#unlearn everything

[whump-in-the-closet]

characters who’s identity revolves around their purpose, defined by something or someone else. By the prophecies, by their service; the lapdog, the weapon, the chosen one. And then there’s a moment of softness, a complete breach and utterly human— they cradle their head in their hands, they bend to pick up a cat and hold it tight, they slump against someone’s shoulder, completely trusting for the first time

thank you that’s it. exits stage and screams.

[burnt-up-stegosaurus]

I don't think Andromeda's rebellion was loud, like Sirius'. Not really.

I think Andromeda was a Black through and through. Her parent's pride: Slytherin, prefect, first of the class. She followed the rules, and she knew what her name entailed.

Andromeda Black used to scorn at muggleborns, to mumble stray "mudblood"s when the occasion was fit.

That's how her and Teddy first met. He and his Hufflepuff friends tripped with her, her books fell on the floor, just like a meetcute. But Andromeda didn't blush, she didn't feel like the protagonist of a romance movie.

She saw red. This careless Hufflepuffs had ruined her books, there was spilled ink all over her pages, and, worst of all, there wasn't a single pureblood amongst them.

Maybe she had already been having a bad day. Maybe, in any other situation she wouldn't have reacted, she would have been prideful.

But she cursed them out. She let out a long string of slurs that weren't even in use, a "this is what happens when they let fucking impure thieves into our school", etcetera, etcetera.

And she got a book to the face. Square, right in the middle.

Ted Tonks, one of the Hufflepuffs in the group, had grown tired of her racist rant, and had decided to put an end to it. The muggle way.

Hell ensued: Andromeda brought out her wand and started cursing. Ted charged at her with his bare hands (he was trying to prove a point). The rest of the Hufflepuffs scattered.

The teachers didn't take too long before they arrived and separated them, but Andromeda Black already had a black eye, and Ted Tonks had some ugly, bloody gashes where her curses had landed.

And they were forced to do Detention together.

They couldn't stand each other, from that point onwards. Until Andromeda started changing.

I don't think Andromeda's rebellion was loud. I think it was slow. I think she had to unlearn everything her parents had taught her, and I think at first she wasn't willing. But she was, eventually.

And she did change. She became better.

[nachobsns]

Hello - I was impressed and extremely relieved by what you wrote in the post about the cult mentality of the Left RE Israel and accusations of genocide. You mentioned that you bought into the mindset until recently. If it's all right for me to ask, what was it that helped you break out of it? (Please feel free to delete/ignore if you'd rather not answer!)

thank you!! and no worries about asking— i think i put something in my pinned post about how people are welcome to send asks about this stuff, although my story isn’t super interesting. i fell down the typical online rabbithole, a couple weeks after october 7; i knew what had happened, at least vaguely, but the posts trickling onto my dash were all about the (undeniably tragic) loss of life in gaza, with little to no acknowledgment of the hamas atrocities that had started the war, so my narrative was pretty one-sided from the beginning. it just continued to snowball as the months went on and people became more radicalized, calling into question the reality of the 10/7 attacks and the humanity of all israelis. i never went all the way down the pipeline to full-on endorsing hamas or justifying their attacks, at least on a personal level, thank god, but i would reblog other people’s posts referring to hamas as a “resistance movement” and calls to boycott starbucks and mcdonald’s and condemnation of the “zionist media” etc etc etc. what pulled me out of it wasn’t any one thing— if someone had directly called me on my flawed logic and antisemitic biases while i was in this mindset, i doubt it would have done much, just reinforced my belief that i was on the “right side of history” and zionists were aggressors who couldn’t be reasoned with. it was mostly just passive observance and a slow exposure to other perspectives. i’m pretty sure the first post that led me to question my thinking was an ask on jewish-vents, which popped up on my dash in like, late july. this led me down another rabbithole, first scouring every single post on jewish-vents, then moving on to more popular jewish blogs that i had seen on “zionist blocklists” (applesauce42069, xclowniex, and spacelazarwolf were probably some of the blogs that influenced me the most, though i told myself i was just hate-scrolling at first, lol). i felt incredibly guilty seeing all the harm the movement i was a part of had caused to random jews and israelis just trying to live their lives and i realized how it went against everything i believed about how minority groups should be treated. from there, the aspect of actually undoing my thinking and changing my behavior for the better still took several weeks. denial of jewish indigenity to the levant in the face of tantamount archeological and cultural evidence was the first to go, as well as any ambiguity in my feelings about hamas. after that, it’s mostly been a slow process of redefining the idf’s actions from a “genocide” to a “war.” i still believe that what’s happening in gaza is unconscionable and horrific, and that too many innocent civilians have died, but i also understand how difficult it is to fight against a terrorist group that systematically embeds itself in civilian populations, and that the ratio of militant to civilian deaths is incredibly low compared to most urban warfare. i quietly deleted my old blog in early august— if i had directly engaged in harassment against jews, i likely would have kept it to make amends to the harmed parties and put a face to my actions, but as was, i had just contributed to the larger atmosphere of antisemitism on this site, and i felt uncomfortable knowing that i had a blog full of sentiments that no longer matched my values and beliefs. i decided i would be better if i took my endorsement out of the equation entirely, because when you’re looking through the notes of a post, it obviously doesn’t matter if someone who’s reblogged it no longer agrees with what was said— their notes still count as tacit approval, and i did not want approval of this “activism” attached to my online presence. i still have unwanted kneejerk reactions that crop up sometimes, particularly around the fundraiser posts from people “in gaza”; even though i know logically that they have all the markers of scams, there is still a part of me that really wants to believe i could help.

