#a failed ‘’’talent’’’

[turtleblogatlast]

One of the earliest examples of Leo’s “I’ll do my own thing to accomplish our goal without discussing it with my team first” is in episode one. It’s super, super quick, and ultimately inconsequential, but it subtly sets up a great precedent that I think is very interesting.

When the boys need to grab the medallion from Splinter without Splinter noticing, Raph, Mikey, and Donnie huddle together with Raph taking the lead in trying to devise a plan to get the mystic device. Meanwhile, Leo slinks away and grabs the device by clocking the situation (by knowing his father well enough to predict his actions - something he does with each family member multiple times in the series) and making a move on his own.

It works out perfectly fine, and is ultimately the best move, and it’s honestly okay that he didn’t consult everyone for something so small when it’s such a non issue to get it, but it nicely sets up how this tends to go in the series, including how it goes in the movie.

To be honest episode one is actually really good at setting up a lot of things for each character in the long run, this is just one example that caught my attention, as small and unassuming as it is.

#rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #im just ranting at this point feel free to ignore me I’m tired lol #anyway #Leo constantly just goes off and does his own thing #and yeah honestly his own thing often works??? but he alienates his brothers/team in the process #BUT also this isn’t necessarily a one way street #when Leo DOES try to consult his brothers or give his thoughts on matters he’s not really taken seriously #best example here is bug busters where he CONSTANTLY makes his worries and suspicions known only to have them ignored #so it’s almost understandable that he doesn’t often open up about his thought process when it’s easier to just do it #than to try and fail to justify it #after all it almost always works out for him when he does so why not? #and then the movie happens #and that line of thinking doesn’t quite hold up does it? #BUT ON ANOTHER NOTE #like I said episode one is super good at setting characters up #from showing off Donnie’s preference for tech vs magic/mystic #from showing Mikey’s innate talent for mysticism #from showing Raph’s anxieties and how easily they can stack up #there’s more but I’d have to do a closer deep dive on the ep and man am I tired #so off the head rambles it is for now #sorry everyone for my constant spam of Too Many Words into things that are prob Not That Deep #it’s honestly just fun haha #EDIT: bc I saw someone mention it! yeah all the boys have communication issues through the series and it’s super interesting and realistic #Leo in particular stands out to me here because his communication issues are a constant theme that pop up much more often #but each of them experiences this in some form

[cpressmn]

i’m about to start gatekeeping interacting with fic authors from a lot of y’all. u need to learn how to behave

“i need more” “pls continue this” “when are you posting the next bit” why don’t you try showing some proper appreciation for what’s already written before you go demanding more!!!

​a lot of time and energy goes into each piece of writing and it is incredibly disappointing for the primary feedback to be “give me more!” if you’re trying to motivate authors to continue, this kind of response has the opposite effect.

you know what is motivating? specific praise.

let me break it down for you.

How To Leave A Comment Without (Unintentionally) Sounding Like A Pri- [GUNSHOT]

point out a few specific things you liked about the fic and why. how it made you feel.

highlight a line or two or three that stuck out to you.

if it’s an incomplete work, express excitement at seeing where they’re going — without a demand for more.

it’s quite simple, and it doesn’t even have to be a long thing. this can be done in a hundred words or less.

and yeah, it takes effort. takes a bit of time. but fandom is about mutual support. it’s about community.

fic authors are not celebrities who don’t even see your attempts to get their attention. there is a real person on the other side of that screen living a real life, and if you want to encourage them in their craft and properly motivate them to write, try treating them like a fucking human being.

authors put in hours to create content (that only ends up not being truly appreciated). i think you can spare a few minutes to leave a detailed, thoughtful comment in turn.

idk just a semi-friendly reminder that authors don’t owe you shit actually

#the entitlement is truly staggering sometimes #with all the respect that is due….what makes you think you get to ask for more content? what have you done to deserve it? to welcome it? #also if you’ve studied any kind of human behavior ever then you know that positive reinforcement does HEAPS better than whatever tf these #demands could be classified as. #shine talks #shine vents actually. WHEW #just a little bit worked up!! very upsetting to see talented people put in so much and receive so little in return. #this is my formal request for y’all to start doing better #.txt #fanfics #fanfic comments #and for anyone saying i’m being too harsh: i said unintentionally :/ #if this is you then congrats! this is a safe space to fail at it. now’s when you learn and change your behavior. that’s all

[micamicster]

I think it��s such an interesting part of Sydney’s characterization that she’s SO competent at fixing problems that are other peoples fault or random insanity (her building that grill out back when the power goes out?? holy shit) but when it’s her fault she just completely implodes (stabs a guy shuts down walks out). It’s just really good

#like. she’s so talented but she’s so young? #it fits really well with what we know about her pre-beef career with the failed catering business and zesting for months at upscale places #god the building stress of episode 7 is crazy like I’m so with her girl I would quit too #the bear

[arrow-v-flash-polls]

If I have to look at these you have too. So pick the worse.

