#but as most mentor figures go

[yuwuta]

so we know that nanami, thee standard, doesn't accept fwb and has to take you out for a proper time after a while.. curious about what you think about gojo? he strikes me as the type to enjoy fwb, but also not? also, hear me out, yuwuta... megumi? fwb with megumi... sighs dreamily

my likeliness to engage in fwb behavior scale goes like this: most gojo = yuuta > toge = yuuji > maki > nanami > nobara = megumi least

satoru and yuuta say yes if you ask them but it’s only because they already like you or already in love with you… and they know that it’s not the best idea in the world, but through their powers of delusion, they think they can make you like them back. because clearly whatever they’re doing now isn’t enough, so maybe sex will help?? who’s ever turned down bomb dick yk… besides, sex with boys who think they’ve got something to prove >> that being said, it’s never really been fwb in their head, their plan was never noncommittal sex, they have all their strings attached to you and they want to be yours forever, so good luck <3

toge and yuuji are also pretty likely to do it, because, again, who are they to turn down their best friend asking them for sex? they both go into it very naively, they go along with whatever rules and boundaries you set, and are genuinely in it to have fun with you and please you, but they get very confused very quickly. it feels like a relationship to them, so shouldn’t it be a relationship? they don’t think much of it until you bring up exclusivity and/or mention going on a date with someone else, then all the feelings come forth and jealousy rears it’s ugly head and the next time you sleep together something shifts, it’s more possessive, more desperate, more mine mine mine… think they’re the ones to either confess or just… assume you’re dating and/or tell you you’re dating now lol. like toge just throws his shirt at you when you try to get up and leave him the next day and tells you you aren’t exhibiting much girlfriend like behavior, and yuuji either says something sappy or does something sweet and you tell him he doesn’t have to and he just goes “but you’re my girlfriend! ofc i’m gonna be nice to you!… you are my girlfriend, in case you didn’t know!” 

maki debates it for a bit, and then reasons that the convenience of it would be nice. she doesn’t expect to get attached, and it really annoys her when you invade her thoughts when she’s supposed to be busy with things not involving you. but she doesn’t really say anything about it. honestly, you would either have to call it off, or express interest in someone else before she realizes that the way to solve her intrusive thoughts of you isn’t to go back to being friends, it’s to go to being something more than friends. 

nanami also agrees for the convenience of it, but even so, he debates it for a while after you bring it up to him. ultimately, he decides that if it’s something you truly want, he will do his best to ensure it’s beneficial for the both of you. he seems like he actually tries to develop some kind of schedule—not just for convenience, but also because he wants to make sure he has time to treat you properly. quickies on his lunch break probably aren’t what you signed up for, so he makes sure he has the time and energy to devote himself to you. the problem becomes two fold: (1) kento starts to want you all the time, not just the times you’ve set aside to have sex, and (2) the longer your arrangement goes on, the more kento believes that you deserve to have someone who can dedicate all their time to you. he doesn’t think that you should settle for convenient, arranged sex with a partner who has no attachment or loyalty to you, you deserve to be taken care of wholly. and so, he steps up and becomes that person, even if it’s not something you were striving for. you will gain a boyfriend and a committed relationship, that is the very bare minimum from him!! 

nobara and megumi seem the least likely to want any kind of fwb situation. nobara thinks they too frequently develop into situationships, and she doesn’t have space or time in her life to be in a situationship with anybody—much less somebody like you who’s already wormed your way into her life against her will. you’ve unfolded your chair, now sit in it. if you want nobara, you get all of her, all the time. it’s similar with megumi; even if he isn’t the most upfront with his feelings, megumi is a romantic at heart, he does things according his beliefs, he’s moved by his own motives, he needs to be moved to do anything really—and friends with benefits does not move him. if you want megumi, then simply be obsessed with him or die tbh, like he’s not ever one to engage in anything half-way; you want sex with him, then you’re gonna learn to put up with his cold fingers and surly attitude and unwillingness to get out of bed before 11am, you are going to be his if he’s gonna give anything to you

