#'masks' is hardly better for him because it's almost accusatory with what literal and metaphorical masks he wears to hide the self

[balladetto]

which tarot card are you?

tagged by: plucked from my dash like a bug! tagging: whoever would like to do this but hasn't done so yet!

link // the tower.

where is the line between awakening and self-destruction? is it thin? are you walking toward it? on it? already too far gone? there is nothing more disheartening than trying to find yourself, only to learn that you detest the person you've been looking for. can i tell you a secret? you are allowed to love yourself. required to, even. how can you go forward without it? make no mistake — it is not easy. but it is essential. you will get there, and it will be warm.

number: 16. upright: sudden change, upheaval, chaos. reversed: transformation, fear of change, averting disaster.

#* lionheart / study. #* intermission / ooc. #[head in hands over awakening and self-destruction being synonymous. oh my god. oh my GOD] #thinks about how link feels stuck in identities and feelings and /time periods/ that define the trajectory of (the rest of) his life #but not who he actually IS. and how he doesn't know what that even is because he wasn't who he thought he was before Everything Began #and now that he isn't explicitly; persistently; urgently TOLD who he is....well. how can he know? what-who is he beyond what everyone needs #him to be? and when discovering that involves so much disentangling and examination of the self that he constantly distracts himself from #with travelling -- how can he hope to seriously answer it! #AND THIS ISN'T EVEN ANYTHING NEW i know i hammer in these points whenever i can but they are always so relevant!! #he has such a complicated relationship with his title as the hero of ti.me!! #ngl it is why i think he'd be a little hesitant to take up a name like 'time' with other li.nks #at his stage of navigating life it is less a celebration of his achievement(s) and more a reminder of this is all you are (will be) #(also for someone who feels like he's at once stuck in it and burdened by it...alsfkjd leaves a bad taste in his mouth) #'masks' is hardly better for him because it's almost accusatory with what literal and metaphorical masks he wears to hide the self #that even he hasn't looked at super closely.....ALL THAT TO SAY #kid's got Issues. and i'm very happy with this result!! #long tags cw #* intermission / queue.