#every life matters

[sassenashsworld]

I confess one thing today

I deeply love (of love and respect) Nick Valentine for a reason

Even if it is only an invented character, he have countless points in common with the man who gave meaning to my life (he even run like him!)

October 1st was the birthday of my paternal grandfather

This man, to sum up, was the greatest man I’ve ever known

He adopted my father at the age of 40 and raised him without ever raising a hand on him (for the time in Quebec it is a feat) then I was an unexpected birth (-somehow indesired) and he raised me in turn, at 65 years old

And believe me, I was a special child

He was an illiterate man, he learned to write his name at 50 years

He was immensely religious but in a very serene and peaceful way, very open-minded towards others, capturing only LOVE and TOLERANCE of all the Catholic bullshit

He was only 5ft 4 inches, which was small for a man even in his time and everyone called him Ti-Henri

His mother died giving birth to him and his stepmother reminded him incessantly that he had killed his mother

His aunt eventually adopted him and raised him with her own son

Despite everything, he had only love and patience for others, a lot of understanding, he never held it against anyone and when I asked him about someone who had hurt him or had abused him, he simply replied to me: listen, he/she must be understood" and he explained to me why the other had done this and why they should not be blamed

He died in 1998, leaving me alone in a world that didn’t know what to do with me

I realized that no one would ever love me the way he loved me

My own father even admitted it one day...

My grandfather would have been 106, he died 25 years ago when I was only 15, but I never let go of the 3 most important rules of my life, the three lessons he taught me:

1- If it has to be done and you can do it, do it

2- Always finish what you start

3- There are enough people who do evil, do good

Without him, I know I would NOT be a good person...

I know that many people encounter many hardships in their lives, but at several times I almost passed the dark side... the existence really made sure that I can often

Very often

Satisfy my anger, my revolt, my vengeance

I have so often held the lives of people who have hurt me in my hands that it is ridiculous

With one word, I could have broken them

I had the means

But each time, I remembered how my grandfather never held it...

I have been recognized for my neutrality and fairness

The power to stay calm in the storm, to hear the despair behind the anger, to have a truly deep understanding of true human nature that allows me to find solutions that satisfy everyone

I owe it to him

When he died, this little unknown and vague man, I had the impression that he was receiving a national funeral

People moved from Ontario, down the river, New Brunswick, the United States, all different people, all people who had at one time or another met him, sometime only once, but whose lives he had changed

One small gesture at a time

My grandfather is the very definition of a small gesture, a great good

He knew how to do good, true good

And I hope to continue to have the strength to respect his memory

I love you, grandpa, I’ll always love you

Your love is still my greatest strength, my light in the darkness that sometimes invades me

May your name never be forgotten, may your reign of goodness continue to make waves and make people better

Henri Ouellet

1917-1998

#nick valentine #personal #a small gesture a great good #3 rules #my grandpa #the power of love #every life matters #you are human and he knew that

[somnimagus]

My page for @sheikahzine; about Impaz's duty to her village, empty of people and full of memories.

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#legend of zelda #loz #twilight princess #loz tp #i'm still reeling that someone sent me an ask about this one.. that they took the time to find my tumblr and tell me they liked it #it really meant a lot; thank you to anyone that stops to leave comments like that. they make me happy #but yeah! here's the usual symbolism ramble: #i thought it'd be cool to have the 'spirits' flowing one way and the cats walking through them the other way #to kinda show the difference in life inhabiting the village in the past and present #link's face is covered because impaz was just waiting for 'the hero' so his clothes are what matters; not his face #and it (hopefully) gives a surreal and intangible sense to 'the hero' she could only hope would actually show up #you can feel free to interpret the glowy blue sheikah as ghosts or just as memories of the past! i couldn't decide either way #the one on the bottom left is oot impa since she's implied to be the village founder. so i guess she would be a ghost actually? #fan art #my art #project stuff #and ahhh the book-- everyone's stuff is so beautiful!! #especially the writing. some of the fics made me really tear up and some were so fun and clever. i really love them #a lot of them captured the sheer burden of the role of the sheikah; all of the time and grief and doubt #i know i always say this stuff about every project but. the people i get to work with in these are truly so skilled every time

