#i dealt him such a bad hand

[abracadaze]

i feel so bad for nikola tesla like imagine spending years beefing with a guy who has conned the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and you end up dying broke and starving and alone and then 100 years later another guy cons the public into believing he's some sort of supergenius when in reality it's his overworked employees developing all of his world-changing inventions and he's doing it all IN YOUR NAME. he must be rolling in his grave like a fucking rotisserie chicken

#when penelope scott said ''you promised you'd be tesla but you're just another edison'' she was so right. she gets it #edit: now that this is getting popular i just want to say please don't deify/martyr tesla #yes he was dealt an awful hand but he also had some very bad opinions especially towards the end of his life. like eugenics #he was clearly struggling with untreated mental illness and was also a product of his time so i'm not trying to cancel him or anything lol #but people in the notes saying ''my poor baby boy tesla did nothing wrong'' is weird. you know that's weird right. #daze.txt #100 #500 #1k #5k #10k #20k #30k #40k #50k #60k #70k #80k #90k #100k #speechless btw. about the 100k notes thing

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

oughh......

#laya plays dragon age #da2 #oc: liam hawke #this happened a bit ago already & i wanted to draw sth for it but idk if i will finish that #but i gotta yell abt them anyway because OGH. #i have a lot of emotions about this quest ok #bartrand was the perfect scapegoat he was perfect to direct all the rage and pain at all these years #years of imagining gleeful revenge while bartrand is gloating and laughing like an evil soulless bastard #and then you meet him and he is just. a pathetic husk of a man with barely any own will left #and whats worse. varric is so so torn up about it #varric. the guy who never makes anything about him and who will always handwave and joke when something hits too close to home #drops all efforts to be smart and is just. desperate. begs hawke to not kill his brother #and liam wants to want bartrand dead so bad. he wishes he could look him in the eye and enjoy taking his life #and he knows varric will listen to him if he insisted. he knows when it comes down it it varric will yield to his decision #but he sees this broken guy who is barely the villain he kept projecting onto him and he sees varric and he sees two doomed siblings #and knows what its like to lose your sibling to your own blade #and he cant do it #and he hates it so much. but he wont do it. #and its the reason why i cant decide who dealt the killing blow for bethany bc it makes this scene juicy in different ways #if varric kills bethy its equally wanting to spare each other their siblings blood on their hands #as it is taking some form of revenge (on liams part). we both killed each others siblings. now we are even #the revenge part would still be there if liam did the blow on bethany himself. you made me do that and now i will take bartrand for it #but its also much more i know what its like. i wont make go through that too #if varric killed bethy and then also bartrand it would be more #''its my fault she is dead. i will take the revenge she/you deserves if you tell me to even though it will hurt me #dunno. all good variations i will. have to rotate them in my head more #or maybe just never decide idk they can be in canon limbo forever #anyways thats it for shouting into the void about them for now it Will happen again

[surferboypizza-argylespeaking]

I don’t know man. I feel like because Argyle is so genuine and loves being there for other people he often forgets to take care of himself. He is the type of person who will go out of his way to make someone feel included and taken care of but I don’t think a lot of people do that for him. Argyle is human after all. He has moments of self doubt and anxiety. He has moments where he feels like he isn’t good enough.

That’s why I think Jonathan and him are such a good pair. He can recognize when Argyle is giving too much of himself. When Argyle does something for him he tries to do something in return. When Argyle lets him vent he extends the offer to talk over anything with him. When Argyle started to teach him to skate he teaches him a few things about photography. It’s a mutual give and take.

I think Jonathan is the first person in his life to really take care of him. To remind Argyle he is allowed to have bad days. And that he has someone there to support him in the way he supports everyone else. Most importantly to remind him he can rest. To let someone else do something for him.

The first time Jonathan brings it up a few months into their friendship it’s the first time Jonathan sees Argyle get emotional. He gets quiet and misty eyed. Argyle just pulls him in for a hug and mutters a quiet thanks man. Jonathan hugs him back and Argyle relaxes more. He learns eventually that the Byers give the best hugs. And that they are a perfect cure for just about anything.