#reverse flash #the flash #tom cavanagh #the flash cw #Dctv #grant gustin #I'm sorry they did that to you tom and you grant #I didn't watch the show by this point and thank fuck cause like why???????????????????????? rv suit one was so good #I've also been told that black thing is supposed to be the negative reverse fash suit which is why I'm so negative towards it #I do not care for it I hate it I don't like it please make it go away #Again I'm so sorry tom whyd they do this #i always give probs to the costume department for their talent and flair cause they awesomeness but these are fails #I'm sorry for the rant but i needed #least the banna has a little redemtion when you can see it in low light #arrowverse suits

[ver0nica985]

have you ever played the hit game splatoon?

yooooo i actuslly havent... but ive heard so many great things... also this drawing is freaking EPIC!!!!!!!!!! THE HAIR IS SO FREAKING COOL I LOVE!!!!!!

#me try not to have mutuals are insanely talented challenge FAILED!!!! #this is so cool brah..... #splatoon moment #chris mclean #do you think hed just kill people instead of like hitting them with ink/j

[tswwwit]

Will Dipper always have almost no magic of his own, even after being reincarnated? He obviously has a talent for life magic but he can’t really train to get better at it, because he’s using Bill’s magic for it (and we know the latter hates it lol). I just don’t want my guy to be sad and miserable forever🥺 He deserves to become a cool and independent magician! And prove his bullies wrong once and for all!

A reincarnation of Dipper could definitely have more magic of his own! And as clever as he is, there's a bright future ahead of him. Perhaps even one where he's excellent at life magic and healing, and getting a little cocky about his own talents.

Bill, of course, upsets all the plans he had for his life. Again.

The good news is that it's a life where Dipper could use more life magic. Theoretically. The problem there is going to be hashing out how he can use it once they're bonded again.

#answers #It'd be pretty fun to see a Dipper who's managed to get a few neat achievements under his belt magically. Perhaps even... smug about it? #Suddenly faced with a guy who knows even more than him by miles #A Dipper with ideas about how to break this 'bond' and cast Bill out. Only to get increasingly stressed out as all of his efforts fail #I mean c'mon. It's Dipper. The big walls of 'I'm Great' he built were only to protect the anxiety-ridden core of himself #Bill is amused. You put up a pretty great fight kid!! You mighta made a dent if this thing didn't have centuries of weight behind it #Even then it's pretty rock-solid construction; bet you'd *hate* to meet the guy who forged it #Though in all honesty. Dipper wasn't trying *quite* as hard as he could have to break the thing #Something kept holding him back #Alternately: Healer/Doctor Dipper who's now Very Annoyed that Bill's getting in the way of his chosen practice #So what if it makes Bill sick? Screw him. If they're stuck together then what's the magical equivalent of separate bank accounts #No way he's giving up his awesome talent. He's great at it. It helps people. Bill can go kick rocks #Alternate of the alternate: Dipper insisting *Bill* learn a few life tricks even if it's uncomfortable for him #Goading him into it by declaring that well. His knowledge isn't *really* infinite without *That* area of magic. Is it. #Good job Dipper! You truly know how to needle your husband into doing stuff he normally wouldn't no matter the lifetime #Probably comes in handy when Dipper gets Very Hurt that lifetime! Bill'd rather stumble off to be sick in the bushes than lose him again

[endless-season]

Venting to the mother

#bonus points to whoever manages to read the words #orv #han sooyoung #lee sookyung #han suyeong #lee sugyeong #i was suppose to do monthly scribbles this year #that lasted till like.. uh. april. oops? #stuff i post #they are on a walk and catching up #hsy is complaining about her life and about how terrible kdj and yjh are #(conveniently updating lsk (lsg??) about all the latest kdj news bc she knows she'd want to know and kdj cant be trusted to do it himself) #lsk can feel all the love hsy has for everyone in each complaint #fun fact i was originally meaning to draw a orv trio homra trio swap. failed miserably bc i fail at composition #then i flirted with the idea of orv daughter and k daughter outfit swap. decided oufits would look weird #then i got side tracked by what if i drew lsg and sys together. which- couldn't think of a pose #then i got distracted by what if i drew sys and lsk and hsy as a trio. which i thought of a pose of but alas do not have the talent #which reignited my 308 feels so this happened #10/10 screw poses. one day i will learn to draw poses but today is not that day #something something 308 342 the guardian figure hsy never had #something something the one who knows her son best #something something the side other people dont see #something something communication #something something their own parent child relationships may not have been what they hoped for but at very least...