#‘incase you didn’t know’ is wicked work like pls do not underestimate the ain’t shit-ness of yuuji itadori #bc both his mentors/father figures are their own varying degrees of ain’t shit TRUST!!! nanami is NAWT innocent #gojo and yuuta....t he psycho and delusion to lover pipeline must run in the family atp........ #nobara and megumi are soooo funny tbh like they seem like they should like fwb the most #and yet theyre disgusted. btw like if ur fwb w yuuji and they find out they hit him upside the head and call him stupid #bc what the hell is he doing a no strings attached situation in general and much less w someone hes in love with ???? idiot #then they go and chew you out xoxo #jujutsu kaisen x reader #jujutsu kaisen fluff #jujutsu kaisen smut #jjk x reader #jjk smut #jjk fluff #gojo x reader

[boilingrain]

There’s something silly to me about Bluestar x Yellowfang

It’s just “yeah Firestar’s moms should date”

Old women with tragic backstories and the very orange boy they separately adopted

#it's a great ship I love it #listen you can claim Bluestar wasn't a maternal figure to Firestar & that she was just his mentor but you can't do that with Yellowfang #She canonically tells Fireheart that she wishes he was her son #That's not a thing left up to reader interpretation or anything. The direct quote (from Rising Storm) is #''I wished you'd been my son but I could not have borne a cat like you.'' #(there's more to the quote but I can't fit all of it in the character limit of the tags) #(or technically I could but it would have to be several tags and I don't feel like doing that) #she also says ''I only regret that I will miss watching you become what Starclan has destined you to be.'' to him in that same bit of dialo #that is his mom. Like you cannot reasonably deny that #I'm going to shut myself up now before I actually write an entire essay about Yellowfang in the tags of this post #because I know myself and I know I'd do it #Warrior Cats #yellowfang #bluestar #bluestar x yellowfang #blueyellow #(I think that's their ship name?) #(I'd make a joke about how we should just call it ''Green'' but I'm sure that joke has been made already) #and because I mentioned Starclan's most special little orange boy #wc firestar #firestar #honestly if I ever decide to do fun character tags that's what Firestar's will be

[breadandblankets]

i saw this lovely post and went, wait i know some quantum physics! so here is my attempt at some symbolism

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Light is both a wave and a particle. A dual nature that cannot be explained one way or the other only ever both.

A wave could not strike an electron and move it from its orbit, creating electricity. A particle could not pass through adjacent holes and create interference. Light is both a wave and a particle.

He is both Duke Thomas and the Signal. When he puts on the suit for the day, he becomes aware of the event horizon off in the distance.

Gravitational waves propagate outwards from a source of mass at the speed of light. Mass distorts the fabric of space time. Like a coin in a funnel, objects of lesser mass are drawn in towards the center. When an object with sufficient mass, such as a black hole, distorts the weave to such a degree, there is a point of no return. Not even light can escape.

For the cave dwellers of Gotham city, the center of gravity is not the sun nor the moon, but a very large Bat.

The man is both Bruce Wayne and Batman. A dual nature that cannot be explained one way or the other only ever both.

He is both Duke Thomas and the Signal. He is not Batman, he is not Bruce Wayne, he is better.

He sees the event horizon, the point of no return, where his light is swallowed up into the all consuming gravitational pull. 

He knows the consequences for orbiting too close. 

The most luminous star in the known universe is 10.9 billion light years away, with a solar luminosity 200 billion times that of the Sun. It lies in the Sunburst galaxy, and its name is Godzilla. 

Before he goes to bed for the night, Duke looks up at the smoggy, clouded, light polluted Gotham sky and thinks: Bet.

