kind of bums me out that for as long as i can remember i wanted to grow up and become an independent adult so i could finally have the power to say no and generally make my own decisions and have a right to privacy and be my own person and be taken seriously. and now i have that thanks to my own efforts to get a job that earns me stable financial independence and make friends and other necessary connections despite my massive lack of social (or any life experience at all, really) experience growing up i’m terrified of having it taken from me if i do anything to show weakness or that i’m not “worth it”, and because of that i struggle to ask for help or rely on anyone else for anything and end up having to work even harder to maintain the little life i’ve made for myself that’s only a few steps up the ladder from just surviving. like that’s not right man.
plagueofskeletons!!
Name: Lincoln Ray
Pronouns: He/Him
Appearance: 5'10, tan, freckled, lanky, shoulder length choppy red hair he cuts and dyes himself, broken nose, reddish-brown bloodshot eyes, often wears sunglasses due to his photosensitivity, has a scar on his chin and scarred knuckles.
Lincoln is a joke oc I made to mock dudes who think they’re cool because they play guitar who accidentally became one of my favorite little guys from my mind of all time. He’s a trans self-made musician and neither Lincoln nor Ray are his legal names, but since he had an abusive father and his mother abandoned him in the hospital after he was born (for which his dad blamed him) he prefers not to go by his surname. His little sister, Maisey-Lee (also trans), also uses the surname “Ray”, as Lincoln basically raised her, escaping from the house after his dad turned his abusive tendencies on Maisey shortly before he turned 18.
He’s Texan, with a noticeable Southern drawl, and his difficult upbringing has led to him putting on a front of ironically over-the-top masculinity (at least in his mannerisms; he wears his hair long and dresses in punkish fashion, and is a vocal and supportive ally of LGBT and other marginalized people, a lot of whom make up his fanbase) and struggling to sincerely express himself emotionally or let himself be vulnerable with others. However he’s kinder and more capable of caring for others than he believes himself to be, with a big and rather soft heart and a strong sense of justice.
Lincoln is best friends and secretly in love with his childhood friend Memphis. They met in middle school before Lincoln transitioned, after being sent to the principal’s office for fighting in class, and stuck by each other until Lincoln went his own way to pursue his career in music. Lincoln struggles with his feelings for Memphis, as although the two are close he worries about ruining their friendship and suffers from some internalized shame and fear of judgement despite identifying as bisexual.
Lincoln struggles with anger issues caused by his difficult childhood as a neglected and abused trans kid in rural Texas, but music helps him to channel his rage and cope with his more destructive impulses, and he’s nothing but good to Maisey and other kids, who he feels a sense of protectiveness over. He tends to stick up for anyone he perceives as vulnerable and in need of a protector.
Lincoln started as a TMA oc (avatar of the Slaughter), but he’s also featured as an oc in Netherbound (original fiction RP) as a voidsoul (incarnation of a person who died; in Lincoln’s case he died after picking a barfight with the wrong people) and Angelverse (original fiction RP) as the Angel of War, who fell from heaven and now pursues his true passion of making music and protecting others, particularly those harmed by the same wars he was created in the name of.
(art by @/haxxydraws)
Take your time to recover! As someone who escaped an abusive living situation before, you will probably feel so much worse for a while. Not because it was a bad decision, but because it's safe now to feel bad.
Take your time, get some space, figure out who you are again and what boundaries you need practice reinforcing.
I'm so proud of you for doing what you need to, you have so much ahead of you from here!
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thank you. i’m beating the depression allegations with a broom but yeah, it’s gonna be a rough few weeks… it was definitely the right decision though. i just have to ride it out and soon enough i’ll be looking back on it from a much better place.
sorry i’ve been so quiet except for a few text posts here and there on here btw i just got out of an abusive living situation and it’s really taken everything out of me. i’m so burnt out i feel like a zombie.
literally stop using words like “bigot” “pedophile” and “abuser” when you actually mean “person i don’t like” i’m serious. not only are you making it easier for actual legitimate accusations to be dismissed as “petty online drama”, but wanting someone to have hurt and threatened people in order to justify your hatred of them is insanely selfish and cruel. grow up.
according to the economist, domestic violence in england will increase by 38% if they lose and 26% if they win/draw against italy in this weekend’s euro finals. here’s a thread of domestic violence hotlines that you can call if you/a loved one needs help, and i’ll write the information below for anyone who doesn’t have access to twitter or can’t read the images. most of these hotlines also have chatting options if you can’t call them.
- england (refuge’s national domestic abuse hotline): 0808 2000 247
- northern ireland (domestic and sexual abuse hotline): 0808 802 414
- scotland (domestic and forced marriage hotline): 0800 027 1234
- wales (live fear free): 0808 80 10 800
- uk-wide (men’s advice line): 0808 801 0327
- specifically for male victims
- bright sky is a mobile app and website for people experiencing abuse or for those who are worried about others
- available for free from most app stores
- women’s aid have a directory of domestic abuse support services across the uk
- live chat is available 7 days a week from 10am to 6pm
- victim support: 08 08 16 89 111
- if you are experiencing abuse and need immediate help, ask for ANI (action needed immediately) at a participating pharmacy
- the pharmacy will have a logo on display
- you’ll be provided with a private space and a phone if you need one
- they’ll connect you to any more support services that you need
- safe spaces are available in boots, morrisons, superdrug, and well pharmacies
- they’ll provide you with specialized support and connect you to services for more help
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this one liberal dude on twitter made the (correct) take that parents have overwhelming power over their kids and very often abuse it and restrict children’s rights and he was ratio’d by conservatives, communists and liberals alike who made comments like “my kids will have rights when they pay the bills” to “aw are you upset mom and dad didn’t you get you a lega set for christmas”. way to prove his point lol! any criticism of the power dynamics adults and particularly parents have over kids and how it is often used to abuse kids or refuse to let them exist as themselves is drowned in mockery and the idea that parents have absolute authority over children and that any less than that is actually spoiling them.
i said it before: people only care about Children as an ideal. as property. as something that is Innocent and deserving protection From Evil Traffickers but also something Dumb that barely deserves the status of human with autonomy. and its fucking wild how even the staunchest communists think of this as normal, and how people refuse to understand that this dynamic is how kids are emotionally, physically and sexually abused, as well as robbed of their voices and too scared/ashamed to talk about it.
it’s worth saying this dude is the parent of a now adult trans girl, and his reflections absolutely come from parenting as well as how he was expected to behave as the father of a trans daughter, how much power he had over her treatment and the refusal of doctors and teachers to listen to her and going over her head to him so they could misgender her and make him consent to conversion therapy.
he did not do these things, but the expectation and judgement that he as a parent was supposed to take away her rights and the sheer power he had over her as a minor made him reflect a lot. and now people are mocking him for sharing this reflection, even as black kids are killed or sent into the school to prison pipeline, as disabled kids are refused humanity, as parents kill their kids to spite their divorced spouses, as trans kids get their healthcare revoked, as migrant kids remain locked in cages. even as these same people panic over child trafficking and pedophile sex rings and refuse to admit how much csa and abuse is from family members.
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unfriendly reminder that being an antivaxx parent is a form of child abuse, medical abuse is a real thing that affects people, and unvaccinated children and other people dependent on a caregiver who refuses to seek the proper medical care they need are not your enemy they are victims
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unfriendly reminder that being an antivaxx parent is a form of child abuse, medical abuse is a real thing that affects people, and unvaccinated children and other people dependent on a caregiver who refuses to seek the proper medical care they need are not your enemy they are victims








