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fated-normal-767 · 6 months ago

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I had like some analysis to add or something but that addition about that metaphor just knocked me the fuck out I thiunk I hauve Covid wait up a moment . Okay. Yeagh. Oh for real. It’s definitely that but I also think the very specific pressure put on people in that role to almost govern life and death means that at the end of the day the ideal situation is just not thinking anymore. Like all of them apart from possibly normal timeline Hannah and oulixes did that in some way

you know shimmer’s whole thing in the swap au where they feel compelled to just give up ability to make decisions? That’s not even a them thing I think every single person who’s had that job has done that in some way. It has an impact on someone I think.

I love using the metaphor of misbehaving dogs and this is perfect for it I think . Dogs that used to be at risk of getting put down if they bite so it’s safer to just wear the muzzle y’know .

#we know about swap shimmer but swap python was similar #in that (I’ve not gotten round to drawing this yet but I think I mentioned it)#even while he was completely consumed by his ego he LET iris tug some vital wires out as a power play on iris’ part #he was completely gone and he still wanted so badly to be able to stop that he let someone who’d threatened to kill him casually #rip out vital components and leave him completely vulnerable and passed out. that’s . so dangerous for him #but he let it happen. could’ve stopped it easily #letalis tends to let nia make a lot of their personal decisions because she doesn’t really want to be in control there #even though she was so obsessive to try and get control and be safe and stable #the second she doesn’t HAVE to be she just stops.#we know about therapy au oulixes I don’t need to explain that.#Hannah probably had something but aion doesn’t say much about her work so we don’t know #and ares. ares usotsuki literally got a PLAYING CARD TATTOO done by her husband who can completely control anyone in a game .#she did that . that’s the loss of control again. she just didn’t want to be responsible for anything anymore. do you get it.#for quite a few of them if not the majority it is also a sex thing but that’s #. it’s a pervasive idea. the needing to always Decide #seeps into everything about you so it’s going to impact that. I think.#the giving up is just. completely. giving up.#even with the ones where it’s still their job #they work and the only thing they want to do is go home and stop THINKING . obsessed with it.#theproject.

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