#this is how i cope/silly

[flowercrowns-n-punks]

Understudy Hermie au! Im so smart for this au name lol/silly

Inspired by @oakay post on scam making a new hermie anyways.

Tagging moots who shown interest lol you my little taglist for this xD: @locke-n-k3y & @justablah56

Based round spoilers of the new episode

This is an au where Scam makes a new hermie using what he knows of hermie's memories, but also its hard to make this one the same so there is differences

Compared to who once was Hermie a forgotten joke,method actor ,dc villian lover, sly,coy even will go into things for the long haul [aka how long it took to get the mascot cotsume]

This one. A lively jokester on more so silly pranks and giggly lively , whose a musical nerd through and through , wild, maybe a bit reckless, not as into dc as og hermie. Constantly doing things to get himself seen instead of letting himself fall invisible.

How Herm was made has vague memories of the first one , or longing emotions the linger and remain in the concept that was built there.

Meet Understudy/ Not Hermie!! Or well just Herm.

He's not burnt, instead of joker makeup has a card theme & heart cheeks , hair swap on which side is short n long.

Different pattern sweater vest, round glasses instead of rectangular, a bowtie!

But!!

Imagine having vague skewed memories of a friend group you were "with" for so "long" and you got "badly injured" so you "were told" to stay in the goof realm til you were "better" and you're friends will come and "visit" again.

Only when scam is surprise they are back here and herm so excited to see them again cause he was remembered![bits of old hermie not wanting to be forgotten due to being constantly forgotten]

Only to be met with horrified or disgusted looks telling you that you're not real and not hermie.

[JUST LIKE HERMIE DEEP SEEDED IDENITY ISSUES!!]

Even when the teens nickname him cause calling him hermie is weird , even trying to connect with this strange "imposter" the more differences show.

Like sharing theatre love but this hermie loves musicals more

Dc villians? Doesnt method act nor very into them but loves the riddler alot!

Maybe it wont be so bad with this odd not hermie? Its not the same it never will be , the teens use a certain deck to bring the first hermie back.

Now with the fear of being abandon and replace and the og hermie facing what was to be his understudy.

And honestly i look forward sharing this silly au of coping i have so much planned n moreee

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Happy Thistle Debut Day!

[xxplastic-cubexx]

this_is_stupid.mp4

[verc0pa]

blew up his own domicile i cant believe him

[crismakesstuff]

cast out of paradise

[sunlit-mess]

im going insane

[rocketbirdie]

it's all subjective

[shriika]

patron saint of weird and unsettling girls

[queer-reader-07]

yeah yeah heartbreak and all that but can we talk about how silly aziraphale and crowley are?

aziraphale’s all “this human police officer *WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE*” about muriel as if he didn’t go to Edinburgh just to play the part of “newsPAPER MAN”

crowley’s all “i’m a demon” until he’s high as fuck on laudanum and he’s all “not pretend-yyy good”

crowley’s just really into ducks for no discernible reason and i’m kind of very here for it

like yes yes the heartbreak the crushing weight of existence BUT ALSO ✨silliness✨

[samberriez]

* seazon 5 sunburst duo silliness compilation

[untitledgoosegay]

re last reblog I do see fanfic culture pushing/replicating a certain model of "what trauma looks like," "how trauma works"

this is a problem across all areas of society obviously, but transformative works are, well, transformative. they're about crafting and modifying narratives where the fan-creator sees a flaw or a lack -- often for the better! don't get me wrong, I've done my fair share of "I take a hammer and I fix the canon," it's the main thing that gets my creative gears spinning -- but what happens when that "flaw" is simply a narrative not conforming to popular expectations?

some people just don't get PTSD from events that sound obviously traumatic. they're not masking, and they're not coping; they just straight-up didn't get the permanently-locked stress-response that defines PTSD. they walk away from a horrible experience going "well, that sucked, but it's over now." some people do get PTSD from events most people wouldn't find traumatic. we don't really know why some people get PTSD and others don't. but fandom has an idea of events that must be traumatizing, of a "correct" way to portray trauma. you see the problems with this lack of understanding in e.g. fans pressuring the devs of Baldur's Gate 3 to add dialogue where the player character badgers Halsin about his own feelings on his abuse -- because he must be traumatized, and his trauma must fit a certain mold and presentation of sexual trauma, under the mistaken impression that anything outside that narrow window is somehow "wrong" and disrespectful or even harmful to survivors.

take, for another example, the very common trope of a traumatized character who hates touch or sex "learning" to like touch or sex as a part of their healing process. certainly that can be healing for some people; other people will never like, or want, touch or sex, because of trauma or because they just don't. the assumption that someone who doesn't want sex or doesn't like to be touched must be traumatized, must be suffering from this perceived lack, is seriously harmful -- to asexual people, to people with sensory issues around touch, and to people for whom healing from trauma means freedom to refuse sex or touch.

and there's a secondary trope, one that's slightly more thoughtful but ultimately repeats the problem -- that once someone has learned that their boundaries will be respected, they'll feel it's safe to soften those boundaries. once they feel safe refusing touch or sex, they'll feel comfortable allowing it on their own terms. but many people don't, and many people won't! many people will simply never want to be touched, and never want sex, and they are not suffering or broken or lacking because of it. the idea that proving you'll respect someone's boundaries entitles you to test those boundaries -- the paradox is obvious, and yet this is something i've seen hurt (re-traumatize) people i care for.

people are imperfect victims. people don't heal in the ways you expect. many people have positive memories of their abuse, of their abusers. many people hurt others in the course of their trauma, in ways that can't easily be unpacked in a 5k oneshot. very few narratives of trauma and recovery actually fit the ones put forward by popular children's media and romance novels -- which are the ones I most see replicated in fandom spaces, because they provide the clearest narrative and easiest catharsis, and so they're easy and soothing to reach for.

that's not necessarily a bad thing! i am not immune to goopy romance tropes. i am not immune to teary catharsis. not every fic has to grapple with ugly realities. but there's a problem when these narratives become predominant, when people think they're accurate and realistic depictions of trauma, when the truth of trauma is unpleasant and uncomfortable, and doesn't fit any single narrative, let alone one of comforting catharsis

[purrvaire]

good omens season 2 + text posts I have on my phone (2/?)

pt. 1

[angeban]

penrose movie night (the only non-propaganda movie smuggled aboard)

[fireladybuckley]

I can’t believe a boyfriend made a silly sex joke to lighten the mood after both partners had a moment of vulnerability. The audacity. The horror. The normalcy! Unbelievable. How dare a conversation about feelings turn to levity. How dare a couple have a light chat about trauma-related things over dinner that doesn’t turn into an incredibly deep heart to heart instead of a joke and moving on. Unbelievable. I’m never watching this show again! 👎🏻

[skywerse]

woe, fish n chips be upon ye

[jorvikzelda]

it’s them… The Sillies

(”what are the lore implications of there being bandaids in hallownest” i dunno. ghost put it there)