[stvrchaser]

can’t believe they managed to make michael gavey more sinister and off-putting than aemond targaryen with ten seconds of screentime and some dim lights

anyways let me introduce ya’ll to my pookie

#why am i kinda into it #his gucci belt and picnic table shirt have seduced me #like yeah he looks like a serial killer #ewan mitchell ‘play a normal guy’ challenge: failed AGAIN #but it did scare the shit out of me #he’s actually so talented i hope they cast him in more stuff #ewan mitchell #michael gavey

[6-atlas-6]

Blake's voice change when he said "but I won't be able to give you space" gave me LITERAL CHILLS

#Erik is so talented istfg #I'm 100% sure this relationship is destined to fail but I'm so invested #redacted audio #redacted asmr #redactedverse #redacted #redacted blake #redacted friend #redacted bestie #redacted the balance

[ruthlesslistener]

girl help i'm thinking about Them(tm) again (pk/lurien/wl)

#isaac from castlevania reawakened my latent need to write lurien #(who's basically an oc at this point ig but thats how fandom be) #mostly im just thinking about him being this insanely talented and competent man who fails at only one thing #and that is accounting for the fact that he fell in love with his god #after realizing that his ideal for said god was all surface level and that there was an extremely depressed and dysfunctional man underneath #also him accidentally being phased into a family unit when wl encourages him to get closer #bc then by proxy hes basically the stepdad to the vessels and hornet. and while he always wanted a family #he hasnt thought about this dream since he graduated bug college. which was centuries ago #also thinking about my gijinka for him and pk #pk i need to make weirder. lurien i need to make older i think. starting to go grey and scraggly just a bit #which would look rlly good with the silver beads in his locs and his starlight-coloured robes i think

[jisungshotfirst]

왕눈즈 👀

#only vity manage to be so impressive and so cringey at the same time .... I love them fjdjjd #juni is so COOOOOOOL :((( #there should 100% be more lifts and tricks in choreo these days 💔 back in the old days they were being launched at the ceiling #like how beauitful is that still of juni half flipped with youngtae holding him ?? #and just junis line ........💔 #want him to do contemporary/ballet SO BAD u have no idea #would also pay to see the failed attempts of this NDJEUSHDB maybe youngtae will #post them like he did with seri<3 fjdjjd #anyway LOOK AT MY BOYS #they r the Definition of talented losers 💔 #sweetie boy #youngtae #hyeongjun #taeyoung #왕눈즈 #vity #cravity #vids #vitytok

[zooweemama143]

last rb had me thinking of how lame bif would actually be as a person

#as ive mentioned i dont think he has a personality if that makes sense 😭 #like youd be able to tell that he TRIES hard to have some kind of identity but he kind of… fails? #like he kind of wants to be known for something beyond his money but at the same time he also still bears the hubris of his family's wealth #hes maybe like those rich kids who insist that theyre talented beyond their money but one look at him and youre like. nah lmfao #for what its worth i think he genuinely is a talented boxer which is why his other persona other than Rich Boy is Undisputed Champion #which is probably also why he takes his loss to jimmy hard #what i also find interesting is the common fandom consensus that bif likes things like hip hop and rap #which are things you dont often associate with white preppy boys (for lack of better wording) #do u think he started branching out to 'less convential' interests bc hes aware he doesnt have any identity outside of being rich #on that i feel like hed also desire to be known as someone beyond derbys lapdog…? #like i dont think hes blindly loyal to derby actually. i feel like theres potential for resent here #since derby and bif are both very prideful people #this just turned into rambling as per usual if u read all of this god bless u #bif taylor #derby harrington #(ment) #bully cce #bully scholarship edition

[bookwyrminspiration]

If I do not post this I will never stop fiddling with it and it’s already partially glitched my tumblr, so please enjoy some four horsegirls of the apocalypse for @an-ungraceful-swan’s dtiys <3

Original + taglist:

