' mess of a relationship.

[moodr1ng]

couldnt cop any x at this club EVERYONE was looking all night!! just rounds and rounds of people going "do you know whos selling mdma" and no one seemed to be and by the time i found one guy he was all out. eventually it got to be too late so if i dropped id be wired well into noon so decided itll be another time and heading home now 🌜

[thelightintheattic]

the should get an award for enduring the psychological horror that is my physics class

[intriga-hounds]

ponzu might be going into heat so the Summer of Sauce might be cancelled 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[looker-bureau]

SQUALL AND LAGUNA NEVER EVEN HAD THE TALK