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I blame Rostya for everything T.T Everyone in the books is kinda fucked up in their own right but Rostya, as sick as he likely was, absolutely started this chain of destruction for Rick and this poor baby deserved better </3

This is a scene set during very early times in Fiasco Elite (which is a timeline set right after the ending of Kostrov Traces) and it always makes me wanna sob T.T I don't wanna spoil the ending of TKT so I'm keeping it zipped but once the books are out - I'm hoping it'll make the horror of this scene a lot more clear

Oh the angst

BTW, total personal ramble, but I've gotten a minor strike on that sticker post from last week from the monsters that are in charge of Instagram algorithm :,D Nothing major, they just somehow concluded the blood circle is super extra not okay with them and pushed it down in feed which I can almost get behind, but I'm kind of pissed about how this is gonna affect the over all engagement

Tried to appeal that shit and everything but no luck hahha so I'm lowkey just hoping whatever shadowban I'm gonna get as a result of this doesn't last until the next week's post, but wtf hahhaha

It was just a red circle T.T I have OCD and stuff like this makes me paranoid, so I'm always extra careful for no reason, BUT NOT EVEN my superstitious ass could have predicted this would be an issue hahaha hoooooooly moly

Anyway, safe to say I'm gonna edit out every little piece of blood/weaponry that exists in any of the art for public posting going forward and only share that stuff in full here. I really have no clue as to why exactly this was a problem since I've seen accounts post much worse stuff and be fine but ah.

It sucks because I feel like I can just barely talk about the books properly out there since I have to thread such a thin line between what might or might not trigger the algorithm. Thankfully this story is long and has a bunch of things I can talk about that aren't necessarily dark, but there is a huge part of the plot that simply revolves around violence, abuse, mental health turmoils, etc. The core of the story is based in generational trauma and the effect of abuse on youngsters who grow up trying to break that cycle. And the bloody circle in the background, that might have also been a wine circle for all that they know mind you LMAO, is already too much.

It's just sad, but life keeps goin'. It isn't the first time something like this happened, so I believe we'll be just fine <3