#HIS ANXIOUS EYES

[irresia]

DON'T FUCKING TOUCH ME I'M SENSITIVE

#HIS EYES FLITTING AROUND #THE WORRIED CREAK DEEPENING #HIS SHOCKED EYES #HIS ANXIOUS EYES #WHAT A GEM OF A SCENE (I CRIED MULTIPLE TIMES) #sonic prime #sonic the hedgehog #sonic prime spoilers #sonic prime season 3 #sonadow #shadow the hedgehog

[psqqa]

yes, yes i know edgeworth’s big wet eyes and loser boy personality have captivated us all, but listen. listen.

phoenix wright

phoenix “genuinely unable to reconcile the girl on the stand with the girl he dated for eight months, a cognitive dissonance so profound it’s ultimately explained by them being literally two different people, but which he first sits with for five years and does not talk about at any point to anyone” wright

phoenix “don’t mention that name to me. i don’t want to talk about it. i don’t want to think about it. i am just going to keep myself in this state of perpetual crisis mode focus on other people’s problems until eventually i die and get to hang out with mia on the astral plane and never have to deal with any of these emotions ever again” wright

phoenix “overnight loses his career and reputation and sense of identity while gaining an adopted, probably pretty traumatized eight-year-old daughter, and rather than leaning on his friends for help, or getting therapy, or taking any time to process any of this, he *checks notes* spends seven years dedicating all his free time and energy to investigating the weird fucking circumstances around it and maintains a friendship with the guy he suspects was behind it all” wright

phoenix "runs across a burning bridge and falls through it, half a day after the game establishes that he is terrified of heights, because his friend is on the other side of that bridge" wright

phoenix “i sure felt surprised. maybe i had my poker face on” wright

phoenix “looking back on it that was actually a pretty dark period in my life” wright

phoenix “don’t ask me how i got started. i don’t remember” wright

phoenix “only you stood still, your eyes calmly watching” wright

phoenix “sometimes, life just sucks” wright

just

phoenix wright

crunchiest man in the world

and all i wanna do is chew and chew and chew on him

#ace attorney #where are all the people gnawing on phoenix's bones so white?? #i need to find the phoenix bone-gnawing corner of this fandom PLEASE #this is me asking for the Phoenix Fic btw #where is the fic meditating on phoenix's whole mental state in general? #where is the fic about how it's phoenix's cageyness and poker face and flat affect under stress that is the hurdle? #the relationship ramifications of being actually really fucking hard to read when it comes down to it? #where is the fic about the week of his disbarment? #the one detailing the panicked blow by blow of it rippling through his social circle while he stands in the eye of the storm? #the one that ends messy and anxious and unresolved because it's week 1 of 7 years? #where is the birth of phoenix wright: poker legend fic? #where is the art school/theatre major phoenix fic? #no not the able to art/act phoenix fic but the kind of person who chooses to go to art school/study theatre phoenix fic #where is the supremely disinterested in pop culture phoenix fic? #where is the actually incredibly meticulous and competent phoenix fic? #capcom can tell me all they want that he's essentially an adhd disaster flying by the seat of his pants making it all up as he goes #but that's not what they're actually showing me #they're the ones who created an in-fiction legal system that functionally necessitates that #and the nature of the game is that phoenix is almost always proven right so rather than him coming off as hare-brained #his opponents rather just come off as short-sighted. either negligently or maliciously so #and the choices the writing makes in service of retaining mystery and audience suspense in fact function to make phoenix a person #who is astute and puts the pieces together but is cautious in his conclusions #i will grant them that phoenix does tend to lose sight of his overarching goal in getting drawn into proving or disproving minor points #the fact that edgeworth on the other hand never loses sight of this or where the various arguments stand in relation to it #is his sexiest trait as a character by far #but those minor points are actually functionally critical to the ultimate argument phoenix makes #so even though i do read that trait through the game mechanics i do also judge the other characters for being dicks about it #my point is phoenix wright does in fact have the character of a lawyer and is conventionally good at his job fucking fight me #my point is that you all have had 20 goddamn years to Rotate this man #my POINT is that there should be Intricate Fucked Up Meditations On Phoenix that rewire my fucking brain and i NEED to know where they are!

