this doesn't represent me

doggy vibe

feeling dread or simply like a failure for being infertile, having shown grief on or off-screen over this fact

worrying about his appearance and the horrors of ageing while in the public eye, because you've been valued and propped up for being pretty most of your life.

the struggles of being a parent in a seemingly "divorce" situation, butcher here was quite obviously the dad figure; homelander took ryan in, cleaned up after him, and began trying to nurture him.

the way he bullied a-train over his weight is a typical trope of female characters due to the extreme pressure women have on looking a certain way, turning outwards in a nasty display.

wears shapewear that distorts his body to conform to certain beauty standards. gets airbrushed like hell in every image or video.

the scene of someone/something fantasising about fucking him, while showing him in some degrading position (ty anon)

yes... even the grooming that happened to him. male characters do experience this, and it should be a more common storyline, but it isn't often it is framed in the same light.

i HATE self-censorship for a lot of reasons, but being in crisis work makes it even more frustrating. who are you censoring for? like i am being so fr, WHO are you censoring for? have you even thought it through? people who have been raped know that they have been raped. if someone attempts suicide or is grieving someone who did, saying "sewer slide" isn't going to protect them from any of the feelings. a murder victim's family isn't going to feel better bc you said "unalived" instead of murdered. if anything, it's just extremely invalidating and othering. it's saying "what happened to you is so bad that i won't even say the word," which is NOT trauma-informed care. you are not protecting survivors/victims when you self-censor. the ONLY things you protect when you self-censor are the puritanical ideologies that are being encouraged by rich fascists who want your money and obedience