Akaashi Keiji (22) [editor] kinnie

[gentleaffirmations]

Even if you were a difficult child, you didn't deserve to be hurt.

[gentleaffirmations]

I hope this message reaches all the neurodiverse and disabled people who were made to feel like their abuse was justified because they had "behaviors".

While this message is true for every child, you are who I had in mind when I wrote it.

[the-tenth-arcanum]

ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to be into shit no one cares about

[iwantacoolusernameman]

Kinich kinda reminds me of a duck. These ones specifically.

[thetimeisnowsomehow]

Kabuto is genuinely terrifying and we didn't get to see that enough. Anyone other than the main cast can't fight him, and that's only if he decides to fight at all. Which he usually does not. Far better at stealth.

and this was far before he gained sage powers. His regular dude disguise was by far the most effective and terrifying.

[notdarkly]

I love the new Sumeru event

[decomposedmaw]

Pixel post dividers for everyone! It's not much, but feel free to use them if you'd like. I don't know the ideal size for these, so let me know if they're too tall. I can make them a bit shorter next time.

[bwootster]

ITS BEEN 84 YEARS

[iwantacoolusernameman]

HE NEEDS TO COME BACK NOW !!!!

[iwantacoolusernameman]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETHOS!!! ✨️🎉🎈

[igorafvckassbowlcut]

there are days where NO ❌️ video games are played and there are days where video games are played for 10 or maybe 14 hours straight

[thesnadger]

Hurt/Comfort is such an interesting thing. It’s basically an entire genre of fanfiction. I’d argue it satisfies a very basic, vital need–the same way that horror satisfies the basic need to be scared in a safe, controllable space. 

And yet it doesn’t really have an equivalent outside of fan culture. "Tearjerkers” can sometimes come close, they’re probably the closest thing to a mainstream hurt/comfort genre that there is. But those types of books and movies don’t usually focus on the “comfort” aspect in the same way, and don’t make use of tension and release.

I think every good hurt/comfort fic makes use of tension and release just as horror does, whether the writer is consciously aware of it or not. Though of course the tension and release in h/c comes from different sources than in horror. Instead of anticipating something frightening, you anticipate the intimacy and/or validation that comes from the “comfort” part you know is eventually coming. That’s what provides release of the tension built up during the “hurt” scenes.

I could write a goddamned essay about this it’s so fascinating. 

[pinesinthewoods-deactivated2023]

This is a great definition/analysis of it! I’ve been interested in this too. It’s always been my favorite fanfiction genre. It’s to the point where reading just angst is not enough, there is something left unfulfilled if the character does not have the ‘tension and release’ and just remains under whatever stressor at the end. I think part of the reason I like it so much, is often in mainstream media characters DO NOT have that ‘healing moment’, shall we say. Too often, there may be a sad/traumatic/stressful event and the character is shown to just pick themselves up from it and move on like nothing happened. Which is not realistic as we all know, so I think the hurt/comfort genre in fanfiction is a kind of a response to that. The “filling in the blanks” of when a character needs a moment of healing or validation to continue onward, because that in a sense is more relatable then the “super hero” character who can move through it like nothing damaged them. 

[fannishcodex]

this is a very good definition of it and why I probably like it so much

[hippity-hoppity-brigade]

imo h/c is also built on the trust between two or more people. that when one of them falls there WILL be someone to validate their pain, soothe their wounds (physical or emotional), and not only pick them back up but remain with them even when they’re back on they’re feet. it’s not hurt/recovery; it’s not the super-human, masochist bullshit mentioned above. 

h/c builds a world in which we (as readers and in part as the parts of characters we identify with) are given permission to fall apart. h/c is the freedom to show pain because you know that there are people who will notice you being hurt – and will do their best to not only comfort you, but will also validate your reasons for being hurt, take your side completely, and help you get to the place you need to be to recover. 

[iwantacoolusernameman]

Personally, I love hurt/comfort because my life has basically been all hurt/no comfort since childhood and i gotta get my comfort from somewhere, ya know? Even if it's fucking fictional, it's better than nothing. Love reading it, love writing it, love thinking about it, I'm just desperate for comfort and ease.

[iwantacoolusernameman]

okay beloved mutual your vent about friends becoming distant entirely different people after getting a romantic relationship is SO based and real

LIKE it's so great they can find love and new connections yay!!! BUT AT WHAT COST. LIKE. WHY WOULD YOU SUDDENLY TRANSFORM

like I guess it makes sense that they of course would be busier and have less time to hang out and such 😞😔 but it still feels kinda assholeish to just ditch the people who were there for you and cared for you long before you got into cahoots with somebondy 😞

Mutual I wish you the best of luck whether you decide to cut out these people or not!! I always want you to know that you deserve nothing but the absolute best, and friends who care for you and are there for you!!

🫡

I wanted to give a more lenghty answer but ended up just ranting abt this whole issue even more and it's honestly not really something I wanna waste my energy on, overthinking it and so on, so let me just say thank you for your understanding, it does mean a lot to me <3

[p3anut47]

id like to interact with my mutuals more but i get scared pls forgive me

[iwantacoolusernameman]

Something so endearing about a character you love to bits and simultaniously wanna punch in the guts

[mournfulroses]

Margaret Atwood, from an essay featured in "In Other Worlds," originally published in 2011

[persianmom-deactivated20251026]

I love revoking people’s access to me like actually no you don’t deserve to know me anymore :-)

[hyacinth7clover]

chalk drawing of a strawbunny i did a couple days ago🍓

[valkieds]

Kabuto’s the kind of character that simultaneously makes you want to squish his cheeks and punt him. Especially part 1 Kabuto