#csa metaphor

[cryptic-diary]

I am scared of ladybugs. Of their freedom, the way they can fly to any destination even when they have none. But I fear their innocence more. The way I could easily destroy it if I'm not careful. Much like you did to me, but you chose not to be careful.

[aliusfrater]

i was awake for some of it, dean. born under a bad sign [2.14] i don't remember anything. [6.12, 6.22] i can’t know that for sure. you understand me? hello, cruel world [7.02] he deserves to know. rock and a hard place [9.08] you've seen everything that he's seen, even if you can't remember. that's what i need you to do. i need you to remember. road trip [9.10]

[whumpchester]

i often think about his elementary school teacher being the first demon/person he recognized before his prom date and his friend + they had so many teachers so this one mustve had a big impact on him and also like. sickening to think about them already following around sam as a child to "keep him on the right path"

[samsbrowncarhartt]

Supernatural (2003) “Pilot” // Interview with the Vampire (1994) // Supernatural (2003) “Shadow”

[transmascutena]

Okay a bit related the awful discourse happening right now I would like to say that interpreting Anthy as thousands of years old is just... okay I wouldn't say it's impossible but it feels like such a strange thing to be so ubiquitous in the fandom as opposed to a niche interpretation. Anthy is Utena's age when Utena first meets her. I've never seen a reason for why she's Utena's age in one flashback but is somehow eternally 14. Anthy and Dios's flashback is probably the main reason this reading exists at all, but I think it's safe to say this scene doesn't tie itself to any specific time period and is also not completely literal? I think timeline of the series is actually extremely condensed compared to most peoples interpretations when you consider that Tokiko (who got to age and is still alive at the time of the main plot) and Mikage worked on the perpetual motion machine which plays a huge part in the duels.

Am I making sense?? Does this cohere?? I just hate how gross Anthy is able treated by some fans while they defend it with an incomplete headcanon that doesnt even suit the series very well. My main problem with the reading isnt even the timeline, its that it does Anthy a wild disservice! Shes a child! Shes not an immortal being whos existed for centuries, shes 14! Akio isnt either, for that matter. Propping him up as an all powerful god of patriarchy actively works against the series' conclusions about him as a pathetic manchild who can only have power when its as a figurehead chairman. Thanks for listening to me ramble a bit!!

thank you! just saw this take too and it's one of my most hated interpretations of the show. "anthy is a 1000 year old in the body of a child" as a literal take (as opposed to like. she feels that way because of the nature of her abuse) is so . bad. always used to justify hating her for some shit that is very easily explained by the fact that she is a child. or to say that her and akio's age gap doesn't mean anything. or to say that there is a weird age gap between her and utena when, like you said, they've been the same age in every scene they're in together, including back when they're children. taking the flashback with dios and anthy completely literally as taking place hundreds of years ago, while simultaneously arguing that all of akio's current abuse is strictly metaphorical is just. an incredibly stupid way to read the show.

[leprosycock]

passages from this chapter that i just found insightful. worthy. interesting. engaging. fascinating, even. much to think about.

[dyouknowwhatimean-archive]

the shining...

[coltrevolver]

thinking about how aware darren was that what larten did to him was wrong and sick and unnecessary and how he hated him so much but he had to learn to be complacent because even though larten gave him every opportunity to kill him and leave and wouldn't have stopped him, larten still had control. he knew he took darren's life away and darren wouldn't be able to survive on his own. he'd die without him because larten spent their entire time together purposefully NOT teaching him how to survive with the burden he inflicted on him.

[samdeanjohn]

dude be honest. you are mad that sam was metaphorically raped by azazel as a child but dean was not.

why would i be mad if sam was metaphorically anything at any point lmao?

[geeangrey2004]

Gomene Gomene getting a Study with Miku remix is wild. It makes sense since, other than Aishite Aishite Aishite, that's Kikuo's most popular song, but man.

[girl-bateman]

In an attempt to explain my feelings I've used metaphors like; my spirit is infected, my soul is damaged, there is something rotten inside of me...etc

And then, when watching a video abt healing from childhood abuse the lady uses the EXACT same metaphors 😭 this is either a sign from God for me to stop being in denial, or its a sign that my use of metaphors is extremely basic

[deeplyunnerving]

alright but what if a byler fanfiction of the most devastating fucking movie I've watched in recent years 🤠

[strange-anni]

First we see the gate and then get hear a growling. It's the Demogorgeon but it also almost sounds like a lion.

Then El steps into the woods for the first time

The next thing she sees is the backdoor of Benny's Burgers which she enters

Inside El sees Benny, Earl and Henry

Then she finds fries and starts eating them as fast as possible

[menlove]

was I simply a fucked up traumatized kid for eternally reading labyrinth as a metaphor for the trauma of csa and how it leaves you feeling powerless and learning to eventually reclaim that power over your own narrative? maybe! will I stick by this interpretation? absolutely!

[cryptic-diary]

Your love was too much, it strangled me when I went to speak about those acts you did to me. The love stabbed into me like a pin cushion, leaving dotted scars across my mind and soul. Never visible to those who didn't suffer the same. Your love was obsessive, and it hurt my frail child body trying to hold onto all that you shoved onto my shoulders. I couldn't hold up the sky, what made you think I could hold that? It ripped at my heart, and slashed my guts. I could barely think when you were too close, my wounded heart beating too fast for my rotten blood to keep up.

[crabcrabcrabmeat]

rewatching zeta will fix me