[heart2heartroses2u]

#justice #every life matters #life matters #gone too soon #abuse of authority #abuse of power #racist #hate crime #Youtube

[artgletic]

case study of the self-identified god

#obsessed with the fact that rain world is a game about survival #yet every character we meet has the express goal of trying to optimize killing themselves #every creature in game seems perfectly content fulfilling their role in the ecosystem no matter how many cycles they do the same thing #(rly obvious with gourmand's entire route. guy who lives their life to the fullest without the slightest hint of resentment) #it was really only the ancients who thought they were above it and thought of it as something to escape from #5pebbles is so interesting because the only reason hes “”“godlike”“” is because of his vast knowledge. if he was in any slugcats shoes he #would die instantly which is ironically what hes been trying to do this whole time #this comic was kind of exploring the idea of awareness (divinity) as something that drags down ones enjoyment of life (walking). #if 5p would humble himself down enough to walk around like any other creature #he would a) be much happier in life and b) achieve the ascension he's been gunning for for millennia like all the slugcats did #but he never will. #getting rid of all his work on the problem or even his awareness of it entirely #would just be a trick of convenience that steals away his godhood #and him calling himself godlike is kind of a cope LOL #a cope being faced with a problem he was never meant to solve #a cope being faced with what he did to moon #a cope being faced with the rot inside him #oh well. #anyway fuck 5 pebbles i hate that guy #rain world #rain world fanart #rw five pebbles #rain world five pebbles #rw gourmand #rain world gourmand #five pebbles #rain world void worm #rain world ancients #also JUST KIDDING ilu 5p. you suck but i💛u

[shorthaltsjester]

the mighty nein - critical role

this is a place where i don't feel alone. this is a place where i feel at home.

#also with softer vibes. i offer They #every silly little brainheart found family deserves a to build a home edit #the mighty nein maybe most of all. thats my family #also the lyrics deliciously well suited to m9. #when jester pulls that. stupid tarot card for fjord. home or traveler. and there's a carnival wagon. and veth says Thats Us! . them #i just think about . the tower is their home the xhorhouse is their home the lavish chateau is their home the balleater. the mistake. #the nein heroez. veth and yezas apartment. the dome. fjord and jesters living room floor. #a bar with a silly name on rumblecusp #also like. the song has stone and dust imagery. gardens and trees. #the inherent temporality of life and love and how that holds no bearing on how greatly people can love. im losin it okay. #ive been making this edit for days straight with my computer screaming at me for trying to shove 143 episodes of cr into a 2min20sec video. #crying becuase. theyre a family do you get it. they were nine lonely people and most of them had given up on seeing their own lives #as something that might be good. something that might make the world a better place. and in the end they're heroes. #and it doesn't matter if no one else knows because They know they're heroes. and they wouldn't've believed that was true when they met. #rattling the bars of my enclosure. to be loved is to be changed #posted on twitter and want to get in the habit of posting here too bc. #general reasons but also bc . i have noticed some of the ppl liking/sharing it are also ppl who shit on my ops by vaguing about my posts #which is in general whatever but does leave a funny taste in my mouth. #critical role #the mighty nein #cr2 #caleb widogast #caduceus clay #jester lavorre #fjord #veth brenatto #yasha nydoorin #beauregard lionett #mollymauk tealeaf #my posts

[pinkd3mon]

Dealing with Trauma while being King Dedede

Bonus:

Dealing with Trauma while being Taranza

#kirby #kots #kirby of the stars #kirby fanart #taranza #king dedede #meta knight #elfilin #gooey kirby #dark matter kirby #meta knight can be counted as part of dedede's trauma for comedic effect #not every trauma he has is about being possessed guys #it's just unfortunate coincidental that most of it is #he isn't resentful of anyone really #but imagine having a deep seeded fear by trauma of insects and this fucker you call your friend is like 'thank god im a spider' #and you just have to deal with the technicalities #dedede lives such a sick and twisted life #originally taranza said 'beforehand i'd like to apologixe' but i thought it was overkilled #meta knight is not aware he's part of the problem #im sorry for not coloring anything this wont change

[artist-issues]

I also would like people to give more appreciation to the great thematic unity in all of The Lord of the Rings. The idea is “do what good you can with what you are given.” Usually your abilities and your chances seem horribly small, even though your responsibility is so enormous. The minutes, the little decisions, the days, the small towns, the small characters, matter the most. The fate of the whole big world of good and evil and languages and races and heroes and villains all hangs on what’s done by a little scholar and his gardener.