#duke thomas #my fic #idk if this is good i unfortunately am more confident in my knowledge of particle physics than i am of making poetry #dc #batfamily #bruce wayne #batfam #bread talk #anyway i love duke and i love light physics #i was going to draw some symbolism for duke/signal duality but honestly once his parents are safe #he'll have the most healthy work life balance lmao #his dad is a union man and So is duke #so bruce as a mentor figure and also a guide for what Not to do was much more apt to me

[wolfsbanesparks]

is there a particular reason why you not a big fan of The Wizard relation with Billy within the 90s incarnation? genuinely curious btw

My main issue with that version of the Wizard and Billy’s relationship is that it added a lot of annomosity between them that didn't exist in earlier versions. They argue a lot about Billy’s use of his powers, about Mary and the fact that she's missing, about how to deal with any given problem. Billy is even furious about his transformation at first and attacks him! I just felt like more often than not tension between them overshadowed any real love and mentorship that existed between them. If they'd been able to strike a balance in their relationship I wouldn't mind their occasional arguments, but I felt we saw a lot more negative interactions than positive ones.

While I understand why a writer might want to introduce tension between them, it sort of gave way to this growing trend of people viewing Shazam as a morally gray and even sometimes outright evil or manipulative character. It kind of marked the beginning of the decline in Billy and the Wizard's relationship that hit rock bottom in the Nu52 where they basically actively disliked each other.

This is just my personal opinion and preferences though. I'm sure plenty of people enjoyed the added complications and nuances to their relationship that the 90s version introduced, but I wasn't the biggest fan of it.

#ask me whatever you want y'all #billy batson #shazam #dc captain marvel #the wizard shazam #im not the most well versed in this stuff and id have to go digging for panels to back this up #but personally i like it when the Wizard is a kind mentor figure that actually cares about Billy

[fluffypotatey]

Yeah, the Knights of the Round Table are cool, but what about the Squires of the Round Table? I want to know about the pack of hapless adolescents that are supposed to be learning the finer points of knighthood from THEE most chaotic bastards to ever share a braincell.

(Merlin unknowingly becomes, like, the patron saint of squires bc if he can handle Arthur, they can handle their respective masters as well)

no ok i'm in love with this. the squires of the round table is the spin off i didn't know we needed, but by GOD am i glad you told me, anon.

(you are a GEM, anon, i'm in love with you)

the squires for knights are the round table's adopted children. oh, sorry, was that kid the son of such and such??? he's leon's boy now. they all have youngest sibling syndrome so sorry i don't make the rules and yes they do treat merlin like he's a mob wife.

anyway,

these squires would get up to so much shit omfg. if you're the squire to gwaine, have fun upsetting your noble father (because most squires come from the nobility and since arthur took down that rule when he became, then there became this influx of squires who were from the common people) and learning that doing illegal shit is the best thing and you've only tasted a sliver of what gwaine has been doing since he was 13 but you LOVE IT---

squires of sir leon are trained into how to become the mom friend. it's not much, but it's hard work. sometimes the little squires pity their knight because he is not paid enough for for the antics his other knights and king get into ("poetry??? seriously, is that what they told him???" "idk that's roland said" "maybe we should gift him some more moisturizer?"). yes they do treat sir leon with the respect they would give an older cousin.

sir elyan is very new to all this...squire business but he's not one to let his little men (little brothers tbh) be caught slacking. he has them run drills everyday and they complain about it all the time ,but then you'll find them in an empty room perfecting their forms, and making sure it's perfect because sir elyan deserves the best. and he called nathan's form "superb" but nathan's a bitch and you just think that if you get this form right---

elyan teaches his squires moves that were taught to him by tristan and isolde because they totally worked together while elyan was away and he respects them so much and misses them and wonders if they ever got the chance to settle down and breath like they had dreamed

sir percival is second on the list of knights who teaches his squires the more traditional way (first is leon obvi) but that does not mean he let's them fall behind with dirty tricks. listen, this man was friends with lancelot (honorable, noble, dreamed of being a knight since he was prob 15) so he knows the intricacies of knighthood; however, he is also besties with gwaine and elyan both of whom are a chaotic combination if put in the same room. the squires are granted the perfect balance of swishy swordplay and body slamming a bitch. sleeves??? don't know her. the squires beg percival for them to cover their arms and he is offended.

sir lancelot, the epitome of honor and loyalty, is a force to work with. the squires think that he'll be the one whose teaching will lead them far off adventures and gain cool ass scares. lancelot is actually the old coot who grants wisdom like an old man who's lived two lifetimes. his training is unusual but somehow it works. the chores he assigns aren't demeaning, nor are they used as punishment. you are lancelot's squire for a week and you immediately understand that this man is a man who has his heart on his sleeve and you watch as he gazes at the king, the queen, and the manservant. his eyes always fond and full of...something. you are too young to pick up on a deep and unconditional emotion like that. not yet.