[johnnyshrine]

★ 115 // “Murder is okay! :D”

[sandgrassbagel]

dont mind me im just thinking (again) (for the hundredth time) about dean coming face-to-face with cain again post canon. cain looking at him and recognizing at a glance that he's changed. he's still dean of course, but dean, isn't the same. cain studying him for a moment and seeing that he was wrong. that dean's story didn't end where cain's began.

that dean didn't kill his brother in the end.

that he didn't kill his colette.

and cain saying as much. telling dean that he's changed. that he's glad dean's story didn't mirror his own. maybe a small nod of acknowledgment that dean chose his colette over his rage

(definitely not thinking about this cuz in my fic dean does come face-to-face with cain post-canon and part of that scene involves this kind of interaction whaaaat that would be crazyyyyyy)

[iizuumi]

Enough general kn8 art, time to make everyone look at my weird little ship hello

[ysaefinn]

So overwhelmed like I want to cry but I just can't. Like ugh, let me cry so I won't feel this heavy feeling anymore. Mommy Suguru would help honestly.

-🎱

Omg 🎱 anon same 😭 i think this is a canon event for every member of the unreasonably sexy nonchalant mysterious sigma community <//3

Mommy Suguru will actually immediately fix this tbh, he recognizes when you get this way and wastes no time to scoop you up and press you against his chest. Faint touches and gentle whispers, coaxing you to let it all out and shed a few tears, promises he'll hold you reallyyy close and that you can cling to him in turn too. And when you do finally manage to shed some tears he's there to kiss the crown of your head and tell you how brave and tough you are, and how he understands that keeping ur walls up for so long turns them into second nature, but you can be vulnerable with him, all he wants is to take care of you and nurture you, to love you properly and treat you well <333

[dani-luminae]

Mal's D1 arc of being an abused kid and learning what genuine love is, what truly makes her happy, and standing up to her mother, is a wonderful arc and god I wish they'd kept with it.

But making a majority of it rely on a love spell undercuts it so badly.

[nerdyenby]

It seems like everyone’s talking about the failure of outie!mark’s pleas to innie!mark like its from a place of malice, but that’s not what’s happening here. We’ve seen outie!mark be challenged in his preconceptions and trying to find out the truth and do what’s right. He’s started to view innies as their own people, but he still fundamentally believes that his innie is an extension of himself: that what he wants is what they both want, innie!mark just doesn’t know what he’s missing. He wants innie!mark to be happy, but he’s so caught up in the possibility of being happy himself that he doesn’t even stop to consider that innie!mark has his own desires and aspirations. He’s treating his innie like his past self, acting like he knows him and what’s best for him, and that assumption is his downfall. Others have pointed out how fascinated the innies are with the outer world while their outies never spare them a second thought, it’s because of this — this fundamental power imbalance — that outie!mark misjudges innie!mark. He never even considered his innie being in any way distinct from himself, so it never occurred to him that innie!mark could possibly be anything than what was expected, that he would do anything beyond what he was asked to.

