#sorry to the DV victims i work with -

[kinnbig]

anon is off until you all learn how to behave 💖

[lobotomyladylives]

Women are at least equally as likely as men to initiate DV. 40% of victims in a DV study in America were men. Women are at least as likely as men to abuse their children and are the perpetrators in at least half of child maltreatment cases. Lesbian couples also have the highest rate of DV -- 44%, compared to 35% of straight women and 26% of gay men.

Lol it just so happens that I have my criticisms of most of these basically memorized because as always you have nothing to offer except for regurgitating the same braindead talking points MRAs have been using for years without bothering to think critically. I'm on the train so I have some time but just know that you are getting boring again, be careful or I'll stop throwing seeds into your enclosure when you bang the bars and I know when that happens you're going to try to kill yourself by taking your entire Cialis prescription at once

So this should be obvious but there are tens of thousands of small IPV studies with wildly varying rates of self reported abuse from both men and women, making them unreliable, and the 40% stat falls into this category. This is literally the definition of cherry picking. Why not cite one of the other small studies that comes to the conclusion that women are over 90% more likely to experience IPV than men? Survey based studies, especially those with a low sample size, are notoriously unreliable, hence the massive difference in results.

"At least equally likely to initiate" this one isn't even worth addressing because you provided no actual data that would allow me to identify the study you pulled this from (since you didn't bother to cite any sources as usual) + the language you use is opinion based. "At least" is a term no one with hard data needs to use. Sorry, I know MRAs don't question anything as long as it works with their confirmation bias but outside of your bubble of maladjusted male market failures you can't just say "Women Bad" and have people applaud you for your intelligence & wisdom. You have to back it up.

Women are far more likely to be the sole parents of children due to men abandoning their offspring so often. Adjusted for that (which is the only way to get reliable data, using maladjusted stats to make a claim like this in an academic setting would literally get even an undergrad laughed out of the room), men are in fact more likely to abuse their kids-and far more likely to sexually abuse them even /without/ adjusting the variables, which is alarming.

The "lesbians abuse more!!1!" bs is well known to be a limited & misleading "study" that no reasonable academic would ever cite due to it contradicting better studies that have much more reliable metrics. And you didn't describe it correctly, either-it's not a percentage of couples but rather a percentage of people who identify as lesbians, straight women, straight men (notice how you left them off your list, wonder why?), or gay men who have experienced IPV at some point in their lifetimes. Not each individual relationship. Which should be obvious lol lik or course almost half of lesbian couples don't beat each other, & neither do 2/3rds of straight couples (which would be required for both men and women to have a combined ~70% rate within each couple which is the way you are presenting this misinformation). Plus, many lesbians dated men as teenagers or young adults due to comphet so even if the stats were reliable, due to the nature of the questions used in the survey they're still potentially misleading bc the identity of the abusers is not specified, just the identity of the victims.

By FAR the most relevant source that we have when looking at population demographics of IPV are the crime stats for the most severe forms of abuse. It's the most reliable way to get this data as it's solely based on hard evidence, not just self reporting, and also it's the largest sample size you can possibly get by far-the entire population of the world. Men are almost TEN TIMES more likely to hospitalize or murder their partners as women are, and again that is the kind of data that is impossible to fabricate due to the scale of it. But sure, ignore that and keep citing poorly conducted studies based on low sample size self reported surveys, the weakest form of scientific "evidence".

Something else worth noting when talking about male violence against their female partners is that the number one cause of death for pregnant women is being murdered by the father of the child. It's more common than the top 3 most common obstetric causes combined, in addition to shadowing any other COD that is normally far more common than homicides among adults. But sure, feminists are just being hysterical when we talk about male violence, right? Let's just call women crazy and paranoid until they're murdered, then we'll call them stupid & say they should've been more careful about picking their men.

