#to recognize the potential

[snowyllama-art]

I think transformers should lean more into the uncanny aspects, especially with their alt modes. As a treat. Like, at a first glance everything looks normal, but there are little things that only mechanics and car nerds pick up on, details that don't line up with the model, and even though it's turned off, something about it feels alive, and there's this lingering feeling that it's watching those who come near.

#maccadam #transformers #we as humans are extrordinarily good at recognizing when something's off and the potential for this is huge #perfect setup for horror and genre subversion

[canisalbus]

I have a phobia of dogs like can't stand seeing images of them phobia but I love your work so much, I don't know what it is but there's something beautiful about how I can look at it without feeling that phobia. Like being on top of a mountain and seeing the view of the world below or how fire looks pretty close up. Your art to me feels like that scene in fantastic mr fox with the wolf.

Ah, that's both heartwarming and very interesting, I've never heard of any cynophobes liking my work! Thank you!

(I won't bother you about it of course, but I can't help but wonder if it's the same thing for all furry/anthro art you see or for some reason just me, and if it's the latter, what could be making my stuff more palatable for someone who is that intensely uncomfortable with canines. My style isn't realistic but it isn't super stylized and exaggerated either. Is it about the anthropomorphization and the humanlike features, expressions and behavior? When I draw actual dog-shaped-dogs, are they harder to look at?).

#Fantastic Mr. Fox is one of my all time favorites #number one comfort movie too #recommending it to everyone #answered #anonymous #it must be rough living with a fear of dogs #with many phobias you can limit your exposure to potential triggers but dogs are everywhere every day #and I know some (even otherwise sensible) people can react really badly when they hear dogs make you feel uneasy #for such a common and well recognized phobia it's often trivialized and sneered at #at least from what I've seen #one of my brothers has/had it

[julijbee]

i like the pathologic classic steppe flowers a lot.

#ignore this isnt a particularly faithful steppe #art #bos turokh #pathologic #pathologic 2 #calligraphy scripts hyperfixation helped me recognize phags-pa potential for the frame when i fucked it up so bad in paint #i like it better in blue i think though. so this all works out #nothing more soothing than painting a hoofed animal.

[comradekatara]

sokka hates the fire nation but nonetheless subscribes to their logic through internalizing his own dehumanization, albeit in the name of sacrificing what is necessary to resist imperialism. on the other hand, aang refuses to sacrifice his humanity, which is intrinsically tied to the culture that was deemed deserving of extermination, and by recognizing the fullness of his personhood and his intrinsic right to exist, he defeats the tenets of imperialism on an ideological battleground. that is why it is so crucial that aang’s influence over sokka, as an air nomad, and as someone who did not grow up under the looming shadow of colonialism and genocide, is what helps him regain the childhood he had forsworn in the name of war—his laughter, his joy, and his humanity.

#aang&sokka #aang #sokka #obviously aang performs this function for every principal member of the gaang #with katara it’s immediate (see: penguin sledding 5 minutes after meeting) #and with toph it’s less pronounced (id argue that sokka is more crucial to tophs process of valuing her humanity than aang although aang #lays the groundwork for it by being the one to recognize her potential) #and with zuko he has also been dehumanized by the fire nation but like. it’s not the same of course #whereas sokka and aang have largely been dehumanized in the same way #as victims of genocide #and obviously katara too #but katara has the same viewpoint as aang from the beginning #that she deserves to exist and fights for her cultural values #whereas sokka thinks that KATARA deserves to exist. that everyone does EXCEPT himself #so aang’s influence reminds him that he’s NOT uniquely disposable/sacrificial/unworthy #he’s a person too! #and he does so through the simple bond of friendship. through joy & laughter & fun #the values that were instilled into him by the air nomads #and it’s not like sokka COMPLETELY internalizes it #or that aang is the only one who attempts to impart this lesson #but it’s why their friendship is so important #because sokka accepts imperialist logic and aang refuses to #aang’s importance cannot be overstated #which is kind of funny to say bc he is the protagonist. the titular role #but ppl like to ignore that #which is crazy . but whatever

