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basimibnishaqs · 6 months

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no actually mirage was insane for making hytham and basim’s first meeting and the foundation of their entire relationship as hytham talking about how much he looks up to the hidden ones and only feeling confident to do something when he sees someone else do it first and basim being the one to show him how to do it!! their first meeting is a total and complete act of trust of basim calling down asking hytham to jump and have faith in him. what the fcuk

#never underestimate my ability to read into this scene #the whole scene in hytham not feeling certain of himself #until basim (the epitome of a hidden one to hytham) shows him how #their relationship is predicated on idolatry and faith and trust and pride #like the way basim relates to hytham. the way he’s impressed by his ability #though hytham doubts it #the way they both idolized the hidden ones as protectors of the people #and wanted to prove themselves to them #hytham & basim

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llmsos · 2 months

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Mamas Boy off

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ecoamerica · 2 months

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chandralia · 6 months

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#howW do I properly gush about them wanting to prove themselves and how far they’ve come even through a little card game??#I had to take a nap I was too overwhelmed hdkffhsk #mha ova #bnha ova #bkdk #dkbk #bakudeku #dekubaku #:’)#ktdk #katsudeku #katsuizu

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coquelicoq · 2 months

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i actually love apologizing to people in a professional context when they inconvenience me. it can be such a power move. it's really context-dependent, though. the apology has to be sincere. it doesn't work if i'm actually just 100% fuming and have no sympathy for whatever their situation is, but if i can easily say to myself, "this must really be inconveniencing them also," then i love to be like, "thank you so much for your patience! i'm so sorry this has been such an ordeal. i really appreciate your perseverance. let me know if i can do anything to help!" because i do fully mean all those things at the same time that i'm like, so irritated because it's been like pulling teeth to get anything out of this person. and they know that they should have done the thing weeks ago, and then they feel bad that i'm apologizing, and it guilts them into doing whatever i need them to do. i am not interested in interrogating what this says about me as a person but again i must reiterate the apology is sincere. i'm sorry for both of us! i wish things were easier. i wish the load was lighter. take my hand. let's walk into that world together.

#didn't know where this was going when i started it but sure. send post #this is hard to explain because it's kind of passive-aggressive but at the same time it isn't at all?#anyway this is one of the most effective tools in my work arsenal but it can only be used in certain situations #there's something about not letting someone apologize and instead apologizing to them that makes them want to #prove themselves to you #i have such excellent customer service ratings it's insane #my posts

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acacia-may · 2 months

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Can we talk about how Naomi sings a whole song about wanting to be “someone special” and then in Norberg Peace Prize, Princess Chloe tells Gabe that he should share the Norberg Lights with “someone special” and he shares them with Naomi?!

Yes, I realize that "Something Special" is Naomi's "I want" song and about how she wants to prove herself (setting up her great character arc), so she didn't mean it like that, but…it’s the exact same wording.

She is “someone special” to him. I’m gonna cry 😭😭💖💖

#the cinematic parallels!!#the fact that BOTH of their individual character arcs are so centric on them wanting to prove themselves makes this even more impactful #not sure if there's a fandom for this anymore but i just binged this whole show while i had the flu and have A LOT to say to say about it #just me and my feelings here #elena of avalor #eoa #gabaomi #naomi turner #gabe nunez #gabriel nunez #gabe nunez x naomi turner #gabe x naomi #i'm biased but...they're in love your honor #this ship has its talons in me #i can't explain why #but no regrets honestly

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merrysithmas · 2 years

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Anakin Skywalker as a tragic hero

To be an Anakin apologist about it haha there are a lot of Takes recently because of the new show that seem to be missing an important POV about his role in Star Wars. Everyone's interpretation is valid but this is another to consider! Re: the concept of Fate in Star Wars as a genre of Tragedy.

Anakin was a demi-god and literal agent of the Force's Will (as per the actual narrative he was conceived from the Force to fulfill a prophecy). He was tortured by his tragic fate to enact the Prophecy (balance the Force). This prophecy ended up being predictably misinterpreted by the Jedi (hence the Tragedy genre) to mean "end the Sith" when it ended up meaning "end the Sith & the Jedi". This was Yoda's entire realization in RotS and why he painfully & memorably admits, "Failed, I have." So caught up was the Council in attachment to the war's outcome, to being warriors, to the Senate's will, to ending the Sith, that the Jedi forgot their principles.