#jargyle #argyle #jonathan byers #stranger things #I’m feeling so emotional about how supportive and friendly argyle is and it got me thinking about how people who are like him tend to #overtend themselves being there for others that they don’t take the time to take care of themselves #like argyle is the type of guy that remembers all your favorite things #he just remembers the little details about people #and I think that before he met the Byers a lot of his relationships were one sided #another reason why I think he says Jonathan is his only friend #I think he had friends before but it was all take take take #and I think Argyle meets the Byers and they are just such loving people who have been dealt a bad hand and just know how to care for people #so well and it’s the perfect match for Argyle because no one has really taken care of the Byers and then here comes argyle who will bring #dinner when he knows Joyce is working late #who drives the Byers kids to school and back #who likes to help el with homework and encourage wills art skills #argyle who treats el and will like normal 14/15 year olds #I’m feeling emotional about argyle and the Byers man

[pinkeoni]

If the homophobia has been internalized then the character has internalized homophobia

#putting most of my thoughts in the tags #but believe it or not #the gay character who said he felt like a mistake has internalized homophobia #i remember we got that nick script that said will hated himself #and then we were told it was ‘fake’ the consensus was ‘yeah will loves himself!’ #no… #no he doesn’t… #like ignoring everything else that happens in that scene #like oh the part where he literally signs away his chance at a happy ending #because he doesn’t believe he deserves to have one #‘i deserve it’ will LITERALLY believes that he deserved the bad hand hes been dealt BECAUSE of his sexuality!! #im sorry but that IS internalized homophobia!! #and yes will IS facing a lot of external homophobia #but where do you think the internalized homophobia comes from #it doesnt exist in a vaccuum #ih is i formed by the external environment #do you think that mikes ih developed purely on its own? #IF THE GAY PERSON BELIEVES THAT WHAT THE HOMOPHOBES SAYS ABOUT HIM IS TRUE #THEN THAT IS INTERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA!! #and no I don’t expect Will to solve the world’s problems #but I DO expect him to realize that the hand he’s been dealt is unfair #and that he DOES deserve better #will is not just a self loving kid who’s only conflict exists outside of himself #his conflict is both internal and external #internalized homophobia #not tagging in the big tags #robin wakes up at 5am and has thoughts #okay back to bed now

[visenyaism]

Rhaenyra is parallel to Viserys l, right?

i mean not really given that viserys’ fatal flaw is his conflict avoidance and general inability to act in a crisis while Rhaenyra’s is definitely her agression and tendency to 100% double down on every move even when it would escalate the situation into a crisis. if anything i’d say they’re foils

#if rhaenyra had been dealt viserys’ hand as a ruler i think she would’ve been a better king than him. #too bad she had to manage a civil war with absolutely no training. not a great way to start #hotd

[ey-there-little-guy]

hmmm thinking of,,, this g/t spin on a fic idea i had. might just stay a concept but... god AU c!tntduo with god of the moon g!wilbur and t!quackity who's fiances left him. very heartbroken very angry just speaking his woes to the night sky like he's been prone to.

and g!wilbur up there in the sky, having listened to every rant listening to this one with a dreamy sigh like "i could make him better".

Tommy (fellow god of the sun) would pop in with something like "if anything, you'd probably make each other worse." or "oh my gods Wil you're such a wierdo— just go talk to him already if you're gonna be like this again, you're holding up my fucking sunrise."

quackity was not expecting, the night after his broken engagement, for the god of the moon to show up outside his balcony over 50 feet tall to... ask him out? is that what's happening??? what the fuck do you mean you've been listening to me—

so. yeah there's a few issues, these guys have problems, but it'd probably be funny.