[strozzaprete]

another example of how being popular in feminist online circles does not make someone a feminist by default. once again not much the fault of the community that called her out on her lesbophobia months ago for "driving her away" from feminism, but another symptom of a bigotry rabbit hole she was already slowly falling into

#she's researching CHRISTIAN feminism 🤣🤣 #i'm sorry because isn't she 17 or something? #this is just to say that her irl environment is probably influencing her biases #because how do you even become pro life after claiming you're a feminist. not even a radical feminist. just a feminist #even the most libfemmy of all recognize the fact that a woman's life is more important than a potential baby's. like

[batfamhyperfixation]

Tim: yeah I’m bi

Kon, who has a major crush on Tim and trying to get with him: Oh, I’m bi myself

Oblivious Tim: it’s okay Kon, you don’t need a relationship to be happy

Tim, walking away: Hey Bernard, haven’t seen you in years, how you been, let’s hang out

#sorry timkon fans but I prefer timber and I like to think this is how it all went down #this is by (bi) far the most comedically sound situation to happen and honestly based on how many people seemed to arguably have crushes #on tim without tim realizing this was also the most canon situation to happen like prove me wrong #timbern #timber #I feel bad tagging timkon cause I feel like this is not the timkon content people wanna read in the timkon tag #bi tim drake #tim drake #bernard dowd #kon kent #connor kent #I also know in my bones this exact conversation would happen between Sebastian ives and Tim drake #ives should be recognized more for the potential he has cause that dynamic was such a good one like fr Tim and ives were something else

[buccellato]

Fucks me up to think about how Legato's legacy in-universe after his death in Trimax (and presumably Tristamp) is probably gonna be how much he sucked and nothing else....

Like, nobody will like Knives but Vash will be long-lived enough to be able to eventually talk about his good qualities from when he was a child and his quasi-redemption in his last days. But who remembers Legato? Livio and Vash are the only living people with any extended memory of him and neither of them would have anything nice to say (and rightfully so). Neither of them probably knew he was a slave, either—as far as Vash can tell this dude showed up one day and hated his guts, for all he knows he's just another survivor from July! Outside of Knives, Elendira, Legato, and maybe Conrad, I don't think any other character knows his actual life story.

And to add on to that, there's no way of looking up that past either—he had no name or personhood before he was effectively rescued, so who could investigators or reporters or archivists track down for information? The human being that was Legato only existed for as long as he knew Knives, before that he was something to be kept and abused as an object. There's presumably no surviving family they can reliably contact, nobody to really say "yes I knew him, here's what his life was like, here's how we can prevent something like this from happening again".

His entire existence will be reduced down to "a human weapon that was freakishly loyal to public enemy #1" without any reflection on the mechanisms that made him the way he was because there's just no actual knowledge of his life.

#trigun #trigun maximum #trigun spoilers #legato bluesummers #fucked up to think about how absolutely conditional his personhood was throughout his life. Good parallel to Wolfwood and Livio and Vash th #sometimes I think about that potential little sister he (maybe) had...if she existed (and was alive) would she even recognize him? #also really hope the whole “most of the humans on this planet died off and also Earth fleets showed up” fixes the slavery issue because oof #the Roderick gang was so open about it too...had they gotten more bold as of recent (in the story) or were they always so cocky? #not that it probably mattered since all they had to do was avoid the handful of city military police and the one independent who cared #I think Vash probably would've done something (and then pretend he didn't) if he knew more...but he's also not omniscient #I do think he'd stop slavers if he saw them but he'd actually have to run into them first...or learn to actually investigate for real #the Earth forces are actually desperately needed here if only just to fix this #CLEARING OUT MY DRAFTS (2 posts) LET'S GO

[aroaceleovaldez]

once again thinking about the worldbuilding in the riordanverse of "names are power" / "belief is power."

The Tri were only able to become immortal through convincing enough people to worship them that it became true. Monsters and immortals only exist through continued belief, and if enough people believe that they're dead or gone then it becomes true, like Pan. Their varied forms exist and manifest as they're believed in and called upon. Names call attention and epithets summon aspects. They're acknowledgement. Belief. Putting a name to a concept creates it as an individual.