The Sith, naturally, also failed. They manipulated and groomed Anakin from childhood - proving their evil.

Anakin was DESTINED to fall no matter what he tried (hence the genre of Tragedy), because he was DESTINED to enact the prophecy based off the actions of the Galaxy itself & Republic & Sith.

Anakin Skywalker is a tragic hero because his "heroic" destiny was to be an antagonist - to both the Jedi and the Sith until the Force was balanced, which, ultimately, was something the Force~ determined to be a necessary action - not him.

Anakin both is and isn't the Force, Anakin both is and isn't Vader. Microcosmically he has a crisis of personality, but macrocosmically his personality struggle is representative of the Force's response to the actions of the Galaxy at large. He is presented narratively as a messianic figure. He is not entirely human and not entirely beholden to human concepts of morality. He is a reactionary gauge of the moral health of the Galaxy as surely as he is an individual - and this is something he struggles with immensely. His human soul struggles with his fate and the tragedies that befall him and handling them. He is also not entirely in charge of his own free will.

His own free will is actually secondary and although his actions are important because he propels the narrative, from this POV Star Wars is ultimately about the other characters' reactions to Anakin as an agent of fate - Anakin is essentially the Old Woman appearing at the Castle in Beauty and the Beast, and the Jedi, Sith, Galaxy, and his friends are the people tasked with letting him in from the cold.

They almost all fail this test and display the darkness of the Galaxy towards the Innocent: Anakin was enslaved as a child, his mother murdered, the so-called compassionate Light-wielding Jedi made no exceptions for him as a young boy, the Sith took advantage of and manipulated him, Padme & Obi-wan had their own issues and were unable to see him entirely for who he was etc etc. This isn't to say they were all bad or even bad people at all! Or that the Jedi were bad~. But they failed the test anyway.

From this literary POV: Anakin was a test from the Force. And the Galaxy failed. Yet, despite this, Anakin's human half still fought for them, he was desperate to be a Jedi & truly believed in them and even returned to be one after the Prophecy was fulfilled and he was finally free. He mourns Padme (even as Vader) and cannot truly ever let go of Obi-wan as his partner (because he doesn't want to). His human half also burned for 20 years in the purgatory sarcophagus of Vader (it needed to "pay" for the human evil he took to enact the Prophecy).

Anakin wept when destroying the Temple and falling to the Dark. He knew becoming Vader would bring pain and suffering. He did not want to fall. Yes, he made choices that ensured he would because of his circumstances, but the tragedy is any of his choices would have lead him there. He was meant to fall in both the eyes of the Sith and Jedi, and to cast the Force's will upon them. This is why he was allowed to be a Force Ghost and reunited in everlasting life with Obi-wan. Because he was a tragic hero not a true villain.

Anakin Skywalker is a tragic hero who was in fact a slave his entire life. He is a tragic hero because his actions taken as per destiny (The Force at work) were engineered to cast him as a villain. No, he wasn't "evil" and yup... one could even argue... neither was Vader as a demi-god (though of course he commited evil). Anakin/Vader was merely an, sometimes unwilling, sometimes willing, always-tortured agent of the Force. One to be helped (Anakin) or defeated (Vader) as per the Force's test for the Galaxy.

This isn't anti-Jedi, either! Anakin loved the Jedi. You could argue importantly that the Force wanted the Jedi to prove themselves post destruction. It wanted the Galaxy to stop fighting one another (the War!) and focus on the true evil right under their nose (the Sith). It even gave them a target... Vader. One who stole their former future (symbolized by the younglings). And was then regifted as a second chance by Luke and Leia (younglings who represented a new Senate and Jedi Order) by Anakin.

For these reasons Anakin Skywalker is a tragic hero. He is not a villain and was not inherently evil, his destiny, one he fought valiantly against, was tragically to be an antagonist.

This meta isn't to say other's interpretations of Anakin's fall are wrong. They are all valid and fascinating (and often complement one another) - but this is simply another to add to the pile. One to consider when looking at the lore of Star Wars through the lens of the macrocosmic lens of "Fate" in a Tragedy.

