:D He has quite a lot of people in his corner now.
>> I love Junket, <<
Me too. He's a favorite. He's so outrageous, but he has a heart of gold. Junket very rarely shows his fierce side -- I think this is only the second time. The first involved delivering a beaten-up pedophile to a police station. But it's there. He's like the chauffeur who backs a car over the bad guys, you know?
>> and I think being in the same color-range is probably helping Blainn trust him. <<
I think so too. Resonance tends to form a strong connection for soups. Getting Blainn to relax about his hair will take a lot of work, but it may help to have other similarly colored soups around who can kick the ass of any potential threats.
>> Boss Finn is being Very good about respecting Blainn's boundaries. <<
She's hanging onto her brakes for all she's worth, here, when what she wants to do is go wrap that jumprope around Blainn's fosters and give it a good yank.
He needs people who will take "no" or "not yet" for an answer, after years of the foster system denying him any boundaries at all. >_<
>> I LOVE hair petting as a form of physical intimacy, both giving and receiving. I will happily say good bye to my carefully treated curls for the day if it means I get petted. <<
:D By all means, prompt for that. It will take a lot of work for Blainn to become comfortable in his own skin, and the hair petting is one of the few things that he has responded really well to. More work with a set of brushes, or meeting some of Junket's other friends, or even just talking about crayon hair, would give him a chance to sort through more than his previous mess of people smacking him for it. Next up will be "Heroism - Real and Perceived" in this month's Creative Jam, and the June fishbowl is on "I never thought I'd say that."
>> I'm glad Blainn is getting a support network. <<
Sooth. He has the Finns, Bennett and Jules, Loudmouth and Torrin, miscellaneous other people in Mercedes, and now Junket's cohort. Blainn is still skittish because he's afraid of getting hurt again, but he's not actually a misanthrope like Shiv is.
>> Maybe this will let him leave the coping mechanism of huffing aside for healthier methods.<<
Well, eventually, that's the goal. He's not ready yet. Things Blainn needs:
* Develop enough trust that he can accept or even ask for help without freaking out over it.
* Get Heron or another healer to scan his body for possible damage from huffing, along with whatever other issues he has aside from that.
* Discuss options for addressing the problems found, whether healing, medicinal, herbal, counseling, a better diet, etc.
* Decide on a plan and start applying it.
It's pretty clear that Blainn has some significant issues with mood and senses, along with probable damage from the huffing as shown in things like headaches and shakiness. Fixing that is probably doable, but probably not quick and easy. So he needs to take it one small step at a time. That's why Mrs. Dr. Finn keeps listing desirable options but assuring Blainn that it's his choice what to do.
>> I love this poem, and I want Blainn to get all the help he can accept! <<
Yay! :D He's making progress, and is a surprisingly popular character. If people prompt for more of him, we'll get to see this play out. Blainn is a good couple of years less broken than Shiv, so it's an interesting comparison.
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:D He has quite a lot of people in his corner now.
>> I love Junket, <<
Me too. He's a favorite. He's so outrageous, but he has a heart of gold. Junket very rarely shows his fierce side -- I think this is only the second time. The first involved delivering a beaten-up pedophile to a police station. But it's there. He's like the chauffeur who backs a car over the bad guys, you know?
>> and I think being in the same color-range is probably helping Blainn trust him. <<
I think so too. Resonance tends to form a strong connection for soups. Getting Blainn to relax about his hair will take a lot of work, but it may help to have other similarly colored soups around who can kick the ass of any potential threats.
>> Boss Finn is being Very good about respecting Blainn's boundaries. <<
She's hanging onto her brakes for all she's worth, here, when what she wants to do is go wrap that jumprope around Blainn's fosters and give it a good yank.
He needs people who will take "no" or "not yet" for an answer, after years of the foster system denying him any boundaries at all. >_<
>> I LOVE hair petting as a form of physical intimacy, both giving and receiving. I will happily say good bye to my carefully treated curls for the day if it means I get petted. <<
:D By all means, prompt for that. It will take a lot of work for Blainn to become comfortable in his own skin, and the hair petting is one of the few things that he has responded really well to. More work with a set of brushes, or meeting some of Junket's other friends, or even just talking about crayon hair, would give him a chance to sort through more than his previous mess of people smacking him for it. Next up will be "Heroism - Real and Perceived" in this month's Creative Jam, and the June fishbowl is on "I never thought I'd say that."
>> I'm glad Blainn is getting a support network. <<
Sooth. He has the Finns, Bennett and Jules, Loudmouth and Torrin, miscellaneous other people in Mercedes, and now Junket's cohort. Blainn is still skittish because he's afraid of getting hurt again, but he's not actually a misanthrope like Shiv is.
>> Maybe this will let him leave the coping mechanism of huffing aside for healthier methods.<<
Well, eventually, that's the goal. He's not ready yet. Things Blainn needs:
* Develop enough trust that he can accept or even ask for help without freaking out over it.
* Get Heron or another healer to scan his body for possible damage from huffing, along with whatever other issues he has aside from that.
* Discuss options for addressing the problems found, whether healing, medicinal, herbal, counseling, a better diet, etc.
* Decide on a plan and start applying it.
It's pretty clear that Blainn has some significant issues with mood and senses, along with probable damage from the huffing as shown in things like headaches and shakiness. Fixing that is probably doable, but probably not quick and easy. So he needs to take it one small step at a time. That's why Mrs. Dr. Finn keeps listing desirable options but assuring Blainn that it's his choice what to do.
>> I love this poem, and I want Blainn to get all the help he can accept! <<
Yay! :D He's making progress, and is a surprisingly popular character. If people prompt for more of him, we'll get to see this play out. Blainn is a good couple of years less broken than Shiv, so it's an interesting comparison.