And that's so fascinating when you start applying it to demigods. How much of their abilities are based on belief in themselves, in expectations of each other, in their parents' expectations of them? We've seen mortal figures who became immortal in some form or another because they were remembered. Even the lares - ancestral house gods, who persist because they're remembered. They have a legacy.

At what point does a demigod achieve that status? Rumors and whispers about them so persistent that they slowly become true. "I heard that Jason Grace is the son of two gods, does that make him a god?" "I heard Percy Jackson defeated a titan single-handedly. That he can create hurricanes without breaking a sweat. That he can control blood." After awhile, after enough rumors, does it become impossible to tell where they end and the legends begin? Isn't that what being a demigod is; half-legend?

#pjo #riordanverse #analysis #i went a little prose-y there at the end but i am THINKING THOUGHTS #imagine being a demigod and knowing your EXISTENCE is slowing becoming warped because of others' perceptions of you! #Jason living on a pedestal his entire life and worrying so much that one day he's going to bleed ichor and his fate will be sealed #Percy recognizing that his powers are growing beyond his previous limits in ways that don't seem natural. don't seem right. #and he realizes what's happening and just has to hope the whispering quiets down and the rumors are forgotten so he can live a normal life #also the potential for demigod existential horror #becoming aware that You as a concept is slowly shifting. twisting. to match the perception others have of you #how TERRIFYING is that? like obviously it'd probably only go to an extent for most demigods cause half-mortal #but their powers? etc? SCARY #Percy being aware that his powers are becoming warped and trying to dissuade gossip about himself so it returns to normal #Nico who the more he's welcomed into the camps the more he finds himself being essentially declawed #his rough edges slowly worn away. his powers weakening and becoming less frightening. is it worth it? #and how difficult must that inherently make it for him to allow himself to be known? #and again. shaking Jason petrified that CJ is going to accidentally believe him into immortality. his worst nightmare.

[thankstothe]

#house md #gregory house #james wilson #hilson #screencap #s04e12 “Don't Ever Change” #s04e16 “Wilson's Heart” #s06e06 “known unknowns” #s06e09 “wilson” #s08e19 “The C Word” #s08e22 “Everybody Dies” #sacrifices himself for wilson sacrifices himselfforwilsonsacrificeshimself #himself his beliefs his drugs his life #inspired by that post #so besides SACRIFICES #house could've been recognized at the conference even with a fake badge. he's famous in his field you will not convince me otherwise #or infamous lmao #which means he's even more memorable #and he doesnt benefits from this directly #thats potential reputation/job sacrifice and beliefs too you know he didnt agree with that paper #remember s1 speech incident? yeah... both times wilson was on the line but by s6 house is jumping in to shield him #also some risk for their friendship to save Wilson's career by drugging him #some because those fuckers do casually drug each other on the daily #and hanging with wilson recovering even though he was against the operation #“what if i need your liver” WTFWTFNORMALBEHAVIORCHALLENGE #anyways #thats beliefs/ego sacrifice #these are the ones that came to mind

[traumxrei-archive]

leona and jamil’s interactions in 6-67 and their growth

book 6 threw me in for a wringer with leona and jamil’s relationship, and it's funny because i never realized how similar they are until leona was pointing out all of jamil's negative thoughts about himself, as if he knew these thoughts like the back of his hand. tell me i'm not the only one seeing parallels between them:

jamil as a kid was told he was never going to be equal to kalim, because he's supposed to be kalim's servant; having to concede to him at every turn in private and in public.

leona as a kid hearing whispers about how he was so different from the bright falena, and how he wouldn't ever get the throne; all his achievements a mere shadow to anything falena did.

jamil who tried to create an elaborate scheme to pit everyone against kalim, and to subtly kick kalim from his "throne", only for it all to backfire, and for him to be so scorned by having everyone find out that he overblotted.

leona who created a plot in order to secretly reduce competition in the magift tournaments, and tried to severely injure malleus draconia to keep him from playing, only for his plot to be revealed, and for him to give up on trying, thus leading to his overblot.

and then when you think about it, leona probably sees the younger version himself in jamil. jamil’s lust for power is something that leona’s been through more than once, and he knows how being arrogant can lead someone down a bad path.