#It’s every bit as complicated and uncomplicated as that #Tolkien might be obsessed with little details like history and languages for every region of his made-up world #but that’s because he knew that little details matter in life and in literature because they make up reality. #the lord of the rings #lotr #lord of the rings #the shire #Mordor #Aragorn #Frodo #middle-earth #Sam gamgee #Sméagol #one ring #Sauron #Gandalf

[aashiyancha]

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

It's been some beautiful spring days that made me think of the summer to come. So, I decided to give this game another whirl

Also peak summer moment. I wanted Jeremy to come back just so I could pour another cup on him.

#our life #our life beginnings & always #gb patch games #cove holden #mc ash cha #fanart #derek suarez #jeremy king #lee (i guess she doesnt have an offical last name?) #i was gonna name mc aashi again but ash was a voiced name and its practically the same thing #and ash isnt really the same person as me so they might as well have a different name #aashi doodles #olba fanart #this game is fantastic guys you pksy the same general story no matter what BUT #the flavor of how you want things to go is SO expasive and immersive i was able to play almost every scene excatly how i interpreted #it would go in my head #fantastic visual novel #gb patch

[heartcravings]

spiders dream.

#every life matters #to remember #sam's kintsugi heart

[crosshairslongasslegs]

brothers till the end

#family no matter what #gosh i love them with every fibre in my being #brothers 4 life #the bad batch #the bad batch season 3 #the bad batch spoilers #tbb spoilers

[ride-a-dromedary]

"Halsin shouldn't be that big or muscular or look middle aged because he's an elf and the lore sa-"

I actually think he should be bigger and look more middle aged, personally.

#BG3 Musing #Halsin Posting #the man has been non-stop stressed for a century like i'm surprised that didn't prematurely age him MORE #i think he *should* have silver hairs peppered throughout from the endless stress he's been under #and be built like a professional strong man with a significant healthy layer of fat because he *hibernates* and is *practically strong* #and because he says he likes sweet things and doesn't find any point in denying himself things he likes #so you're telling me that man is chiseled and cut like an unhealthy bodybuilder? #no i don't think so #'elf lore says-' this game is literally all about curbing your expectations when it comes to what people are 'meant' to be #elf lore says a lot of things that halsin fits *to a t* - his appearance being out of the 'norm' is not a flaw #but it doesn't matter then does it? only when he physically fits the species paradigm? #'that's not how elf aging works!' why not? you've seen how human's age yeah? different people age in different ways #you can line up ten 50 year olds next to one another and not a single one of them will look the same #the thing is that under every single umbrella there is diversity of experience #people will look and age differently from others - that's just how life and genetic diversity *works* #anyway this is a gripe at two different things at once don't mind me

[elminster-big-naturals]

"astarion/gale doesn't make sense because gale tastes so bad" ma'am do you know how many times in my life I've licked a nintendo switch game cartridge purely because I could

#it should not be more than once. but. it is! baby i dont even own a switch. #AND a game cartridge can't play with my dick or enable my worst ambitions sooo... #Baldur's Gate 3 #bloodweave #it takes me back to my youth an uncontrollable physiological reaction to tequila shots (i would gag no matter what) but spent every weekend #in a salsa bar called el barrio. doing tequila shots. life finds a way...