#WHOMST DO I HAVE TO PROPOSE TO???? #like the ring is right here i am on my knees please will you give me the great honor of taking my hand?💍🥺 #all the squires have a designated night where they go to the tavern and just talk about their knights #some nights it's a competition to see who's knight is the best or who's knight is the most difficult #'oh you scrubbed the floors for hours :)))) how about shoveling horseshit out of stables until and i am quoting sir gwaine on this: #'the smell resembles more of hay than that pigstye' #'oh gwaine gave you tips on how to pick locks??? well sir elyan taught us how to shoot arrows while riding' #just the most petty and heated competitions ever #if you insult their knights??? you dare insinuate that one was being treasonous or unworthy of their knighthood because of status???? #prepare to face the wrath of of about two dozen adolescents who's mentor figures are the most feral bunch of men to ever walk the earth #please this is beautiful #anon thank you so much imma give you a kiss *mwah!* #Anonymous #bbc merlin #camelot knights my beloved #knights of the round table #sir elyan #oh yeah sir elyan also converts his squires to the hoodie agenda #sir leon #sir percival #sir gwaine #sir lancelot #headcanon #long post #i could add more about arthur and his squire pre/post merlin but i think that's already discussed so yeah #ask #squires of the round table

[merrysithmas]

my dissertation is gonna be how anakin is a metaphor for a closeted gay man and how vader represents his lifetime repressed in the closet til his gay son luke shows him its okay to be himself

#im not kidding lmaoooo i could write 500 pages on why vader perfectly represents a repressed gay #indoctrination into a faith he desperately wants to fit in #deep love for his mother and vengeance when she is hurt #marries the first girl he ever meets and instantly knocks her up like a repressed high school jock #barely repressed lust for obi wan at all times which in turn engenders hate and self loathing #chip on his shoulder bc everyone distrusts him and sees him as 'suspect' #Always Acting #obi wans tearful i loved you #desperation for an accepting father figure who manipulates him and his insecurities (palps) #and not to mention vader is the most extra bitter depressed slave to appearances #one day im going to publish a 500 page book about this to make straight men mad #anakin skywalker #grew up in a cultural 'desert' and a slave to society #chosen one a la jesus (who could also be argued to be gay) #obsession w a mentor who is also a more neatly repressed queer man (obi wan) #befriends internet friends (r2 and threepio) bc he cant relate to anyone #dead serious about it

[yuridovewing]

Lineart base

Maybe Razorverse FireSand family tree....

#dandelion's suffix isn't set i just want her to be named after her mom in some way cause sand still dies in razor avos #also tbh my firestar design is very plain. at most i give him a lighter muzzle but i always just saw him as solid orange #this also doesn't include squirrelflight's deceased litter. partly cause idk if im actually going with that or not #and they wouldn't fit anyways. but if they are there then they are juniperkit and alderkit #hollyleaf is also a shadow blot cat to me. love her #also trivia: leafpool is named after spottedleaf here but not in a weird way like canon #its cause spottedleaf was a mentor figure and comforting presence for both firepaw and sandpaw growing up #and she still helps fireheart from starclan and he looked up to her a lot and wanted to honor her #razorverse #family tree redux

[danielpowell]

This moment is so important to me.

