Eighth Saint to Serve Cunt

“Dear Vista, I’ve been meaning to write this note for a long time, but as you know I’m not very good at expressing myself. So I’ll just say this. I miss your smile. I would say that I hope this note finds you well, but as these things go… That won’t be the case.”

“The world is a cold and lonely place without you in it, Vista. I just miss you. And since you’ve been gone I’ve been accused of being an observer, a loner, a cleaner, a failure, and a fool…but never a participant. No. No one’s ever accused me of that. Anyway, I decided it’s time to call it quits. The drugs no longer work. I’m coming home to see you and there ain’t nothing gonna stop me this time.”

jc leyendecker's "couple descending staircase" painting is Literally Just Mercymorn and Augustine the First, down to the outfits they wore to commit Deus Apate, Minor.

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