Anyways, I know that all of this probably went over your head because I used language the average eight grader would understand instead of language the average paleolithic toddler would understand, let me rephrase for the intellectually underprivileged: u wrong lol

[citizenoftmrrwlnd]

hello.. all of this news has been very very hard for us all to handle, as we have quite a few introjects of him..

we were wondering if we could possibly get some names for our cg? they're taking it the hardest and no longer wishes to go by that name. feel free to simply tag as caregiver introject rather than any specifics.

we all think something with a more parental and gentle feeling would work best for him. masculine, gender neutral, and unisex names are all welcome, but we do ask for no explicitly feminine names ( unless as i said they are unisex such as alex sam etc. )

thank you astro. we really do appreciate how you're handling the situation.

to everyone, please focus on the victims, not on who has responded nor on the abuser himself. yes it's an entirely different story if someone tries to advocate for the abuser by attempting to justify it ( in which case flame their ass /hj ) but please just bring all your support to the victims of his abuse and manipulation. thank you.

hello. i hope these names will fit your caregiver introject's needs, i can understand why this news would upset them so much. as this kind anon said, please uplift victims and focus on supporting those who've suffered. if you or anyone you know is in need of help, please never hesitate to contact the dv hotline.

caru or ceri - meaning "to love" lyuben - meaning "love" foster - like a foster parent benvolio - meaning "good will" cedric - supposedly meaning "kindly" gareth - supposedly meaning "gentle" clement - meaning "gentle, kind" vieno - meaning "gentle"

sorry i couldn't find many. i do hope this at least serves as a good starting point!

[genderisareligion]

I am so sorry about what is happening and I am so worried about you, I don't even know what to say… hopefully someone else has some useful advice. Is having a pro bono lawyer that bad where you are? Maybe someone can help you set up a paypal, kofi or something similar so people can donate money.

I do have Venmo and CashApp but I don’t want to post the names of them here, if any of you feel like donating I would really, really love that, as I really need to get a storage unit for at least the next few months. DM me @genderisareligion 🖤

Where I am currently regarding my parents' conservatorship or whatever it is, it’s a huge county and should be easy to find pro bono resources, considering that in one of the court cases I’m a part of involving my ex I started out as a domestic violence victim “DV-1” (because of clear evidence of my bleeding and her being fine plus her having a gun openly displayed), and considering this kind of thing happens around here all the time.

The huge problem I was having when I was stuck in a hellhole in the desert was that the county is large but very rural with few resources, especially my city in particular. Allegedly the only jail available for me to go to after my “roommate” I’d said two words to completely invented a fake “battery” incident (despite having no physical injuries because I said some unkind words through the door) is two and a half hours away and notorious for its crime or something. Unfortunately because of where I lived with my ex at the time of our incident that has spiraled into now several others, all of my court dates with her will likely be in that county, in that tiny ass city.

Much harder to find pro bono there because anyone who’d even bother would have to make that two and a half hour drive. There was some probably intentional confusion about it at first but now I know I’m owed a public defender for what started out as a civil case so that should help. As far as what my actual defense is I have no fucking idea yet because she’s going full Johnny Depp and my experiences with the “mental health services” including the fucking women’s shelter somehow in that county were extremely disappointing, so I don’t have faith in their legal resources either.

Gonna have to delay it with medical treatment though so working on that first.

[magickgoblin]

Journal Entry 1

TW: Mentions of CSA, DV, and SH After being put into therapy when Minerva caught me breakdown in my classroom, I have started working through repressed emotions and trauma. The world is now in a different light, I'm still haunted by the shadows, they seem to be watching my every move. Even they taunt and mock me, I can't escape them. The therapist said it might be good to start a journal to write everything down. The first time the shadows appeared, I was five, my father, Tobias had been drinking, and everyone on the planet knew what happened behind the close doors when he drank. My mother was a victim to his anger exploding, every morning around four, I was bring my mother the potion she had taught me when I was four. By the time Tobias woke up, her bruises of the violent night would be gone, after she drank it. Only that night, when I went into the room, Tobias was awake. He saw the green liquid I held in a glass. He snarled at me, from where he sat on the bed. I didn't have time to react when before the glass was out of my hand and across the floor. Glass shattered against my body. The last thing I remember was the taste of his breath in my mouth and his hands on my body, before the shadows took over. Every night till I went to Hogwarts, the shadows would come take over, as Tobias did things to my body that I never wanted to repeat aloud. Then suddenly at Hogwarts, I had four bullies on my back, each respected because of the two leaders, Potter and Black, the two richest and stuck-up dudes in the whole bloody place. I bled every night at that place, my arms, legs, and torso littered with scars of my own doing. It wasn't long till soon the two boys did the same thing Tobias did. Then the person I thought was my best friend, defended them. I think that's all i would like to get out today. I'm sorry that you'll be dealing with my shadows. Yours, S. Prince

