The Last geeky House East of the Sea

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

harrenhal gave alys the read out, but failed to tell her that this one is like about nineteen/twenty-two years old and unlike daemon wasn't out running around town fucking his way through whore houses and having drinks with the boys in gold. he was spending his free time with criston cole (catholic and suicidal) and his mom (catholic and suicidal) and his sister (catholic and autistic and suicidal), with the very occasional visit to the brothel where he would pay an older woman to say, "nooooo, my prince, you're not evil. nooooooooo. honey baby sweetie gravy pumpkin darling--"