#and her devoting her life to...

[onthemerits]

no one told me that the simone-karl plot from why women kill would rip my heart out and stomp it into little itty bitty pieces

#why women kill #im so late to this #but they mean so much to me #people talk about the beth ann plot being the best but like... #"please youre my best friend”... “its not enough” #turning into #“i want only you here”... “you're the love of my life” #but still in a plaTONIC WAY #where simone accepts the reality of their love and puts aside her pride and chooses to show up for karl #because hes her favorite person in the whole wide world even if they dont love each other romantically #and she cant imagine life without him #and then ends up... #and her devoting her life to... #bahhhhh im dead #literally deceased #~~like karl~~

[demigods-posts]

sometimes. i just have to remind myself that percy took annabeth to paris. like, canonically. he forgot their one-month anniversary. and took his girl to paris to make up for it. the standards are in elysium.

#because listen #hijack a quest and crossed the country to save her #burned himself alive to save her #returned from literal paradise because he didn't want to be away from her #turn down literal fucking godhood to live out his natural life with her #but this?? #this is the moment annabeth knew she scored #annabeth 'my man forgot our one-month anniversary and took me to paris to apologize' chase #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo text post #pjo #percy jackson #annabeth chase #percabeth #percabeth fluff #percabeth being the cutest couple to ever not exist #percy is devoted to this girl #she has him wrapped around her finger #and she knows it

[mizandria]

people make fun of the "oh you only hate her because she's a WOMAN" crazy feminist mentality but yeah actually you guys do only hate her because she's a woman a lot of times. for every hated female tv character there's ten male tv characters who are a million times worse and still given at least the "intriguing morally grey character" treatment if not straight up praise. for every hated female celebrity in real life there's one hundred famous men who have done worse and don't get half the hate she does. for every hated female politician, for every hated female historical figure, for the women you know in real life and on and on.

#sansa stark skyler white siobhan roy betty draper #rachel zegler and amber heard and courtney love and these little tiktok celebrities #and many other such cases #like why am i seeing a thinkpiece on how intriguing of a character ramsay bolton is and then a thinkpiece from the same person #on how a naive 13 years old girl is satan reincarnated because she made one big mistake she couldn't foresee the consequences of #and immediately regretted and learned from it and devoted her life to making it right as much as she could #radblr

[heavyhandedhex]

“i know you would forgive me because you’re so nice to me all the time!”

#im so so crazy about them actually #its not that lizzie WANTS to hurt joel #its just she knows joel would understand her #and joel knows lizzie didnt want to hurt him #theyre both so devoted to each other despite not being official allies #AND LIZZIE WAS READY TO KILL SCOTT FOR HIM IN THE END #WHICH LED TO HER DEATH #RGHHHAGHGHGHSKDKDK BITES THE CHAIR BITES YOU #jizzie #smallishbeans #ldshadowlady #secret life #trafficblr #life series

[riccissance]

jackieshauna and sainthood is such a rich topic and it's been stuck in my head for a while now. jackie definitely has saint vibes, but i think there's an argument to be made that shauna is the saint and jackie is the god she devotes her life to. shauna constructs this elaborate shrine of punishment and shame that at it's core is a twisted form of worship. she suffers because of jackie and she suffers for jackie and that suffering defines her entire existence. the saints are all tragic, after all. and it adds another layer to their connection if shauna sees jackie as her saint but shauna has actually become the saint, just like she tried to become jackie. it's yet another form of consumption and jackie's actual body was the communion that started it all

i also love the idea of saints having visions of god while shauna gets visions of jackie

#not that shauna herself is saintlike but the level of devotion is #jackieshauna the codependent toxic bffs of all time #what if she was your saint but you are her saint #and you try to brute force yourself into the life she might've had because she didn't live long enough to see it #but it doesn't actually fit either of you so all it brings is pain and suffering that serves no purpose except to construct a mausoleum #i am losing my mind over them #yellowjackets #shauna shipman #jackie taylor #jackieshauna

[harrowing-of-hell]

I think people genuinely over estimate how well Gideon understands Harrow as a person, and vice versa.