[separatist-apologist]

Speaking of domestic violent. Sometime it really surprise and shocked me that the old.people i taking care of have done such such thing. Like, am I being deceived by your old look and feel sorry for your illness? Like ,there is a nurse on tiktok talking about how the old people casually confess their bad deed when they are strong and healthy enough to commit it. Like they say it like they are asking what day is today. Imagine all thos victim to their abuseee . It really baffle me until today

In grad school I did an internship in a skilled nursing facility, and one of the things they had us do was a patient history. It was mostly busy work but also like, a good way to introduce the student intern to the people living there and have a talk 1:1. Overwhelmingly, the facility was made up of elderly women, most of whom were widowed. And I had compiled a basic list of questions that went through their life.

The thing I was not prepared for was how many had experienced DV/SV. And I think part of that is just the societal belief that this is happening to young people primarily, or that at some point you move on and forget, but it was still effecting some people in tangible ways because they'd been told their whole lives this is normal, this just happens, or forget about it- especially when you consider how demonized therapy has been for the majority of its inception.

Covid happened before I ever got to see the final part of the project through, so I don't know what happened to everyone. No one confessed any crimes to me- just a lot of violence

[a-room-of-my-own]

To that anon of yours who purports to speak for all domestic violence survivors, I too am a domestic violence survivor and a rape victim too and Depp disgusts me. And people like that anon too disgust me to hell and back.

How can you, who also claim to be a victim of male violence, defend and abuser and someone who has been proven to have abused and raped? All because of what? Because he was handsome 20 years ago?

This would be laughable if it wasn't so sad and frightening. This is exactly how abusers get away with their crimes. They know that if they have beauty and charm no-one will believe their victims.

Shame on you, anon.

(I'm sorry, to butt in but those anon asks really irked me. Keep up the good work, I'm glad to see somebody making sense on this whole thing)

Ah they came back in my mailbox to further insult me but now they're blocked. I just published a few to show how crazy they were acting but now every person who comes to me with insults is getting blocked. I don't want to give them too much visibility because it's useless and I think it's absolutely awful for DV/SA victims to have to read that. It is frightening indeed 😔 take care!

[traumatizedjaguar]

i can’t remember it too well but i think i was either 5 or 6 when it happened. i was the older kid. i didn’t know it was wrong until an adult found out and i got in trouble for it. i still didn’t really understand why it was wrong but i trusted the adult that i did a bad thing and looking back i definitely did and i just don’t know where the idea even came from or how any of it started. i feel so bad for the other person bc they shouldn’t have had to deal with the fallout of my problems. the body memories are mostly random, if that thing pops into my mind i start feeling other weird stuff like hands on my back and stomach and my stomach turning and a feeling like i’ve been forced into something and wanting to run. the scariest one was recently when i was at a family function and i experienced an extreme arousal response around one specific person that sent me straight into a panic attack. and then i had this weird half memory of a memory from when i was like 8 or smth i just remember being in the car thinking of smth really awful involving a older boy and it made me so upset i sat and chanted to myself “forget it forget it forget it” until it actually worked and that’s pretty much it. my memory is so bad all these memories feel like dreams but i know they happened, but it still feels fake and not real. there’s some other stuff but this is the newer stuff that’s rlly been bothering me lately and it makes me feel like there’s some awful secret my brain is still keeping from me.

i do need to get therapy, these problems have been manifesting in my life in many ways since i was in middle school but it’s so shameful to talk about even to someone who’s trained to hear it and help. i can’t get the words out when i try, it’s like there’s a huge lump in my throat. thanks again for having an open ask box and a listening ear i’ve never talked to anyone about this and it helps to try and talk about it a little.

