licenseartistic: November Prompt #5: Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop. --Usman
1. Title / Prompt: October Prompt 005: Fear is a darkroom where negatives develop. --Usman B. Asif.
2. Character: Meg Manning.
3. Warnings: Spoilers for stuff up to 2x07... well, it hints at stuff from 2x09, but really doesn't say anything explicit.
4. Pairings: Mentions of Meg/Duncan
5. Your character's fandom: Veronica Mars.
6. Word count: 419
7. Rating: PG
8. Disclaimer: Not mine. Just having fun. All belongs to Rob Thomas, Slave Rat Productions, Warner Bros., the CW, etc.
Sometimes I wonder if my parents just can't see the damage they've done to us, or whether they just really don't even care...
I'm never really sure what to think when it comes to my mom. Is it just that she's scared to stand up to my dad? Or has she just stopped even seeing us - the real us - because that's easier? I don't get it. I mean, Lizzie and I aside, how can she look at Gracie and not know something's seriously wrong? My baby sister looks the epitome of broken 99% of the time. I've never really seen my mom as being overly independent thinking. She just kind of falls in line, which I'm sure suits my dad just fine. Going against him, arguing with him, tended to result in anyone he was stronger than being locked in a secret room in their closet or writing "The path to God is paved with righteousness." over and over until you're sure your hand's just going to fall off it's so cramped.
Yeah, Stewart Manning takes a sick amount of pleasure out of waging psychological warfare on his own daughters. He practically tried to turn Lizzie and I against each other with the constant pointing out of how perfect I was and how much of a waste of space she was. That she'd never be able to measure up... but the thing is? Sure, we don't always like each other, or agree about almost anything some days, but we love each other. When it comes down to it, my sisters are my best friends in the entire world, and the reason Lizzie acts the way she does? Is because she's desperately trying to get any kind of positive attention. She knows she's not going to get it at home, right? She just doesn't always go about it in the best way...
I'm not going to sit here and be all sanctimonious and claim that I don't understand where she's coming from, though... because I get it a little to well. The things I did when I started feeling like I was losing Duncan.
People do some really stupid, negative, downright destructive things when they're scared, don't they?
Yeah, we're unbelievably damaged and broken and it's all thanks to parents who either don't see it or just don't even remotely care. At least I've learned to cover well. I don't think I could deal with people who think they can fix things, no matter how well meaning. Because they can't.
2. Character: Meg Manning.
3. Warnings: Spoilers for stuff up to 2x07... well, it hints at stuff from 2x09, but really doesn't say anything explicit.
4. Pairings: Mentions of Meg/Duncan
5. Your character's fandom: Veronica Mars.
6. Word count: 419
7. Rating: PG
8. Disclaimer: Not mine. Just having fun. All belongs to Rob Thomas, Slave Rat Productions, Warner Bros., the CW, etc.
Sometimes I wonder if my parents just can't see the damage they've done to us, or whether they just really don't even care...
I'm never really sure what to think when it comes to my mom. Is it just that she's scared to stand up to my dad? Or has she just stopped even seeing us - the real us - because that's easier? I don't get it. I mean, Lizzie and I aside, how can she look at Gracie and not know something's seriously wrong? My baby sister looks the epitome of broken 99% of the time. I've never really seen my mom as being overly independent thinking. She just kind of falls in line, which I'm sure suits my dad just fine. Going against him, arguing with him, tended to result in anyone he was stronger than being locked in a secret room in their closet or writing "The path to God is paved with righteousness." over and over until you're sure your hand's just going to fall off it's so cramped.
Yeah, Stewart Manning takes a sick amount of pleasure out of waging psychological warfare on his own daughters. He practically tried to turn Lizzie and I against each other with the constant pointing out of how perfect I was and how much of a waste of space she was. That she'd never be able to measure up... but the thing is? Sure, we don't always like each other, or agree about almost anything some days, but we love each other. When it comes down to it, my sisters are my best friends in the entire world, and the reason Lizzie acts the way she does? Is because she's desperately trying to get any kind of positive attention. She knows she's not going to get it at home, right? She just doesn't always go about it in the best way...
I'm not going to sit here and be all sanctimonious and claim that I don't understand where she's coming from, though... because I get it a little to well. The things I did when I started feeling like I was losing Duncan.
People do some really stupid, negative, downright destructive things when they're scared, don't they?
Yeah, we're unbelievably damaged and broken and it's all thanks to parents who either don't see it or just don't even remotely care. At least I've learned to cover well. I don't think I could deal with people who think they can fix things, no matter how well meaning. Because they can't.