KotLC Art Taglist: @bronte-deserves-better @imaramennoodle @thisbluewind @we-have-no-bananas-today @theofficialkai517 @ruewen-and-rising @keefeinnit @thesandsofdawn @crumpledwitchfeet @ascendant-queen @tribblemakingalicorn @axels-corner @loverofallthingssmart @silveny-dreams @girlofmanyfandoms @enbies-and-felonies @impostertamsong @sofia-not-sophie @alabestrine @keefes-hairgel @fanartofthelostcities @three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat @a-lonely-tatertot @ketterdamkid @cosmogyral-cleo @meg-doodles @dragonwinnie-kotlc @anaccidentwaitingtohappen @maglorslostsilmaril @even-if-in-another-time @crazedfangirl14 @callas-pancake-tree @katniss-elizabeth-chase @wolfstar-being-ridikkulus @thefoxysnake @florida-preposterously

#kotlc #ungracefulswandtiys #kotlc fanart #four horsegirls of the apocalypse #quil's quill #i am NOT going to do anything to this piece I am just going to ID and post it that's IT #NO MORE messing with colors I will NOT touch anything else #<- said that the first time I tried to post it and failed </3 #ah fuck i wanna. keep messing with it #but I WON'T #i'm being SO STRONG and SO BRAVE #and NOT going to keep messing with this #I've already spent *checks* 12 hours fussing over this #damn. 12 hours is a lot of hours #if only I weren't so PICKY #anyway. nice dtiys swan here's my submission :) #please enjoy them #I'm not gonna look if I look I'm gonna want to change something #i'm not gonna look I'm just gonna post #have some art y'all I'm so so talented :)

[agnesandhilda]

I genuinely can't imagine what blue lock would be like if any goalies besides gagamaru were allowed to be good at their jobs

#bolo liveblogs #we love to make fun of the blue lock men for being awful which is true but the unnamed human goalies aren't any better #which is in service of bllk having a more exciting narrative (it's cooler if the strikers are successful because of their own talent #rather than failing because *other* people are good players. unless we're supposed to care about those defensive players #and we're only really meant to care about like lorenzo aiku and gagamaru and all the defenders w/no character development suck) #but I think it would be funny if the random no name no backstory goalie of the week deflected a shot from like. rin or whoever. #make someone whose shots have never been successfully deflected by a *goalie* (the number of saves these forwards with NO training in #defense are making is unreasonable unrealistic and frankly disrespectful to defensive roles) #in canon miss once. make him seethe.

[petit-papillion]

Seems like a good day to post Doni Nahmias' story. I was reading this the other day, and a lot of his fashion started making more sense to me (Summerland, hello?!).

I especially love this part though:

"But opening yourself up to the public and being vulnerable is scary. People won’t always like you or what you’re creating. So, a lot of people never do it.

There’s probably the most incredible designer right now cooped up in a studio, with the most beautiful collections. But no one's ever gonna see it because they're scared to post it or something. Or, they're scared to share their work because they don't know how people are going to respond to it.

There are so many musicians, painters, designers like that. But if they could just share their work, and share themselves, it'll get found. If it's authentic, it'll get found.”

Charles and Doni from Charles's Insta | 3 April 2024

#so true #many of us creators are just afraid to be judged #or fail #or embarrass ourselves #so much talent goes undiscovered or wasted #i say this as i look at my unfinished painting #and remember all the stories i should've written by now #anyway doni - very inspirational #i will credit you if i finally get off my ass and get some of my projects done! #doni nahmias #nahmias fashion #charles leclerc #tokyo 2024

[goldensunset]

i will NOT pick fights with my group members i will not i will not and i will ESPECIALLY not pick fights with the girl who’s both one of the leaders of the project and who i’ll probably be coworkers with next year i will have patience i am so chill and fine and secure and confident not at all going to explode

#peach rambles #it’s fine it’s fine it’s fine it’s fine there’s no need to get worked up over these little persistent annoyances #she’s nice she’s talented she’s hardworking she’s also. there is just Something i can’t put into words #i should not get bitter about her little quirks she’s human too it’s fine!! #even though sometimes communicating with her and the others like her is like trying to walk through a glass wall #i simply cannot reach them i have never been able to reach my peers she and her people are an in-group #and in-groups can tick you off so fast by failing to communicate or recognize you even though they’re just regular chill people #but they never look past their groups they’re in their own world but they’re trying to be polite still i can’t get mad #it turns me into the villain of the story bc i’m the mean annoying one who has negative feedback that shatters the fairytale world #i approach things differently and it doesn’t gel with how they approach things so they give me orders and i question those orders or argue #i’m the one causing problems with my own ideas but i don’t have a chorus of friends to back me up i’m alone in the fight #so i just look like i suck #auhhhiiihghhhh