[anakirui]

hot take ??

the only reason people say that "mafuyu and tsukasa have nothing in common" when presented with mafukasa parallels is because they equate mafuyu and tsukasa being similar to "tsukasa has depression" because the fandom equates mafuyu's personality to being depressed and nothing else.

it doesn't help that people (primarily younger people in the fandom) who DO believe in mafukasa parallels end up making the mistake of portraying tsukasa as depressed because as of right now he is not (although it's possible he was in past because of his Very Unclear Middle School Backstory but that's irrelevant)

anyways, mafuyu and tsukasa are narrative foils because their core personalities are built off of the concept of wanting to make the people around them— especially their families— happy.

they both developed personalities at a young age based on someone they looked up to. for tsukasa, it was seiichi amami's performance that inspired him to be a star— a hero that could cheer anyone up. for mafuyu, it was her mother taking care of her that inspired her to be a nurse— and you can see the similarities from there.

for mafuyu, her identity would first come into conflict when her mother expressed her want for mafuyu to be a doctor— suddenly, "everyone's" happiness didn't match what she wanted to do, leaving her in a state of disorder and eventual depression.

for tsukasa, his identity was something he nearly forgot in its entirety at the start of the main story— becoming arrogant and fully absorbed in a hero persona, forgetting the kind person he truly is. furthermore, his current character arc seems to be foreshadowing that what "being a star" to him is going to be called into question— maybe it is something more than just being the main character that saves everyone.

their insecurities are incredibly similar.

in mafuyu's first mixed, mafuyu feels insecure towards ichika because unlike ichika, she feels as if her lyrics have no genuine meaning to be expressed to other people— despite them being her very real feelings. this is brought up again in her second mixed as well.

in tsukasa's third focus event, something similar happens. when watching seiichi's performance, he thinks that his acting is "real" and feels inferior towards him, which is ironic because tsukasa has been method acting this whole time. when tsukasa is acting out rio or bartlett or really anyone at this point in the story, it's not just those characters— it's a reflection of his traumas.

just like mafuyu, tsukasa undermines his passions he's poured his feelings into because someone else's work is more genuine in his eyes.

now, then, foils have many similarities and parallels (and i could honestly list a lot more), but how i define them is that they usually have some kind of major branching difference that MAKES them foils.

for mafuyu and tsukasa it's pretty straightforward.

mafuyu's people pleasing behavior comes from external expectations and pressures— her mother's demands.

tsukasa's people pleasing behavior comes internally, from himself— if he can't meet his own standards, if he can't be the perfect big brother or the perfect star, then he is nothing.

and even then, there's some overlap.

tsukasa's behavior was indirectly encouraged by his mother praising him for being a "good big brother" over the phone instead of asking him if he was okay while home alone.

mafuyu's terrified to be herself around other people because she doesn't want to worry or bother them— she doesn't want to be a burden— and projects her mother's expectations onto them, not realizing that they would prefer the real mafuyu if they knew the truth.

and the concept of mafukasa being foils is most perfectly and blatantly portrayed in these two cards.

mafuyu, the marionette, sitting limp on the floor— puppeteered by her mother's demands and donning a mask to hide her true self.

tsukasa, the jester, standing above everything else— puppeteering silenced plushies— his feelings. he's not being completely honest with himself, and he doesn't even realize it.

mafuyu has cut her strings and ripped her mask in half. she has acknowledged her true feelings and expressed them to her mother, even if she had to run away in the end.

tsukasa has not yet cut his.

