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wednesdaytoo · 4 months
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@coffinbutch tagged me for this! 15 questions + 15 friends! (coffinbutch you are so brave for doing all 15 tags. im gonna take the coward's way and ask any mutual to consider themself tagged if they want to do it!)
long under here
1. Are you named after anyone?
yea! im named after my abuela who died waaay before i was born
2. When was the last time you cried?
3 days ago
3. Do you have kids?
nope! i work with kids (teenaged) and they're fine, i enjoy them, but that's plenty of Kid for me -- i don't need to have my own in my home everyday. id love to be a lesbian uncle tho! which i already kno is Not gonna happen from either of my brothers, so my only chance is my wife's younger sister haha (we were just talking abt this yesterday lol)
4. What sports do you play/have played?
hahha i don't think i've ever played a sport like Officially, like outside of PE classes. i like badminton tho, and B and i are trying to learn how to play pickleball (we suck)
5. Do you use sarcasm?
i suppose on occasion i sarcast
6. What is the first thing you notice about people?
hair & clothes? face? im a simple guy
7. What's your eye color?
the inner part of my irises are yellowish-brown and the outer edges are grey-blue. ppl dont usually notice it unless theyre quite up close tho. from a few feet away i think they look grey and that's what i'll usually mark for eye color, or blue if that's not an option
8. Scary movies or happy endings?
i could go for either, but i think i lean slightly more toward scary movies, especially bc i love vampire movies so much. like when we watch a dracula movie and u have one of those "the monster is defeated! hooray!" endings, does that count as a happy ending movie?? we root for drac tho so it's a let down!
9. Any talents?
idk im pretty good at whistling !
10. Where were you born?
california
11. What are your hobbies?
movies, video games, insect/arachnid related things (catching, collecting, pinning, reading abt, etc), sewing/embroidery when the mood strikes me, reading (trying to get back into it at least!), listening to music/discovering new bands, sorting/cataloguing things
12. Do you have any pets?
3 cats (hopey, bullets, and cocoa) + a baby tarantula (avocado) <3
13. How tall are you?
5'6.5" or 168 cm!
14. Favorite subject in school?
in high school my favs were probably trigonometry and ceramics
in college i'd say science (esp entomology, ecology, botany, and astronomy) and foreign languages (i took french, japanese, ASL, and spanish)
15. Dream job?
see one of the above hobbies and then pay me $100/hr to do it :-))
no but fr even tho my current job has its annoyances, it's usually so chill. some days i just text B from work like "here's a bracelet i made today" "made u a candle today" "it was slow and i mostly just read in the library" "i drew a cute poster." two weeks ago we came in for a couple hours to decorate little pouches with custom vinyl designs on our new cricut. the next day we went roller skating lmao. even the actual "work" is enjoyable (i help students w/ their schoolwork, mostly math, which is fun to me, or entering info into forms/spreadsheets, also kind of fun to me bc i can listen to music while i do it). buuut i dont make a lot of money. if they paid me $100/hr and gave me some benefits, i'd be set!
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✂️ for Maya please! <333
A/N: Hello, Sam! I'm sorry for the late response. This post got really long, plus I wanted this to show a dark side as much as possible so yeah haha. YOU ARE ALL WARNED!
TW: CHILD ABUSE, S*XPLOITATION
✂️ SCISSORS - what is the "last straw" for them to cut someone out of their life? how easily do they let go of people?
Actually, Maya doesn't have a lot of close friends to begin with (except for precious Yui) since she doesn't get attached that much, so she has no qualms ignoring ppl who dislike her. However, the only people she knows she had really cut off from her life would be her own family.
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If you have read Maya's background post (link here) and the fourth chapter of the vampire doll series (link here), you would know that Maya came from a family of five and that they were poor. Like literally poor.
I didn't elaborate that much on what kind of family she had or who her parents and siblings were since first, Maya is a type of person who makes herself forget people, especially those who had something to do with her pain. And the only people who had inflicted her pain aside from the people from the brothel was her own family.
Plus I didn't know the importance of writing her background in detail until this ask was sent hahaha so my bad!
(I never wrote exactly why she hated her family in the fics or prompts, so Imma write this as well.)
So as mentioned Maya's family is so poor and her parents suddenly thought "our daughter is so pretty maybe we should make sacrifices this time." Like seriously the only train of thought they had is to sell Maya to the brothel bcos her mother will not be a best-seller there since she's kind of old and had 3 children already.
So when Maya was brought there, she was freakin clueless because she's only a child, probably around 6 or 7 years old, and she was fearing for her life cause lecherous men would be like "hmm that's a beautiful face, it turns me on" 😭💀
And so Maya lived her days in the brothel, internally cursing her parents and also trying to survive in that shithole. You know what's worse? Half of the money the brothel receives for selling Maya goes to her family. Like can you imagine making your daughter suffer while you survive from her pain? That's one shtty parenting right there.
And even tho Maya knows her siblings are hurt by their parents' decision, they benefitted from the money. Hence Maya decided to forget abt them and wait for the day when someone finally buys her, w/c doesn't come bcos the brothel owners would not sell her off. After all, she's their best-selling product.
When Karlheinz was making his vampire doll plan, he instantly knew Maya would fit the role. So when Maya tried to damage her face (cause the brothel owners said her face is the reason the customers keep coming back), Karlheinz stopped her and said he would take her far away from that town.
But since Maya wasn't for sale, Karlheinz just decided to screw it all and burn the whole town into ashes to make sure no one would stand in the way of his plans. Maya knew he was behind the arson and she begged for her life like "Please don't kill me. I'll do anything!"
And that's how Maya got his offer of being the first human doll to exist that would ensure no creatures from the demon world would wreak havoc in the human world.
Afterward, Maya decided to abandon a bit of her humanity. Like she doesn't go by her given birth name anymore. Everyone just calls her by her pseudonym "Maya." Like plain Maya with no surname. After all, dolls have no family so why would she have one?
She still remembers her real name, and Kanato even makes sure to remind her at times who she really is, so she won't forget the human girl who "died" because of betrayal.
