#finally a solution to my problems

[shiftythrifting]

... In case you need one, I suppose

#thrifting #shiftythrifting #submission #shiftylisting #finally a solution to my problems

[greenerteacups]

thoughts on Ginny and Harry as a couple?

There are a lot of people who find their romance in HBP forced. I don't think it's forced so much as underwritten, and the books don't get the chemistry quite right (though the movies certainly don't, either). There's potential, but they just don't get enough actual scenes of substance (besides Harry thinking she's pretty or feeling jealous of Dean) for a lot of readers to buy that they're not only in love, but deeply enough in love to break up, get back together, and wind up married.

That's not to say I don't see the appeal. There's a very cool scene in Book 5 where Harry's doing a woe-is-me-Chosen-One act, and Ginny effortlessly puts him in his place about it by reminding him that she was possessed by Voldemort at eleven, which is a rare glimpse into her character and also a great synecdoche for their relationship — Ginny is a grounding presence who, like Ron and Hermione, isn't going to be awed by his past adventures because she knew him before they happened. In that respect, Ginny's probably one of the few women Harry could feasibly wind up with, because he only ever seems comfortable around people (let alone girls) who can see past the Chosen-One schtick and treat him like a normo (see: Ron, Hermione, the Weasleys, Luna, Hagrid). True to type, he doesn't get interested in Ginny at all until she's ditched her celebrity crush and ceased to view him as an idol, because in his heart of hearts, Harry wants to be a normal boy, and it's stressed over and over that part of what he likes about his relationship with Ginny is how normal it feels. He kind of has a horribly supercharged version the celebrity dating problem: after the Battle of Hogwarts, anyone he meets is going to know him first as Harry Potter, Chosen One, Boy Who Lived, and Actually Fucking Resurrected Messiah of the Wizarding World, which is... I mean, it's possible that there are witches out there who could get over that, but Harry's not an extroverted guy, and I'm not sure how he'd go about finding them. Ginny's the one who's been there since the beginning, doesn't need anything about him or his past explained to her, and actually likes him for who he is.

When you look at it that way, it's not surprising he married his high school girlfriend. She's one of the few people still alive who doesn't see him as a demigod.

#in general I was never one to ship harry with anybody #what I wanted for him was a long quiet life and plenty of therapy #maybe some dogs. i think harry needs dogs and deserves them #The other obvious solution ftr — though not one I think Harry would take — is for him to marry a muggle #though again. you'd run into the problem of how you explain All That #which harry doesn't like to talk about and probably would want to talk about even less as an adult #plus also: harry loves magic. like he loves it loves it #the muggle world for harry is permanently connected with the dursleys and it would take years to break that association #which I just don't think he's going to invest #Harry post-BOH is moving to Hogsmeade or wizarding London or some other magical neighborhood and staying there forever #by the way this post is not anti Harry and Ginny! no hate on the ship I've seen versions of it that are very cute #but I just think their love story needed Sauce #there are also some really interesting posts I've found in Deep Fandom crackship blogs about h/g as Harry's sublimated desire for Ron #now I don't necessarily buy that reading. I don't think Harry is in love with Ron in the original text #I do think he LOVES ron and projects that love onto the Weasleys very quickly ginny included #and I think Ron is his soulmate platonic or otherwise in every universe #so marrying Ginny has like. Implications. vis-a-vis Harry's status as a Weasley and adoptive brother[in law] of Ron #like it's a full-circle moment where he becomes officially legally a member of Ron's family #which I do believe JKR had in mind. even though that basically means ginny's wedding becomes kinda... actually... about her brother... #it's weird basically. my final verdict is I wish H/G had been written by an author who was more interested in Ginny for Ginny's sake. #greenteacup asks

[mediocretosubpar-soup]

I realize that I am not helping the Jiang Cheng fandom bicylce situation but whatever.

So, the premise is this Shen Jiu respawns and since he's unhappy about his place in Cang Qiong Mountain Sect with the better liked impostor and the smug demon lord etc. He strikes out on his own and ends up in Lotus Pier where he works as JIang Cheng's second in command. Jiang Cheng unlike Shen Jiu's hypocritical former sect sibling does not tolerate abuse and does not throw a snit because a guy is ruthless and likes to sleep in brothels. (This could be the romance but it isn't because Qijiu rights.) Yue Qingyuan rolls up to Yunmeng Jiang Sect and after some drama, misunderstandings, and enough pining to make even seasoned veterans of the legendary XuanLi courtship roll their eyes, Qijiu get their shit together and get together. Yay, celebrations!! Jiang Cheng cries with both eyes, one is happy for his loyal SIC, the other is unhappy because once again someone dear to him is leaving him. Except Shen Jiu is like, no way, am I quitting, I'm not going back to Cang Qiong, they frown at murder, they don't like my cutting remarks! Jiang Cheng tries to gauge how Yue Qingyuan feels about that. Yue Qingyuan, on cloud nine, no problem, Shen-shidi can lead the sect while I visit. (this could lead to Qijiucheng but not right now as I am still getting to the point)

During the events of MDZS, Shen Jiu is vacationing at CQMS (aka smugly feeding YQY treats while his former sect siblings pretend they are unaware that the two of them are an item.)