#anakin skywalker #darth vader #obi wan kenobi #this isnt anti jedi either #the force wanted the jedi to prove themselves prove they would live on despite destruction #and it wanted the galaxy to stop fighting one another and to take out the sith (and gave them a target... Vader)#obikin #anidala #i have to defend my boy i see so many saying some things that dont seem entirely compelling or encompassing of the narrative #but to each their own honestly its all cool #i love to read everyones pov and incorporate diff things

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instantpansies · 4 months

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toast spotted jumping on a trend months later super rare sighting!! my redhead sons with adhd and self esteem issues <3333 (leaf coneybear from 25th annual putnam county spelling bee and norm the robot from phineas and ferb) (i love them so much)

ummm lines under cut (also norm saying damn but he would never say that in real life)

@imabiscuitinthousandworlds a different style for you

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paimonial-rage · 1 year

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alhaitham analysis

When you first meet Alhaitham, he comes across as someone that has a negative EQ. He's curt, rude, and critical. And yet the truth is surprising? Like looking at his character quest and how he basically emotionally manipulated the whole hive into revolting, this man is very emotionally intelligent. You can honestly see it in a lot of his lines too. When he speaks about people, yes, he may sound like he's simplifying or trivializing things too much, but he's not wrong. He understands people. He knows how they work. It's just that he views emotional labor as too much of a hassle majority of the time.

Spoilers below the cut

You can gather a lot about Alhaitham through Kaveh's character stories. Like while it may not seem like it, Alhaitham is genuinely trying to help Kaveh. He points out to Kaveh that the source of his problems isn't luck, but his sense of impractical idealism and inescapable guilt. Some may say Alhaitham lacked tact when saying this, but it was kindness on Alhaitham's part. Once someone can acknowledge the truth, no matter how hurtful, they can then make the needed changes for the better. When they met up again years later, Alhaitham asked him, "How has realizing your ideals gone for you?" This wasn't done out of a sense of pettiness, but to solidify the truth once more. It was to help.

I think if you don't know someone that operates in this way, Alhaitham's love language may be difficult to decipher. His words may seem cruel. It may seem like he's trivializing your problems. But to speak truth is to show that you're not a lost cause. He has proven he won't abandon you along the way. After all, to speak truth, no matter how hurtful, is to show love.

#genshin impact #alhaitham #character analyses #i was going to reblog someone else's post and reply to it but like...#i got worried i was disagreeing with parts of their post so i decided to make a completely new one haha;;;#i will word this better later #but as someone that functions the same way as alhaitham like...#i've been called cruel and mean #i've been accused of picking fights with people #people that don't know me well think i say things out of malicious intent #i say things because i dislike seeing people suffer and i want them to get better #because usually the source of people's problems are themselves not outside factors #i do want to write a further relationship analysis (aka alhaitham in a relationship) but 3.6 just came out and i wanna play HAHA #so if you're interested please let me know #i say this because when i leave things to sit i lose motivation veeerrryyyy quickly #tl;dr his relationship with kaveh proves that he would not work with just anyone haha #he won't change just because he loves you

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potoo-nest-is-garbage-nest · 1 year

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Been trying to understand what motivates terfs nowadays (bc curiosity never kills).

So fear and hate. Well.

#also #sorry to say that but all of them seem like #so American #it would be interesting to study a French one #terfs #terf #radfem #and like I would love to see at least ONE citing her sources #I’ve read so many posts going off #and not proving anything they say #dissing TRA #and they call themselves activists #they’re fear mongering #I’m tired of radical revolutionarista #they’re violent people only wanting war on everyone #they say they’re past reasoning with people when they’re the one cutting contact #and never asking questions #they are right and never wrong