#dsmp g/t #mcyt g/t #dsmp gt #giant!wilbur #tiny!quackity #giant!tommy #this isn't my usual duo but i was kinda just... rotating it in my head #cquackity is such an interesting and messy guy. so is cwilbur. even with the changes of the au setting it's like. hmm rotating them faster #cquackity whose relationships always fall through. leaving him in the dust and hurting. #he gets mad he gets sad he clings to a semblance of control and doesn't even get that really #cwilbur 'psycho-competitive relationship' soot. and who when he loves someone or places his worth in something. something something. #it effects him greatly. he has to be right do things right be The Best. it sure hit hard when he wasn't #idk im probably off or not making sense. i'm no wilbur or quackity main. #that's not even mentioning whatever the fuck they have going on together because that's a whole other analysis #THE POINT IS. THIS AU CHANGES SOME OF THAT DYNAMIC. and it could be good or bad or sdklfjklsffgdfjls #is it some kinda prelude to a greek tragedy to have a giant god be your rebound? or is it a fucking hilarious sitcom with healing? #t!quackity flipping off fate for the shit hand dealt to him. with some form of g!found family #or t!quackity's life getting even worse after fucking it up with a god. #g!wilbur being Too Much and fumbling and scaring quackity off #or g!wilbur being absolutely elated bc he can finally talk to and hold the human of such a tragic life who he somehow is infatuated with #if anyone wants to be incomprehensible about this with me or add to it feel free to send asks if you want lol #idk why im tntduo posting. their allotted blorbo time ig :]

[dylanconrique]

kelly severide 🤝 tim bradford being stripped of their ranks. 😢😢

#carly lb cf #chicago fire #kelly severide #4x01 #the rookie #tim bradford #6x06 #i'll admit that as much as i feel for tim he had that coming #BUT TO DEMOTE SEVERIDE???!!!!!! #IT'S NOT HIS FAULT HE'S BEEN DEALT A BAD HAND WHEN IT COMES TO MEMBERS ON HIS SQUAD #THEY ALL SCREWED HIM OVER #HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG #JUSTICE!!!!!!!!!!!

[nukenai]

I just wanna take a quick second to give a grieving shout-out to Mirage

This absolute liferuining sweetheart showed up in a movie. And I watched that movie. And I was instantly very abnormal about him. Like DAMN, look at that robot! His crotch fan spins!

And I was abnormal about him for exactly 13 days. It was a long 13 days for all of my friends and followers but. Man, poor Mirage. Poor, poor Mirage. He just had to be in a movie that came out... in June. A month I thought would be normal, like most months. I saw that movie on June 8th.

13 days before the Super Mario RPG remake was announced.

That is some bad fucking luck, buddy. RIP in fucking pieces. Literally? but he's fine now. whatever.

#obviously i still love him but #jesus christ! #what a bad hand he was dealt

[theramblingvoid]

Just saw Across The Spiderverse, I will be keeping spoiler posting to a minimum but I will say. "Pathetic wet blanket of an ineffective supervillain turns Actually Horrifying through sheer lack of respect for consequences" is a formula that WORKS.

#voidrambles #across the spiderverse #YES THIS IS ABOUT MEGAMIND. #i was struggling to place where i recognised the feel but now i know #Spot is a different Pathetic Guy Profile but it's the same template #guy got dealt a bad hand and didn't know how to deal with it other than funnel ALL his rage into the idea of fate and blame and punishment #force the object of his anger into a narrative to make his suffering Plot and himself worthy of remembering instead of just helplesss #which is all well and fine. except the terrifying thing is he's tearing universes apart and he doesn't even know it #because he is So Zoomed In on the story he's trying to create #elephant in a china shop #more dangerous than any mastermind: a clueless fool with a goal and a million breakable things he doesn't see between him and it #god the Fuckign Visuals too #for the whole movie. obviously. but the Style of later Spot #oh i love me some genuine horror in the middle of my superhero movie :))

[bl00dw1tch]

more monkey thoughts. Dont look at me im just trying to explain/figure out More reasons why they (moreso LEMH) make me go crazy (again)

OKAY Full disclosure. this was spurred by some posts ive seen floating around and they are Objectively correct and i agree with them, but the wordage they use is what bothers me and makes me think--its about the general and growing frustration and dismay over LEMH's portrayal and like... increased Importance in LMK, at the expense of like, literally all the other characters new and old.

