#this is merely my story

[wrathofthestag]

Not a Single Day

I was 20 when I found myself pregnant.  I was also in an abusive relationship.  

Ralph* was the cool guy in high school that I thought could never be interested in me.  We ran into each other after we graduated and he was charming, he was a good dancer, popular, and he was interested in me.  My ex-boyfriend at the time had said, “Don’t date him. Trust me on this one.” I thought my ex was just jealous, so I ignored him.

Ralph and I started dating and it was all great in the beginning.  I was going to parties with all the cool kids from high school---the group I wish I could have hung out with back then---and I was having fun. Until it started to change.

First Ralph began to tell me that he hated how I dressed.  I was too pretty to be dressing like that.  Then he didn’t like my music, my books, my friends in college.  

“You’re really immature, you know?” he once said to me.

Soon, he began to snap whenever I’d contradict him; if I had friends he didn’t know; if I had male friends.  Why was I with him?  Who can say?  I was 20 and dumb.  I tried once to break up with him, but it didn’t go well.  The belittling continued.  The verbal abuse increased. 

So when I discovered I was pregnant, I wanted to die. I had used protection.  What happened? My mother, who was a very strict Latina mom, always said if I was ever pregnant she would kick me out.  So, I couldn’t turn to her.  And what was I going to do?  Live with Ralph? No.

So I went to my local Planned Parenthood and had an abortion. The people at PP were very kind and compassionate and didn’t judge me.  I had judged myself enough for everyone.  Later that day, with my abortion that only Ralph and my best friend knew about, I slept on the couch after crying myself to sleep. I cried because I was tired, scared, but mostly relieved. I knew it had been the right decision.

A few days later, Ralph shouted at me that I was a murderer and that I hadn’t taken him into account. He kicked my car and screamed. Not long after, he punched me in the face for changing the radio station. It was the first time that he had been physically abusive. I told my family I had been mugged because I felt ashamed.  I felt ashamed that I had allowed that to happen to me.  I had had enough.

Without Roe v. Wade, I wouldn’t have been able to have an abortion. I wasn’t ready to become a mother, and I certainly did not want to have children with Ralph.  There has yet to be a day where I wake up and think, “Maybe I shouldn’t have?”  I have always been pro-choice and believed in a person’s right to choose, even before my abortion. That abortion saved me from being tied to an abusive, controlling prick of a human being for the rest of my life.  I don’t regret that abortion for a single moment.  Not a single day. Not one. 

(*Names have not been changed because fuck him. And for those who say that maybe he changed?  No, he didn’t.  Years later, he messaged me on FB and when I said I wasn’t interested in talking to him, he blew up and called me names.)

[ruporas]

trigunned the hades or hadesed the trigun (id in alt)

[thebramblewood]

Supernatural Seduction 101 with Helena Zhao, except she's the clueless student and the teacher is beyond late to class.

Previous / Next

Lilith (Pleasant): Hey, asshole! What makes you think it's cool to follow a girl ho-

[Helena engages in some casual hypnosis]

Lilith: God, where are my manners? I saw you at the bar earlier, didn't I?

Helena: [hesitantly] Y-yes?

Lilith: Yeah, I thought you looked really hot.

Helena: Y-you did?

Lilith: So are we going to make out now or what?

Helena: D-definitely. [thinking] Well, that was suspiciously easy.

-

Helena: Do you mind if I...

Lilith: Go ahead. I thought you'd never ask. You didn't tell me your name, stranger. I'm - oh, that feels good! - Lilith.

Helena: [concentration broken] What did you just say?

Lilith: WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING? GET OFF ME!

Helena: Just a little bit more. I'm so hungry.

Lilith: Please. Don't touch me. [sobbing] I have a kid!

Helena: [tenderly] ...A kid?

Lilith: His birthday's next week. He needs me!

Helena: I'm sorry. I didn't know. I wasn't going to take enough to kill you.

Lilith: Oh my god, you're that freak who's attacking people! It's all over the papers!

Helena: I'm not a freak.

Lilith: Well, then what are you? Why are you doing this?

Helena: I'm just trying to survive. I didn't ask to be this way. If you let me, I can make you forget this ever happened.

Lilith: I'm not letting you do shit!

Helena: Please! Don't tell anyone!