So, MDZS ends. Jin Ling becomes Jin sect leader and his reign is stabilized with support from jiujiu and occasionally helpful advice from WWX.

And then some person decides SL Jiang has gotten too powerful let's knock him down a peg. They threaten to expose the core transfer. Jiang Cheng kills that person but the whole thing gets him thinking. He's not really ok with the whole transfer but what can he do it's not like he knows an immortal master...oh wait he does.

He writes a letter to Yue Qingyuan and Shen Jiu: Hey for no particular reason. Have you heard of a way to transplant a golden core from one person to another? Maybe you know a doctor who would agree to do it without the other person knowing?

YQY and SJ: WTF, my man?

It takes Qijiu all of five minutes to find out, why.

SJ runs back to YJS: No, you stupid idiot, you can't do it!!!

JC: My mind is made up. I will do it with or without you

YQY, after hearing the whole story: Hmm. I see your point. If you have carefully considered it. (Shen Jiu shoots daggers from his eyes.)

YQY: Anyways, have you met Tianlang-jun, my Shen-shidi's father in law. He's a scholar of the demonic arts and can definitely help you out.

And that ladies, gents and everyone beyond, is the crossover pairing that launched this post.

#svsss #mdzs #yeah that's a lot of crossovers #but these are like cake #someone will eat it. #yue qingyuan #shen jiu #qijiu #jiang cheng #qijiucheng #and finally tiancheng #ideas that i like to rotate in my head #svsss solutions to jiang cheng's problems

[p4nishers]

"ok so WHAT IF aziraphale ACTUALLY–" what if aziraphale had religious trauma and was brainwashed for thousands of years and what if he can't escape the thought of wanting to do good and be good and what if he was shocked by the kiss and hated himself for liking it so fucking much and what if there were no coffee poising and brain control and secret plans and body switch but only a character with flaws making mistakes bc he thought it would mean finally being FREELY together with the demon he wanted for more than 6000 years. what then?

#my take on every bullshit theory i've seen on tiktok and on here #ik yall just want the ending to hurt less but why cant we just accept that sometimes characters makes mistakes and hurt their loved ones in #the process? aziraphale didn't do anything remotely wrong he thought this would be the solution to every problem they ever had and he #thought he could finally make heaven enough for crowley and make HIMSELF enough for them and like seriously just accept that he still has #a lot to learn and mistake to make and he can only do that by making them #good omens #good omens s2 #aziraphale #azicrow #aziracrow #go s2 #good omens season 2 #good omens meta

[brittlebutch]

it's actually so fascinating to me that Brennan has created a character that maintains a pretty relaxed and mild-mannered demeanor and has said multiple times that the absolute Core of her is "FEAR" and how often we see this Fear manifest specifically in Avoidance; it really nails a relationship to that mentality where your brain fully Stops recognizing the emotion properly out of like, sheer self-defense from the stress of having to carry it all the time

I think this is also perfectly showcased in the way we tend to see Tula swing so suddenly from 'level and steady' to 'snarling Panic' and then back again - Just because your brain has detached itself from the Conscious Recognition of the emotion doesn't mean it can Actually stop itself from experiencing it. So the Fear is always there and always acting as a stressor, but because of that inability to Identify it there's no way to recognize or address it before that final straw hits and your bodymind jumps Straight into Full Meltdown Mode; but then once again, once you drop even a Little bit below that Peak Terror your brain ceases to process the emotion; it's like the most exhausting form of Poor Object Permanence in the world

