deepfriedtwinkie reblogged
Anonymous asked:
I only now saw your 3 months old post about mike before and after paige. I never realised their relationship was abusive (though definitely not healthy) but can you elaborate why Paige is Mike's abuser? I'm really interested!
here are some links to where i’ve talked about it before:
- recognizing an abusive relationship: gifs of things paige does to mike
- anon asked: “who is the abuse victim with the addiction storyline you mentioned?” and i say mike and explain and list all the things paige does to him
- gifset example of sexual violence
- the foxtrap line in season 2 (how yes, mike is still a victim when he cried while explaining how he felt like he was mutilating part of himself while watching her get hurt and not being able to do anything about it)
- a general psa where i use mike as the example for abuse against male characters
- why nobody should say “paige probably just has some mental disorder and therefore can’t be held accountable for her actions” and how mike is actually the one with the canonical neurodivergence (ADHD), and how neurodivergent people are much more likely to be victims than abusers
1) important reading here
2) yeah so one of these trips to school was @ me from a while back, and I just wanna publicly apologize to my followers who may have read that misinformed/ignorant fuckery at the time. I have Learned since then, I promise, and will try not to be gross in the future
#tbh even back then I don't think I meant to imply that she shouldn't be held accountable at ALL#but whatever exactly I meant doesn't really matter anyway when the end result of the message was a trash pile#I wasn't the best at articulating my half-baked notions; what a colossal shock#and I hadn't yet learned the line between commenting on Aaron's aesthetic and sexualizing a portrayal of a serious affliction#THAT'S not cringeworthy at alllllllllll#I mean when the latter is happening why is the former even a thing#(well b/c hormones but There Is A Time And Place)#so yeah it was an all around Great Time and I was Super Enlightened#to the internet for saving our embarassing pasts: both Thank You and Fuck You#but anyway#Graceland#Mike Warren#Paige Arkin#not Pike; not Pike ever again