Random bat who definitely isn't a character we all know and love already: [whoosh]

[beescake]

@heydevi bro...... fellow understander...... still not over ur gmod solkat theyre so hrhgrbhggfngh 🥺🤲

[certifiedcoffeeaddict]

[irondad-defensesquad]

“Peter.”

The boy can’t even look Tony in the eye. Not because he’s afraid, but because he’s tired. Defeated. The most he does is glance at his mentor like a sad, curious puppy.

Tony can only smile.

“You’re doing great,” he tells him.

Peter looks surprised to hear that, as he raises his head a little and actually gazes at the man.

“I know you don’t believe it with how much you’ve been dealing with,” Tony details. “You might think you’re failing, but I see your effort. You’re a hero both at school and at home… and well, everywhere. And I’m proud of you.”

It’s like Peter hasn’t heard these words in forever.

Because his eyes grow deep, his lips quiver, he begins shaking. Tony can tell there’s a lot of pain in there, as Peter covers his mouth once he starts sobbing, so he doesn’t make much noise.

Tony kneels in front of the kid, opening his arms. Peter immediately launches himself towards him, hugging him so desperately, and sobbing so much that it must hurt. Tony hates imagining how long Peter must have kept it to himself. How long has he felt like a failure?

Peter is so much more than “good enough”.

He’s doing great, amazing, even.

And the kid needs to remember that more often.

Tony will make sure of that.

[nights-at-crystarium]

Their eccentric nature seeps into their body language as well.

[glitchyko]

Well, now that it’s confirmed without a shadow of a doubt that Flyingbark is no longer working on LMK, I gotta admit, I’m feeling pretty crushed. I adored Flyingbarks animation, the amount of little details and love and care you could feel in their work. It was so inspiring to me. It makes me want to practice and pursue my dream of being an animator.

That’s not to say I’m just going to drop Lmk and never touch it again because a different animation studio is working on the show. I love Lmk dearly, I have been so inspired by this show, it’s stories, and characters. I have made stories and ocs of my own that I love so much for this show because it inspired me. But it wasn’t just the animation that did that.

I’m going to watch season 5, and I’m going to keep an open mind going into it, I’m not going to just abandon something I love because of a change in production.

[therandomartmaker]

A little angst for the soul using dp x dc because it’s what crack i am on right now

When Danny snaps, Bruce just feels so so tired.

“What do you want from me? What do you want me to say?” Danny yells, frustrated and broken and, worst of all, genuinely confused.

Bruce just wanted to know if Danny knew that his parents weren’t good, and why they weren’t good, and why Danny still protected his parents. A few well-placed questions that were just a little bit to the left, apparently.

What does it say when a child learns far too early that there are ‘right’ opinions and ‘wrong’ opinions?

‘It says that that child has been let down and beaten and broken by the words of adults that should’ve been rolemodels,’ Bruce thinks.

Bruce wonders how many times Danny has been told the his parents are the professionals, that they are the experts about ghosts. How many times he has been told that he is a non-sentient unfeeling entity, and how many times he has been scorned for trying to say otherwise.

“Only what you think, Danny, only what you know,” He answers, gently, softly. “Not what you think I want from you. I want you to trust that I will acknowledge your opinions.”

How many times will Bruce have to hold a broken child before they are ok?

[rist-ix]

https://www.tumblr.com/rist-ix/749015401700229120 not you reblogging this when you ship bloom with the man who murdered her family 😭

Bloom's into ppl who slay! Hope this helps :3

[cloudyfacewithjam]

[seventh-fantasy]

[noblerinthemind]

Yeah saltburn was visually stunning but I feel like if you gave a 16yo dead dove fic writer 38 million dollars and access to Pinterest they'd be able to come up with a better plot than "evil upper-middle-class bisexual wants a bigger house"

[frodo-of-the-nine-fingers]

Look at all my trials and tribulations

Sinking in a gentle pool of wine

Don't disturb me now I can see the answers

Till this evening is this morning life is fine

Always hoped that I'd be an apostle

Knew that I would make it if I tried

Then when we retire we can write the gospels

So they'll still talk about us when we've died

-jesus christ superstar

[ifwebefriends]

I want to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion but I also don’t want to be horribly traumatized and depressed ever again do you see my struggle?

[rhazberriquartz]

Fuck you and Spectral. You're horrible people and I hope you come to an end soon. I expected this behavior from Lucio stans. You're just pieces of shit.

What an odd thing to say to me.

But, anyways. Y'all have lost anon privileges.

Also, I'm a Julian Stan thank you.