thinking about lab whump where the laboratory itself tries really hard to be "ethical" and treat their captured specimens well, all while refusing to let them go. i feel like, in certain ways, that is more mentally damaging than a place that treats its captives like shit. having a bunch of people feigning care and empathy in this weird, patronizing way must be so emotionally damaging. and where every good thing around you is so painfully manufactured and shoved down your throat in the name of "enrichment"? dude











