#inherent worth

[jellybeansarecool]

The bf and I watched Maneuvers last night (it's his first time through Voyager) and he's quite concerned about the baby. He asked what the gestation time for Cardassians is 🤣 and how long until we get a solution to this story line.

He's going to be heartbroken when he finds out that the baby isn't Chakotay's and they don't rescue him... He was even trying to figure out a way to redeem Seska to which I looked at him like he'd gone mad. His response: I'm trying to save the baby!

#this is a man who speaks with a smile and stars in his eyes as he contemplates the #inherent worth #beauty #and preciousness of infants #he's going to be devistated #star trek: voyager

[mmwm]

INDEPENDENCE DAYS #74

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#Advent calendar #Benjamin Vogt #bird feeders #cat condo #Christman cards #Christmas #christmas tree #community #crepes #food #friends #Independence Days #inherent worth #monarchs #resilience #risotto #sharon astyk #snow #thyme #violence #webinars #wrapping gifts #xerces

[vizthedatum]

A lot of my friends and I battle this: wondering if we’re too much for those we love. Wondering if our struggles, anxieties, insecurities, vulnerabilities, and flaws will be too much to bear… and eventually push them away from us.

What if we are just fine where we are? Even with all those things?

And! What if, regardless of the distance between us and those we love, the distance is more correlated with two factors: our alignment to ourselves and our abilities to connect? Where we don’t place moral judgment on who we are… and who they are.

It might be a lofty goal to internalize and accept, but I think it will be worth it for me, personally, to get to that place of peace.

And of course, it’s normal to feel whatever you’re feeling (disappointment, hurt, anger, frustration, etc.) when you feel rejected or left behind. (Or abused.)

It’s normal to leave a connection or talk about your experiences, if you don’t feel aligned.

But it’s important, I think, to always keep coming back to yourself - to do that work on yourself, whatever that may be, for yourself. To always know your inherent worth, even if you think you’re the most monstrous person alive. (And this is true for my abusers as well - I sincerely hope that they can tap into their inherent worth, separate from however I might feel about them.)

#tackling codependency #knowing my worth #too much #healing #trauma #neurodivergence #love #queer #self love #harm #prose #harm reduction #inherent worth #worth #wishing actual healing for the narcissists #and knowing that I do not have to put up with abuse #and knowing that I am enough #I am enough

[coreglia]

Who Let The Dogs Out?

“Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.”  Sitting Bull There are two indisputable facts about life that we must all accept. We were born, and we will die. What we do while we’re Living in the Gap between life and death is sometimes so counterproductive to…

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#Cheryl Oreglia #Grow Damn It #Inherent Worth #Living in the gap #spirituality

[buggachat]

Sometimes I think about how Adrien, throughout the series, constantly grapples with his fear of abandonment. Gabriel conditioned him to believe that any love he receives is purely transactional, and that to earn affection he has to prove his utility. Adrien is constantly trying to prove his worth to his father for scraps of affection, and Chat Noir infamously crumbles on-screen any time he feels as though he is replaceable to Ladybug. It's a constant insecurity of his, like everyone will just dump him like a sack of potatoes the moment they find out how useless he is.

Meanwhile, all Marinette wants to is ensure that Adrien is happy. Because she loves him. She doesn't give two shits about how """useful""" he is. She holds him and tells him that she will never abandon him (both as Ladynoir and as Adrienette), and her fantasies are about saving him, not about him being "useful" to her. Throughout their relationship, Adrien is forced to disappoint Marinette constantly for reasons outside of his control (amok commands), and yet Marinette is still there for him.

At Adrien's lowest point, when he is forcibly torn away from everyone who had ever showed him genuine care, locked away in an all-white room and at his most "useless", right after disappointing Marinette and unable to even join the final battle or contribute in any way, she still saves him. She still loves him. Because he doesn't have to prove anything to her. Because he is loved and cherished for who he is, not for what he does, and that love is not conditional. Adrien's "happy ending" at the end of the first arc wasn't about him finally proving how useful he can be, because he never actually cared about being useful — he just saw it as the only means to feel loved and needed. Instead, in the end, he found out that he was loved and needed no matter what.

#ml s5 spoilers #ml s5 finale spoilers #idk im musing dont mind me #(as always this post isnt an invitation to tell me why You dont like the show. if that's the case then you can make your own post) #i think the ''what does this say about adrien's agency'' reading of the show is fair and an interesting perspective #but personally i find the ''what does this say about adrien's inherent worth as a person / how does this play into his fear of abandonment' #to also be a super valid way to read the series that is just as relevant to his character arc and i don't see people talking about enough

[spitblaze]

Really, REALLY good article that helps put a lot of the shit I've been seeing lately into perspective, along with highlighting the weird intersectionality and social concepts that inform transmasculine issues and why they're difficult to discuss (and also makes me glad that I've like...rarely ever seen any of the Toxic Transmasculinity this article talks about holy hell)

#spitblaze says things #dmgw. i still think its painting with a broad brush at best to say 'transandrophobia is an inherently transmisogynistic concept' #but this for sure highlights a phenomenon that i have not had much exposure to so. worth a read at any rate #transgender #transmisogyny #transmasc #doin numbers

[leupagus]

Ted Lasso, the character, is one of the only representations of 'sometimes getting better with your mental health issues means that you are less visibly happy, and that is okay, because you are not required to be happy in order to be loved' out there and I am really discouraged that so much of the audience is angry at that.