And even if Tula is aware of this happening to her, that doesn't really make it any easier to deal with / address. Even if you're able to spot the symptoms Around the emotion -- chest pain, irritation, nausea, whatever -- because the Emotion Itself is basically impossible to find, you can't really Successfully Pin Down what the problem is OR a way to cope with it. If you can't figure out That You Are Anxious, then figuring out What Is Making You Anxious is impossible, which makes Find A Way To Make Peace With That incomprehensible. That's where the Avoidance comes in: you can no longer identify what might be a Dangerous Situation, which means that Anything New has a big potential to be Really Bad in a variety of ways (ranging "I don't Feel Good" to "Fully Lashing Out bc you've entered Fight/Flight and can't get out of it" to "Actual Outside Danger This Time") and that means the Only Way you know how to be Safe is to just Avoid Doing Anything New and Only stick to Familiar Situations, because anything unfamiliar is a monster of a gamble you don't know how to prepare for or cope with

#N posts stuff #one could argue ‘we see tula worry a lot tho’ but that’s bc Worry is an Action that can occur Separately from Recognizing Anxiety #now that I know tumblr will put a hard cap on your tags w/o telling you i'm resigning myself to posting rambling meta in post body #but i'm not happy about it; anyway i love how often life is full of Coincidences bc this is something I've Finally identified in myself #like. This Month. like this is brand new articulation for some of the problems i have in life; again knowing this doesn't help lmao #bc even when you know to look Around the shape of the emotion - like 'oh my face is Snarling rn. i'm probably experiencing Something' #like i said bc you don't know What that something is OR What might have caused it then the only solution you Ever get to come up with #is just 'fully retreat and go calm down somewhere else' which INVARIABLY means that you will wind up in that same situation again #and Still have no idea how to handle it bc you never could figure out what caused it so you don't know how to handle it any better than #'fully retreat and go calm down somewhere else'; so 'be somewhere else' is the ONLY way you can ever think to Help it #which usually invariably turns into 'Just Avoid Fucking Everything just in case'; which doesn't work! bc life doesn't let you do that #so then it's just a cycle of falling into the same pitfalls and feeling miserable all the time; gotta love it :) #if you're like me this also gives you Bad Bad Bad Memory bc your brain will Promptly hide evidence of Scary Situation instinctively #like 3 weeks ago this dude ran a red light and almost t-boned me Full Speed & managed to stop like. maybe 3 feet away. #and i like. Startled Laughed and said 'that was scary' and then within 30 seconds i had Fully Forgotten it happened & only remembered #like 2 days ago. Ha! believe it or not this Does Not Help with 'How can I Address the Problem instead of Avoiding It Entirely?' #dimension 20 #d20: stupendous stoats #tula #d20lb

[shrine-of-kynareth]

Sunset at Culotte

#Oblivion #Screenshot #Oblivion Screenshot #I had some uhhh technical difficulties #Mostly my status bar overlaying fullscreen apps #and zero motivation to fix it but I finally gave in #And found a solution that's acceptable for now #my chances of anyone having the same problem in the same xfce/polybar combo #seem to be low :( #so goodbye taksbar on the left screen #welcome back games!

[whatislifebesidesrehearsal]

Actor: Has something ever gone missing and you can’t find it?

Lead Actor: Yeah, it’s called losing something.

#submission #oh also tags get excessive I've apparently been in a long winded mood and been having a Time Of It irl #they have absolutely no relation to anything going on in this post or this blog > #also ive been a bit spacy on queuing submissions bc my phone broke and it has been an Adventure getting it fixed #spent a week waiting for parts. broke a cable when replacing the screen. spent another week waiting for replacement cable. #finally got it back. immediately developed New problems. took it back in bc I could tell they were related to Old problems #tech said they could open it and double check things. did not open it. said bc it had passed the exit test it wasnt related #and id have to pay again. wrote an email to management. woke up to find New New problems. scheduled meeting with management. #woke up to find return of Old problem. went to meeting with management. opened phone. issue was Literally What I Said when I took it back in #solution took five minutes #theseus' smartphone has survived to another day #theater #theatre #behind the scenes #acting

[jonsrolling]

controversial opinion maybe- i’m done being insecure!!!! fuck that shit!!!&’!!!!!’nb i’ve been insecure for too long, so i’ve decided fuck that i’m gonna gonna be awesome and confident!!!!!!!’nnn!!!!!! and you can’t stop me!!!!! instead of “oh i’m annoying oh i’m worthless oh i’m ugly” i’m gonna be like “oh yes i know i’m so cool and swagger and yes i know i’m awesome you don’t have to tell me twice! and woah look at that hottie in the mirror” bc not only is that funner AND funnier;; it becomes less of an inside joke w yourself to replace self deprecation and instead becomes you actually hyping yrseld up (at least in theory??) so that yo uknow that if you think you hot shit then you will BE the hottest of shits bc ur opinion is the only one that matters when it comes to urself and yr body and if u think you hot shit then that’s the only opinion ever and it’s fact now so no take backsies and ur not sad anymore!!!!!!!! i’ve finally figured it out,, it’s the secret to being cool and rad and awesome e

