nothing here to care about

[gatheringbones]

that bit in Patricia Evan’s book where she talks about the Teddy fantasy and what projecting the role of comfort object onto other people (and especially women) actually achieves and does for the person doing it and then she zeroes in on the pain, confusion, and fear they genuinely and deeply feel the exact moment Teddy says a line it isn’t supposed to be able to say.

and there’s interesting sadisms at work there.

[gatheringbones]