#me about this

[frownyalfred]

oooohhh now I need to know more about bond sickness like would it be different for a child like bruce than a kinda partner like alfred? like aside from the fact that they're omega and beta? i love your portrayal of this with grown up bruce and jason, and would love to read more of your thoughts on this... Also... probably not at all related but would LOVE to read your thoughts on this for alphas as well, like the whole grief process for an Alpha like Clark after pa kent died for example, like is the scent as obvious and kinda repulsive as it was with bruce after jason?

Definitely different! Losing a parent-pup bond is different than a romantic/partner bond. Alfred also lost his Pack Alpha and Pack Omega in one fell swoop, which doubles his pain. Bruce was still a pup, and losing his parent bond was absolutely awful, but I think Alfred probably had a worse time as an adult beta. He had no one after that -- at least Bruce had him, someone who was pack and an authority figure.

I think there are some interesting physical and mental symptoms of bond sickness, some of which Alfred could stave off and others he truly couldn't. I'm not sure Bruce would fall into bond sickness since he would still have Alfred, though I'm sure he got close. Maybe that was why Alfred desperately was trying to keep them together in those first initial days and weeks. Trying to keep Bruce alive as his last surviving pack member, you know?

I also think betas are more resilient to bond losses than alphas or omegas. Alfred could survive bond sickness while trying to take care of Bruce, because he had been -- and continues to be -- the center of the pack. The heart, the caretaker. His need to survive to take care of Bruce keeps him alive and present.

For alphas -- yes, they also push out grief like omegas do. Their scents reflect that same kind of misery, where scenting them is a physically uncomfortable thing. I think they're less likely to go into a drop like omegas do sometimes during traumatic events, but it's not impossible. Grieving alphas probably have some different quirks than omegas, but the solution is usually the same -- closeness with pack, rest, time away from other people/non pack.

I will say, I think probably the worst kinds of lost bonds are a parent losing a pup. Especially an omega losing a pup they carried. Second would be a mated alpha/omega bond breaking. Those are most likely to cause bond sickness and drops.

[whiteshipnightjar]

Zoozve, my beloved

[bookslutskye]

so i recently got top surgery and this was on my discharge papers after a mild complication

[skipppppy]

“You shouldn’t self-ID as ADHD/autistic, you’re turning a very real mental condition into a trend” Ok then stop saying delulu. Stop speculating on which cluster C personality disorder the criminals you hear about on the news have. Stop saying “schizoposting” and “acoustic” and “is it restarted?” Stop using “psycopath” and “sociopath” as catch-all ways of calling someone a bad person. Stop saying “the intrusive thoughts won” when you bleach your hair and then turn your nose up at people who suffer from very real, very scary urges of physical/sexual violence. Stop saying “I’m so OCD” as a way of calling yourself neat. Stop treating BPD/ASPD/Bipolar as inherently abusive. Stop saying “OP I am living in your walls” without tagging for unreality. Stop diagnosing complete strangers you’ve never met on r/AITA with NPD.

You first. If you don’t want our disabilities to be treated like trends then stop belittling and minimising them. I’ll NEVER judge a person for trying find labels for their symptoms when an apathetic, racist, sexist, ableist healthcare system refuses to. But I will absolutely judge a hypocrite. Which a lot of you are

[kochei0]

I turn to Ares.

Thanks to Tyler Miles Lockett who allowed me to draw inspiration from his ARES piece for page 2! Look at his etsy page it's SICK

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[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[mamatater]

The spouse is getting curious about tumblr

[nosongunsung11]

collection of posts for a very specific dynamic

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[qrowpilled]

hate when you find a character whose so infuriatingly Your Type that its embarrassing like yeahg no one is gonna be surprised when i announce this is my new Guy Of The Month

[nighthawkes]

I must sleep. Sleep is the mind-healer. Sleep is the big-life that brings total ability to fucking do anything. I will face my bed. I will permit the blankie to pass over me and snores to pass through me. And when sleep has gone past I will turn the outer eye to greet the new morning. When the sleep has gone there will be everything. Energy and will to live will remain.

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[lazylittledragon]

can't believe we're all adults being forced into the club penguin level of censorship in 2024

[fluorescentbrains]

me reading straight up pornography: hmm… this one just doesn’t have enough accurate character psychoanalysis to get me off

[noelledeltarune]

EVERY SINGLE DAY there are MILLIONS of characters in their late 20s who get falsely accused of being father figures to teenagers when in reality the description of "weird older cousin" or "step-sibling that moved out before you were born" is 1000000x more apt

[dovesick]

endless night