Again, objectively that is INCREDIBLY true and i feel it 200%!!!! Its frustrating because they just yoinked aspects of SWK's relationships with characters like DBK from the original JTTW and Shoved them on LEMH like theyre Tropes that can be shifted around without consequence--it seems fine and interesting when you first watch LMK with no context or background knowledge, but after knowing what his ACTUAL deal was in the book, looking back on LMK makes what they are doing with LEMH feel lazy and Genuinely poorly researched, rather than an intentional divergence from the original story--because as a general rule of thumb, even if the fans dont Like what you changed, you still want the things in your story to be done On Purpose, like you at least Tried to put effort into it! Its about showing the audience that you think they deserve a narrative that was crafted with Care, not just slapped together and thrown out for a quick Hype/Cash grab, yk???

Anyway So THATS the thing, and thats all cool!!! My issue (and i cannot stress this enough this is Me being Silly and Obsessed with the Six Eared Macaque im a chronic blorbo haver there is no Cure) is that those posts Also tend to talk about LEMH as though... he is a boring character. As though he's just kind of "eh". Or at least thats how my Admittedly biased eyes read them--no beef! Its just gotten me to thinking and now i want to try to write out What im thinking and Why, bc thats a helpful thing to do when you're struggling to figure in your head, obvs obvs

And im of course willing to admit that Yes, in the original text, he is just kind of There! He serves his purpose (aiding in SWK's character development) and then he dies and he doesn't come back again! Hes kind of a metaphor but hes also just an annoying guy! Hes not presented as anything special! I get that that is what is Canon, and thats theres no way to really like... read anything deep into it. Bc theres literally nothing there.

But my problem is that i cannot let characters like that just Be. Especially if the premise of said character could be absolutely FASCINATING if you take it all Completely seriously and At face value--if you try to see whatever is going on for them through their eyes, their minds. Its like.... You can buy a shirt from the store as is, and some might be fine Wearing it as is--while other's might see that shirt and decide it needs a bit of hemming and perhaps some embroidery on the sleeves. Altering it does not change the fact that the original design is what it is--thats just One altered shirt that one person is wearing and perhaps lending to a friend or two, yk???

I love metaphors l. Sorry that dragged on, back to monkey--

To me? LEMH exists in a nebulous state of inevitable connection with SWK--because i like to take the "LEMH is SWK's ~dark side~" thing seriously. In my eyes, they are literally the same person, the same qi, split into two bodies.

There are stories that exist today that explore this idea, characters with this kind of relationship--and i find them incredibly compelling! Because i adore stories that play with the question of what makes a person a person. What seperates you from your maker/origins? What is your purpose in life when you are intrinsically connected to another person, at your very core? Does that mean you exist For them? Do they exist for you? How does thinking that way affect a person, mentally and emotionally? How does it affect these characters, specifically, in conjunction with their personalities and the lives theyd led up until the point they knew about this connection? Have they always known about this connection? Only one of them?

How much more drastic would it affect you if you were essentially a nobody--and the person you are connected to is a public figure? Like Sun Wukong?

Id go crazy. Id go fucking insane? Can you imagine. Its about the potential!!!!! The potential of what knowing something like that would do to someone!!! Im losing the words im apologize i need to calm down--im Not done yet.

