May. 1st, 2015
Torn World Muse Fusion
May. 1st, 2015 12:02 pm The May Muse Fusion is open! Come give us prompts. Our theme is Sea Monsters!
From My Prompts:
"Tangleweed" by
ellenmillion shows the tangleweed 'sea monster' in action.
"From the Deep" by
ellenmillion features a smartarm reaching for a ship. Because to a smartarm, a ship is a fun puzzle with tasty bits inside, and then it turns into a terrific nesting site.
From My Prompts:
"Tangleweed" by
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"From the Deep" by
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Maladaptive Parenting
May. 1st, 2015 08:22 pmI have mentioned before that some of my characters don't have a background of abuse or neglect, just a crappy home life. Today I stumbled across one description for that kind of thing: maladaptive parenting. For instance, the home might have high hostility and low warmth. In other cases, parents might respond to a child's misbehavior in ways that encourage rather than discourage repetition. It's not necessarily malicious. It's just badly done. Mallory is a good example of this; her parents didn't really know what to do with a child, and it shows.