hating on x reader fics is genuinely like. so weird to me .wowww someone wants to imagine dating a fictional character. wow someone did the mortal sin of pretending their fav loves them.. boo fucking hoo people are dying
i was training a young person at work, and she referred to sexual assault as "SA" out loud, and i immediately was like, "no, it's sexual assault, call it what it is," bc idgaf if the algorithm overlords have taught y'all that you should fear direct language, how tf do any of you expect to ever address real issues with any amount of seriousness if you can't even say the words? imagine an advocate looking a sexual assault survivor in the eyes and asking "did he grape you?" it's absolutely fucking absurd, but these young interns and new hires are coming into an environment where we deal with survivors of all different kinds of abuse, and they're coming with the mindset that the words are as bad as the actions, and that makes them shitty at the job and look juvenile af
i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience
say the fucking words, guys. just say the goddamn words before i go insane!!!
College AU Roommate!Gale x Reader Prompts | Number 10
Hiya my darlings!
Long time no see! All those sleepless nights agonizing about my master thesis caught up to me I fear. Cross my heart and hope to die I haven't had a single coherent thought since my defense, and it has been glorious!
So a short little prompt to ease me back into the swing of things! Then mayhap finally the concluding two acts of Cupid's traps 👀👀
Anyways, on to the request, this is another one of @dr4gonwriter 's requests, so my friend I hope you enjoy it, even if it is on the shorter side!
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Words: 592 (the writer's block comes in with the steel chair yet again lol)
10. It's past midnight, the library is very closed, and I was sure I was the only person in here
It's embarrassing really. Downright mortifying. You'd been fine taking a gamble, with the chance that you'd get just one more hour before campus security found you and kicked you out. But you're not quite prepared for anyone else to know that this finals season has you desperate enough to try and lock yourself in the library over night for more study time. You'd been sure that you would be alone. Alone and able to work undisturbed on your essay, with all of your sources on hand.
And yet, rounding the corner you'd almost run headlong into… closer examination reveals a very bedraggled Gale Dekarios, about as frantic as you are — which you suppose is fair, he's under the same deadline that's currently kicking your ass.
"What the hell are you doing here?" you question, a little sharper than you mean, but your pulse is still fast enough that it rushes in your ears. The only other person you'd expected to see here tonight is campus security, definitely not your sometimes friend — sometimes annoyance from the class whose final you're on the verge of failing. Gale looks just as flummoxed as you.
"I - er - I fell asleep." he manages, one hand carding through his hair, it sticks up at all angles escaping from the hair-tie at the nape of his neck. "Woke up and the library was closed."
His stomach growls audibly, and you laugh. Poor idiot, you've been sleep deprived too — probably are right now — but you've never been 'catastrophic nap in the library' levels of exhausted.
"There's a vending machine on this floor, I think?" you offer helpfully, Gale looks suddenly sheepish, like he's weighing his options. His hunger wins out, stomach growling again.
"I have sandwiches," he admits, you narrow your eyes at him.
"You went to the library to study in the evening, and you brought sandwiches?"
"Evening snack?" Gale offers, shrugging.
"Did you plan on spending the night here?" you accuse.
"I did not!" Gale defends.
"You're awfully prepared for someone who didn't plan on being stuck in a library after closing." you eye him suspiciously.
"Well," Gale sniffs, the very picture of affronted dignity. "I'm often prepared for the unexpected, it is a virtue after all." You level a look of sheer skepticism at him, watching with some satisfaction how his resolve crumbles under the weight of your stare.
"And I may have been planning on staying here fore, eh, longer than conventionally expected?" he admits, and you're forced to recon with two things at once. Firstly, the satisfaction that Gale Dekarios is exactly as large of a nerd as he looks, and secondly, the faint blush dusting his cheeks at the embarrassing admission is disarmingly sweet. The moment doesn't last long though, he recovers, turning your own scrutiny back onto you.
"That covers me, but why are you here?" he questions, his eyes taking in you in from your sweatpants, to your notebook, to your reading glasses perching awkwardly half on your nose half off. You'd aimed for comfort, not for style. But you'd also assumed you'd be alone. For a second he just stares at you, his grin widening under your non-answer. Under the implication that you are here for the same reason he is. You sigh.
"Share your sandwiches, you can have some of my coffee, deal?" you suggest, no sense in denying what you both already know. And hey, maybe it might actually be easier to stay awake if you have company. Gale, annoyingly so, looks victorious as he grins at you.
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