its just embarrassing when you make a fandom related post and it doesnt get any notes like okay. so no one want to play tuoys with me. no one wants to play with our little guys together. okay thats fine. yeah its cool... puts my hands in my jacket pockets. kicks a beer can that was on the side of the road a little
bart: max said he won’t feed me red dye anymore because i keep getting into fights at school so im cutting the sleeves off of all his dress shirts
tim: batman caught me praying in front of the memorial case in the batcave so i have decided to take my own life
kon: i don’t think i have a social security number
i want to put bernard dowd in a box and shake him around a bit
i’ve done everything that has been asked of me
self indulgent sam beckett ethel cain edit <33 thank you to @hballegro for most of the scenes !!
I THINK WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT HOW CALLUM KEPT HIS FAMILY TOGETHER AND HOW IT RELATES TO NOVACAINE.
This is best seen in sacred hospitality but we see it in the rest of the books too.
Callum kept his mom from leaving, from drinking, from suicide. By manipulating her.
Callum kept his sister away from boyfriends who were taking advantage of her. By manipulating her.
Callum helped placate his father (who was not a good man) by making sure all his business deals succeeded. By manipulating clients.
To Callum, his manipulation was what saved his family. Yes, he took away their autonomy but he kept them together. He had to keep them together in his child's mind. They were family. He loved them. He was trying to help them, to fix things because he didn't know how to cope with love because he was never taught how to love so he showed his love by trying to take all their burdens off their shoulders.
This reflects the most in his mother whom he forces to be happy even though he KNOWS people can't be fixed, stating this more than once. People don't stay changed. But he loves his mother so he tries to relieve her of all her flaws and struggles.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HE DOES WITH TRISTAN WHEN HE MANIPULATES HIM.
Tristan states this himself:
CALLUM LOVED TRISTAN SO HE ATTEMPTED TO DO THE ONLY THING HE KNEW HOW TO DO. TAKE AWAY HIS BURDENS. EXCHANGE AUTONOMY FOR PEACE. BECAUSE THAT IS ALL HE KNOWS.
HE WAS LOVING TRISTAN THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW HOW WHICH WAS FLAWED AND AWFUL AND HE KNEW. HE KNEW IT WAS POINTLESS AND IT WOULD END IN TRAGEDY. BUT HE DID IT ANYWAY BECAUSE HE WANTED TO LOVE TRISTAN. AND THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE IT AND HE KNOWS THAT BUT HE WAS LOVING THE ONLY WAY HE COULD.
Callum: Writing's not that easy. But Grammarly can help.
Callum: *Pointing to a board with the words 'I miss you. Forgive me. Tell me you love me, even once'* This sentence is grammatically correct. But it's wordy and hard to read.
Callum: Here's a different and shorter option.
Callum: *Points to a board with the words 'I'm going to kill you'*
it's the way that after being called by that title tim finally looked up at bernard... guys timberkon is REAL . PLEASE (i get dragged back crying and screaming into the depths)
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what’s it called when you’re so disconnected from reality that cold water doesn’t feel like anything and you can barely taste food anymore
I am a grown ass adult and I still get nausea when I feel like I'm in trouble. They're gonna send me to the principals office and take away my toys for a week. Can you just fucking kill me instead of making me stew in my fucking anxiety
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