Like, that's the whole point!! That's the tragedy!!!! Despite having spent their whole lives around each other as the only two children of the Ninth, despite being literally the only other people in the world they could relate to up until Canaan House, they still don't get each other!!

That's why even after the pool scene and acknowledging how both she and the Ninth house treated Gideon like shit, Harrow asks Gideon to go back to the Ninth house, which is an incredibly cruel thing to do!

At the end of GTN, Gideon fully acknowledges that killing herself would be the cruelest thing she could do to Harrow. She still does it anyways, and then in HTN acts so surprised and upset that Harrow rejects her sacrifice!! Like babygirl!! what did you expect to happen!!!!

Despite everything they've been through they legitimately do not understand each other on a fundamental level, and that's why their whole situation is just so fucking sad.

#the locked tomb #tlt #harrowhark nonagesimus #gideon nav #tlt spoilers #tlt meta #the locked tomb spoilers #and this is obviously wrapped up in their in their own self-hatred and lack of self-worth #their devotion to each other has more to do with their own problems than it has to do with the other person #gideon genuinely doesn't feel as though her life has any worth beyond being a sacrifice #so naturally she jumps at the chance to be useful #and harrow feels as though she can never really make amends for how she treated gideon #and so in her mind devotion is the closest she can get #truly they are the definition of just talking past each other #and it honestly all makes sense when you consider that there was exactly ONE day where they weren't at each others necks

[knowthatiloveyou]

Absolutely sobbing at the way Hannah Waddingham talks about her daughter 🥺

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#hannah waddingham #i have cried several times over this today #this is a mom #the complete love and devotion and consideration she has for her absolutely wrecks me #everyone deserves a parent like hannah #SAG #Q&A #career retrospective #what a life and career she's had #she deserves only truly lovely things #I'm so happy and proud of her

[broh3m3]

old concept for a knight au with maryann

#if the one with the god complex was the one who devoted their life to the other #(shes not rewarded for it; the other takes and takes and takes and in the end she'll be left all alone) #mary will die in her arms secured that it was not the mob that was her undoing #and ann will be left to deal with the aftermath of losing the sole person who gave her purpose

[fuckasur]

"How much did you love her?"

"Enough to forgive the scars she gave me."

#desi academia #desi culture #desi things #lifeisgood #desi love #sad life #random thoughts #3am thoughts #incredible india #desiblr #i love her #hopelessly in love #hopelessly devoted to you #romance #romantic #txt post #desi teen #love #spilled ink #spilled words #spilled writing #text post

[dramadred]

“i will let a thousand innocent people die if there’s even a chance he will live.”

yep. that’s my moiraine “nothing and no one can be more important than that” damodred

#wot on prime #the wheel of time #moiraine damodred #wheel of time #wot show #wot #wot book spoilers #wot show spoilers #wot s2 spoilers #rand al'thor #moiraine sedai #i love that they really hammered in that point that she will do anything for the dragon reborn. #ik i’m still mourning over the last episode but that quote explains why she left. #because she has devoted her life to the dragon. #and no one better question it. miss girl has ruined her life for him and will sacrifice her life for him #she is mama bear through and through #a single (?) mom who works two jobs who loves her kid(s) and never stops.

[whumpypepsigal]

me watching LOTR the rings of power for the plot :

the plot :

morals be damned i am supporting his rights and his wrongs

#charlie vickers #halbrand #the rings of power #haladriel #yes another obsession my friends! #screaming crying throwing up #hear me out guys… #HE JUST WANTED TO BE LOVED!!! #HE WANTED TO FORGET HIS PAST EVIL-DOING AND LIVE THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PEACE #HE LOVES GLADRIEL AND SHE LOVES HIM OKAY! HE WANTED TO MAKE TWO RINGS TO PROPOSE TO HER AHHHHHHHHH #SHE ACTUALLY MADE HIM BELIEVE HE CAN TAKE OVER THE WORLD AGAIN SHE GAVE HIM THE CONFIDENCE LMAO IF THAT ISNT (LOVE) I DONT KNOW WHAT IS #like someone said on twitter… it’s about making each other worse. love and devotion turning into corruption #is that my takeaway? yes YES IT IS #he so handsome and TALL #how can they make us hate villains when they make them this hot sexy and angsty ahhhhhh #morals be dammed i am rooting for sauron/halbrand #lotr the rings of power #the rings of power spoilers #3rd gif… rewatched that part countless of times. IT WAS SO HOT *faints* #my gifs

[natjennie]

fuck. kristen this season is coming for my fucking throat.

