Long Live The Dead!

this is also how you can differentiate youth liberation from encouraging predatory behavior. yes, there's a lot of misinformation on development, such as the 'frontal lobe fully develops at 25' thing, that doesn't mean a 25 year old and a 5 year old are in the same place developmentally. I will raise an eyebrow at anyone who is very insistent that young children and adults are identical. I don't even understand how you could unironically believe this (that is, without ulterior motives) when developmental trauma exists and presents the way it does.

chapter 3: alive is a little present i give myself once a day words: 5.5k

"Oh, would you look at that!" Grant says. He turns to his daughter. "This is the worm woman." Suzie's mouth quirks into a smile at being described like that. "That's me," she agrees. "I suppose now that I've gotten you in the same room together, I should introduce you to Daisy Belle." Grant turns his attention to the cream colored Suzie had been walking back to her stall. "Hello Ms. Belle," he says, as sincere as ever. "I've heard a lot about you." His daughter laughs. "Yes, he's like this with all animals," she tells Suzie, before Suzie can ask. "Well, I can't really judge," Suzie admits. "Daisy here is my best friend, so I'm just over the moon seeing her get a warm welcome."

She still tries to play pranks, sort of. She sneaks up on the others, not really to scare them, but because she often just wants something. They're all used to it by now - (TADC escape AU)