Here’s the first ask you sent^ I’m sorry to hear about what happened to you with these traumatic experiences and flashbacks in relation to it.

I would never put blame on a trauma victim regardless of how much you think you should be or what the adult said and I’m just taking from what you’ve written here and the other post I assume is yours that I carefully reread a few times each.

The adult telling you that you did a bad thing and getting you in trouble for it kind of angers me.

Adults should be more gentle with kids. And rather teach you and this other kid right from wrong otherwise they’re not doing a good job. Without much detail idk if the adult walked in on it happening in the middle of it, they wouldn’t know who initiated it or who’s to blame, such as biases (their relationship to you and this other kid) or lack of knowledge on certain topics (bullying, SA, DV) could have them blaming the wrong kid. Or if they watched the whole thing from the behinning they should’ve stopped it before it got too far between you and this other kid, separate the two of you maybe even for good or until they could trust you two together, or that adult would be untrustworthy.

Again, I’m sorry to hear about the abuse you’ve experienced from a kid near your age and someone else from when you were a bit older. Even if the first traumatic experience was with someone younger than you it doesn’t mean you were inherently at fault or responsible for it. Younger kids can be perpetrators too depending on the age gap, who initiated, and knowledge of each kid of course.

Edit: what has no sense or logic to me is when you say you agree with this adult that you were at fault for doing the bad thing, but everything you describe says the opposite.

The somatic/body flashbacks you mentioned in relation to this kid near your age back then are the re-experiencing section of PTSD and CPTSD meaning you were likely the abused.m one. Thinking about that kid near your age and the triggers into the flashbacks are normal when you suffered trauma, I get those all the time. I get emotional, arousal, and somatic memories related to incidences that happened between me and another kid when I was maybe around 4.

It’s also normal for everything to feel fake or like a dream. Especially given these happened so long ago and trauma makes us wanna forget or dissociate. I sob or have trouble talking every time I talk about my trauma from the experiences I barely remember but flashbacks to when I was around 4 and all the way up until recent events of stalking, talking about it makes me uncontrollably sob and it’s hard. That’s why I write everything down in text online but triggers or flashbacks will still happen which is my C-ptsd and sounds like yours when you think about or re-experience these memories from when you were 5/6. Panic or anxiety attacks are normal when around our abusers or triggered by something in relation to an abuser. Hypersexuality is what you’re describing as the “extreme arousal response” to a family member of yours. Our bodies tell us in many ways what trauma we’ve endured.

You’re not at fault, your trauma is valid, flashbacks are really fucking hard to deal with and I’m here for you if you need anything.

Edit: ok so I just DMed a couple people and asked them if that’s even possible to have your symptoms and yet be the perp/at fault/instigator and they all said that you, in fact, are being gaslighted by that adult (and possibly the kid depending on their stance on this as well.) Because people don’t just develop these symptoms and trauma injuries from abusing others. There’s nothing known in psychology about that even being possible. So, my answer remains that the adult is trying to manipulate you and you were never at fault for a single thing (regardless of how many people may bully you, manipulate you, or take a different stance.)

[mrsgojosatoru]

Im not a dv victim but im a survivor of other things and people at my workplace talk about this case like it’s sports. It’s unbearable and makes me feel unsafe at work. Realizing coworkers could be so cruel.

Yeah, the way this trial has been televised was a SUPER huge mistake because mocking a DV survivor really has been like the hot thing to do this month. Lance Bass, Milani cosmetics and SNL all joined in on the pile on. Like I think it sends a clear single to survivors in our society that you won't be believed, and coming forward will be dangerous. I also think it sends that message to everyone who could be abused or assaulted in our society. Why come forward when this will be the backlash?

Even if Amber wins this trial has made life so much more dangerous and silencing for survivors in our society.

I'm also very sorry that this is making you feel unsafe at work. You shouldn't have to go through that.