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notsodailycake · 2 years
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Ok so, more Rammy info dump
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Imma start off and say I'm sharing this info dump for the ppl who dont know much of her, bc there isn't as many Rammy enjoyers, most are just mutuals
But I've been wanting to doodle her more, so with this post i leave my ask box open for doodle requests for her, bc i want stuff to doodle by tomorrow, but well anyother day will be fine as well Ú3Ù
And if you want i can doodle her with your oc as well (human version or huamn in general, i still struggle a tad bit with animals/animatronics 👉👈), just put in an image of them!
Basic info
♡Rammy the Racoon
•Real name: Renata Oliveira
•Age: 26
•Lesbian 
•Currently in a "friends with benefits" relationship with Roxy and Chica
For the new folks, here's some basic info about her, and another work featuring her
You can also find some more info of the au her human version is from here, if you want just the Rammy info, then scroll down to Character Relationships/Stories, and you'll fine her info under "Renata (+Suise and Rachel)", tho around the Timeline area, on 2021, you can find a bit of extra info about how she came to be part of the Pizzaplex
Now the dump
•She can be a bit dense at times
But she's very helpful still. She grew up with having to be well behaved so she would be on her teen sister's good side (it didn't need to be alot, her sister never wanted anything bad to happen to her and could be a little protective at times, but ya know, teens can be angsty).
She also learned to perform at a young age as she liked to put on shows after her sister's friends dressed her up. She also enjoyed singing alot of lullabies for her baby cousins (Idk if its a general brasilian thing, but how i grew up family is very important, and cherished, so she has a close bond to many of her family members)
She also is quite fluent in English, tho still struggles a bit still, causing her be quite oblivious to some jokes between her coworkers and not understanding them.
•She's also very abservent still, even if she cant understand a joke, she can read someone's body language very well, and can see whether they are lying or not. Not 100% right, but at least 90% of the time she is
She also has good memory (unlike me-) and is what she does in her role: Search for the lost items and give them back to their owner, if she doesn't remember she always has it written down on a small notebook.
•She's usually very friendly, and seen as the sweet niave type (which honestly, she is most of the time), but she can be smart when she needs to. And don't get on her bad side, cuz she's a good prankster. What type of prankster? The dangerous type if you annoy her (which can consist of insulting her loved ones or mistreatment of kids)
She doesn't play pranks as much, so you'll never expect it from her. It starts out harmless, then it gets annoying
The the target wont know its her with her innocent act, and will accuse the obvious ones. If they figure it out it's her, no one will be on their side as she plays innocent, then it gets a bit risky, and until they learn their lesson
She won't stop.
Tho that side of hers doesn't show that often.
•She's also a bit short tempered at times. She tries her best to be nice, but she breaks it a bit when she gets frustrated. Which can be out of small things such as, the sound of paper or gum chewing, snoring, or breathing the wrong way or skin touching even if her own (definitely not stuff i lose my temper with)
She learned how to keep her composure, especially around kids
But she'll need a cool off afterwards, which luckily Sun and Moon provide her with. Or cuddles with Chica and Roxy. Tho those are usually by the end of the day since both Chica and Roxy are usually way busier then Sun and Moon. Plus the twins are right next to Rammy's post, so it's faster to go in-between work breaks.
•As for her hobbies. She likes to play dress up and do her makeup, even if not for work
She also likes to sow and draw! Mostly designing her outfits. Most of the stuff she uses is hand made by her too! Ofc not everything but most of it
•And on a final note
Her area is basically a remodeled version of kid's cove now, which makes her be quite close to the daycare
She usually helps out sun and moon, her and sun having a close bond
They chat, share gossip, help each other with the kids when one area is more hectic
And in the end Rammy likes to help out in cleaning duty if the daycare
(Also, doodles may not all be done quickly, if at all, some might take days to make. I just need a collection of ideas to do throughout the times i get bored)
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Don't know why I needed other ppl doing this to finally send you this appreciative ask, but I thought you wouldn't want to interact with anyone cuz you mentioned going through a slump. So i held in all the shit I wanted to say about your beautiful art (not visual arts) which is your writing.
Honestly, I joke yo write like you one day. Or at least as good as you. The way you describe shit is so... tidhsgfegsv idek fuck.
I've just been spending months reading all your works dude, you are BANGING in that area (your writing). I just- I just- maybe it's cuz it's been long since I wanted to say this so Idek the words to write, but I just love you and your work (sorry if saying ily makes you uncomfortable 🙏🏾).
Anyway, your writing is really beautiful, it's engaging, it makes me wanna give you my last penny if you publish a book and ask for more. Idk if that's... idk in..sen..sitive...? but idk you're really great is my point.
I think my first fice of yours was a sevika fic (like fine wine) but I didn't even know your blog cuz I didn't look at the name 💀. But I noticed your style of writing when I came to your blog and read your Kassandra fics.
See, for THOSE ones ???? I am forever grateful, cuz you made me live that woman more. And despite her not fully having a solid personality (yk the fact rhat we can choose what she says and all that), you captured her perfectly. I think my favourite fic is the one where reader moves into a new place and meets Kassy and her beautiful bird uhhh... Ikaros! Or maybe it's that friends with benefits one that I would love to read more of (I was sad when I saw it was supposed to be a full length fic, but it became headcannon 😪 it's still good though dw😭).
I'm typing too much now, but your fics made a um, safe (?) space for me in my head to properly daydream (this is probably bad but wtv 👀), and I think that's great.
Uhhhh, gb
Hope nothing I've said is offensive anywhere or in anyway. I hope you get through your stressful uni life successfully. I feel you on that. Uni is fucking stressful, especially with the misogynistic assholes you mentioned.
I didn't expect to full on ugly-cry today. But this is one of the kindest things anyone has ever said to me. This genuinely means the world to me and I'm sad there aren't enough words to encapsulate the emotions I'm feeling right now 😭
Thank you for everything - your time reading my fics, your kindness, sharing your appreciation for the characters, and your consideration for my mental health. I will never close my inbox even if my brain is in the shitter, because interacting with the wonderful people who read my stuff is one of the few sources of real happiness in my life.
Daydreaming is a beautiful thing! And the reason I write is to help facilitate that, so I am very touched 😊
Rest assured, you have been nothing but sweet and considerate. Thank you so, so much for taking time to type this. I can't emphasise how much of a healing experience it was reading it. Have a lovely day my dear ❤️
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golbrocklovely · 2 years
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I’m sorrry to say it, but watching more snc content with Kat and Stas I came into conclusion that there is no need for them to be in those videos. Like most of the time they are just shaking out of fear and saying stuff like “I don’t wanna go in there”, “I don’t wanna be there” etc. I LOOOVE those girls, especially Kat, but like if you are scared so easily most of the time and do not enjoy scary things then why are you even participating in things like this? Especially that neither of those two are something special or bring something more, if you get what I mean.
