Tori Artemis
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An Unlikely Traitor
There weren't always dragons in the Valley. That's what my mother would always say. Sometimes it seemed like she was so frustrated over that fact. I thought it was awesome. They would always be around, much more frequently than cats, dogs, or even birds. However, the dragons tended to eat them so that probably explains that.
By Tori Artemis 2 years ago in Fiction
Scared of Being Scared part #2
It isn't easy to admit someone's faults nor is it easy to admit mistakes someone else has made that affected you. Coming to terms with the pain those closest to you have caused you in the past is probably one of the hardest emotional things I have ever had to do. I still don't know if I am going down the right path - but it is the only path I see right now so I will trek until another option may become available to me.
By Tori Artemis 4 years ago in Psyche
The Trapped Extrovert
I am sure this sounds like a broken record to say I started this year believing this would be my year. That I would make certain things happen for me, achieve certain goals, and expand my group of friends which had, and still kind of is, non-existent.
By Tori Artemis 4 years ago in Humans
LGBTQ+
How are we supposed to demand respect and equality when, within our own community of types, we don't give the same? How can you ask a straight person to treat you right when you don't treat transgender people right? Or bisexuals or pansexuals—see, even the word "pansexual" is underlined in red. Well, you can't see it, but it is not an accepted word. Nor is it an accepted term, not to a lot of people.
By Tori Artemis 5 years ago in Humans
Unmother
Being a woman, in any society really, is difficult. Because in all of them, the top thing for women is to be a mother. To give birth. To procreate. Which inherently isn't a horrible thing. It can be a beautiful thing. But it also puts an incredible amount of pressure on us. Those who aren't ready. Those who may never be ready. Those who want but can never ever have. Those who know for sure they never want them.
By Tori Artemis 5 years ago in Families
The Moon
It is so far away from me. I stare up at the beauty of the moon and feel the chill ruffle my fur. I walk closer to the edge of the cliff, pieces of ground crumbling down the rock wall. The ledge is steady, yet the dirt still stirs as I move about. The grass is damp, it folds easily under my paws. My pack. I haven't seen or heard from them in two moon cycles. We had come across a camp of humans, and all the chaos, we became separated. I feel alone all the time now.
By Tori Artemis 5 years ago in Horror
One Parent
Life is fine, I tell this myself. I tell this to myself so often I nearly convince myself it is true. The memories of him are vague and not full of love, nothing terrible. He never hurt me, at least not physically. No. He just wasn't always present. It didn't work out. He was an asshole. People don't like that. People say "family is everything." Family IS everything, if the family isn't toxic. But this isn't about that. I leave behind a country full of friends, and a mom-like figure, and my biological father, distant painful memories I've all but blocked out.
By Tori Artemis 5 years ago in Families