[ariminiria]

Is the reason Warner Bros is in so much debt is because they're to make their DCEU to compete with MCU? I tried looking up as to why they're in debt, but all they said is "WB is in debt" and that's all. Not really a direct answer...(And I don't care about WB, I'm just pissed that they deleted alot of animated shows from their category...)

I couldn't say why for certain.

(This got way longer than I realized it would be, so full explanation is under the cut.)

There's something to be said about the film and TV industry, where a lot of times studios just are in debt as part of the process of making things, but I doubt that's the case here.

With that in mind, regardless, I do think the superhero movie battles play into that at least to some degree. They chose to try to get in on Marvel's success, but they decided to do it their own way (dark knight and gritty), which could work but maybe not specifically the way they did it. Plus they've had a lot of creative differences and internal difficulties pretty much all along each step of their proces.

Like replacing Zack Snyder and changing up Justice League at literally the very last minute (cgi upper lip Henry Cavill anyone? lol). Not saying the Snyder Cut™️ fixed anything, by any stretch, but the theatrical release of JL was definitely not successful by the metric of superhero movies, so you're not really profiting from your original budget, but then add the additional costs from your decision to reshoot. You're now paying EVERYBODY almost twice as much, only to fail at that.

And yeah, The Batman was good. It was a step in the right direction.

But WB has been making questionable decisions for years now. Starting with firing Johnny Depp. Whether or not you think he was the correct actor for the role, it was his role, and firing him looked extremely bad in light of, well, everything that was revealed. Not to mention that the writing quality of the Fantastic Beasts Franchise was already going downhill, so the third one might have flopped anyways, but now WB are already looking at one guaranteed flop and they come off as the bad guy for blacklisting a DV victim...

But they decide to double down and make it worse for themselves by keeping on Amber Heard after the truth came out that she was in fact the abuser. Despite a multi-million signature petition, the director laughed it off and said they're not going to cave to pressure. He must have forgotten that viewers drive the profits, because those millions of people who signed that petition are people who won't be buying tickets, therefore losing $$$. There's a reason why they keep delaying A2s release. They're waiting to see if public opinion will change so they maybe don't have to edit her out completely just to break even. Spoiler alert: public opinion isn't gonna change. They have one option but they're clearly not interested. Add another to the flop list.

But of course, that's not surprising, given that WB is also still planning to release the Flash movie, despite the fact that around the same time as JD was let go, Ezra Miller was caught on camera choking a fan! But nothing happened this time, no firing, the video just kind of disappeared and the actor promised to eventually make a statement and apology *it never happened). And now Miller is literally a fugitive who kidnapped a child and holed up in a mansion full of drugs and weapons.

And WB is still releasing the movie.

You thought this was over yet? Nope!

On top of all of that, they're canceling the Batgirl movie, which, no matter how atrocious it might have been, is a terrible decision because it's just a loss at that point. They're using it as a tax write off and nothing more.

I'm sure there's more I didn't list but there's are the top examples.

So, for WB debt specifically? I'd say it's the result of a multitude of bad decisions over the course of many years.

Sorry this got so long!

[shrimpmandan]

sorry to hear abt ur stepdad! obviously i'm not able to speak to ur personal experience but that sounds awful

i think two things can be true at once. yes we need more visibility for male abuse victims and if there's one thing i'm glad for when it comes to this case it's that there's more awareness about it. on the other hand u sound extremely dismissive of female abuse victims lol, the gabby petito case was literally a year ago and the cops had no trouble believing the man in that situation. obviously we still have work to do on both fronts. and again, this has literally popularized DARVO tactics for abusers, why are u feigning ignorance to the larger consequences of this case?

to the other anon who responded abt the msm point — cherrypicking inaccuracies from three articles doesn't negate my overall point. i guess my question is — how do u know this is promotion of a larger agenda and not simply a reporting of things as journalists see it? what separates ur rhetoric from anti vaxxers who say the same??? i'm not saying msm is perfect, far from it, but i'd love to see some concrete evidence that this is abt some sort of agenda instead of just conspiracies.