What do they exactly expect? It is quite obvious that if you are going to investigate a scary haunted place, then things will turn up scary or sometimes even dangerous and if girls are not good with handling things like this and believe in afterlife, then maybe they just should stop going to those places with the boys. I mean even Amber handled better some scary clown tunnel than Kat. And she is all about girly stuff and fun stuff ( I love her decorating content btw).
Their coming back to those places with the boys made me think if they are not doing it for attention, ofc they do not use boys for clout or anything, since they are their friends, but let’s be honest… some people LOOVE attention, even Katrina lately has been calling out people on her channel that are watching her but not subscribing to her. When I say “they do this for attention” I do not mean it in any mean way. What I mean is that both of them have their own social platforms that they would like to grow bigger, but ofc neither of their platforms is not even close being as big as snc platforms are, especially their main channel. Everytime when snc do collab, they introduce people they collabing with and say “go subscribe to X” or “go follow X” etc… it ofc depends if they have yt channel or just insta … appearing more in their vids gives girls opportunity to gain more followers and I feel like that’s what they doing, because if they do not enjoy things like this, scary things, most of the time they say that they do not wanna be there, they are not medium or anything more that professionally works with ghosts, then WHY? Why they keep on coming back? Probably to gain more attention to themselves and it’s not a bad thing, esp if for example Katrina is not only YouTuber but also kinda a singer, as she released 2 songs (?) and both of those songs were really good ( esp Easy). Who wouldn’t want to have more attention to their content and work ( esp when it comes to music)????
Just my thought 😎
i mean, you could kinda say that about any of snc's collaborators, besides haunted nights and seth/josh. nate literally ran out of a house when he got scared. even stas and kat haven't done that.
this is how i feel about stas and kat being in their videos: first and foremost, at the end of the day, if snc want them in the videos, they're gonna be in the videos and that's a good enough reason for them to be there.
second, they all use each other. they all gain from being friends and collabing. yes, you could argue that stas and kat benefit more than snc. but unless that was the only reason they decided to go along with snc to these places, then i don't think there is anything to worry about. they all use each other, every interaction they have is transactional if you really want to think of it that way, but they all consent to it.
they're all friends. they all care about each other, that's most likely the number one reason why they go on all these trips even if they don't like being scared. they literally call each other family. snc didn't even do that with their previous friend group so clearly, if snc are being used, they don't care.
but i think if we are gonna say stuff like this about kat and stas, we need to say it about nate, seth, josh, haunted nights - literally any and all ppl they collab with. they're all using snc with this logic, bc they have less followers than them and gain more with snc shouting them out.
personally for me, i think it's silly to think like that.
also, slight side note, kat has a bunch of music out. like literally multiple songs and a whole ass album. you should check it out if you want lol
also also not hating on you bc of your opinion. i don't think you're wrong for thinking the way you do. i just don't agree with you and that's okay :)
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djryefaith87 · 1 year
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Story Time
This is for my readers of course, I was editing from 12pm-4:45pm. I haven't finished no where near it but I got a phone call from my dad around 2-3pm. In this conversation much like all of his calls beginning is good the turn comes in the middle and in the end the same hostility and frustration. There's nothing more piss poor than someone coming into your peace and destroying it for no other reason of their reality not being there in peace. The talks went from hating John Cena to him feeling like a piece of shit not coming to my uncle funeral. Then saying I was fucked up on how I went about my aunts funeral. You can't make this up, he proceeds to tell me that my uncles baby mother was saying I won't go to him and him encouraging it "yeah he's not gonna come up to me" did u tell her why? No u told her I was in my own world u didn't tell her that you curse me out the night before gypsy passed away. He proceeds to tell me family didn't say anything about me yet I have a family member saying other wise. This is why I don't like to be around anyone. Especially family they will always find something wrong with what you do in life instead of striving you for greatness. I yet again give this man the benefit of the doubt and answer his call. And he fumbles yet again. I m not reminded more of enough of his lack of memory. But the continue of excuses not seeing me is ridiculous and it's to the point I don't not care anymore and I leave it in God's hands.
So what's with the glasses? I asked God after being so frustrated and prayed and asked for a blessing. Now I was really hoping to see in people that I know. When I went down and picked up my dinner I came back and these glasses were just laying on the 2nd floor along with many others for free take. On new years eve I was looking for these type of 2023 sun glasses all over but only had $2 on me and no one wanted to budge and give me a pair cause they were selling it for $5. I gave my $2 away to 2 women who was sitting in the rain with close to nothing on and just kept it moving. Now coming back from getting my dinner I get the glasses for a God reminder cause that's how I see it.
I got the Bible verse underneath and I proceeded to state my peace with my father in the process. But it was in God reminding me of these sunglasses that 2023 is about me. People show you who they are believe them and just leave it as that even if it's family. It's tough I don't wanna live this way but my parents really just don't give me much of a choice with not seeing much of their actions.
It's brutal it's cruel I live with it but it so not healthy. This month I m suppose to get call to go back to the respite center. Those ppl can't call me soon enough. I put out the good because I deal with so much bad and evil and I constantly just try to stay positive. You know it's real when you ask God to remove you or take you because it's the only way they will both wake up or will they? So I ll do my best to remove that way I won't be seen anymore. This pain is too much this shit hurts way too much and I don't wanna deal with it anymore. I didn't bring myself in this world they did the sin of love and brought a child into the world and have made me feel nothing but pain and resentment as an adult and I am exhausted.