[reality-detective]

The Education System 🤔

[audreyrose7]

Being a teenager is already uncomfortable and awkward and frustrating but then when your parent is also your first bully and belittles you for every change and micromanages everything (checking in on how your periods doing, or what your weight is, making sure that you're always always wearing a bra,etc) as well as constantly giving commentary about your physical appearance, (something on your face or your clothes, if I had acne etc, are my ears clean? making sure your legs are always shaved, burping and farting was something I was mocked for doing)

*sigh*

It was so embarrassing and uncomfortable for so many years it made me so uncomfortable with myself, and it made me triple check my appearance I felt like I couldn't be at peace or rest, and now years later I'm finally figuring out that I don't need to be embarrassed with my body exists or if I'm not perfect nobody cares and nobody is going to comment on it, the only person that should care is me. There's a thousand little things that a human body does that are not uncomfortable or embarrassing, unlearning that is so challenging! Learning to be comfortable in the body that is my house has been so rewarding

[swordmaid]

Okay. I've seen Shri'iia on my dash a bundle of times, and I need to know more about her. Mind giving me a rundown on who she is?

shri’iia is my bg3 tav / player character who I turned into an oc outside of the game because I’m obsessed with her CURRENTLY! which is quite obvious considering how much I post about her like it’s my full time job.

anyway shri’iia is a lolth-sworn drow who was raised knee deep in lolth’s cult, became a paladin to serve lolth and her doctrine and worshipped her spider goddess for a near 2 centuries until she got dropped off into the surface (unknown land for her, she literally hasn’t left her home until the start of the game) and she breaks her oath in less than 10 days.

that snowballs into a series of events where she going through a loss of faith, a massive existential crisis, processing the trauma of being in that cult and also having a toxic codependent relationship with someone who she projected her goddess into, and she goes through this whole journey of finding her own autonomy and with it, finds a new purpose for herself too. that’s kind of the gist of it tbh LOL

[ysaefinn]

My lip biting habit is getting soooo bad lately cause my anxiety is crazy right now. My lips are all cut up and scabbed over from my constant picking at them. Cant wait to see how mommy!Suguru takes care of this for me!!! (Fingers in my mouth, he’s almost definitely putting his fingers in my mouth 🤤)

This is such a problem for so many people literally why is self destruction coursing through our blood 😭

BUT SUGURU ISN'T HEARING ANY EXCUSES, if you don't stop when he tells you to he's handling it himself. LIKE I SAID MANY TIME BEFORE!!!!! boyfriend who must be objectified to fit your needs and be useful to you = stress toy boyfriend. Bite him scratch him munch on him lick him punch him in the face,, ANYTHING to keep you from hurting yourself <3333

He is definitely suggesting you bite HIS lips instead if you're determined to mince soft flesh with your teeth, you think he's teasing until he starts shoving his face in yours whenever he catches you absentmindedly biting your lips.

Fidgeting aside...he'd rather treat the issue at its root and suguru's go to anxiety repellant is a big rough bear hug that cuts your blood circulation and stops you from breathing for a little bit,, although of course he's pulling you to his arms, petting your head and cooing at you to tell him what's ACTUALLY bothering you, your lips are for kissing and eating his food not for being terrorized :<

[snowflakebottles-art]

spent like a week and a half on this. truly my magnum opus. i fear i have xv brainworms baaaaaad

real low quality progress gif under da cut. heart emoji

[twilightakiishi]

i think i shall turn in early . . .

[yestheantichrist]

POV you’re a night lord neophyte and you’ve given your brother all your money ($3) to draw a hot chick. This is what you receive:

@mothiir