[thisisnotthenerd]

thinking about riz gukgak and how he feels so alone and yet how his words, his works, are the first thought for his friends when they don’t know what to do

thinking about how love is work, how love is the act of giving and giving and giving until you have nothing left and yet he cannot ever prioritize himself

thinking about how he takes every nickname, every gift, every moment of care with an eagerness that far outstrips the gift in its giving

thinking about how his every stress comes from a moment of devotion and care for his friends, from unraveling the mysteries that permeate their lives

thinking about how he could call them to action with a single warning because they trust in him so much

thinking about how he justifies what he gives to his friends even as his mother asks him to consider himself for once

thinking about riz ‘the ball’ gukgak

#dimension 20 #dimension 20 spoilers #fantasy high junior year #fhjy #fhjy spoilers #riz gukgak #just the aroace experience of it all #riz took his deepest fear #of being left behind by the people in his life #who will all find someone else #and now he's holding on to them #holding them together #with the same hands that clawed at a crystal palimpsest #desperate to be free to help his friends #tutoring and investigating and campaigning and going to every extracurricular #riz has the skill to simply succeed at what he does #and the extension of that #of taking stress for his friends because what would he be without them #the lonely kid giving out business cards on the first day of school #something something his father was devoured for the sake of a long running scheme #and his mother works herself to the bone to both provide for him and advocate for those trapped by the system #is it any wonder that riz is so capable? #always the one asked #because they know he will get it done #it's not a question of whether riz can do it #he can #it's just a matter of how much he will take on #making himself indispensable #irreplaceable #is it any wonder that sklonda asks

[babyblueetbaemonster]

"If your Nord friend jump into cold water, would you?!"

"Yeah man."

"No! Don't jump into the cold water!!!"

#tes #skyrim #dovakhiin #tes oc #oc: jokir #ldb #oc: dubak #teldryn sero #inigo the brave #marcurio #marcurio is really tired of my bs #me without my cold resistance XD #i'm not sure the temperature of the snow melt but i'm sure every season the water in skyrim is freezing no matter what #i was going to post it this summer but things happened #but i just learn that in the new life festival nords would jump into cold water to celebrate #so yay i can post it now haha #the Snow Bear Plunge #huhhhh it's been a hard year for me. i hope all of you are doing well. being safe and live life to the fullest #love you all and happy new year

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

A fundamental issue of all the Dracula adaptations that do the Dracula and Mina are in love thing is that they always do it in this stupid "Dracula's dark and alluring mysterious aura draws in Mina" instead of someone asking at a train station when the train for Liverpool is supposed to arrive with both Dracula and Mina answering at the exact same time in sync and then locking eyes across the station.

#It is the one thing they share in common and yet every adaptation erases it. #I mean Mina X Dracula is shit either way but at least make it funny. #Mina harker #I really do think that every Mina X Dracula take requires completely ignoring Mina's entire personality and turning her into a cutout. #Dracula #It wants to subvert the book but at it's core it walks in and says “Lucy's life doesn't matter because Mina thinks her killer is hot”. #It also generally is just kind of gross.

[golden-lovers]

"The only 2 people to kick out the One Winged Angel."

Youtube user batmanneedssome200 / Kota Ibushi kicks out of the One Winged Angel, DDT Peter Pan 2012 / Only One Man Has Kicked Out of The One Winged Angel, 2023 / Kenny Omega kicks out of the One Winged Angel, AEW Full Gear 2021 / Reddit u/Kumomeme / Kenny Omega kicks out of the One Winged Angel, AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023 / Reddit u/sicKlown

#aew #njpw #ddt #golden lovers #kenny omega #kota ibushi #hangman page #hangman adam page #will ospreay #zensgifs #kenny* #ibushi* #hangman* #ospreay* #webweave #THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE TO KICK OUT THE OWA!!!! #this webweave was totally spontaneous but like. i had an unwell moment and absolutely had to make it #the only other guy to kick out the owa is his other half...... they make me wanna kms #every big feud kenny has ppl speculate if the owa is gonna be kicked out of. first it was hangman and then ospreay #BUT NO ONE WILL BE IBUSHI!!! IBUSHI IS THAT BITCH AND HE WILL FOREVER BE THE ONLY ONE TO KICK OUT THE OWA #the fact that this will forever remain in their legacies. they are always intertwined. #you cannot evade the presence of ibushi in kenny's life. no matter where he goes ibushi will always be with kenny and vice versa #idk guys i'm sorry if the tags don't make sense #4/20 did numbers on me. my school does not play around