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P.S I still wonder if God was sending myself a message when my god father agree to leave this world September 7th a day before my father's birthday. I think about that one alot. 🙏
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itsmyara · 2 years
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I was researching about sociopaths and psychopaths, especially regarding relationships. When I was going through forums, I found forums talking about if they can love. A lot of them said they cannot form bonds emotionally (yk, involving the heart), but they can still. Like their brains would 'send' the signals instead. The people they're very close to are generally ppl they trust and benefit them. (mostly benefit for psychopaths' case; sociopaths can still feel sympathy or empathy to a small degree). Those who were married, they said it's bc they trust, respected them, etc. even tho they don't love them 'emotionally'. So we can say Hisoka 'likes' Machi not only bc she brings benefits, he also sees her as someone to trust, admired her, and prolly respected her and such to some degree. As with betrayal, they either said they drop them and stop caring about them in a matter of sec, or they do that and also make them pay for what they did. With the recent events in hxh, I felt like Hisoka felt betrayed (or realized she betrayed him; maybe the theory that he wasn't fighting alone is true after all :0) and so he did what he did in ch 357. He must've wanted to kill her right there and then, and idk why Togashi didn't go that route. But nevertheless, he did like her (in a sociopathic or psychopathic way) and did what a sociopath or psychopath would do when the person they like betrayed them.
Hey, Anon! I think this one goes well with this previous ask.
That's a great take if we consider Hisoka as a psychopath or sociopath. Even if he's not by any chance, I think his way of "loving" someone is very... different. Your ask reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend (who also ships HisoMachi) about it a while ago. She had taken Psychology classes and I asked her if she thought Hisoka could love Machi for real. This is what she had answered me by the time:
He loves Machi, he really does.... Just not in a "normal" sense of love. It would be a strong level of affection to the point where pretty much nothing she can do will shake it; he loves all her reactions~ she gets angry, he loves it since it's her bloodlust, she's apathetic: he loves it, it's a challenge for him to get an emotion out of her; she's happy: he loves it, it's interesting and something he doesn't see often (plus a sense of stroking his ego if he makes her happy, an emotion we don't see much of from her).
My thought is that he would say he's in love with her... but he doesn't know what real love actually is. His thought is "well I feel all this love for her emotions and personality" which is true if you consider love as just "strongly liking something".
But there's not much putting her before his own wishes (ex. killing Chrollo).
Think about it: he refers to Bungee Gum as "elastic love"; the idea of being strongly attached to someone is his idea of love, without actually considering their wishes and wants.
I've always seen how Hisoka acts romantically, but I've always thought someone like him just wouldn't know what real love is (he shows little to no compassion for anyone). So in my mind, his "love" for Machi is obsession mixed with lust and maybe some element of caring for her well-being (he would do things for her if she's like sick or injured but wouldn't consider the impact of her losing her friends by him).
Well, maybe a betrayal would shake it actually, as you've mentioned. I will always find it interesting how Togashi only mentioned Hisoka wanted to kill her in his commentary, not in the story, as Hisoka had done previously with many of his targets when directly verbalizing or thinking of it. Made me think that him wanting to do this was something different, and maybe something Togashi wanted to elaborate better later, and this is why she's still alive.
P.S.: I've showed your asked and talked about it with my friend because I wanted to ask her permission to post her take and she wanted to add this:
While I do think Hisoka is sociopathic, he's also a character. And 99% of all fictional sociopaths/psychopaths are not close to an accurate portrayal. There's a reason we don't have murderous clowns like him irl. So, if he can feel things like empathy for Machi, it can be not the most realistic thing, but pretty much all of the characters in Hunter x Hunter are unrealistic or act very unrealistically to an extent (especially the kid characters).
Just to say that we can try to analyze it realistically but also there's no problem in imagining he can actually feel empathy or love because in the end of the day, it's just fiction.
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holyunholy · 2 years
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its so tempting to respond to comments with just like, "yeah here were my intentions with that scene" especially when i'm really proud of the way I enacted those and especially when no one has directly commented on it and I'm worried it's been missed. but it also feels like cheating lmao like if ppl missed it then idk. kind of on me? but then also maybe i can just say some shit like "yeah my work benefits from a close reading"
i want people to notice the shit I do and i also don't want to be like, so obvious about it that i completely spell it out.
also sometimes like. when i reply to a comment i cant help but think of that super annoying shit when an author will come out of nowhere on twitter to reply to someone's take about their book or w/e. i dont actually think its the same, like just the nature of fanfic is a closer or at least more conversational relationship btwn author and reader, and like I have made it clear that I do reply to comments so most of the time I think ppl commenting are happy for me to reply, and it is not really the same as popping up in some rando's twitter thread
idk it is fun when i think of it like a little book club where i'm just sharing my opinions same as everyone else and less fun when it feels like i am correcting someone's reading or trying to push people towards certain interpretations of the story or characters
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a-dragons-journal · 3 years
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Okay, I have a question... A close friend of mine invited me to a discord server for ppl who think they can physically shift, and are *horribly rude* to anyone who claims they can and can't or tries to tell them that p shifting isn't real...and I don't want to leave the server bc it notifies them all that I leave and they'll spread lies about me. What should I do? And how do I get my friend out of there?
As far as how to get you out: if you’re scared to actually leave, just mute it, move it to the bottom of your server list, and never open it. Functionally the same thing, but they’ll have no way of knowing other than the fact that you don’t talk. If it were me, I probably would leave, but that’s me, and I understand why you might not be comfortable making that choice. I would posit that if they’re relatively open about p-shifting, which it sounds like they might be, they probably don’t have enough of a good reputation to be able to effectively tarnish yours, but that’s up to your judgement.
Regarding your friend: You may want to ask them quietly in private about why they believe in p-shifting - and when doing that, my best advice is to be genuinely trying to understand their point of view, because it’s easy to come off as condescending otherwise. Ask them why they believe these people, what evidence they’ve seen, how they know that evidence wasn’t faked, why the group gets so aggressive when people express doubts, etc. A lot of the time if you keep asking questions that gently point out the flaws in the logic (or, better yet, that require them to point out the flaws in their own logic in order to answer the questions), that’s the best way to make those flaws apparent to them without them getting defensive, in my experience.
Depending on your relationship, you may be able to actually open with “Hey, I’m kind of worried about you and this” and express it as a friend being concerned rather than having to skirt around it with the curiosity-questions routine, but I don’t know how close you two are or how well your friend would take that.
In either case, but especially the second, take every opportunity to de-escalate and try to prevent conflict from arising. “I” language instead of “you” language (ie “I’m worried this might be unhealthy” instead of “You’re putting yourself in an unhealthy situation”), appeasing or even apologetic language, paraphrasing back what they’re saying to you (with optional additions of “am I understanding that right?”) to show you’re listening and understanding, all the conflict management tools. All of them. People in a situation like that are primed to be defensive about it by the group themselves, and it’s likely they’ll have had the idea that “outsiders” can’t be trusted with this information drilled into them as a part of that - you should not be aggressive or judgemental about it; that’ll only make them defensive and unwilling to listen to you at all.