#mob psycho 100 #I could go on a whole ramble about how Dimple and Reigen #act as mentor figures in both human and spirit worlds #but I'm sure it's been done before and more eloquently than I ever could #edit: the choice to put Dimple on the human side really says it all #remember he says he does not identify as dead ? #and how we see him possess people the most often ? #yeah. yeah

[pepprs]

also btw my favorite professor is leavi ng next week and i thougut i was gonna get to say goodbye to her on her last day (next monday) and i put off reaching out to her and buying her a present and everything bc it is um. Too painful to accept that she’s about to leave and i put it off bc i couldn’t bear it. but i finally emailed her today and she won’t be available on monday after all she’s only available tomorrow and i don’t have a present or anythi ng for her and im not emotionally ready to say goodbye like im taking off friday and i was gonna use the three day weekend to prep and brace myself and now i have to do it tomorrow and i don’t have anything to give her and can’t go o it and buy anything bc i can’t drive and i have therapy and even if i could get a ride the stores will be closed by the time im done bc we had to schedule it late today. i can’t fucking take itttttt

#purrs #i can’t accept that she’s leaving and i have to write her a card at the very least. and i can’t accept it and the goodbye is going to be so #awkward. and it’s been SO hard not being able to talk to her abt **** leaving last july like she’s one of the ppl i would go to for that #and she’s like one of the only people on campus who understands me and gets how i react to things and speaks my emotional language. and i ha #haven’t been able to go to her bc she’s leaving too and so immediately all that convo is off the table. and it has KILLED me. and now she’s #about to leave and i have no more women mentors left on campus not even a full year into my new job during the time in my life where ihave m #most needed women mentors. yayyyyy 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ #literally the way at this time last year i had 2 and now i have ZERO because they both fucking left. if you’d told me that a year ago i w #would’ve shriveled up and died. and here i am in the FAKE future where they are both gone / leaving and i am miserable and in hell. and i ha #have to… omg not o say this not to namedrop. but i have to be the romy and the lia i wish to see. but i needed them to stick around longer s #so i could absorb. more of them and figure out how to be me too. bc they help make me.. me. and now they’re both gone…….. LOL! #delete later

[oscill4te]

tag vent bc grosss (vent about ex tw)

#filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler filler tag #sooooooooooooooo #snapchat will give you notifications if a contact has a snap account.. and i think my ex just made one #he is 43 and very tech illiterate (for lack of better word) like. hes just not that good with technology #so seeing him on there grosses me out either he is still a p*rn addict & paying for exclusive snaps or he is gr**ming somebody #i feel dysregulated and very grossed out atm. idk what hes doing on there its not my business but beinf reminded of him makes me wanna kms #being with him was the most shameful thing ive ever done in my life and therapy doesnt help nothing helps #only blindly numbing myself with distractions helps and avoiding the town he lives in completely #i feel so ashamed about everything. being with someone like that really changes you as a person and i hate reminders that it was real #my osdd compartmentalizes me so well that i feel so disconnected from something that didnt even end a year ago.. like a dream #like none of it was real yknow i hate reminders that hes real my roommate sees him at their job often #and always avoids mentioning it to me bc they know how it will make me feel #i will never go back btw. sometimes you learn something about someone that makes you feel so sick that going back will never be an option #and that is traumatizing to have had a relationship and feelings for someone who at their core is a disgusting subhuman person #he was also a “john” i think and that makes me feel even more sick... it is so sick he is so sick #i dont know why i tolerated everything i don't know why i was so stupid i was just so desp for a father figure and he knew that #and he had the guise of just wantinf to be my mentor and a friend to me when i had just lost my connection with my family and had nobody #after that relationship i don't fall for anyones tricks anymore. i have very strong bounce now. it just sucks that #i had to endure a year of someone like that to build those skills. i also traded off my ability to trust people or be vulnerable #and my parents funnily know nothing about it. thats what is so funny to me. it makes me wanna cry sometimes #he was very obsessive scary person getting voicemails still terrifies me to this day lol he would spam me with them #looking back its kinda pathetic to he in your 40s wanting to control someone on their 20s every move #i get kindnof homicidal about it sometimes (jjst sayingbif he died the world would be a better place ♡ one less predator)

[septimus-heap]