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averlym · 8 months

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#close up!! because i firstly Did Not render them with such insanity in order for tumblr's lack of general resolution to make it blur #look at all the lines!!! teehee i still really really like this style of digital painting it's super super fun to do!!! and also secondly #because i went back and added a tag ramble and as i seem to often be doing??? lately?? reached the 30 tag limit and went 'hm ok how else..'#anyway the tag essay on that one is now up and talks about the artwork generally and miscellaneous thoughts!! that said. i need a space to #ramble about beatrix at Length because look you don't draw and paint etc a character for like ten hours without having a lot of thoughts #anyways ! i digress terrifically. tag rambles are more like trains of thoughts masquerading as subways and you get on and it's unfortunately #a rollercoaster track. but this is My Blog and i can do Whatever I Want as long as i don't hurt anyone <- affirmations!! also Harm Principle #lately it's been like *kicks up feet* *opens tumblr tags* *treats it as own personal journal* and tbh Good for me!! anyways back to beatrix #fun fact ! the thing that pushed me over the edge to go watch the musical after looking through the tumblr tag was a very specific poll.#and the fact that the winning option was blue hair and pronouns made me double over laughing so hard i had to go see the source material #mm i feel like lately the academic Context has been tossing me essentially into a blender HAHA ;-; so everyone in adamandi is to some extent #a Mood. but bea-specific (haha be specific)(sorry!)(wow this is the same reaction mechanism of my friend who points out innuendos)(...)#i think it's the wanting to prove herself. like from the whole abuela etc thing there's proof here she's got a Stable Support System of sort #and instead what beatrix continues to do is push themselves. 'i guess u could say i'm married to my work? god that's depressing' // no one #here to enforce that // abuela tells me to rest says i'm constantly stressed and i'll just get depressed like before but i still have to try #like. that shred of desperation that pushes you to the brink to neglect yourself (well i guess physically but also your morals..) and like!!#the whole 'lose half your soul thing' proves she's self aware!! like they know what they're doing is super dubious yknow! but they're still #they're still doing it even if it goes into conflict with their morality system in a way and then they justify it to themselves (see pt 1 #of ghostwriter) and the whole wanting to achieve at all costs Despite the self awareness. (i think? this aspect also applied to quincy. but #thoughts on him will come later). more beatrix specific also is the fact that they genuinely adore their work.. 'i just love it here where #you know they'll be printing forever and you are just part of it' because that does kind of resonate with me. also the being behind in the #competition is real!!! i'm maybe talking about Art as a subject because that same drive for it exists on my good days i think. even #even when nothing seems to be going right and you've ended up at the back the intent passion inherent in what you do is still there!!!#the genuine. care she has for reporting. is so !!!!! to me... other beatrix thoughts include 'why reveal yourself at the end' aka vincent's #'u should have stayed silent u had a smart plan' like rip to them but i would not // it feels with bea's complex character i can't imagine h #her Not doing that. like the guilt is real i guess. and i am running out of tags but! smth also about her fervent hope or smth that she'll #eventually get to where she wants. and the resilient determination.. 'i won't let their deaths be pointless there's more good i'm gonna do'#they're so so real for that. i'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing; seeing myself reflected in aspects of characters like this.. but it's #it's there regardless. smth smth just make your peace with the person you are ig!! tldr beatrix campbell my beloved. hehe #adamandi

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jellophoid · 5 days

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I think at a certain point people kind of need to force themselves to have a black character as their favourite in something

#///#starts cryinggggg— I WANT MORE GALE/WYLL/TAV FICS BUT EVERYONE JUST HATES WYLL #he gets one fic a day if I’m lucky and they’re usually like those compilation style fics #I don’t interact w fandom much and I don’t talk abt fics I read but it’s gotten kind of insane #anyways—#anti blackness is prevalent in everyone that participates in this society bc it is just been embedded in our minds since birth #so unless people force themselves to start liking black characters and actively work against implicit bias #i will never accept dumb arguments that always talk abt how boring these black characters are #you like that fuck ass milkman I am not listening to you #and before people say ‘ohhh but you should let people like what they like’ fine— but understand that you have a bias-it is in all of us #you cannot deny that— just look at characters you’ve liked before— are any of them black ?#and I don’t mean tan— I mean actual black characters #and I am so obviously not talking abt people who already do this but like— be mindful when you participate in fandom #there is a reason why it is always always a terrible place to be in🗿#media has dehumanised us to hell and back and it’s suffocating having to prove I am loveable -_-))

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rapidhighway · 1 month

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Why does everyone here come to me for family advice and then immediately ignore itttt 🙄🙄🙄🙄

#WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME AAAAARRRGHH #idk what this is #do they want ACTUAL advice #or like is it just that they ask so they feel like they tried but then they don't fucking even tryy following the advice #AND NOW I KNOW THE DETAILS OF EVERYONE ELSE'S PROBELMS AND I FEEL OBLIGATED TO FIX THEM FOR THEM #is it not enough that i have to come to this house and every time i have to be so happy and prove to everyone that life is #worth living because lookie how happy i can be just so everyone around me doesn't kill themselves please i am so tired

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giantkillerjack · 13 days

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Uh-oh! You are like, SOOO awkward!!

You're so awkward that it is occasionally mildly uncomfortable for people!

