i wanna give him a hug

We were watching the new documentary on Netflix called The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnappings which is about survivors of a boarding school's abusive tactics and brainwashing methods. It made us ponder how Ericson was the same type of school and from what we hear from the Ericson kids they probably experienced some of the same abuse and brainwashing as the real-life survivors of the Academy at Ivy Ridge.

One of the common tactics that Ivy Ridge used was to victim blame and turn all fault back onto the students even for tragedies that they had no part in causing. That led us to wonder how much of Louis and Violet's backstories which they tell Clem in Episode 3 are accurate and how much of these confessions are tainted by the school's brainwashing. Considering Louis and Violet were about 10 and 11 when they got abandoned at Ericson, they would be especially susceptible to internalizing the school's narrative surrounding their actions.

For Violet, her recollection of how she responded to her grandmother's death could have been twisted by the school. After all, the school financial benefits from keeping kids there as long as possible so why not make Violet believe she's incapable of regular human emotions and a freak? Instead of helping Violet piece together how adverse circumstances might have led her to develop emotional shields the school likely pushed the narrative that she was fundamentally broken. Though Violet grew up in poverty, it could be that her schooling was paid for by the state as sometimes happens with students seen as "problem" cases. This would make her a walking meal ticket and holding onto her indefinitely probably wouldn't have been caught by government bureaucracy for years.

For Louis, the truth of the narrative is a bit harder to piece together. According to Louis he was the sole architect of a master plan to outwit both of his parents for over a year. This black and white narrative where only Louis would be to blame for his parents' divorce fits in with how these types of "reform" schools will break down children. For example in the documentary one girl was told that she was to blame for her father's death in a car accident even though she was only five at the time. It feels likely - especially considering the details we get of how authoritarian Louis' father was - that Louis was not the sole cause of the divorce. Even in the most amicable of divorces children can tend to blame themselves for their parents breaking up. Considering that Lous describe his family as "stupid rich", Ericson probably wanted to hold onto him for as long as possible and make him and his parents believe he was a complete monster.

We'll probably never know for sure how much truth or fiction lie within Violet and Louis' stories but we thought this would be an interesting facet to consider since we hadn't seen it discussed before.

Until Dawn DLC:

Chris and Sam go back for Josh. All they have is a shotgun that’s out of ammunition and a Fisher Price Jeep Wrangler. When they find Josh, they strap him to the hood like a hunted deer. There is no dialogue. Only screaming.

This image assaulted my mind’s eye when I was waiting in line to get my vaccine. I had to see it so, unfortunately, so does everyone else. 

My All | Louisentine

Description: Louis has gone hunting after a heated argument with Clementine; she realises how much she really needs Louis around. 

Song Inspiration: My All - Mariah Carey

Words: 787

Ship: Clementine x Louis 

Warnings: fighting hoe

Genre: sad, what’s that genre that begins with A and means sad? I forget

A/N: yeah, not quite sure what this is but here you go. Remember Louis freckles are the most important things in this world and they cover his body, thank u next, enjoy!

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She didn’t even want to look him in the face, he must surely know that he was being ridiculous. “You’ve got to be kidding me Lou.”

He scoffed throwing his shirt over his dreads pulling it down before fixing them. “I was trying to protect you!”

“By jumping in front of an armed person?” Clementine threw her arms up in the air frustrated at her current boyfriend.

He looked at her with love in his eyes. “To save the love of my life, yes.”

“Oh fuck off.” She rolls her eyes not wanting to hear anymore of his excuses. Louis didn’t see them as excuses, it was his truth and his only truth.

“Are you telling me you wouldn’t do the same for me?”

Czytaj dalej

Can't tell me this didn't happen👺😌

jesus: be nice!

tara: i am!

jesus: YOU THREATENED THEM WITH A KNIFE

tara: well yeah but i didn’t stab them

okay so maybe i DO have a type

Tommy: If Ellie jumped off a bridge, would you do the same thing?

Joel, sighing and getting ready to jump off: Yes. She can't swim.

geralt and jaskier in a nutshell

these two

WHEN JJ AND KIE ACTUALLY ADOPT A SIAMESE MIX TOGETHER AND NAME IT MARLEY THEN WHAT?!?!?!?!?! 🪦🕳 🏃🏻‍♀️

STOP BECAUSE IT WOULD BE SO CUTE

no because imagine jj always being like "nah animals are too much work" and like yeah, he loved the rooster but it wasn't exactly a really high maintenance pet, you know? kiara is always the one helping out animals and cooing over cute videos of them on her phone and stuff

then jj is back at his place, maybe collecting some stuff before he finally says 'fuck you' to his childhood home and its pissing down with rain and he hears a soft little meow and he is fucking confused

as it turns out, in the months he abandoned the house, a stray cat had taken sanctuary in the house like maybe out by where he used to work on bikes

its a small wee thing, shaking and far too thin and maybe even has a clipped ear or like a scratch through one eye or SOMETHING and jj just feels like his chest is unbearably tight and before he can even think twice about how the little cat reminds him of himself when he was young and scared, he is wrapping it up and taking it back to his place with kiara

and then he is freaking out because he doesn't know how to take care of a cat and he is googling a bunch of shit and this cat just becomes attached to him, and it isn't until kiara is kinda giggling where is like, "what's up?"

and she points out its a siamese and then his face just softens and he is like, "guess the name is sorted then, huh?"

and kiara cant even say no to adopting the wee thing because seeing the way it just curls up on jj's chest to nap with him just makes her heart swoon

Pope's mom and dad continue to be the superior parents of the show

𝖙𝖑𝖔𝖚 𝖇𝖊𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖈𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖘 🎬 ⚰

𝖑𝖎𝖐𝖊/𝖗𝖊𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌 𝖎𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖘𝖆𝖛𝖊

𝖉𝖔𝖓'𝖙 𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖔𝖘𝖙

god they are so good together

(i've been here since she threatened him with a knife)

cleo: truth or dare?

pope, hesitantly: truth

cleo: do you want to kiss me?

pope, panicking: dare

cleo, leaning in: i dare you to kiss me

pope: never have i ever-

cleo: THAT’S NOT THE GAME POPE

here’s to going full pogue