Back on my bullshit abt marcia and protagonist syndrome. Marcia has protagonist plot armour combined with the curse of being the protagonists mentor so she's constantly just barely surviving situations

#sep talks #septimus heap #marcia overstrand #going by trope rules marcia should be dead but instead shes just gone through like 50 different near death experiences #marcia's so funny she could be so many things so easily but she just isn't #like villain marcia wouldn't take changing much. Protagonist marcia. Dead mentor/parent figure trope marcia #you could change like 1 thing and it would fit #(protagonist marcia specifically all you'd have to do would be. Make her the protagonist. Like obviously but it's more like #with beetle or the heap brothers or whoever they r all definitely side characters and so is marcia during when the series takes place #but if u just. Shift the series back like 10-20 years? You have to change basically nothing about her life for her to be a good #main character. Which is so funny) #I love her btw if u couldn't tell #EDIT u probably wouldn't even have to shift the series back a few years bc the amount of stuff that happens to marcia in the series itself #is insane. The issue is that most of it is just the side effects of being around septimus #but then again!!!! #magyk could definitely be made marcia-centric. Flyte too if u focus more on the Shadow (tbh idk what happens in flyte) #physik actually is about septimus specifically so that's whatever #queste+syren also #darke and fyre are another 2 that could definitely focus more on marcia if u wanted them ti #fyre especially #I'm rambling and mostly talking nonsense so ignore this idk but abdjdbdhdnbd

[carltonlassie]

Ok this is related to this post I've screamed about multiple times, but something I love so much about The Karate Kid is their exploration into the role a teacher. A teacher, a mentor, a father, whatever you want to call it, the franchise explores just how much influence a teacher can leave you -- for good or bad.

Sensei (先生) literally means someone who has come to life (生) before you (先¹). Not simply a teacher but someone who has gone through the same growing pains that you've faced, will face, or never even face. Made similar mistakes as you did, felt the same joys and grief as you did. Someone who has walked the path, someone who will be there to guide you while you complete the journey that is your life. Someone who looks over you so that you may be safe and supported, firm enough that you learn your lessons, but not restricting enough that you don't have the room to expand and grow.

But not everyone is fortunate to have a good teacher. Daniel and Johnny² have both lost their fathers at a young age (8 years old, 5 years old, respectively), and both of them have found a father/mentor figure as a teenager. We viscerally see in Johnny's case that if you are left to be, that if you don't have someone who is there for you to guide you into adulthood, you become lost and blinded and more susceptible to bad influences. It ends up inviting more hurt down the line. For Daniel, Mr. Miyagi was able to fill that role. I don't think we can put him on a pedestal and say that he was the perfect mentor; he was human, and he was fallible just like Kreese. But I think the important thing is that he was present for Daniel and wanted the best for Daniel. Unlike Mr. Miyagi, Kreese's motivation with Johnny seemed more self-serving -- to grow the best karate soldier in the valley. Like, is it true that Johnny was a massive bully in high school? Yes. Is it Johnny's fault that he was a jerk? Not really! Teenagers are just children too. They're taller, stronger, more menacing, but they're still children who are malleable to external input.

Now, Cobra Kai seemed to be flirting with the word legacy. Everyone wants to leave the valley with a legacy. Silver is enticing Da-Eun with the legacy of his sensei in the valley. Daniel thinks he has a legacy to pass on, the right way to do karate, the same karate that has helped him get through his teenage years. But karate really should not be the focal point of the legacy. Even if Mr, Miyagi wasn't his karate teacher, he would have made his life better by just being there for him and guiding him, filling that void that has been left by his absent father and a busy mother. The legacy Daniel really needs to uphold is being there for his children emotionally. Playing the role of a father, not a karate sensei, because they have not lost their fathers yet like he has! He is still their father. He shouldn't really be playing karate sensei to his children! He needs to be someone they can lean on. Same goes for Johnny -- he didn't have the greatest teacher but the lesson he needs to learn is that he can break that cycle of abuse. The void left by his neglectful parents is hard to overcome but it IS possible to grow past that (yes! even at his age!) and learn to be a better father to Robby and Miguel³. He needs to⁴.