#her like 'do you ever think about abandoning it and doing something else entirely' #the concept of devotion and adhd not aligning. #kristen being unable to take the right steps no matter what she does. #no idea where your life is going. throw yourself into every next interest with so much passion but for such a short timte #never commit to anything because it's hard and boring and annoying #it's like. fuck. completely scalping me. #fhjy #d20 #dimension 20 #fantasy high

[panncakes]

"I believe this one is yours."

LUCKY MY LOVE (2023)

#lucky my love #lucky my love the series #velanabdao #gledit #gl drama #thai gl #mine* #it was at this moment vela decided she would devote her life to making nabdao beam at her as often as she could #god they're so cute #my only issue with this show is the fixed logo but i'll forgive them that

[opens-up-4-nobody]

Some healing otters for my mum

#bc she had chemo medicine injected directly into her liver monday #i never kno whats going on with her cancer stuff. like technically shes stage 4 #bc it started in her uterus now its in her abdomen. liver. maybe her thyroid? #idk but its like not that aggressive of a cancer so fucking idk but ill be v sad when she dies #hopefully thats a long time from now but like shes done so much chemo thats gotta take time off ur life reguardless of the actual cancer #idk its just not fair. she's a good person and doesn't deserve this #original art #otter #lol sometimes when i draw otters blogs devoted to gay otters will reblog it and im like lmao hi 👋 #ugh. i could have drawn this better but time time. who has the time?

[jichanxo]

beloved patriarch (inspired by the lower mv)

#yakuza #arasawa #sawashiro jo #jo sawashiro #arakawa masumi #masumi arakawa #ichiban kasuga #kasuga ichiban #mitsuo yasumura #<- baby's first mitsuo #even if just in the background! #the other members of the family i just improvised on the spot. the important part was filling the space #yakuza like a dragon #yakuza 7 #ryu ga gotoku #ryu ga gotoku 7 #like a dragon #rgg #jichanart #had the sketch for this one in the wip folder for mooooonths it was crazy #but finally picked it back up #that song + mv just makes me so. yeah. yeah. #it's not a one to one comparison but #i really enjoy the storytelling in that mv so i wanted to use its aesthetics to express something i find interesting about arasawa #that being this dichotomy between the well loved arakawa and sawashiro who is... well... has his single minded devotion #in the mv the witch clearly has other people in her life and has all kinds of things going on #but the maid seems not to have anybody else. just on their own or with the witch and tuning everyone else out #and i wanted to use that imagery for arasawa #the person sawashiro lives for being surrounded by other people. and how he feels about that. #dedication and love inseparably entwined with this unsettling possessiveness and whatnot. his dedication as something isolating.

[astarlightmonbebe]