#help #i’ve finally figured it out boys #the Solution #TM #it’s A post #don’t know what kind #but a post nonetheless #ur welcome #self love #self care #self improvement #i consider it all of those things #self deprecation #no longer!!!!’!!!! #!!!!! #<3333 #i don’t know what i’m doing with my life #but it’s something so that’s good!!!! #i’m gonna be honest i don’t know what controversial means but based off context clues i think i’m using it right #if not that’s not my problem

[loving-jack-kelly]

yesterday sucked so bad it was the longest day ever I cried at work and I slept like a rock bc I was so exhausted and then today I woke up and it was literally like. the sun is shining the birds are chirping it feels like fall I made birthday plans with my best friend for march that I'm so excited for the thing that was stressing me out so bad yesterday at work is fixed and over with and everybody is telling me I did well with it even though it felt like I did not in the moment AND I my adoption application was accepted at one of the shelters I applied to so I got invited to their adoption event to meet their dogs tomorrow AND I'm seeing hozier in a week and two days and that does not feel real but also it actually hit for properly for the first time today :) how the tables have turned oh and ALSO I'm watching a horror movie with emma tonight and last night I think it would have killed me bc I was so tired and empty by the time I got home but today I am Hyped for it

#i'm good at my job and usually the stuff I'm doing doesn't get to me but yesterday TWO solutions to the problem I've been dealing w all week #didn't end up being solutions at all bc first year college students suck so bad. and by the time the second one didn't go through #we'd told the student affected that it HAD so we had to walk it back #and i'm on call 24/7 this week so I was so so tired yesterday #and i just wanted to make fix this poor girl's problem and to have to tell her I'd been wrong when I told her it had been fixed....idk #it got to me and i cried which at least finally convinced my supervisor that what id been saying from the beginning was the correct move #and then i fell asleep pretty early and overslept on purpose bc fuck being in the office I needed to recover #and then i helped move a minifridge with a microwave attached to the top up and down four flights of stairs #bc this campus is possibly the least ada compliant space I have Ever been in in my life #and there are NO elevators in any residential buildings except the one that used to be a hotel down the street #anyway. life update ig <3 things are genuinely so so good rn yesterday was Simply a bad day. happens sometimes. glad it's over :) #real life stuff #i should have a tag for that so I can go through once in a while and see what was up when :)

[rmorde]

I am part of the Yuki Defense Squad.

She is an incredibly flawed character that made a lot of mistakes. BUT she didn't hold a spirit gun to Geto's head and demanded that he kill everybody in the village that abused two children. Remember, she herself said that killing all non-sorcerers is crazy! So, she didn't MaNipuLaTe or CorRUptEd Geto into becoming evil. Who the fuck started that garbage take?! It's as bad as Gojo has a God Complex one!

Now while I am at it.

I am part of Respect Geto's Horrible Life Choices Squad.

Tired and disillusioned by the shitty sorcerer lifestyle, Geto CHOSE to be a curse user OF HIS OWN VOLITION.

He saw two paths in life and agonized about it for more than a year before ultimately making a decision: make a better world for everybody like him aka sorcerers, fuck everyone else.

A lot of things went wrong and contributed to Geto's fall, but ultimately, he found his own version of enlightenment all alone. Nobody forced him. That should never be ignored or forgotten in the story.

#tsukumo yuki #suguru geto #yuki isn't my fave female character in jjk #but she is fascinating because her strength as a character is also her fatal flaw #she fucked up here and there in the story but geto ultimately choosing genocide as a final solution to the curse problem isn't one of them #suguru geto is a great anti-villain and i dislike how people forget the “villain” part of his character #i'd get it if it was during the (pre)star plasma vessel mission AND pre-mass killing because he IS a hero there #but post-mass killing and post-parricide?! no that's anti-villain territory already for geto

[pallases]

HOLY SHIT?

#got a 92 on the final everything ive posted is a lie im a master of physics now 💅🏻 #personal #the physics chronicles #actually baffled by this though i wasn’t even expected to get a 20/40 on the frq section let alone 30/40 i was absolutely bullshitting my #way thru how to solve half of those problems #*expecting #he didn’t curve it tho he posted the solutions and yeah they’re what i put. go me i guess atahfj

[aroacehanzawa]

i can feel my brain atrophying from not writing......... i may need to start going to google docs again

#the odazai fic is still brewing in my brain because i hit a plateau after the intro where idk how to proceed #i think what i need to do is change my approach and alter the premise a bit to make it work #because i basically only have the final scene worked out and the problem is how to get there #maybe the solution is just. to stop letting it marinate and just start writing whatever

[convoloutedinjoke]

Currently writing swap AU where Kim is just himself on hard mode. Like he wakes up in a clean, normal room, puts on the same outfit as always and doesn't tell anyone he's forgotten everything until Harry wheedles it out of him by badgering him for One Singe Secret (he cant remember any).