idk, this is what i don't like about the pro-depp camp. i say a judge approved her TRO, another ruled JD a wifebeater, and two other judges denied his appeal, and JD supporters will tell me the word of an unsequestered jury is more credible. i tell u that overwhelmingly DV experts have sided with AH, and u say that they're prone to bias and not equipped to evaluate the situation. then who is?? you? (and you may say you haven't passed judgments but you've posted pro-depp stuff in the past.) we're all prone to bias, that doesn't mean we shouldn't listen to experts, especially when they're all singing the same tune. if u think body language 'experts' (not something u can be an expert in anyway) or grifters or ur own judgment of the vibes is more reliable, you do you i guess !

And you are extremely condescending.

How exactly am I being dismissive of female abuse victims by saying that there's no tangible evidence that this one trial has changed how domestic violence cases are handled? Men are still significantly biased against, and sometimes both men AND women are shafted due to charges being pressed on the "victim's" behalf like in my parents' case. It's not feigning ignorance when I literally have not noticed what you claim to be a pressing issue for victims of abuse and future abuse trials.

As other anons have said, experts can be wrong. Experts are not at all immune to bias, including gender bias, and are still fallible human beings. I don't know why people elevate experts onto this heightened plane of existence when experts themselves often disagree amongst each-other. If your only basis for believing something is "oh an expert said so" then you're frankly an idiot with no ability to form your own conclusions.

Also, I readily admitted that mainstream media was generally biased towards Depp, while some outlets were biased towards Heard. I personally wasn't claiming a larger agenda, just pointing out that different individual people have their own agendas and biases and that most mainstream media outlets heavily curate and censor what can and cannot be posted onto their site.

I posted pro-Depp stuff, yes, because I side with Depp in this situation, because that's where the evidence pointed from my understanding. I never said I didn't pass judgment literally anywhere. I just said that I didn't care about Depp or Heard as people, because how could I when I literally do not know them?

And for that matter, my judgment isn't "the vibes", it's the literal proof present in the trial which I mostly observed from afar. And if you don't mind I'm done with your condescending shit. I'm an abuse victim AND have experienced misogyny as a trans man. I don't know why you don't think I don't care about female victims of abuse when I fucking technically am one, and so is my mother, and so is my mother's mother. And for that matter, the majority of my abuse was at the hands of women LIKE Amber Heard who were extremely manipulative and emotionally abusive. Dragging on a frankly upsetting conversation just to come off as morally superior is just sad.

Please go bother someone else.

[tea-with-evan-and-me]

https://x.com/ymerachalla/status/1705481974264271032?s=46&t=vw4WI8Brl3poq10fUcDT9w

Idk if this person blocked you but I just saw this tweet and it pissed me tf off. They also said in another tweet that they’re not going to argue with Evan’s fans over all this. Well that’s not how social media works, if you put out a public tweet, especially one criticizing and attempting to defame someone, people are allowed to reply and correct you.

yeah they blocked me because i called them out lmfao i’m sorry, but again.. there’s something to the fact that a ton of these accounts who try to discredit evan as a victim of DV are seething amber heard supporters. i’ve come to the conclusions that there’s a derangement syndrome there. like, they are incensed over the way the public reacted to amber, and now they feel like all women accused of abuse need to be vindicated and any male who is assumed to be a victim needs to have the tables turned on them. their version of feminism is extremely offensive and fucked up.

https://x.com/teawevanandme/status/1705406475416256965?s=46&t=ZtoWqEJe0FDiM-Iy13jqBQ

[cheesywitcher]

TW: Domestic violence.

Udalryk reminds me of a DV victim, someone who is constantly feeling guilt.  Is demanded more of, more of, and if anything is done to try to remove that guilt, they are punished. Whether they did something bad or not, the abuser will use that against them. They will never let it go, they will always use it to drag them down. 

THEN they will punish them for not doing the thing that was suggested in the first place.  It’s truly a no win situation.  I wish it was that easy to be tricked.  Its interesting that even after Udalryk is free, he still feels empty. Because even DV victims can feel like that because that’s all they knew. Udalryk has felt this way for a long time.   I wish it was that easy to trick an abuser away. Because abusers take everyone down with them. They will fight and fight. It’s nasty, they will drag you through the mud.

