I am physically restraining myself from confronting Olivia and her sister on Twitter about their mother's abuse.
Because that would be victim blaming and that would be wrong.
Also: I told my friend that it's no big deal her severely depressed and self-harming son smoked weed to self-medicate but stopped myself before I told her to buy more weed for him.
*Ways this story is affecting me*
Awww, Kristen and her herbal remedies!
"Jon." When Olivia just looked blank, Kristen giggled. "For his birthday, silly! I told my mom most of these were for Jon when I was picking them out, so I figured I should get something he would actually like."
Mmmm, I wonder what that could be?
"I just had a thought. And please don't be offended," said Mac. "Are you by any chance bisexual?"
This would have been a great time to launch into Kristen's lecture about how the term "bisexual" upheld the oppressive notion of a gender binary. Unfortunately, Olivia couldn't remember any of it right now. "I...might be."
Would being bisexual (or gay) really be enough to end your Disney-contract? Considering how the current climate has shifted and there are same-sex couples even in kids shows, I can't believe they wouldn't want to cash in on it.
This is not the plan! The plan was to play this gig through to the end. To leverage everything she could out of the market saturation...the sway over her target demographic...all the shampoo and wall decals with her face on them. To wear a stupid superhero costume and rescue her girlfriend from rubber-masked monsters for as long as they would let her.
So Kristen want her to save up as much money for the future as possible? Or be as famous as possible so she can make a political statement later?
"Can you get me out of my mom's house?" she burst out.
"I can certainly try," said Mac. "Did you have an idea of where you wanted to go?"
Olivia hadn't even thought about it. "My grandparents live in the area," she said, voice shaking. "We could...ask them?"
Is Olivia not old enough to live on her own yet? Or in a half-way home/treatment center?
He wasn't bad. He wasn't unnatural. He wasn't dirty or broken or ruined, he had nothing to be ashamed of, and if he wanted to jerk off his boyfriend, he was damn well going to go for it.
Is he changing his mind about pre-marital sex? Does this count as sex in his mind?
"You like it?" panted Jon, blushing and grinning. "'Cause it sure likes you."
Awww. :)
Jon stroked him and soothed him all at once, swearing that he wasn't missing out on a thing, that Stephen was gorgeous, that his cock was gorgeous, that it handled so well and was flushed such a sexy color and the way it curved was fucking calligraphic
Okay that is extremely sexy writing. And Jon sure is quick witted to come up with these compliments on the fly.
I was also surprised to learn that Stephen was circumcised on his show.
He had loved it. And that was okay! Wanting it was okay, doing it with Jon was okay, if he felt like being Jon's that was his right as an American —
Isn't he already Jon's? Or does he mean in a BDSM sense?
— and I'm one step closer to having a screaming breakdown the next time Ned touches me.
Interesting that this is what gives him the strength and clarity needed to come clean with Jon.
"— child molester thinks he can — for six months! What's he — how bad is —?" This is a very human reaction; that some sex acts are somehow less rape than others, even though it's not true.
Fantasizing about vigilantism is also a very human reaction.
No, Jon wasn't helping. Unadulterated rage might be easy and straightforward and feel way better than the powerlessness it was covering, but it wasn't going anywhere realistic, and it was shredding Stephen in the process.
Well he could lend a gun and go over to Ned's house and shoot him dead, but then he'd end up in jail and not just ruin his future but also Stephen's.
The worst thing Jon could do at this point is to do anything that would risk his future presense in Stephen's life.
He didn't know what Stephen had tried already, or if there were things Stephen had good reason to avoid, and he wasn't going to be any use at all unless he stopped jumping to conclusions and listened.
Awww, Jon is so full of win.
How could anyone want to touch Stephen if they knew it would hurt him?
;_;
But yay! Stephen will be safe and protected!
Couldn't Stephen use his fame to score an interview on TV where he talks about the abuse? Wouldn't exposure provide some sort of safety?
no subject
Because that would be victim blaming and that would be wrong.
Also: I told my friend that it's no big deal her severely depressed and self-harming son smoked weed to self-medicate but stopped myself before I told her to buy more weed for him.
*Ways this story is affecting me*
Awww, Kristen and her herbal remedies!
"Jon." When Olivia just looked blank, Kristen giggled. "For his birthday, silly! I told my mom most of these were for Jon when I was picking them out, so I figured I should get something he would actually like."
Mmmm, I wonder what that could be?
"I just had a thought. And please don't be offended," said Mac. "Are you by any chance bisexual?"
This would have been a great time to launch into Kristen's lecture about how the term "bisexual" upheld the oppressive notion of a gender binary. Unfortunately, Olivia couldn't remember any of it right now. "I...might be."
Would being bisexual (or gay) really be enough to end your Disney-contract? Considering how the current climate has shifted and there are same-sex couples even in kids shows, I can't believe they wouldn't want to cash in on it.
This is not the plan! The plan was to play this gig through to the end. To leverage everything she could out of the market saturation...the sway over her target demographic...all the shampoo and wall decals with her face on them. To wear a stupid superhero costume and rescue her girlfriend from rubber-masked monsters for as long as they would let her.
So Kristen want her to save up as much money for the future as possible? Or be as famous as possible so she can make a political statement later?
"Can you get me out of my mom's house?" she burst out.
"I can certainly try," said Mac. "Did you have an idea of where you wanted to go?"
Olivia hadn't even thought about it. "My grandparents live in the area," she said, voice shaking. "We could...ask them?"
Is Olivia not old enough to live on her own yet? Or in a half-way home/treatment center?
He wasn't bad. He wasn't unnatural. He wasn't dirty or broken or ruined, he had nothing to be ashamed of, and if he wanted to jerk off his boyfriend, he was damn well going to go for it.
Is he changing his mind about pre-marital sex? Does this count as sex in his mind?
"You like it?" panted Jon, blushing and grinning. "'Cause it sure likes you."
Awww. :)
Jon stroked him and soothed him all at once, swearing that he wasn't missing out on a thing, that Stephen was gorgeous, that his cock was gorgeous, that it handled so well and was flushed such a sexy color and the way it curved was fucking calligraphic
Okay that is extremely sexy writing. And Jon sure is quick witted to come up with these compliments on the fly.
I was also surprised to learn that Stephen was circumcised on his show.
He had loved it. And that was okay! Wanting it was okay, doing it with Jon was okay, if he felt like being Jon's that was his right as an American —
Isn't he already Jon's? Or does he mean in a BDSM sense?
— and I'm one step closer to having a screaming breakdown the next time Ned touches me.
Interesting that this is what gives him the strength and clarity needed to come clean with Jon.
"— child molester thinks he can — for six months! What's he — how bad is —?" This is a very human reaction; that some sex acts are somehow less rape than others, even though it's not true.
Fantasizing about vigilantism is also a very human reaction.
No, Jon wasn't helping. Unadulterated rage might be easy and straightforward and feel way better than the powerlessness it was covering, but it wasn't going anywhere realistic, and it was shredding Stephen in the process.
Well he could lend a gun and go over to Ned's house and shoot him dead, but then he'd end up in jail and not just ruin his future but also Stephen's.
The worst thing Jon could do at this point is to do anything that would risk his future presense in Stephen's life.
He didn't know what Stephen had tried already, or if there were things Stephen had good reason to avoid, and he wasn't going to be any use at all unless he stopped jumping to conclusions and listened.
Awww, Jon is so full of win.
How could anyone want to touch Stephen if they knew it would hurt him?
;_;
But yay! Stephen will be safe and protected!
Couldn't Stephen use his fame to score an interview on TV where he talks about the abuse? Wouldn't exposure provide some sort of safety?