As much as I hate to say this, it’s possible that you aren’t going to be able to talk them out of it - at that point, you kind of have to make a choice between either:
going “I’m not honestly sure I’m convinced about this, but I’m still your friend and I want to support you” and being willing to not talk about it further and just be there for them as a friend, which has the benefit of them having a potential way out and someone to talk to about their doubts but the downside of you still having some tie to this group, or
actually cutting ties with them and saying “I’m sorry, but I can’t be around a group of people that has toxic behaviors like [x y z], and I’m scared they’re going to bully or harass me through you for not wanting to be around them”, which if they’re aggressive enough in responding to your attempts to express concerns may be the best thing for your health and safety.
Other than that... I think all I can add is that you may want to do some research into cults and how to get out of them/how to help other people get out of them, which isn’t something I’m an expert in.
I wish you luck and hope you both get out of this situation safely anon <3
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bbq-hawks-wings · 3 years
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I can't believe I didn't think the todo/endev stuff would've been divisive. Like if you don't like it then that's it, you just personally don't want to see it, that's valid, but then you have some ppl calling ppl who do like it and even hori abuse apologists (despite some of them being survivors themselves) but THen you have ppl on the other side insulting those who can't stomach it and, why is this all a thing.
CW/ abuse mention
I'm not all that surprised it stirs up such intense reactions. Unlike saving the world or becoming a hero, the struggle of a household and each of its members healing from a horribly abusive past, complete with all its uncomfortable, different, ugly blistering wounds and scars is way too close to home for a lot of people. Even for those who may have never experienced the same "severity" (in quotes because comparing trauma to silence or talk over victims of any kind is not okay - different forms of abuse is still abuse that leaves lasting impacts and effects everyone differently) they can feel personally connected to that pain.
I'm not surprised whatsoever that Endeavor is such a controversial figure. I would argue that's a good thing. If we come to love his character after lots of growth it's because he's really changed in the ways he's needed to and continuing on that road. If we can't ever get past what he did it's still justified because he's legitimately left the lives of his entire household in shambles - a home full of people who his chief responsibility was to love, provide for, and protect - who will carry the scars (some literal) of what he's done for the rest of their lives.
What surprised me most, however, is how Dabi became to be such a chief spokesperson for the entire family despite being the most removed as far as attitudes towards Endeavor and his actions in response; and how he became the only "valid" victim for so many.
I absolutely pity what he went through. He was absolutely right to feel abandoned. He was abused as much as anyone in that household. His trauma was just as real, just as impactful, and just as valid as the rest. All of his childhood trauma was a result of his father's actions of which Endeavor does need to face and account for. Even his desire to lash out at the objects of his father's affection - his mother and siblings - as a child as a way in his mind to make the pain stop and regain what he legitimately needed in his father's attention and affection is understandable given the circumstances. He's very much damaged, and the onset of that damage is not his fault. He desperately needed help he never got.
But here's where the split happens: at a point he was removed from his family and their influence and became his own person at which point he decided to step on the gas and purposely cause collateral damage on top of the self-destruction.
To be clear, simply leaving that harmful environment and growing up does not erase the damage it caused. PTSD would not be a thing of that was the case. However, Dabi is in one of two states given his behavior: he's genuinely insane (mentally ill to point he doesn't recognize what he's doing - a justified legal defense of insanity) or he's at least lucid enough to know and purposely chose to inflict harm on others because of whatever benefit he feels he gets from it (not able to plead insanity).
Either way, he's a clear danger to himself and others and needs to be reigned in. If he's not in full control of his faculties he needs professional help and has to be taken into custody for everyone's safety. If he is all there, it's right for him to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law because trauma does not excuse making more victims of any kind.
And for some reason, despite these facts well being able to coexist, the fandom doesn't seem to accept that - at least not uniformly and the disparity of opinion is night and day. We have real life examples of people who went through traumatic childhoods who became serial killers, and we don't disagree that they needed to be institutionalized or prosecuted for the safety of the public and their survivors; but Dabi gets a pass somehow?
Perhaps the main divide comes down to some can't/don't/won't make a distinction between Touya the abuse victim and Dabi the abuser. Both can and do exist in the same person, but the focus of his life's goal has shifted to be distinct enough to make that distinction as the audience. As a child, he was a victim who was doing everything he could think to do to get what he needed in a horrible situation. As an adult with ample degree of rational thought and self-awareness, he leverages his damage to justify the homicide he commits against his own victims.
And this especially is why I have pity for Touya, but not for Dabi.
I knew someone who did that - who did that to me. Someone who I considered a friend, even "family" until I set boundaries and started acting contrary to what they wanted when it was like a switch went off inside them. They had a legitimately terrible upbringing and a questionable family situation, at best; but that didn't mean I had to suffer the effects those negative influences splashed into my life.
If something I did made them upset and what they only ever knew was to verbally express, "You're lucky I have the control to hit the wall instead of you when I get this upset" that anger is valid, but I was also right to say, "If this is a problem, I'll do what I can to make it right on my end, but you do not have the right to threaten me, emotionally manipulate me, or lash out in retaliation - and especially not without consequences or pushback. You need help, and I want to help you help yourself; but that was not acceptable. I am responsible for me and what I do, not for how you take things and respond."
It boils my blood thinking back how often they tried to peddle back and make me the bad guy in my own head by trying to guilt me with their own tragic backstory so I'd stay complicit. Clearly, I'm still not completely over it, and I was unpleasantly reminded of it not long ago when nightmares with their face came back to haunt me for the first time in years after just seeing their name again in passing earlier that day. It took a complete stranger I met at a house party telling me after I spilled my guts late into the night for me to even begin to recognize that I was being manipulated and abused.
So yeah, there it is yet again - the Todofam drama is way too close to home for too many people. The worst tragedy in that, though, is that no one can apparently be validated in their opinions unless they bare themselves like I did just now. That shouldn't be the case. These discussions should be able to exist as hypotheticals and discussing canon events instead of requiring everyone who wants to weigh in to have their own trauma validated.