#project sekai #colorful stage #prsk #tsukasa tenma #mafuyu asahina #mafukasa #theres also obvious ones im sure you all know. like how theyre the sole sekai creators #or their designs paralleling eachother (color schemes of their eyes and hair) #or how theyre both connected to the moon and bunnies #and how theyre connected by a piano with a moon design thats only shown up in mafuyus 2nd mixed and tsukasas 2nd mixed... where they had #their first mixed events together #or how they both easily overwork theirselves #or how theyre almost always projecting onto other people as if their experiences are the norm #ex: tsukasa with rui in wonder halloween and mafuyu with niigo in main story #I CAN GO ON ABOUT THIS FOR HOURS AS YOU CAN SEE . #EDIT: HERES SOME MORE THAT I DIDNT REMEMBER AT 12 AM LAST NIGHT #theyre both connected to apples! points at tsukasa in fixer 2dmv and points at mafuyu2 #literally all of their vocaloids parallel eachother. #wxs and n25 miku have a childlike sense of curiosity #wxs and n25 rin are based off someone that isnt them for the most part (saki and ena) #wxs and n25 len are both anxious and pessimistic (in island panic... wxs len has a conflicting pov from meiko and wants wxs to just stay in #the sekai instead of being stuck out on an island... which is kinda escapist as hell) #wxs and n25 meiluka have conflicts that are very similar. n25 meiluka represents mafuyus inner conflict between isolating herself and #helping everyone because she didnt know what would be better #and wxs meiluka is the conflict between tsukasas ambition and his fatigue #which is why wxs meiko always acts like wxs luka is a burden whenever she falls asleep— tsukasa himself wont rest #not when he thinks it will burden other people #and wxs and n25 kaito are both driving forces in tsukasa and mafuyu accepting their true feelings #(although tsukasa is kinda not where mafuyu is yet i think you get what i mean)

[kaybzzart]

Done :) !

at first, I thought "damn the og colors are awful!" but once it was done I thought to myself "ConcernedApe knows more about colors than I ever did" ahah !

#he looks so sweet i'm very happy #no i won't draw his green coat #stardew valley #sdv #sdv harvey #stardew valley harvey #art #my art #local anxious man got my heart :) #hc are : grey streaks; green eyes; dimples; gold round glasses and lots of blushing #mustachio man tag

[kenneduck]

HC that Link has a black eye at Zora’s Domain. The day before, Sidon hit Link in the face with a tail wag, but Link doesn’t have the heart to tell Sidon that he caused the bruise. So Link is like “an octorock hit me” which leads to Link and Sidon venturing around the domain trying to find an octorock that doesn’t exist.

Sidon is like “I will kill that octorock for bruising your face!” “It deserves the worst punishment!” And Link is like “yeah definitely can’t tell him it’s from his tail wagging when he hugged me yesterday.”

#SidLink #sidlink hc #SidLink headcannon #sidlink au #sidon finally finds out after realizing they’ve been wandering in circles for hours that Link is lying. #link is still too anxious to tell sidon it was him #so he says he accidentally tripped #and that he didn’t tell the truth because he was embarrassed #sidon hugs link saying he never has to be embarrassed. and link hugs back. but then Sidon’s tail wags. #and sidon hits link’s good eye #link shouts that sidon needs to watch where his tail is wagging because this is the second time that- #sidon looks mortified #link looks mortified #now the prince is doting on Link while Link has two black eyes. #Muzu is the only one enjoying this.

[anewbrainjughead]

me when i'm normal

#his arms are so rigid hes like a mental illness ken doll #ive missed those big watery anxious chihuahua eyes #that barely repressed scream behind them #anewbrainjughead #the newsreader

[kwistowee]

JOSEPH QUINN as ARTHUR HAVISHAM DICKENSIAN | 1.01

#josephquinnedit #joseph quinn #arthur havisham #dickensian #periodedit #bbcedit #userallisyn #userluke #userleah #usermaguire #user-lina #userbbelcher #chewieblog #tvedit #cinemapix #josephquinncentral #my*gifs #you can see his world being ripped away in his eyes and it hurts #he's been so anxious for confirmation of security and he hears the exact opposite #someone hug this man #tragic brown-eyed boy

[dozydawn]

Mermaids of the Weeki Wachee Springs, 1950s.

Is it true that you eat and drink under water?

Yes, that’s one of our age-old tricks here. It’s just practice. Basically we’re in the water so often that we really do become at home there and as far as eating under there it’s just a matter of timing it in between breathing and making sure that you chew and swallow before taking your next breath.