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¹ If I go deeper into etymology, 先 is comprised of 之 'to go' and 儿 'person, legs' and by emphasizing the walking foot, it comes together to mean: to be ahead of other people. but I digress. I love etymology so shhhh let me have it ² I think for Johnny's case, this is not explicit in The Karate Kid movies, but supplied in the Cobra Kai universe ³ and i guess. also. uh. season 5 spoiler content. that i am still gritting my teeth about. ⁴ If anything, he doesn't have to do that alone. He can do that with the rest of the ensemble. This is going into the territory of community vs. nuclear family to raise people but they got a OT4 situation going on. You can even add Chozen there. They can do it all together. Chozen and Daniel are already karate cousins anyways. They can all be one big happy karate family.

#i'm sorry for being insufferable i just. #children deserve to have like. good mentor figures and not go through things alone and be led astray etc etc i'm just. #i need them to all be happy. this show was about to be about dealing with grief and breaking the cycle and moving forward together #not more karate trauma. i need karate trauma to stop. the most i can take is karate sex in the dojo #It will be interesting to see if they resolve the storyline to do all these characters justice.... #or dig themselves deeper into the karate war. Because Amanda is right. #Karate war is not it! Sipping mai tais by the poolside is it! #cobra kai #tagging this and hoping my inclusion of the word sex in the tags and a link in the post will make this post not show up on the main tag

[invisibleoctopus]

starting to think im a bard of void instead of being a knowledge class. i have the whole bardic crisis thing (oct 13 2013. sunday) the whole opposite aspect thing before that (Gifted Kid TM where part of my personality was bring smart. is very lightcore) and just how i seem to destroy everything i touch.

my aversion to lying and how terrible i am at it because its on a physical level in my body and i have to script it in advance (yes this is mostly autism) and not liking to keep secrets and being a blabbermouth. destroying void.

destroyed by void. getting FADED with weed. self isolation and most of my time being spent gaming or on the computer/phone. my awful terrible recurring dreams (dreams are void) that i have a fucking tag for. but the horrors have become almost mundane with how repetitive they are in my dreams and thats why i dont call them nightmares

#le p2iigh #the 'this classpect perfectly describes all my flaws' type of classpecter #no but my dreams are always like. im in school and i dont know why they wont let me drop out. #dont know if its college or What. but sometimes my former therapist is there. the one i had a crush on. #thats a thing i have with male mentor/teacher figures because of a Very Specifc Reason #other things that are always in my dreams. my dorm on the 3rd floor im always trying to figure out what clothes to wear whats clean #packing so i can go to the house that im living at that is specifically not home. wondering when i can go home to check on the cats #wondering why home looks so different its almost unrecognizable. my uncle is there. always. mom always has something Wrong with her #things being on fire near wherever im staying like next door across the street. most recently like the whole neighborhood. #not beating the doom player allegations with these descriptions. #heres more void coded things abt the dreams. being in/around bodies of water. theres one particular river i go to a lot its past some woods #the woods area separates the river and i walk upstream until i come across the widest part and the initial fork #theres always various Creatures in the water that im scared of. #this happens whenever im on the coast and in the ocean too. except sometimes theres stuff that wants to eat me #and thats not counting the kinnie dreams. either its ocean stuff that reminds me of being link. #or its like. i guess side order levels or something. and also more cursed than usual salmon run. on cursed stages. eels chasing me #(obvoiusly the agent 8 kinnie dreams) #my real life anxieties about the cat litter and taking a shower meaning i dream about having to do those things. #trying to find a place to lie down and sleep that feels comfortable for me but its impossible #thats. most of the recurring things in my dreams. my brain is tired and i interrupted myself doing Tasks for this. #i didnt expect to ramble about the recurring nature of all of these dream things. and obviously the tag is going here #adventures in losap #< the dream tag

[malewifehenrycooldown]

How to win 'shallow's taste in fictional characters' bingo:

MUST be an assassin or have a similar profession

Weapons of choice are purely optional but bonus points if they use a sword

They do not necessarily need to have powers but it is a bonus if they do, especially if they have ice powers. But they can also just be. Overpowered. Lol.