What i am getting at here.... is that LEMH would likely work Best as a character who's metaphorical aspects are taken Very Literally--especially so if the story also decides to lean into the idea of his hearing reaching through to the past and future, in any way. He is a character that would thrive on being portrayed in a way that allows him to be a bit Meta, if that makes sense

Yes, you Could just let him be a silly monkey who decided to start shit with SWK for giggles one day--that can absolutely have its merits! But that does not satisfy me, and that is why i am so passionate about him. I want to take my little guy so so fucking seriously because i think it would be SO fucking cool. And a very useful and convenient way to explore ideas about relationships with The Self--since in my eyes, that is what his relationship would be with SWK.

AND ALL THIS STUFF ABSOLUTELY HAS ANOTHER SIDE TO IT, HOW IT ALL COULD AFFECT SWK ON HIS SIDE??? LIKE HOLY SHIT. HOLY SHIT i dont know if i want this post to be That long so i might stop here and come back later to talk abt it from SWKs side in a rb or something--

anyway point is. I thank LMK for introducing me to the Six Eared Macaque, but upon further analysis the way they did him is actually pretty garbo, and im biding my time for till someone introduces me to or Makes a version of him that takes him to his full potential. thats all thanks for coming to my TED talk, get out of my house please

#horse.txt #jttw #xiyouji #liu er mihou #six eared macaque #sun wukong #god this is missing so many smaller thoughts and ideas and shit but i have no idea where to squeeze them in. #theirs lots of stuff going on in my head but its a pain to organize #lemh needs to be a tragic angry antagonist who feels slighted by the world for being dealed the unfortunate hand he was dealt. #even if the fact that he doesn't have what he wants is still technically his fault. kind of like a petulant child but more drastic #and of course SWK having to come face to to face with all that and recon with how lemh doesn't just remind him of himself #in a way he literally IS himself--just with some parts switched around or more prominent than others #he could still kill him or not--theres lots of ways to play with that (personally im curious about the angle of it being a metaphor for sh) #(and/or repression of the self in the Bad way--at least for a short time--because that seems realistic in relation to the original meaning #of that chapter) #with sanzang trying to get him to be less violent and cruel to their adversaries because it is detrimental for his spiritual development #the fact that him Killing lemh (a part of himself) is the tipping point for him to be less murder-happy is very interesting to me #and i like to think that while it was good for him in the long run it may have had very negative and Painful immediate consequences as well #because becoming a better person by Any method is never a straightforward one and done path--backsliding and mistakes are inevitable #itd be nice to see more stuff on the side of the fandom ive been in that explores that more #especially since that was like... the whole point of jttw in the first place #so much for not making this post any longer WHOOPS

[weskinz]

maybe if i go back on antidepressants ill ask for wellbutrin

#p #like yes i am pretty depressed rn but i dont feel like killing myself like i did when i was on viibryd #no genetic altercations my ass i was on that shit for years and just now looking back at my messages and notes no wonder i was scaring ppl #i was so anxious one time i had to sit in my brothers room so i knew he wasnt going to die suddenly #and i was so so so scared but it was like there was a mental block where it couldnt become a panic attack jst paranoia #but i was one degree from it. just imagining what i did to him happening to me scared me to death and i had to reassure myself #my mom asked me abt it the other day like 'hmmm. wouldve been nice to let me know you werent on it anymore. seems like a thing your mother- #'-should know.' and like yes since im still completely dependent on her in all aspects but man #i didnt want to explain i had no interest in seeing lisa anymore and i was just done. i was so tired of my lows being so fucking low #and not even noticing they were so bad yknow #do i even know how to be honest anymore. no i dont think of killing myself but i dont see a future for myself either #i have no goals no motivation no nothing #its selfish to want to die but its like that mytoecold dude video where hes like 'if i spilled milk and then killed myself technically- #'-the problem would be gone' like yeah. that is true. how do i get that out of my belief system #he was a raging addict btw i just saw that video. crazy and sad but i guess when you are dealt a bad hand you see eye to eye

[whitetiger-byakkomaru]

{ Not me listening to the Arcane: League of Legends OST while I'm trying to write things out for Shinya.