But surely if you open your mouth, the water goes in…

Water does go in, but the spring water here is so clean and clear it’s like swimming in bottled water and if it gets in your mouth, it’s not bad and you just learn to kind of push it out. Every time we take a breath off the air hose we’re getting water in our mouths too, but your body learns how to adjust and push it out so it doesn’t go down your throat. (X)

#it’s hard for me to even fathom keeping my sensitive eyes open underwater let alone eat i could honestly never #i’m not aquaphobic but the underwater levels in mario 64 did make me deathly anxious #to the point where i would have my dad or his gf do those sections because my heart couldn’t take the timer of breath slowly running out #underwater

[topgunsocial]

#modern top gun #icemav #iceman x maverick #fake texts #When your husband's love language is affirmation #Maverick Mitchell is the greatest hype man of all time #Ice is being an introvert and doing his acts of service silently in the background #Maverick takes him out and steals a microphone to sing Ice's praises (literally) bc he's anxious about something and needs to relax #You're too good to be true can't take my eyes off of you

[jrueships]

sometimes i'll think abt a Fandom and wish it were bigger, and sometimes i'll read something from a fandom.. and wish it were smaller

#ppl seeing a confident black man : FINALLY! A PERFECT ANTAGONIST FOR OUR STORY! #THE CORRUPTOR!! THE ASSHOLE! MR KNOWS ALL! #i want to be bigger into football. i rlly do #but . omg. sometimes seeing just So Much . side eye shit is . like imagine my exhaustion #and this isnt me trying to be the behavior police like let ppl write but sometimes seeing such. Fun. patterns can be like #idk man it's sad like damn thats rlly how the world is and obvs i KNOW how it can be but it's real wack #real wack being reminded even in ur supposed happy place ur supposed lighthearted little break from the world #it's still not . idk. it's just not #oh the poor pale blond qb just a little anxious baby oh and his evil zany teammates trying to corrupt him oh theyre so terrible for my angel #:/ #.. that is. a Grown. Man . #it's like replaying my 2nd grade teacher ******** me bcs i was a troublesome kid and it made her feel young and alive and bad again #like wtf am i corrupting you with maam? skibbity toliet ? leave me alone !! #listen. if it were smthing like 'x rlly likes tomatoes' when he actually likes idk carrots? i would not give a fuck. infact i prefer carrots #but bad patterns have smthing more to say bcs patterns in general have a story #it's more than 'he would not fucking say that' it's 'WHY tf are YOU making HIM say THAT of ALL people & THINGS???' #like i love having asshole characters in my stories too. and they can be poc ! NO ONE is a saint! #but having one just to fuel the only one u actually care abt? having their problems solely be for plot?? & making that one #a SPECIFIC kind of person ?? is kinda giving me 'u dont view x as a human which could mean you dont view x race as humans' #WHICH IS !! IT SUCKS ! THAT SUCKS! #i know i need to just suck it up and ignore it but thats like the life quote of being poc isnt it #ugh #it sucks

[wyverwithy]

people who parentify rise raph and then therefore completely misunderstand and misinterpret both raph and splinter's characters....did we watch the same show

#.txt #i'm not feeling up to going into a multi paragraph rant but #raph has A Lot of responsibility put on his shoulders. but he's not their fucking dad #he's not portrayed to act like their dad or sees himself as their parent. he's their anxious and worrywort older brother #splinter fucked up in a lot of ways but he's not a neglectfully abusive monster who didnt look his kids in the eyes for years #rewatch the show and understand nuance or i'm taking both of these characters and putting them up on a shelf you cant reach

[boneinator]

Tweaking a little I get to draw for realsies tonight and a bit tomorrow 🥳🥳🥳 everyone tell me random fanbot facts I'm . Unwell and in need to Think

#I'm gonna cook I Swear . fr #anyway did you know Buzzer's face explodes sometimes bc too much steam accumulates in his eyes when he gets anxious . now you know <3 #also I've decided Rosetta can speak a very broken English bc I just genuinely don't feel like translating everything she says #rambles #spg #steam powered giraffe #spg fanbot #im clogging up the tag with all my fanbot bs sorry chat . im not doing great in the head

[phonopsyche]

hold your partners close

#the great ace attorney #dgs #tgaa #kazuma asogi #ryunosuke naruhodo #asoryuu #HI I HAVE NO IDEA IF I GOT THE WORDING RIGHT #this isn't my native language so i'm anxious about making captions #please tell me if it sounds weird #anyway there's a bit of simbolism here!! #ryunosuke is oblivious to a lot of stuff at the beginning of his journey. just a guy vibing #while kazuma is hypervigilant and keeps one eye open at all times. sometimes literally #dunno if that's obvious but. the more you know! #my art