I’ve helped one friend, mainly gave him a soft landing after he got out of his bad relationship. He’s moving out next week. So I’m happy for that.

This is for my brother, he’s an antivaxxer, but the more and more I hear about it, I realize he’s stuck, he was told he couldn’t be selfish when not being able to go to see my other brother for one weekend. Dude works overnight (probably to get away from this, I know he’s no saint, but I think he feels stuck, and scared of what she’ll do) I know this type of abuser.  I’ve been with someone like this too. He may believe the stuff about that antivax, he may not. But something about this feels wrong, and they used to be at everything, try to plan everything. Now they’re isolated, and she’s pulling him in.  I have a plan, but it’s going to be tough.

Sorry for the rant, I do believe it, after playing this quest again, that’s how I see it now.

[cada5h]

Have you looked at any of the evidence in the Depp/Heard trial? If you haven't, I would really encourage you to do so before speaking about it. The vast majority of the people I know who support JD (and have looked at the evidence) definitely don't hate women and many are DV survivors themselves. While there is certainly an amount of emotion in that, I don't think they'd be supporting him if he didn't have such overwhelming evidence. I know I wouldn't be. <3

You failed to see the point of my post. I don't support either of them because I don't know the evidence. I was speaking about the impact that this trial will have, is already having, on society's perception of women. If Amber Heard is lying, then she absolutely deserves to lose the case and Johnny Depp can hopefully heal from the abuse. That's not my point. My point is that people will now point to Amber Heard as the epitome of the lying whore. I've already seen it happen in real life in the store I work in. Men I work with comparing Heard to women who have come forward about genuine rape/abuse allegations. I'm just saying that the impact won't be a positive "men can be victims too" which is true and a step in the right direction, it will be "women are liars". I just wish people would think about why the media is saturated with this trial, because the systems we have designed in place are not benevolent.

Edit: sorry i sound annoyed at you in this Anon and I'm not. I'm just fed up with the world and might have let my bad mood shine through. Sorry about that! <3

[motherboxing]

star-anise stop fucking talking about the abuse victims you work/ed with and their various traumas on tumblr for notes challenge

[amor-immortalem]

Can I Stay Up Here With You Forever ch. 3

Previous

Warnings: Implied sex

“So, what were ya gonna make for dinner?”

“Stir fry... unless you’d rather have something different,” Her green eyes peer at Mammon over the other side of the refrigerator door. “I don’t mind if you want something different. We can always have it tomorrow.”

“No that’s fine,” The demon nods. “Ya want me to help?”

“Sure,” Arella started placing the ingredients on the counter. “You can start by slicing up the mushrooms, the peppers and the scallions.” She started to get out the pans she’d need before going to wash her hands. “I’ll start with the meat.”

He nodded as he washed his hands and began with the task given to him.

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“So how did you enjoy it?” The pair were cleaning up after their meal.

“It was good. I think I didn’t cut the peppers thin enough though,” The demon answers as he dries up one of pans that were used.

“They were still good though,” Arella shut the water off and drained the sink. “They weren’t undercooked so it all turned out fine.”

“Coulda been crunchier though... Either way, ‘snot like it was bad...” Mammon started putting away the dry dishes into their proper places.

“Yeah, you’re not wrong there. I probably could have fried all the veggies a little longer, but this is the first time I’ve ever made stir fry on my own so I didn’t want to burn them. Anyway, you want to watch a movie after this?”

“Sure, although...” The demon trailed off, “Never mind. A movie is perfect.”

“Was there something else you wanted to do instead?”

“Yeah, a little...”

“What did you want to do then?” She moves to cage him against the counter, her hands placed over his. “I think we’re far past the point of you being shy about what you really want, baby boy...”

“I...” the demon closes his eyes and inhales as she presses against him just right almost as if she was trying to tease him, “Don’t tease.” Mammon pushes the smaller human back against the island behind her, looming over her.