You're so awkward that sometimes people are confused by you and then there are awkward silences!

You're so awkward ...... that ultimately no one is harmed!!

Oh damn!!! What a vile crime you have committed! What an unforgivable thing it is to make a fellow human briefly confused!

Why, if *I* were ever briefly confused and kind of uncomfortable as a result, I'd be devastated.... by the absolute net zero change in my happiness and health! - From which I might never recover!! Yes indeed! No punishment can ever be enough for you!!

So you better absolutely hate yourself for it.

Better be SO MEAN to yourself about every single missed social cue so you don't forget your horrible crime! Meaner than you'd ever dream of being to someone else for the same thing! This is YOUR responsibility!

Better accept that idea that bullies carry like guns in holsters - the idea that people who have trouble with social cues should suffer. Better carry on the burden they placed on you. Aid the cause of the callous by enforcing shame and suffering upon yourself extra hard; try your best to do their work for them. They're very busy.

Better not recognize that you need patience and kindness to heal from your trauma. Better not find out that it was trauma rather than personal weakness filling your head with self-hating thoughts. Better not find out it wasn't your fault.

Better not find out that awkwardness is not inherently harmful or unkind, and, in fact, the people who act like it is *are the ones enacting harm and being cruel.*

Better not get righteously angry when you realize just how much unnecessary damage this has done to you. After all, if you get mad, you might realize you deserve better. You might even feel brave enough to DEMAND better! You might build boundaries that keep you safe! You might make other people think they deserve to feel safe too! And we obviously can't be having that, so...

Better not show yourself even a little kindness a little bit at a time.

Better not make a habit out of it after all that practice.

Better not get confident.

Especially if you can't first wipe out every trace of awkward. (And you probably never will. Because people who experience absolute social certainty at all times tend to be insufferable assholes that enforce the status quo. And you just don't have the stock portfolio for that.)

Better not be confident and awkward because then you might confuse and delight people

- you might accidentally end up making other people feel less shame for their social difficulties

- you might make isolated, traumatized, and shy people feel like they deserve to be included in social situations

- you might even make them feel they can be themselves around you

- you might start loving the effect you have on a room

- you might enjoy conversations more

- you might forgive yourself and bounce back from shame more easily and frequently

- you might come to enjoy some of those moments of harmless confusion you cause because NOBODY expects the Confident Awkward, and that can genuinely be an advantage in social situations

- you might stop apologizing so much.

- you might find that socializing is like a video game: it requires practice but also a safe space for it to be fun and positive.

Or if you can't become assertive and confident, better not remain awkward and shy and quiet, and then love and forgive yourself anyway!

Why, it would be carnage!!

In either scenario, you run the risk of finding out that it's not your fault that safe spaces full of kind people can be really hard to find, create, and nurture. You could end up building a skillset that helps you do those things!

- You might realize that it was never your fault that it took so long to like yourself.

- You might realize that you were always worth talking to, even when you didn't like yourself and communication felt impossibly difficult.

- You might realize that you'll still be worth talking to even if communication becomes harder as you age and/or experience disability.

- You might know that you deserve to be heard even on bad days when words come slow and blurry.

You might discover that you were always deserving of kindness, first and foremost from yourself.

So. As you can see, it's FAR too much of a risk to take to cut your awkward self some slack for your many heinous and harmless crimes. Better to just leave it there.