[jimmyspades]

He’s just like me…

#I was so anxious at my appointment I kept thinking about this scene. the power of network TV…… #I spit into the same cup today... well not the same cup. but tbh I wouldn’t mind if [bus drives past really loud] #james spader #alan shore #the practice #* #no one can ever take blegal alan away from us and of course I wouldn’t want them to I LOVE him #but. sometimes I miss the practice alan….. same sad guy look at those big wet eyes #but the subtle differences… that rougher edge alan the practice had….. #and he had a house with a pool. #realizing the first time I watched the practice I thought it was his big stupid expensive bachelor pad. #and now realizing he was not a bachelor at all… ​YEOOWWCH!!! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[astridthevalkyrie]

everything you see ab being the oldest daughter is true btw why am i the family therapist AND punching bag smh

long ass depressing rant in the tags srry i got a wee bit emotional

#my dad has something going on where there's a ringing in his ear my mom has tendonitis and neck pain now #and i feel for both of them i'm goin to cvs to get the meds giving my mom massages every night talking to my dad to distract him #they're both going to the correct doctors #but just throwing it out there i have had tendonitis and chronic upper back pain for 5-6 years and no one gave a shit most i've gotten is #jokes that i'm faking it #i'm in physical therapy for my back NOW but that's bc i finally crawled out of the depression long enough to do it myself #which is fine whatever i'm 22 i should be the one making my own appointments and it'd be weird if i wasn't #but when i was 16 or 17??? #being hospitalized for STRESS HEADACHES at 14 too??? #who gets hospitalized for that shit and how were my parents not concerned that i at the age of 14 was #so stressed out that my head was pounding all the time #and bc i'm the third parent who has to be the only emotional safe space #i don't say anything if my sisters are rude to me bc at least they feel safe enough around me to be rude to me #i have to listen to everyone and their momma's problems #i'm in law school!!! i do not need this i'm anxious all the time!!! #and if i'm not anxious i'm depressed!!! #my therapist point blank tells me shit like 'you're incredibly lonely' or 'you have way too much on your shoulders' and it makes me CRY #the most basic fucking observations that i KNOW but hearing someone else acknowledge it and not berate me fucking sends me into TEARS #i get messages from online friends here like 'hey i saw your post you don't deserve that' i physically cannot keep my eyes dry!! #every time i have any interaction ever i am at least a little uncomfortable bc i am always trying so hard to make sure i come off as kind #and not awkward or mean #i feel like everyone around me was given some kind of how to manual on life that i wasn't #and i KNOW this is not unique tons and tons of people feel like this #i know this is the depression and the anxiety and the possible autism i'm well aware #but then every couple of days my mom gets the brilliant idea to tell me i'm rude or lazy or whatever and i lose my shit #i just wanna sleep and write fanfics in the nicest way possible i hate everyone #i will try my best to not be mean to anyone bc no one deserves it but i am angry and i am constantly feeling the hurt of my inner child #my MOTHER threw a hardcover book at my HEAD when i was ten bc i had been reading and hid the book under the pillow #what the actual fuck???? #my dad's response to any and everything is to deal with it

[dumb-doll-lips]

Damn, the like anxiety or whatever I have around food decisions is getting bad. Seeing someone this evening and he like listed out some nearby restaurants asking like what I think about them as options. I haven’t been to most them and quickly taking a little look at the places has like made me so tense and uncomfortable. I’ve been proud of me about asking for help with food decisions sooner when I’m w someone. But like def in more of a struggling phase w this lately.

#when out this weekend I literally just went w the guys first recommendation thah didn’t sound gross to me #the time i was out before that I had also just been fucked and really couldn’t think through it enough #ask for help faster then usual that time but like was so hard to shake feeling like uncomfortable and anxious about it #I’m like the biggest crybaby and my eyes were all tear-y from it #the guy today made like a joke-y comment about he’s the man and he makes the decisions #with him like also kinda trying to signal that like thats not his view in things #but I was very like yes please about it #guy tags in order of mentioning in tags #💼 #🎥 #🍷 #personal #idk this prolly dumb too #dumb things