Your Personal Triggers And Squicks Do Not Get To Determine What Kind Of Art Other People Make.

Your personal triggers and squicks do not get to determine what kind of art other people make.

People make shit. It's what we do. We make shit to explore, to inspire, to explain, to understand, but also to cope, to process, to educate, to warn, to go, "hey, wouldn't that be fucked up? Wild, right?"

Yes, sure, there are things that should be handled with care if they are used at all. But plenty more things are subjective. Some things are just not going to be to your tastes. So go find something that is to your tastes and stop worrying so much about what other people are doing and trying to dictate universal moral precepts about art based on your personal triggers and squicks.

I find possession stories super fucking triggering if I encounter them without warning, especially if they function as a sexual abuse metaphor. I'm not over here campaigning for every horror artist to stop writing possession stories because they make me feel shaky and dissociated. I just check Does The Dog Die before watching certain genres, and I have my husband or roommate preview anything I think might upset me so they can give me more detail. And if I genuinely don't think I can't handle it, I don't watch it. It's that simple.

Quotes I've saved for some reason #41

it sucks that so many people who talk about how Jesse is both a replacement for Walt's son and wife thematically end up turning it into a shipping thing

because I genuinely think it's an interesting thing to talk about and it is actually true, I think it ties into how Walt doesn't see other people as people but more as objects for him to own that can serve any role that he wants, and Jesse being thematically associated with women in this dynamic to an extent is one of the things that makes me consider Jesse woman-coded and makes interpreting her as transfem a relevant analysis

but seeing people getting so excited about how Walt "needs" Jesse as that replacement for his whole family is just like... beyond se1 and se2 where Walt needs Jesse for distribution- the thing he "needs" Jesse for is so he has someone to abuse and exert his power over who shows less resistance than Skyler does, and I dunno maybe it's my "emotionally Jesse and the rest of these characters register as real people" autism of the brain but even from a more toxic relationship standpoint I don't really get whats so exciting about their dynamic as an actual ship unless you're taking some major liberties with your interpretation of Walt

Reincarnated Simon who has trauma surrounding fires.

he can't pinpoint why, but every fire he sees he feels an overwhelming pit in his stomach. he needs to put it out or run away. he triple checks candles, sets matches and lighters in the kitchen sink before heading to bed.

if he's looking for a flat, he directly asks for no fireplace, no wood burning stoves.

keeps no gas cans even near his home and absolutely never carries lighters in his pocket. he even quietly stresses about Price's lighters, but he trusts his captain.

PRICE🏷️💸💰