“Is that what I’m doing?” She asks playfully, winding her arms around his neck. “I couldn’t tell... What are you going to do to me if I don’t?” The human bites her lip at the growl he lets out, hooking a leg around his hips to pull him closer while she continued to tease him with quick, soft touches over his body. He’s so easy to rile up.

The Avatar of Greed’s response is only a rush of hungry kisses that leave his human breathless by time he pulls away. They stare into each other’s eyes as they catch their breath for a short while before Arella pulls him toward the bedroom.

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She scrolled through her human world social media the next morning as she ran a hand through her boyfriend’s hair while he slept with his head on her chest. He’d probably be out for another hour or two at least, but Arella was more than content to just lay here and snuggle. She flipped through both local news and news from England after she’d caught up on all her socials, receiving a text from her childhood friend, Aubrie.

Aubrie: Reeeeeeeeelllllllssssss

Aubrie: How’s REDACTED?

Arella: REDACTED? Lmao

Arella: Aubrie you make it sound like my address is the location of one of those SCP files you love to read about online.

Aubrie: Well you won’t tell me where you moved to so...

Aubrie: Anywho

Aubrie: how was the move? Is your new house set up yet? Can I come visit you at some point? When are you going back to the Devildom?

Arella: The move went fine and yeah, if youre that dead set on visiting then fine you can come under the condition that the address doesn’t get back to Lucifer in anyway shape or form.

Arella: And I don’t know when or if I’m even going back at this point

Aubrie: Why can’t I tell Lucifer? Did you do something the last time you were down there?

Arella: No, nothing of the sort

Arella: Its just... I told you about how Lucifer and his brothers treat Mammon right? Like he’s the scum of the devildom and they’re always degrading him or accusing him of things he didn’t do with no proof. How Lucifer gives him punishments that sometimes aren’t deserved

Aubrie: Yeah but I thought you’d had a talk with his brothers about that?

Arella: I did but after a month everything reverted back to how it used to be...

Arella: to make matters worse Mammon ended up breaking his elbow after he and Lucifer got into scuffle over a bloody credit card bill yesterday.

Aubrie: wut

Aubrie: Is he alright?

Arella: He’s fine now.

Arella: Solomon was able to heal his arm and then I summoned him up here with me. Honestly the way he talks sometimes he sounds like a dv victim whose too afraid to leave his abusers. Either that or he’s apologizing it away and I can’t stand seeing him like that.

Arella: So I hope that without his brothers around, he’ll be able to decide if he’s truly happy with them or not. I know he loves them more than anything but... idk you can love someone without sacrificing your own happiness you know? And when his brothers talk to or treat him the way they do, he just looks so hurt after.

Aubrie: Yeah I understand. I hope you guys get that all sorted out then. I’ll talk to you later. I have start getting ready for work.

Aubrie: Bye Rells

Arella: good bye Aubrie.

Arella set her phone on the nightstand as the demon resting on her chest began to stir.

“Well, good morning, Sleepyhead. How did you sleep last night?” The human chuckles as Mammon on buries his face into her chest.

“I slept pretty good- better than I have in the last few days. Thanks.” He reply was only slightly muffled before sitting up and stretching. “What about you?”

“I slept great. You certainly did enough to tire me out last night.”

“Who were ya texting?”

“It was just Aubrie. Sorry, did the sound of the vibrations wake you?” She sits up as he shakes his head.

“No I was just waking up while you started texting. I just wanted to lay there a bit longer... I’m hungry, you want breakfast?”

“Yeah, breakfast sounds great,” She moves to grab his shirt from last night off the floor but the soreness in her thighs and hips stop her as she lets out a soft groan.

“I can make it don’t worry. Just stay in bed and rest for now. Yer gonna have to settle for eggs though...”

“Eggs are perfect, Dear.” Arella sighs as she flops over onto her side and Mammon kisses her cheek.

He climbs off the bed and slips on his boxers from the previous night. He’d have time to get his suitcase from the front room and put the clothes away later, but now is time for food.

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