i’d like lwj to be friends with more women but his options are fairly limited. i can’t imagine him being actually close with jyl because they’re too polite to each other. even when lwj is used to wwx being wwx i think he would see wwx tease jyl and be Shocked Scandalised, wei ying how could you torment your sister who has never done anything wrong in her life ever. good siblings-in-law but idk about close friends. there’s wen qing, and they have mutual respect and also of course gay lesbian solidarity, but also top requirement for lwj having a friend like this, surely, is that he can potentially get a second opinion on Feelings instead of just doing internal suffering. which you cannot discuss with the mildly terrifying best friend of the subject of said feelings. mianmian is a great option but really she can’t be expected to befriend every sect heir who is bad at expressing themselves socially, surely one is enough
time: [passes]
me: what
do you ever think about how brave lan zhan was to tell wei ying the name of their song. even though wei ying was too feverish to remember it, lan zhan had the courage to confess his love to wei ying. even if it wasn’t a direct ‘i love you’ it’s still a portmantau of their names, wangxian, a song about them – a song for them, written out of love and devotion.
thinking about wwx growing lotuses in the burial mounds, and jc rebuilding lotus pier, and jzx making a lotus garden for jyl. thinking about the homesick children of lotus pier building new lotus piers wherever they are because they can’t go home to the one they grew up in. but it’s never the same because they aren’t together
Second Prince is… *chef’s kiss*
"A child born from a loveless union is such a disaster! Thrown between parents who don't celebrate togetherness, the child suffers a lack of emotional identity and a sense of belonging. I, as a result of neither passion nor compulsion, was perhaps a bigger castaway."
~Koral Dasgupta, Ahalya
healthy relationships with people? we don’t know her
Please help a queer black woman leave an abusive household
TW: Abuse, Rape mention and mention of cancer and homophobia/queerphobia
Hi everyone, I am a queer black woman, my name is Chelsea and I desperately need $3500 to help move out of an abusive household.
Throughout my life I have been living with my narcissistic parents who are frequently abusive (both emotionally, physically and homophobic/queerphobic) and it has taken a toll on my mental well-being as I've been diagnosed with chronic anxiety and undiagnosed adhd. My parents continue to speak negatively to me and they have a tendency of using personal hardships that I have been through to belittle me. In 2018 I was raped by someone I knew in highschool. That incident made me ill and I had to be treated for vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia which is a precancerous skin condition. Both my parents use this incident to gaslight, belittle and manipulate me. They also constantly speak down on the queer community and say hateful things, which suggests that they would be physically violent towards any queer people. They are unaware of my sexual orientation and I've been hiding that from them to keep myself safe.
They do not allow me to leave the house unless I am accompanied by someone. I have been trying to look for work so I can become financially independent, but they physically stop me from going to job interviews. I do not know how many more years I can go on being trapped like this.
I’m raising money so I can move out and afford a one-bedroom apartment and start healing in a safer environment and to gain financial independence. I will need funds for transport to move, and for a couple of months groceries and rent as well as funds to get a new ID and passport, my parents keep them from me. I’m hoping to be able to move to another city because my rapist lives in the same neighbourhood and city as me, so not only am I not safe when I am at home, I'm also constantly paranoid during the few occasions that I'm allowed to go out. Please please help if you can!
I will be extremely grateful to anyone that donates any amount at all. If you can't donate may you please share it and hopefully reach someone that can.
I have a PayPal account which is currently the only place I can accept donations:
My PayPal is: paypal.me/chelseanovasummer
Update:
I've added some proof about my living situation with my parents because someone accused me of being dishonest, and basically scamming people for money.