It's easy to pile onto Endeavor because he's the clear "bad guy" in the scenario who will never be able to erase what he's done even if all of his family magically forgave him and he turned into the patron saint of puppies and kittens. But for some reason it's not easy to recognize people can feel the same way about Dabi who can recognize him for being both victim and victimizer.
I wish it wasn't the case. There's a lot of right and wrong and stuff that isn't wrong - just uncomfortable and sucky in this subplot; but fandom is too stuck on insisting in an all or nothing bad guy/good guy to fully appreciate the nuance in this plotline.
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gg-astrology · 5 years
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Is there any stereotypes about signs that you don't particularly believe in? Like, my dominant sign is sagittarius but everytime someone mentions anything about the sign, I don't think it describes my personality or anything. Love your blog and posts by the way!
Yeah!!  💓 Gosh I get what you mean. I’m glad you asked cause there’s– alot we don’t get to talk about?? And also thank u for liking the blog/posts ;;  💓 💓
Here’s a list of things about the signs that might cheer them up a bit (low-key: how to care/appreciate the signs around you): 
*Note: These are for when you need a little cheering up, some people might already be confident/assured in their own signs and that’s great!! But if you want to know how to help/care for other signs around you, this might be helpful for those who might need a little bit more ‘pick me up’ 💕
Aries - 
Are very laid back, contrary to the belief (i.e. ppl thinking that they’re hard to get along with/hard to please). Most Aries don’t think they’re the shit. 
Unless they have something they’ve worked super hard on (and see it as something they can help others with) they won’t bother with pointing out something you can’t change/they can’t change– but will try to help you as much as they can (like, trouble-shooting, planning it out, suggesting things you can do to help yourself depending on what you want/feel comfortable with doing). 
They try very very hard to be there for others, even when their efforts aren’t appreciated enough sometimes. People think fire signs are energetic and crass with people’s feelings  — they’re not, they do care.
Taurus - 
Most of the time despite being Venus-ruled they might not even think they’re particularly beautiful or charming. What they do know is that they gotta do the things they can do, the things they want/have to do and that’s what they’re focused on. 
They can get high-key sus about compliments, and unless you truly mean something (and they can see where you’re coming from) it’ll be hard-press to make the compliment stick/up their ego because of it. 
Funny people, but wants to be heard/given acknowledgement. Doesn’t want to be complimented on just ‘one-side’ of their personality (usually their more ‘harmonious’ side) but wants to be loved for all their sides (even if they haven’t shown it yet).   
Gemini - 
They aren’t air heads. They really aren’t. They can joke around about it with friends like ‘opps!’ just to make fun of themselves but internally they don’t work like that. They contemplate a lot, and works through problems alone. 
Even if some may talk about their problems to another person, they come to conclusions within themselves and that needs to be respected. Not questioned by others  (like ‘why are you so wishy washy? you said this to me and now you’re doing another??’) – despite being a Mercurial sign, they often understand the situation better (internally) than how they’re communicating it (out-loud). Thus, when they make up their mind about something— trust them that they can do it.
They also aren’t ‘two-faced’ or whatever people call it. They have an internal process that suffers if they don’t know how to work with it healthily/balance it well (internal/external). But ‘two-faced’ was never a part of their personality.
Cancer - 
Whoever says they’re crybabies have never met a Cancer in public. And whoever said ‘Cancers are Mothers’ never had a mum who’s a Cancer in the first place. 
Cancer can be strength through sufferings, they’re vulnerable and hard. Cancers aren’t your mothers, within their own self they have their own problems to shift through (thus why, being a Cancer doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll be great mothers– they have to go through the same trials/experience as everyone else– and sometimes, because they’re so stubborn, it might even be the most challenging thing to a Cancer native)
You’d think they’ll be emotional since they’re a water sign but they’re not (**at least not constantly) Some Cancers are less emotional than fire-signs. Respect that, respect their strength and charisma. Don’t ‘type’ them into a box and tell them what they want/don’t want in their life– let them make those choices themselves.
Leo -
Aren’t ‘natural’ leaders, most don’t even volunteer for leadership positions until they’re filled with personal pettiness/dissatisfaction about something they have to make the changes  (like use a platform to vent out their rage about it).
Again, some aren’t even extroverted. But they do what they gotta do and people think ‘oh they must enjoy this!!’ and keep piling them up on something when they’d rather be asked – who they are, what they want, what they like/dislike and be listened to instead of assumed about.
Taking care of a Leo isn’t just about listening to them, it’s about letting them have their own space. Letting them rest, be alone, play some games. It’s having security of their own time/what they want to be doing with said time that makes them truly Leo. 
Virgos - 
They’re not very good at telling people they care ‘no’, which is why they’re so so careful to say all their ‘nos’ to others (they aren’t close to yet) beforehand. 
The thing about Virgos being clean-freak? Only applicable to a handful of people (and only within certain contexts only). Cleaning is still a chore. Especially if they have mental/emotional depression to go through and they know they’re procrastinating those (in which case, it becomes an escape mechanism instead). Don’t use them as your maids, and don’t rely on them to be available to solving your problems/being in your service 24 hours either. Because if they care about you, they’re going to have a hard time saying no even if it’s really really pushing their limits already.  
Virgos have a lot of internal emotional distress to go through as well, and if they don’t process those they’re going to be in bad shape later. Think they’re un-emotional/super smart? Think again. They struggle daily with their internal emotions and working hard enough to pass their own expectations of themselves. Do people even know how hard it is to be in emotional distress at a drop of a pin sometimes? Waking up in cold sweat/not being able to sleep because you remembered something embarrassing 10 years ago? 
Libra - 
Not all Libras are romantically inclined. In fact, why do we think people are romantically inclined at all? 
Native Libras don’t have to say yes to those who asks them out. It’s not going to be like ‘ohhh!! I’m going make this the perfect relationship!!’. No! who even has that kind of energy?! (especially when you have to consider the other person pulling their part, can they do it? will they even do it?) 
Even if they’re interested, there’s a bigger narrative to think about and Libras aren’t fools to that. All those things about Libra being the watery-air sign? Maybe we should consider that Libras are also much more analytical than we realize sometime in 2k19 as well. (And give them their independence credit they deserve ffs, they manage to swerve this many suitors for how long?)   