Honestly, I can see Shinya listening to stuff like this all throughout his teenaged/high school years, especially since I headcanoned Shinya to be somewhat troublesome for the Hīragi family while he was growing up with them (sometimes he ran away like a rebellious teen and caused trouble, sometimes he'd pull pranks and then blame them on someone else). }

#{ Honestly... Shinya was probably a handful to deal with and I don't just mean how he already is somewhat a bit of- } #{ a handful to deal with in the canon. I mean and ACTUAL handful like people I've actively dealt with IRL. } #{ He probably bothered Guren worse than he did in the canon. Probably even sometimes bothered Goshi and the others too. } #{ And while he wasn't actively trying to hurt anyone's feelings (which I imagine he probably did a few times)- } #{ he still wasn't the type to really regret his actions too much until he actively became friends with Guren and the others. } #{ I understand that Shinya isn't a soft little baby or whatever the fandom likes to assume about him because of how he acts. } #{ But I do believe that Shinya IS capable of being soft for those that he actually cares about. } #{ Despite being stripped of a lot of things due to being forced to murder other children at a young age... I believe that- } #{ Shinya deep down just wants to be able to be normal and carefree like most people can do outside his position of power. } #{ Oops. This was just supposed to be me sharing my music... not rambling about Shinya. My bad. } #{ I'll shut up and get back to writing threads again. } #☾ [ ' 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒹𝑜𝑜𝓇𝓈. ' ] - ✡ 𝒪𝓊𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒸𝓉𝑒𝓇 ✡ #Youtube

[ladyintree]

TOP 6 TRUE AND ACCURATE

#gets a lil iffy after that :/ #why is a blank space above travis fdskafjals i definitely chose him a few times. i think. travis i dont hate you like tai does im sorry #crystal was dealt a bad hand she kept going up against all my faves im sorry girl #i guess number 1 and 2 decided for me... :/ tai taking her top 2 spots as she should #also ak/ilah not being on this sorter at all? fake. she'd be at the top #why is adult shauna so low she doesnt deserve that. my best friend

[turtelini]

sigh

#indulge me in my sadness for a moment #its just not fair #i feel like a fucking trope here but like #i really like this guy #its so much more than like #genuine deep feelings #why cant he stay #why cant i have a shot at a good relationship #i know its wrong to think so but rn i dont think i will ever find a guy like him #and yet it isnt meant to be #im so tired #i got dealt a bad hand and i still try to keep a positive attitude #sometimes its hard to keep up a smile #a constant effort to be happy with what i got #i got a month more of someone that sees me for who i am and encourages every inch of my weirdness #until im alone again #im so sick of being alone #i know its partially my fault but im trying so hard #if anyones reading this #just know that in about 25 days ill be absolutely heartbroken and probably out of order for a few days #if what im feeling now is just the repressed feelings slipping through #then this one will be so hard

[gladfang]

The fact Link’s journey is constantly referred to as a burden and the game stresses how unfair it is he must carry the weight of his destiny, but you know there’s nothing he can do and he has to carry it out no matter what… I’m so sad man :(

#i guess it’s never occured to me before how bad of a hand link has been dealt #and I think that’s largely because until as I haven’t played a game that didn’t act like link being the hero wasn’t the best thing to ever #happen to him #loz posting

[ohginas]

loving the implications of Ricky singing about finally being free given how he was treated last season ngl

#ricky bowen #finally free #hsmtmts #s3 #mine #I thought the way n*** wrote that song and the way she depicted him was so unwarranted and petty #and for what #how did he put her under a glass?? #it’s like she’s complaining about him seeing the good in her?? #I can’t fathom writing something like that about my partner when they were going through so much #the boy has been dealt a hard hand when it comes to representation of healthy relationships in his life #so you can’t blame him for putting his all and then some into his own relationship with you #and who’s to say being invested in a relationship and praising your partner is bad??? #I truly could rant about how unjustified so much of the treatment was that Ricky got #but I’ll save that for another day #suffice it to say YES BOY YOU ARE FREE #the rose song