#social skills #i have a few posts now in my ' social skills' tag #original #maybe eventually I will compile them and polish them in some meaningful way. I know what I want to call the book title #in big text it'll say 'I'M AUTISTIC' and then beneath that in smaller text 'And I Have Better Social Skills Than You'#or something to that effect. and the cover of the book will be me making an exaggerated smug face like the little rascal I am #challenging the viewer to pick up the book and see if they can prove me wrong.#and then the entire first section of the book is about how actually the issue with our society's social skills is the harsh judgment #for people who have trouble communicating and not the other way around. I don't actually think I'm the #most charismatic person in the world by a very long shot. but i do know that I have put more thought into my social skills than #most allistic people and frankly i have surpassed most of them. not because i am more persuasive or smooth or funny #(tho i am persuasive and funny lol) but bc i have questioned which social functions are more restriction than utility.#and instead i have focused my energy on actively learning how to make people feel safe. i feel social rules would benefit all people by #being a little more autistic tyvm. i don't think every person should dedicate themselves to being better at communicating #i think people should dedicate themselves to being kind and patient to everyone regardless of their ability to communicate #I think our society wrongly links communication ability to intelligence and intelligence to level of humanity.#when in fact all three of those things are fucking unrelated and connecting them inevitably leads to #really fucked up views on disabled people that hurt us. and then with that aspect of the book firmly understood and established I would #go on to recommend some ways to make socializing easier and more fulfilling (and less shameful and terrifying) for all kinds of people #it wouldn't be a book about Leaning In To Succeed in Business or 'here's how to avoid being the awkward loner at a party'#it'd be a book about how if you see someone alone at a party here's how to invite them to join your group without pressuring them #stuff like 'hot tip! if someone takes a while to type or speak a full sentence - talking over them b4 they can finish makes u an asshole!'#I know that a lot of people cannot or don't want to dump a lot of skill points into socializing like i did and they shouldn't have to in #order to experience basic dignity and respect. if we treat people like that then we just validate that people - especially #autistic children and elders and disabled people of manu varieties - have to suffer unless they learn all these arbitrary bullshit rules #and a lot of them are arbitrary bullshit! one of the reasons I throw people off so much is because I harmlessly break a lot of social rules #but I know I'm doing it and I'm not ashamed and people just don't know what to do with that! but a lot of them like it actually!!#i think it's a relief to be around someone so openly and unrelentingly weird bc what am I gonna do? judge you for being weird??#I only care if you're kind. not necessarily 'nice' or passive. Kind. Brave enough to care about people being treated well. Kind.#also I recognize that at least some of my ability to be openly weird is white privilege so that's important to acknowledge too

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greenapplebling · 10 months

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So, after finding out about Twisted Wonderland, I realized something the more I learned about Leona...

These 2 are the same person

#leona is catra if adora never left and took the captain position like she was supposed to #if you go back to the first ep of she ra. catra is shown to be 'lazy' and unreliable #both of them secretly (and then not so secretly) want to prove themselves as worthy leaders #(except catra only wants it bc she wants to be acknowledged by her parental figure. she doesn't actually want any of it)#yami talks #twisted wonderland #twst leona #leona kingscholar #spop #she ra and the princesses of power #she ra #catra #spop catra #parallels

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serialgirlposter · 1 year

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Things that make me insane: this line justice says about testament.

The idea of testament really thinking this would make their father happy in some twisted way....

Justice saying that the reason she (or he? In the og guilty gear i think he him is used which i also noticed on rewatch) didn't have complete control over testament was because of their love for their father....

#like bro #testament was a nice person pre gear conversion and just wanted to make their father happy #so the possibility that they're still doing this for kliff kills me #there was a fanfic that was focused on this but i think it didn't get completed #make m want to write something myself but i cant really put words to paper so #such an interesting dynamic kliff and testament have #a tradgedy that should be more focused on and explored #like genuinly the most somber thing in guilty gear in my opinion #kliff undersn #guilty gear #testament #testament undersn #guilty gear testament #kliff guilty gear #also he/him testament jumscare sorry for that #the story of a nice kid who wanted to prove themselves to their father so went to war even though the thought of blood and violence made #them sick #only to be experimented on while the father thought they where dead only to come out twisted and violent causing the father to have to kill #them twice #also please don't point out that kliff is standing like the everyone is so mean 2 me meme i can't handle it if you do

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wearenorth · 9 months

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Sansa's main reason why the North should be independent is that "The Northmen had suffered too much to ever accept the rule of an outsider again". Ok, but if you look closely, the Starks are basically the sole reason why the North suffered:

It was Lyanna Stark who ran away with Rhaegar (not hate on them, but technically that's the only narrative we can go with till GRRM gives the full story) and that, as a lot of people like to say, is the reason why Robert's rebellion started.

It was Brandon Stark who came to the Red Keep for Rhaegar "to come out and die" - Bradon openly, for everyone to hear, threatened the crown prince - mad king or no, look from whatever angle you want, that's a treason.

It was Rickard Stark who chose trial by combat thinking that he will fight someone from the Kingsguard - that's via Jaime Lannisters sort of a testament.

It was Ned Stark who rallied the North and joined Robert's rebellion leading thousands to death.

It was Ned Stark who chose to finish the war by going to lift the siege of the Storm's End.