He then goes outside and points a gun at a civilian over a perceived threat.

#also he has a preexisting speed problem but because of the way he has a speed problem #(keeps a set number of pills in a little days of the week pill caddy with his ptsd medication) #he assumes they're like antidepressants or something #and just. keeps taking them? and it doesn't come up till after the tribunal? #also all the political alignments are variations on him going “no... that's too extreme... give me something reasonable” #and then going to a Fantasy Labour Party debate on how to reach across the isle to revacholean nationalists #or meeting with a group of small business owners to share finance tips and deductible loopholes. all of it feels hollow. #He also doesn't put on glasses for the first six to eight in-game hours #until Garte (who is cool with him because he pays his bills on time and hasn't caused a fuss) finally cracks and asks where they went #anyway its not going anywhere but im having fun #(pushes his career slider backwards)(raises the unfair treatment bar) #(tweaks the dials on his workaholic and repression meters to “worse”)(drives “need for control” display into the red) #(flips harry switch from “most fucked up man alive” to “somewhat better but still not doing well by any stretch of the imagination”) #ive done it ive made a version of this that I would enjoy #one of his thought projects is trying to write a facts and logic debunking of the insulindian phasmid #the solution is “it isn't real because its silly. im going to stop thinking about this now because I am solving a murder.” #+physique: no longer expending energy on debating dream logic #-morale: couldn't come up with a comprehensive refutation for giant stick bugs #harry hasn't gone full Tequila Sunset drives-my-car-into-the-sea but he has gotten pissed and told everyone to fuck off for three days

[tardis--dreams]

I wish i could skip forward to December 23 already

#i cannot stand my own whining but god i hate my life rn lol #i mean it's all my fault but i don't see myself improving in this environment #i should just try to ignore myself for the next 3 weeks #i can start packing up and throwing away stuff i won't need here anymore and maybe I'll feel less stifled #idk #just get through it i guess #this weekend I'll be away one last time and then there's only 2 weekends left #then it's essentially only 2 more weeks because the last week doesn't even count #finals start in 2 weeks already so i should be occupied #i still haven't even started my paper i already asked for an extension for and should hand in in November #instead of October #i just need to start focusing on anything but food intake and exercise and my body and I'll be fine #the days only seem to go by so slow suddenly because i'm literally not doing anything but hate my current state #so tomorrow I'll work on my paper and go running or take a walk and I'll book my bus tickets for the weekend #I'll find some enjoyment in occupying my mind with anything but myself #(sounds wrong. but i guess my problem really is that I'm focusing too much on how i dislike everything about me and need to change it #while the solution would be to simply not care and live my sad little life) #void screams #(((affirmation: i will not cry myself to sleep tonight ♡ i will face another day without a mental breakdown over how Wrong i am ♡))

[drysauce]

how do i say wyjebałem się na ostatniej prostej in english

#google says itd be something like i fuck up on the final stretch but it doesn't exactly convey the same emotions idk #anyway! #had a wonderful streak with 1. passing the most infamous course in the entirely of the civil engineering studies (the one about concrete) #and 2. ended up high enough on the ranking list to get the scholarship #and just now i remerkably fucked up the test from differential equations #the thing was online and i could use whatever i wanted so i prepared all the notes and shit and was rather optimistic #but i forgot that i have zero gacha luck #and obviously out of 3 problems to solve i got two that i had no clue how to do nor did any of the people from the study group ever shared a #solution to equations like that #so yeah 👍 #well whatever i just need to redeem myself in the next test and i think i'll manage to pass the course #and if my nonexistent gacha luck strikes in the test no2 as well there's always kolokwium poprawkowe at the end of the semester<3 #gosh in so tired i need a nap #and then I'll need to wake up to do the report for hydrology labs man i despise that course with burning passion #if anyone's considering studying civil engineering it's a devil talking don't go that way

[longingpolaris]

I got approved on the freelance translation thing, now I just have to wait for clients... I think?

#I have no experience so I bet nobody will want me as a translator #which is understandable #but I was excited about this thing T-T I thought I had finally found the solution to my problems...