it's easy to read the situation between li tongguang, ruyi, and yuanzhou as a love triangle on a superficial level, but looking even one step further, it's clear that there's no triangle about it. li tongguang is obsessed with ren xin; ning yuanzhou is devoted to ren ruyi. ltg's obsession is fervent and all consuming, but it's not devotion. like ruyi herself notes, his feelings to her are on the basis of her as a mother figure in his life, as a replacement for what he never received from his mother. is there an element of romantic/sexual love/desire to it? maybe. more likely he's deluded himself into thinking that, because the truth is, it's doubtful that ltg even understands what love is (platonic, filial, familial, romantic, all of the above, etc), because he has no basis for understanding. ruyi's teachings and actions towards him are the closest thing he has to hold up as an example. what he wants is ren xin, is a replica of the master he had. he doesn't want ruyi, because he doesn't actually care about ruyi. therefore, he doesn't care if she's sad, angry, mad; he just can't bear her 'abandoning' him. we saw this way back when she first meet and left him, both at thirteen and seventeen. although he distrusts her first, she saves his life and cares for him in the way no one else has, hence her first being raised on a platform in his mind. when she leaves for good, ending their master-disciple relationship/training, even though it's for official business and she's not abandoning him, in his mind that's exactly what it is. so now that she's in his life again, he won't let her leave again. he was powerless before, a child with no proper name, but now he's a recognized member of the imperial family, a man who can meet her as 'equals' (even when that's far from the truth). as a child, he could only cling to her legs and beg her, but now he has the power to keep her by his side. it's telling that when he finally gets confirmation of her identity, it's not ning yuanzhou he seeks to harm (even though he detests him and their relationship), but yang ying. yang ying is ruyi's new disciple, and as ltg doesn't know she's a woman, he only sees her as his direct replacement.

ning yuanzhou, on the other hand, is devoted to ruyi. he wants to build a new life and future with her, instead of slotting her into a spot in the life he already has. he's someone who accompanies her on walks and makes her midnight snacks, who holds her when she needs to be held and lets her go when she needs to do things on her own. when she speaks her mind, he listens, even when it makes him discontent/it's not what he wanted/wants to hear. he sees her unabashedly as his equal, and though he acknowledges her skills and abilities, or points out her naivety, he never does it to belittle her; to him, she is his peer, deserving of the highest honor and respect. he trusts her to have his back, and she has come to trust him to have her. he did what she might have thought no man would ever do: he proved himself reliable, so she came to rely on him. yuanzhou gives her freedom and autonomy as both ren ruyi and ren xin. of course they run into problems, but they both learn and grow from them, as individuals and as a couple. yuanzhou's belief in her is unwavering, but adaptable, whereas ltg's is unwavering, but frozen in time, disallowing for any new information to be presented. yuanzhou works with ruyi to accept the changes thrown her way; he seeks the core behind her actions in order to better understand her. li tongguang cannot accept the changes in ruyi's character, because they run contrary to the master he has on a pedestal in his mind.

what li tongguang wants is to return to the past, but yuanzhou offers ruyi the promise of a future, even one that might never come to fruition. there's no triangle about it.

#star stumbles #my thoughts #a journey to love #一念关山 #cdrama #written right after watching ep 26 #hope i explained it well #honestly i have a lot more thoughts about this ep and ruyi/ltg but that's still a separate post that will happen. well sometime #maybe after ep 32 idk #it's just the juxtaposition between entering a room that is a shrine to the person she is trying to leave behind #and going home to a man who makes her wonton soup and accompanies her on her revenge journey #who offers his own insights and thoughts but lets her lead the way when it comes down to it. #he gives her ultimate control over her own journey. and ruyi who has never had that freedom of course is drawn to him #oh and one more point that didn't make it in #ruyi's confrontation about how ltg is unwilling to give up his power and success is further proof of his obsession =/= love or devotion #it's not that ning yuanzhou WOULD necessarily give up those things if she asked him to #but he would respect her enough to let her go if he knew he was unwilling to give up his position #of course nyz right now is someone who is planning on retiring and living a quiet life away from it all #which is appealing to ruyi #but ltg obviously won't give up his name and success. he wanted an imperial name but now that he got it the avenue has opened up #we saw his big dreams early on in eps 4-5 (before the character butchery...though i can't really call it that since it makes sense #but still drives me insane) #and of course he won't! for a neglected illegitimate child with no power even gaining a sliver of it is just the beginning #and ruyi is honestly so far from the court in that she might have been close with empress zhaojie #but her understanding of the court is very ignorant. not in a bad way but she was a weapon so of course she didn't have to understand that #she just struck when told to. the power games of the court are basic knowledge but they still shock and confuse her #so it's also a thing about living two different lives and different paths #even though yuanzhou and her are on different ones theirs are still compatible #at this point in their lives. as they said earlier if they had met earlier they probably would be trying to kill each other