The Immaculate Conception, 1619, Diego Velázquez
Medium: oil,canvas
everyone loves dominant knights. this is perfectly fine, i see the appeal. however.
i looove knights who are deadly on the field, extremely capable, strong and competent, but desperate to put it down, just for a moment, and be taken care of. knights who have handlers to relax them, to bring them back down from the excitement of battle and training until their fried nerves give out. knights who look up with puppydog eyes and trust their handler implicitly, without complication or doubt.
(and, it goes without saying, knights who fall to their knees and take what they're given, who say thank you for everything they receive, who obey without hesitation. following orders feels good, after all-- why should it be any different in their quarters than on the field?)
i need people to understand that when a person with a chronic illness talks about the fatigue that comes with it, we're not talking about the tiredness that comes from a 10 hour shift at work, we're talking about the inherent exhausting heavy malaise that hangs on your entire body like a weighted blanket from the time you wake up in the morning and doesn't get any lighter as the day goes on.
fatigue doesn't come from exertion. it's just innate- and when it does come from exertion, it's been worse than the innate fatigue that was already there in the first place, and it adds on top of it, not replaces it.
Im gonna be so real can yall actually talk about ways we can support trans women in the UK instead of giving all the attention to fucking JKR. I already know that Harry Poter sucks, I wanna know how to actually HELP people. Something something you have to love the oppressed more than you hate the oppressor