Irish (optional, not a requirement)

They must be tall, and they must be taller than me specifically (I’m 169cm fyi)

Obviously they must be older than me

Have a tragic or implied tragic backstory

Moral alignment can be all over the shop, I really don’t mind - but bonus points if they have a case of doing a lot of face-heel/heel-face turns

Can be a big monster or have a monsterous form but it’s not a major requirement.

If they are a monster they must have claws and/or be alien-like

Red hair (optional, not a requirement)

Uhhhh that’s all I can think of at the moment. But yeah here’s basic version of ‘shallows taste in fictional characters’ bingo.

#before you go ‘but sub zero fits most of these requirements!’ I see that guy as a mentor figure sorry #shallow rambles #shallow shitposts #you can take this as permission to make an oc to specifically cater to my tastes if you want /JKS #<- A JOKE BTW

[menderash]

I'm watching the final arc of mob psycho season 1 and LOVING how we are introduced to all these super cool looking characters with interesting powers and personalities and then having Mob turn them into sludge instantly because this series only reserves its goregeous animation budget and limited timeslot for when characters are having deep emotional epiphanies about growing up or the nature of being a kind person.

giant anime fights with power hungry bad guys with cool designs but shallow motives? Eh. Dont even bother to show it. Two young brothers having a difficult conversation about the power imbalance in their relationship and how it affected their respective inferiority complexes towards each other? Riveting, gorgeous, tear jerking, dedicate an entire episode to it.

#reigen just showed up to the secret facility in the woods so now im one hundred percent certain everything is going to be ok :] #he cant fight but you know what he CAN do?? deliver the Life Lesson Monologue only the Mentor Figure can. #which is of COURSE what this series will prioritize as the most important thing of all and will save the day #mob liveblog

[bumblingbabooshka]

Tuvok is such a dad but I think we can think of more creative/nuanced relationships for him beyond that. For example: I think he should be B’Elanna’s worst enemy and religious mirror.

#people seeing Tuvok only as a mentor figure to other characters is giviiiiinnggg............................................................ #it's giviiiiiiing...........magicaaal....................... #-claps- Like. He doesn't need to be /everyone's/ father figure. And he isn't. #Interestingly I see this same thing with Sisko. Where despite him having a lot of complex relationships with others most of the stuff I see #is just 'Sisko is such a dad <3' which he /is/...he /is/ a father but like he's not /just/ that #-points to my chalkboard- by B'Elanna's worst enemy and religious mirror #I mean that he was a spy for Starfleet which I feel like B'Elanna should NOT forgive as easily as she seems to especially given her #personality. And also that in Barge of the Dead he's put in the role of someone who upholds and adheres to religion and punishes her for not #living up to it...keeps coming at her with a weapon. Tuvok is stated to be religious at several points in the show and both #he and B'Elanna have rebellious pasts - only Tuvok seemingly grew out of his and is now an Exemplerary Vulcan. The Most Vulcan Vulcan. #which also means he says shit like 'Despite your primitive Klingon instincts you control yourself quite well.' which again....worst enemy #there's a lot of interesting stuff there! #One day I want to detail exactly what the vibe of Tuvok's relationship to every other character is (in my eyes of course) #but it'd be embarrassingly obvious how much thought I put it into it #but someone has to <- I say to try to seem rational #but yeah stopping at Tuvok is Harry's dad...he's B'Elanna's dad...he's Kes's dad...He's Tom's dad...sure...but #he's also a character in his own right isn't he? Or do you only view the black character as being there to aid others' emotional journeys? #Same thing where I read fics that portray Harry as being very soft and submissive. He isss NOT. He isn't. He just isn't. #-heavy sigh as I sink under my desk- every day I go to ao3 and see that Tuvok is tagged in a fic in which he has one line #<- the misery