the rut that he was stuck in was the fact that he thought he was more suitable than falena. but was leona right for the throne ? or did he just want the throne to prove all the people who slighted him wrong ? and again, with magift, he knew that he didn't have the magic power to beat malleus, but he still wanted to win, so bad that he played dirty tricks.

sounds familiar ? it’s basically what jamil did to try and rip the housewarden seat from kalim. jamil thinks himself more suitable and worthy than kalim but is that because he IS more suitable, or is it because he wants to publicly be better than kalim at something for once ?

that’s why leona wants jamil to move on past that. he needs to throw away the arrogance that he’s the 'best', and that 'others just don’t see his brilliance', because…he has a long way to go. leona recognizes his potential. he learned the lesson that jamil is going through the hard way, that’s why he’s trying to help him.

jamil kept insisting that he could protect leona, because he’s convinced that he is more capable at protecting him, relying on his perception of who he thought leona was, rather than acknowledging his prowess. leona knows that he’s more skillful, and he, in the end, succeeds in getting him to accept that.

when jamil can accept that he doesn’t know all that there is, and that he’s at the bottom of the pecking order…that’s exactly when he can start moving up. that’s when he can start working on his skills for the future rather than lamenting the fact that others don’t see his potential.

and that’s exactly the lesson that leona wants him to learn.

okay a cookie for you if you ACTUALLY made it here bc whew this got really long really fast— thank you for reading this far and i hope that you enjoyed my interpretation of book 6’s events ++ leojami’s growth ^^ (also sorry if there’s any spelling/grammar mistakes, i shall fix it later)

#/trau rambles #book 6 spoilers below the cut ^^ #them when they're too similar #leona when he sees younger him in jamil #and recognizes jamil making the same mistakes as he did #so he goes out of his way to try making jamil understand that he can still change #rather than letting jamil get stuck in the same rut that he was in #bc he sees potential to grow and change in jamil #leona is giving jamil the lesson that he had to learn the hard way #and i just think that. it's. so. ugh. #and jamil finally getting over his arrogance enough to trust leona #and trust in his capabilities to lead and fight #rather than relying on whatever judgement he made of leona #them settling into an almost amicable relationship at the end…. #guys. #ggguuuysss #leona kingscholar #jamil viper #twisted wonderland #twst analysis #twst book 6 #twst

[sincerely-sofie]

I'm thinking of how funny it would be if Ark and Twig came across an outlaw that they don't actually know is an outlaw. And they tag along, hoping for the chance to steal their stuff for a quick buck.

And then they quickly realize just how bad of a situation they're I'm because these two adventurers, NEITHER of whom are registered under an official guild, are destroying these monsters with ease! For goodness sake, that creepy one just powderized that guy while discussing dinner plans! And he didn't skip a beat! Eventually they make their way out and, ever so thankfully, they're not infamous enough to be wanted in this somewhat isolated town. But now they're crashing at Twig's place because he let slip that they dont have a place to stay?? And they can't sneak out because that creepy floaty guy isn't going to bed???? And they have a kid that can transform but ISN'T a ditto!?!? Apparently they have guests coming later, that's good. Maybe they can slip out when they're distr- IS THAT CELEBI!?!?!?!??

Anon you have NO idea how in love with this concept I am. It veered in a rather different direction than what you originally provided— hope I didn’t take too many liberties with your initial premise!

Later on during a family get-together:

#THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL WITH THIS CHARACTER #At one point some thugs Spindle stole from / betrayed previously find where he is + arrive to get their revenge #Twig pops up like “are these guys bothering you king” #And the thugs IMMEDIATELY recognize Twig and back off #Spindle is so confused because yes Twig is super strong and all #But she's kind of a nobody in the grand scheme of things. Who would know her enough to recognize her face? #(There are groups of outlaws who pass along written / drawn descriptions of people to be REAL careful around if they come to apprehend you. #And there are sketches of Twig in many outlaw's wallets so they'll remember to book it if she looks their way.) #shadow baby au #pmd darkrai #pmd celebi #pmd ocs #pmd oc #pokemon mystery dungeon #pokémon mystery dungeon #pmd explorers #pmd sky #pmd eos #pmd2 #pmd #sofie answers asks #stuff by sofie

[zvaigzdelasas]

Thoughts on if the USA will pass Israel 'aid' separate from Ukraine 'aid'?