Scorpio - 
Isn’t anyone’s sexual demon. They aren’t there for other’s fantasy of ‘an active sex life’. Scorpio’s are so much more than their sexual parts and maybe um?? they’re their own person??
The thing about Scorpio being mysterious is gonna be used against them one day to sexualize/objectify them to other people’s benefit. Why don’t you get to know one? Why don’t we ask what the hell they’re thinking sometimes? (and trust, a Scorpio would probably appreciate being asked/called out for it and being able to tell/talk to someone rather than –y know, being misunderstood all the time. If the confrontation is genuine and the other really do want to get to know the Scorpio’s side of the story/not going to cut them down half-way through just to invalidate them.) 
Scorpio’s not the one who has a problem, it’s others who has a problem with them. Do we just not trust the Scorpios?? Why the hell not?? Literally one of the most (if not the most) loyal, forth-coming and devoted signs out there. Why do we have a problem with people who can be genuinely good for us?  
Sagittarius - 
NOT ALL SAGITTARIUS ARE BUBBLY AND EXTROVERTED. Let’s just make that clear. Especially in the native signs, you think these bitches trust their inner-selves to others so easily??
Being friends with one DEFINITELY implies being able to take their snark/sass/sense of humor. It’s literally their main form of communication and the only criteria so far (before they ask about your political alignment, and unless they have other elements that points to different things). Do ya’ll think Sagittarius are just– infinite energy and ~adventure~ all the time??
They need to rest. Which is something most people talk about. They gotta hermit themselves– sometimes even become reclusive for a while to just do their own thing (maybe outside, maybe inside– just not with people they know around them). No Sag is going to have 100% energy to be with friends all the time, not unless they got some pretty strong fire/air in them that points to that ish (while the sag side ‘recovers’). 
Capricorn - 
Stop it with the ‘ohh they’re so ambitious’ talk all the time. They have no fucking clue what they’re doing. Most of the time, they’re just doing Their Best in order to get something out of the situation ya no. 
Honestly one of those people who Does Their Best but don’t know what the fuck they’re supposed to do after. They get anxious pretty fast pretty often sometimes and they’re like those ‘:) im ok’ when internally they’re just dying in pit of ice-cold flames. 
Humour is their biggest joy/connector to people impersonally. And did you know that– Capricorn likes to be adorable/be adored for some reason?? (no it’s not just about admiration, it’s also about adoration) All those things you think Gemini/Sagittarius would be— it’s actually just Capricorn trait in disguise (until you get to know them). 
Aquarius - 
Not so detached as you THINK they are. Honestly they’re one of the most caring people who would push for you when you can’t push for yourself??Literally angels on this earth, because even when they’re going through some seriously tough shit/personal injustice they work through it and recover like it’s nothing. (It’s not, but to others– wow, it’s so admirable)
The amount of things they do for other people– Virgo/Pisces has nothing on Aquarius in terms of caring/actually making it happen. Do you not think your local Aquarius is fond of praise/adoration? Because they are. They like being shown that they’re appreciated too– so please don’t think they can survive on their own without an ounce of love from others.
Think they’re going to leave you high and dry because they’re so “different” (what the hell is “different” anyways– Aquarius don’t even think it’s anything amazingly special it’s just a trait/thing they want to explore/work on) ? They won’t. They’re loyal as hell and they want pets sometimes. Honestly? They’re more puppy-like than you think. And that’s just– absolutely adorable. Let them run around, go out to eat with them, listen to their stories/let them be playful, show them you care. Let them care for you back. Listen to them, they’re doing their best to help you when you’re helping yourself too. 
Pisces - 
Suffer? Yes. But also, so much more in common with Capricorn than they realize. 
They wanna be there for others, but if they’re saying something and it’s being swerved all the time then what the hell are they doing there for you?
Being there for others but not having people realize/appreciate them for that sucks. And do you seriously expect them to have expendable energy for that bullshit all the time? Mate, they barely have enough energy for themselves sometimes. 
Don’t dismiss how their minds work for something ‘whacky’ – honestly its fine the first few times but it’s gonna make them think they shouldn’t try to communicate themselves in certain ways afterwards.
So much stronger than they realize they are, they aren’t weak-bitches these people have the ability to run two (even three) laps around your one lap so don’t ever pull them down to make them ‘understandable’ to you (it’s only going to make them ‘box’ themselves in and not express themselves in front of people).
Believe in their strength, believe that they can overcome their most troublesome worries. They’re going to prove you wrong anyways. Scorpio being about self-transformation? Pisces taught themselves how to overcome their own weaknesses in the stone ages.
Ending Ment:
Honestly even when I wrote all these out I realize that some of them might only apply to certain placement/context. But to those who gained something from this, I hope you remain strong! 💕Teach others how to take care/appreciate you better 💕 Sometimes, other people just need guidance on how to approach certain signs 💕 So please don’t dismiss someone just because of their placements ok? 💕 
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yaz-the-spaz · 5 years
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I've had this question on my mind for a while but I don't know how to properly phrase it. So it's no secret that the music industry is BRUTAL (Sony in particular). And we've had music artists with far less fame and success than the boys describe it as "signing a deal with the devil" and many people say that the artists are pretty much slaves to the corporation. And we obviously know that the boys don't have it easy in the slightest, especially because they had to make a decision as big as (1/?)
as the one they did at such a young age. And it honestly terrifies me what they must go through. Like people really act shocked when these huge stars have struggles with drug addiction, mental health, etc. So we know that you basically get screwed over in the industry. I just wonder how people like Liam can still put on such a happy facade for the media, like in the fandom he’s the “sunshine” and he’s always smiling and happy even though we know the BS he’s put through. Why do you think (2/?)