It was Ned Stark who went to the Tower of Joy with 7 other lords from the North and chose to fight the Kinsguard. A fight that left only him and Howland Reed alive.

It was Ned Stark who decided to ignore the warning from the deserter from the NW about white walkers and his upcoming future.

It was Ned Stark who agreed to Joffrey-Sansa's marriage proposal as well as agreed to become Hand of the King and go to the South.

It was Ned Stark who made many mistakes, trusted the wrong people and ignored Cercei's warning - some of the reasons for his imprisonment.

It was Sansa Stark who ran to Cercei and told her all Ned plans - though this was cut out from the show.

It was Catelyn Stark that ordered for Tyrion to be arrested and brought to justice - which led to the Lannisters taking this as a slight and threat for them.

It was Sansa Stark who wrote a letter to Robb and most likely Catelyn too letting them know about Ned's imprisonment and supposed treason, as well as the one who called her family traitors for her own survival.

It was Robb Stark that rallied the Northern lords and raised his army and led them into battles, because Ned was imprisoned.

It was Robb Stark that sacrificed nearly 2000 men for the victory.

Though it was Robb who needed alliance with the Freys, it was Catelyn Stark who brokered this alliance on shity terms.

It was Robb Stark who demanded that Lannisters would recognise the North as an independent kingdom - something that Lannisters would never do.

It was Robb Stark who left the North mostly defenseless and who sent Theon to deal with the iron borns - which lead to their invasion to the North, Winterfell and most keeps to the west to be taken.

It was Robb Stark who broke alliance with the Freys by marrying Talisa.

It was Catelyn Stark who created discord among the North - Riverlands army by realising Jaime Lannister, which also led to Rickard Karstarks disobedience and his men's departure.

It was Robb Stark's justice that led for the remaining Karstarks to join Boltons on the Starks quest on taking back the North.

It was Robb Stark's mistakes that lead to majority of the northerners either refuse or ignore the Starks call on their quest on taking back the North.

It was Sansa Stark who demanded that the northern lords would fight for them and was refused (for example, Lord Glover).

It was Sansa Stark who didn't say anything about the Knights of the Vale and let nearly all combined army of northerners - wildlings to die - that's about 3000 men (since Boltons had about 6000 men and Ramsay said that Jon's army is half the size). But nobody seems to care about that.

It was Sansa Stark, influenced by Littlefinger, who did nothing to stop discord among the northern lords during the time Jon spent in the South. Actually, you can see how Sansa reeps benefits from it.

It was Jon Snow who decided to tell Cersei that he already bent the knee to Daenerys during peace negotiations with the Lannisters.

When Daenerys came to the North to fight for the living, it was Sansa Stark who disrespected Dany the most.

It was Sansa Stark who basically dismissed everyone's sacrifices after the Long Night.

It was Sansa Stark who broke the oath sworn in front of the Heart Tree by telling Tyrion about Jon's real parentage - what started the conspiracy to overthrow Dany. Technically, Sansa started another Dance of the Dragons.

It was Sansa Stark who wanted the northern army to "rest", instead of marching south for Daenerys.

It was Sansa Stark who brought "ten thousands northerners" to fight for Jon, who was imprisoned in the Red Keep, meaning she was ready to send thhem to fight (how she got those numbers still baffles me, cause in season 7 it was stated that northern army has fewer than ten thousands men and with with casualties from the Long Night, where everyone lost half their armies, the northern army is even smaller or maybe they didn't fight in the Long Night then).

And it was Sansa Stark who doomed the North to starvation and poverty by declaring themselves independent and by cutting all ties and help from the Iron Throne and other kingdoms. For example, there will be no one to regulate trade for 6 Kingdoms and the North, meaning that The Reach or the Vale can sale food for a bigger prices than to other regions, if the IT interferes, they'll side with 6 Kingdoms - the seller, cause the North is no longer the IT subject. And it's very well known that the North isn't rich.

Actually if you look in the history of the North while Targaryens ruled from the Iron Throne, you would see that the North had some minor conflicts, but still lived in peace. Probably, the only exception is how Cregan Stark rallied the "Wolves of winter" when he came to aid the Blacks near the end of the Dance of the Dragons.

#show starks are the villains #that sansa's line about the north's suffering just proves that they see themselves as the good guys #and wants us too seem them like that too and blame others for their mistakes #anti game of thrones #anti got #anti d&d #anti show starks

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