the way I've been raised has shown itself in a recent awful experience I had and the realization won't leave me because I'm not sure what to do about it.
I don't like feeling anger/upset and it's rare for me to feel it anyway but it's led to me being unable to tell what's worth getting upset over anymore. If my wants upset somebody, then, well, maybe I shouldn't have them? What is so serious that I need it to go completely my way...? What desires am I allowed to have. It's not that serious, it's okay if not, you can't always get what you want....
every time I feel Upset I am later wracked with guilt because it wasn't a big deal and I was just being selfish... What IS a big deal then? How can I tell? Its admittedly never a big deal... But I keep being upset. And stepped on....
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the man who falls – secret origins (1989)
[ID: Two cropped comic pages of Bruce Wayne as a child after falling into a cave and being ambushed by a swarm of bats. There's multiple narration boxes over the pages:
Page One: a three panel sequence of Bruce being rescued by his father. In the first panel, Bruce is screaming with his eyes squeezed shut in fear. He has his fists clenched in front of him and is wearing a reddish pink turtleneck sweater. The narration says, ‘Again, he shrieked — not in terror, but in despair...’ In the second panel, Thomas Wayne is shown from behind in a low angle. He's wearing a red sweater similar to Bruce and is holding a flashlight as he jerks Bruce into him. Above them is bats surrounding them and the broken wood floors that Bruce fell through. The narration continues, ‘The arm curled around him, muffling his voice, and his cheek rubbed against the rough wool of his father's jacket... He squeezed his eyes shut, willing himself to be away from here—’. In the third panel, they're standing outside. The narration reads, ‘When he opened them, he was in the area behind the mansion, in the pale light of the autumn afternoon, and his father's words pounded at him—’. Thomas is kneeling down in front of Bruce in front of the hole he fell in. He's gripping the child's shoulders as he scolds him, “Idiot! I told you never, never to go off alone. Didn't I? Didn't I?” Martha Wayne is behind them with her hand on the side of her face as she looks at them with relief that Bruce is okay.
Page Two: Martha is defending Bruce as Bruce has his head down. Thomas is still squeezing Bruce's shoulders as Martha tells him, “Thomas, he's frightened.” Thomas replies, “He damn well ought to be. He could have been killed.” Martha replaces Thomas's spot in front of Bruce, kneeling to gently place a hand on his upper arm and using a handkerchief to wipe his forehead. Bruce is standing with his fist still clenched and grimacing as Thomas angrily says, “He's got to learn.” Bruce is shown in a low angle, looking up at his mother with wide eyes. The narration continues, ‘He listened to his father's boots crushing the dead grass, and when he could no longer hear them, he dared to ask:’ “Mommy, was I in hell?” Martha soothes, “No, baby, that was just some old cave. You're safe now,” as she hugs him. His cheek is pressed against hers and she has her eyes closed as Bruce still looks uncertain. END ID]
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i did an insane deep dive into why the last tf2 comic never launched and im pretty sure its for a fairly mundane reason - the artist and the writers ended up all getting too busy with other projects. this is at least what theyve said publicly. the artist has a blog on here she doesnt really post much on anymore but i cant recall the url at the moment. sadly the fact that the creatives all got too sucked in2 other projs is the most Valve reason ive heard for the the tf2 comic staying unfinished
yeah no that lines up, similar to how TF2s core dev team split off into working on stuff like Dota 2 after MVM shipped or so. it honestly makes me really sad to realize that even devs have burnout on such a scale within a company like valve. i definitely get why it happens, TF2 is their oldest actively supported multiplayer game, it's hard to keep motivated when this game's been running hard since 2007.
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Sorry not sorry I watched Warrior Nun again. William Miller being so active with the fans and what not got me thinking about Adriel again. Becaaaause was he the villain we thought he was? Sure he was tricking people into getting possessed by wraiths. Sure he killed some people. He is bad. Fact. Morally grey man. But he was enslaved (pretty sure he mentioned that) and kinda had to serve Reya without a choice. It isn't heaven or hell, it's some third thing. Reya though, had a child get transported into her land, saw the divinium in him and decided to make him a walking bomb. Trained him so he could take punches, not necessarily fight back, (as seen per Ava and Beatrice intervening, he can fight but he needs help) and told him the only way to win was to sacrifice himself. Also told him, and Ava, that the only way to end Adriel was to sacrifice themselves and there was no other way. Idk sounds pretty convenient to me. Three powerful beings carrying some sort of power from the other dimension (world?) and Reya's only goal is to get rid of Adriel and the only way to do that is full charge sacrifice two people who also have power from that world? Turns out it didn't work, so Reya was wrong anyway. Reya also kind of just stood and watched as Ava was fighting to defeat Adriel and once she realized the divinum bomb didnt work, one down, and the tarasks did their job, two down, Reya was like "as a treat you can have your dying breaths be with your gf" because she knew Ava couldnt heal from the divinium shards, three down. IDK REYA YOU SURE DO ACT PRETTY HUMAN HUH, all this "Reya is so powerful, she is everything" talk and she sure didn't do all that much except manipulate some people huh. I mean, Adriel got away, he almost won. Just saying.
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I know a while back you made a post with how you thought villain!13 would go down and one was she got like disillusioned and turned. How do you think the other teachers would react to their friend/coworker becoming a villain
There's a general sense of shock when they see the news: Space Hero, the rescue hero, Thirteen has killed someone. The teachers sit at the conference table, eyes glued to either the TV screen at the front of the room or at Thirteen's empty chair. Unease permeates every centimeter of the room, and no one knows what to say.
To an extent, they think they can understand. The villain she felled had done nothing but kill and abuse their power for the past two years, not even sparing the lives of children who crossed their path. Or maybe, maybe it was just an accident. Her quirk was dangerous and hard to control at the best of times; how easy it would be for her to make a mistake, for the villain to have gotten to close, for her quirk to misfire, for her to cause irreparable harm.
But then, why hadn't she come in that day? Or called? Or spoken to the authorities?
Thirteen had run, and in a few more days, she'd kill again, this time with unmistakable purpose.
She'd protect civilian lives no matter what the cost.
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im being such a fucking crybaby i need to get my shit together so that i can study for my exams tomorrow WHICH actually thinking about makes me feel even more miserable
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How would you decribe white middle class mentality?
White middle class truly believe in working hard will get you a good life, but because most are born into middle class it ..kinda holds no merit. Many are born with a home their parents own and they can inherent. They believe studying hard is all they need for a good school, because they don't need to worry about being unable to financially afford school or pay back loans. It's why they're accepted to private schools most often, because they can afford to.
Essentially, because their dreams aren't out of reach but they weren't born millionaires, their "work hard" mentality and seeing book studying, time for community service, and being able to go through college without a job is easy and a must for success.
As someone who is first gen from an immigrant family living in California, I don't resent white middle class. But I am aware many of their ideals are based on their own easy experience that cannot be applied to anyone who isn't white middle class. They are ones who just don't get that memo, that their work and experience cannot work on everyone and least of all to those of working or low class.
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Leaf was separated from the party for a while and tonight we FINALLY got our reunion which means the party finally found out that they met Snod (snail god that gave them cool fire powers :3)
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opening my messages with my bf in the morning and seeing all the cute good night messages from the night before is just. god i love him so much
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