Liam can still be portrayed that way. Like such a happy, cheery dude. Yet for Zayn it’s the total opposite? We obviously don’t know how they are privately, but the official narrative for Zayn in the media is that he’s down in the dumps, doesn’t leave his house, mostly silent on SM, just generally not happy. Which is why everyone’s always more concerned for him than they are the other boys. Wouldn’t they all be feeling the exact same about the shit situations they’re put in? Yet, why is it (3/?)
only Zayn who gets that somewhat dark rep. That sort of depressed, sickly perception (which I can’t help but presume is also racialized to an extent). It’s truly concerning how these boys are portrayed. And it’s even more concerning that people are so blind to the absolute hell these boys (and their own freaking families) are put through by the industry, by the higher-ups. It terrifies me. And there’s nothing we can do as fans but just sit and watch it unravel.
hey nonnie! i don’t wanna make this long so i’ll try to keep it short and say this, you make some very good points and i wholly agree with you that it is very problematic the different ways they’re portrayed and likely very much racialized to some degree, but the short answer here i think just largely comes down to two things: 1) personality differences, and 2) the fact that we just don’t see zayn as much as we see the other boys. liam’s able to present this happy, bubbly image because we see him doing that. we see him smiling and laughing and talking in ig stories and performing and doing interviews/promo, etc. on the contrary, we see zayn’s actual face like 5 times out of the year (i’m exaggerating ofc but you get what i mean) and even then it’s mostly for stunts or promo so ofc he doesn’t look particularly happy. i think if we saw more of him, even if it was just little snippets on social media here and there and not necessarily out in real time, he’d have more of a chance to combat that public image/narrative and wouldn’t be seen so much as a recluse who constantly radiates darkness and depression. we don’t even really see him hanging out with other people outside of gigi or people who work for him, or mayyybeee the occasional relative, so that unfortunately also contributes this idea of him as someone who’s lonely and depressed and has no friends and never goes anywhere/has any fun. all of that could easily be combated by just a few pics here and there of him just outside hanging out with people or even if he’s alone at least looking mildly happy and not like he has rbf to balance out all the times we see him stunting or looking unhappy, but we don’t get that ofc (though whether that’s by his choice or not who’s to say cause he does have every right to privacy) and so the narrative gets continued. butttt, all that aside, there’s also personality differences to take into account and i don’t mean that to say that zayn’s not just as bubbly and goofy as liam is cause we all know he can be, but he’s also not quite as outgoing as liam is and tends to be a bit more on the quiet/reserved side and i think that difference also plays into the different ways they’re seen and regarded (by both the fandom and gp) as well, esp b/c that reservedness often comes off to people (those who don’t understand it/aren’t introverts themselves) as standoffish which ofc only contributes further to that negative image/narrative of him as the unhappy lonely recluse 
to the question of how liam’s able to keep that facade up i think the answer is he just does his best. i think it’s pretty clear that some of that cheeriness may be, or has been, played up/put on for our benefit and we can even see quite clearly sometimes when he’s faking it, but he pushes through b/c he knows he has to and b/c he wants to succeed in this industry. it sucks but that’s what it is, that’s what you sign up for with any kind of performative field. i think zayn is less willing to do that (to put up that facade i mean), and again, i think that comes down to personality differences. liam’s always come off to me very much as a people-pleaser and someone who works extremely hard to try and satisfy everyone and make everyone happy, even (sadly) at detriment to himself sometimes. zayn (imho) seems to care a lot less about that lol. not saying he doesn’t care about it all, cause i mean he’s human (and an artist to boot) and we all care what ppl think of us to some degree, esp those of us in the arts/creative fields, just saying he seems to me to care a lot less about it than liam and not be so concerned about pleasing everyone as long as he’s doing something makes him happy and that he can be proud or that makes those close to him/those he cares (and that includes the fans too) happy and proud.
andddd of course this got long anyway…sorry…but anyway hope this answered your question well enough nonnie!
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tinybeanhealing · 7 years
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i'm new to the astrology thing, and i'm having a hard time combinig all my aspects in a way that i can understand. what can you tell me about a capricorn sun, pisces moon, leo rising, and sagittarius venus? sorry if i don't make sense, i don't speak english good.
That did make sense to me, no worries ! Ya astrology can be hard to put all together, it took me a while to be able to do that on the spot ! I’m so so sorry that this took so long to post, I honestly started working on it a while ago n then it got left in the drafts ): 
Capricorns are old souls. Incredibly responsible n reliable. When ppl need something to get done they know they can call u. U are there for ppl when it counts, so loyal. U have sort of a dreamy quality abt u. U might seem generous n warm n friendly n u are to some extent. U can seem rlly out loud n visible but underneath u are feeling everything else that u don’t let ppl see. Like all the deep emotions that u go thru every day but don’t always share with everyone. U are not afraid to wrok hard, u generally like to work for the benefit of those less fortunate than u. U are good to work behind the scenes but getting acknowledged for yr work n what u say/do is actually a sign of love for u. It makes u feel seen n rlly great. It’s hard for u not to feel everything everyone else feels all the time but U try yr best not to complain. U might feel like u want ppl to see u as super down to hang out all the time but u actually need to be alone a lot. It allows u to connect with yr emotions n yr best self more often. U will work hardest for ppl less fortunate than u. U are probably psychic, pisces placements usually are. U are deeply intuitive n u should listen to what yr mind n body are telling u, even if u don’t rlly understand why. U require a lot of emotional freedom in yr social relationships. That goes for any kind of relationship, romantic/sexual or not. U might wanna travel with a close friend or partner. Sag is the sign of long term travel so make sure u do that at some point in yr life ! U are generous n optimistic, probably very sweet n kind. U probably don’t wanna stay home full time at anytime in yr life, u like to have multiple things going on at once. U are very fun loving n have a great imagination Cap is the astrological sign associated with dads so u have some dad energy in yr chart (not necessarily yr birth dad or dad u grew up with, just non gendered dad energy). U are deeply connected to the arts, poetry especially.
Those are some thoughts on the placements u listed for me. Let me know if anything I said doesn’t make sense or if u need me to clarify more. Or if u have any other questions abt yr stars !
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imagineacademia · 7 years
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if you're still doing those hcs! I try to be chill but im just awk. especially around strangers my ag. u can p much tell how comfy I am w someone by how much I make fun of em unless they don't like it. I keep personal stuff to myself bc I don't want ppl to judge me. I say idc abt what ppl think but i care too much. apparently hardworking. sorta klutzy. bad memory. social introvert? I like talking but get drained. I only put effort when it benefits or interests me lol. I like drawing&singing too
Tokoyami and you would be close friends, also Toru because opposites attract
Quirk similar to Mic!! You sing with your absolutely angelic amazing talent of a voice and waves will shift towards your enemy!! they will be knocked the fuck out !!!
You would be relatively independent throughout, but I think you would get along well with majority of class 1-b
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