Think the Dems would much rather give concessions on the border wall or abortion rights than allow anything to impede either war, think GOP would rather force concessions on the border wall or abortion rights than to do anything more than huff and puff about Ukraine

#like threatening something youre not entirely honest about doing in order to gain something you care more about is politics 101 #gop insurgents are just actually doing politics while basically nobody else is #they wanna prioritize war w china and iran but once they recognize the west has already lost russia as a potential ally #then its at most a pause for rearmament #& to give us industry a chance to ramp up production

[veilkeeper]

kicking my feet and giggling this whole scene. he really is like that, huh.

i didn't realize we see this. i thought it was like, an aside that the party doesn't bear witness to. me and my fellow durgetash shippers have been talking this whole time about durge recognizing gortash at the inauguration but what if they recognize him HERE???? can you imagine. covered in the viscera of the mind flayer colony, seeing him being all evil mastermindy and smug - it might almost feel like home.

and then just stewing on that familiarity! how do they know him? would he have recognized them if they stepped forward? i imagine ketheric recognizes durge, so they have to assume gortash would, too. which is fucked! why do all the evil chosen people know them!?? sooo many more questions for durge to find answers for, so much potential angst depending on exactly what feelings are brought up by seeing him.

#untapped! potential! #gortash #durgetash #bg3 #bg3 spoilers #mind flayer colony #ketheric recognizing them but them not recognizing ketheric #but then them knowing somewhere inside them that they know gortash.... bruh. #posting this a litttttleeeee early #there will be some other mind flayer colony stuff that happened before this but i have to post gorty asap bc i wuv him #mine

[pagesinmylife]

It’s important to me that people understand that JK Rowling was NOT always like this. Her opinions used to be mildly liberal and very feminist but not TERF-y. She mostly ignored trans issues, occasionally raising them up if she felt it applicable.

But it’s important to me that people recognize her descent into radicalization because it can happen to any of us. It is so easy in this day and age to fall down the wrong internet rabbit hole and start spewing hate thinking you’re being logical.

So yes, JKR is a TERF. But we are all capable of becoming something full of hate just like her. It’s important we recognize this and stay vigilant with ourselves.

#jkr #jk rowling #harry potter #booklr #books #reading #we need to recognize the potential to harm others that we have in ourselves in order to ensure we do not use it #piml

[razberrypuck]

WHY are all the factions on the island so interested in qcharlie all of the sudden btw. like why are they looking at the world's most pathetic specimen of a man and thinking "ah yes. I Must manipulate him into doing my bidding. surely he can endure more psychological torture. this is the most logical course of action."

#they realize the slime guy can do slime things and are just like oh! how can we Use this #without recognizing that his luck is about on-par with quackitys #ik i keep bringing this up but also. it is A Little Silly #qcharlie has a lot of potential in the way of rp. not in video game skills jdjfkdjfjej #qsmp #qsmp charlie #qsmp slimecicle #qsmp charlie slimecicle

[angelfetus]

the hannibal franchise fucking sucks <- is enjoying the hannibal franchise quite a bit actually <- is just very mad that clannibal is a thing that exists

#if a clannibal fan finds this post: Cry about it i do not care :D #do not get it mixed up! it is not because im a hannigram stan or whatever! just. just from my perspective as someone who really likes #clarices whole arc of proving herself to be better than the men around her i dont. why does. CALM DOWN SU CALM DOWN. FUCK #why is clannibal a thing. 'hannibal recognizes her potential and abilities as a smart and brave fbi agent' Okay and? And? #idea: what if he means nothing to her. what if. what if thomas harris was a good writer. i just. SIGGHHHHHHHHHHHH #WHATEVER. WHATEVER MAYBE THERES SOMETHING IM MISSING MAYBE CLARICE AND HANNIBAL AS A ROMANTIC THING HAS MERIT TO IT. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT #DOES BUT HEY MAYBE IM WRONG AND I JUST NEED TO SHUSH ^_^ #I DONT KNOW MAN. FUCK i need to stop getting so angry abt this i have productive things i could be doing (TT U TT) Like killing hannibal le #just kidding <3 no im not #angel's mouth #hannibal