#ted lasso #the guy we meet in season one is so so so much sadder and is suffering so much more #than the guy we say goodbye to in season three #but the guy in season three doesn't crack as many jokes and doesn't grin and laugh at every opportunity #I really didn't expect the fandom to interpret that as 'he's even worse off than before!' #when the fact is that when you're able to have an inherent sense of self-worth rather than relying on Doing Everything Right #that you become less manic about making sure everyone likes you all the time #which is what ted did for the first two seasons #I dunno I just wish there was more room for this kind of character #and... for this kind of person #believe mothereffers #theodore lasso

[fictionadventurer]

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes reviews I've seen fixate on the story's discussion of whether humans are inherently good or inherently evil as if one side or the other is the correct answer. Meanwhile the story itself is showing that individual choice in every action--choosing to act out of either love or self-interest--is what truly matters in shaping society. A free and stable society requires that people be taught to make selfless choices rather than act out of fear. Instead of oppressing people into fearful order, citizens need to have the freedom to choose the good, and be educated with the values that teach them what good is.

#the ballad of songbirds and snakes #the hunger games #i'm still mentally fighting with that christian review of the movie #'the movie discusses whether humans are inherently good or evil but the truth is we're depraved and need a savior' #and meanwhile i'm like #'well first off i don't think calvinist doctrine is going to help you here' #and i'm also like #you think the story*isn't* wrestling with the fallen nature of humanity? #you think it doesn't recognize that there's no merely human answer that can solve the problem of evil? #that we have to be fools by the world's standards to create a world worth living in? #can you actually understand what this very didactic story is telling you or do i have to do everything here?

[uncanny-tranny]

It's fine to be loveless as an aro. It isn't the end of the world, actually, and you aren't a threat, nor are you an annoyance. If others feel threatened by your completely loveless aromanticism that says more about them than it does about you <2

#aro #aromantic #lgbt #lgbtq #it's very weird to be in queer spaces that are pro-queer until aromantics (specifically loveless ones often) start to... exist in any way #it can be hard to remember that alloromanticism isn't the norm because there isn't a norm #alloness is an aspect of humanity but it is by no means inherent to your worth or your humanity #maybe i've talked about this before but: i still will say it 💚🤍🩶🖤

[aegagrusscholarship]

this one post from @poryphoria has been living rentfree in my head for months. it’s so true. i am so normal about this concept and this theme and this fandom.

alt ending below the cut, based off the project nexus ending. while it’s cool as fuck, i am not sure if it conveys what i wanna convey!! so it’s just here as bonus content

#madness combat #madness project nexus #hank j wimbleton #mc deimos #mc sanford #2bdamned #jebediah christoff #tricky the clown #actual art #i am but a sappy little bitch who just wants all my favourite characters to be happy #but genuinely just. smth smth what it means to be human #i think #because like #yeaj life is meaningless whatever #but not in a bad way #just in the way that there’s no inherent… anything to it #but that doesn’t make it any less worth living! doesn’t make it any less importang or special #that people are here and living #so for this fuckin series to also say much the same thing. because nevada’s all mean and terrible and morally grey yeah #but nevada’s a place full of people being people and making mistakes and living #idk man the original post says it better than i can. it’s just so important to me #is the (original) final segment SAPPY AS FUCK. Yes. #do i care. No.

[cacaocheri]

low key having a self insert oc helped boost my confidence a lot. like hell yeah I'm sexy and get all the bitches and everyone wants to be my friend all the time always

#anyway this IS self insert oc propaganda. people should make them more #this post is about charlie daydreamers #when i made them like a year ago they helped me with a lot of self esteem issues #mainly insecurity in not dating #because i always hear about other people getting into relationships and people finding them romantically attractive #and i just thought something was inherently wrong with me #but i made charlie and people really liked them! but not romantically #made me realize my self worth doesnt revolve around romantic relationships #love you charlie mwah #cherry rambles

[fruit-kick]

the foundation offers arcanists the right to exist as long as they follow the foundation as martyrs, while manus offers humans the right to exist as long as they follow them as monsters. neither side is looking for equality. st pavlov seems like it, but their relationship with arcanists is conditional and controlled. their goal is less "humans and arcanists living together in harmony" and more "lessen the threat and utilize the power of arcanists for humans"

its easy to think of the foundation as the hero since we're experiencing the story as a member; surrounded by other members taught by the foundation, but at some point, it becomes clear they're not interested in the lives of arcanists

#🍊​fruit.posts🏀 #reverse 1999 #bringing this up bc i saw a video that said st pavlov wants equality for humans n arcanists #and ik its oversimplified but they do NOT #more on the 2nd paragraph: the foundation's tactics to demonize arcanists with the storm victims #making a child fearful and hostile towards arcanists by making her treat storm victims (mesmer jr) #the aggression towards storm victim patients (matilda literally beating one of them up) #little things like that are sprinkled throughout the story #even if we dont think this or that character is bad its still worth nothing the ways the foundation affected their mindset #growing up believing that you are inherently dangerous and a threat to humanity and need to compensate for it is. yeagh

[genshin-brained]

I've been rotating neuvifuri in my mind trying to see if there's a version of the ship I would like and I've settled on sopping wet distraught beast Neuvillette who is hopelessly in love after seeing Furina's strength x ball of anxiety and self-doubt Furina who has been nursing a crush for a few centuries kinda awkwardly orbiting around each other after the Archon Quest

#neuvifuri #furinette #will the autistic dragon realize his feelings and find a way to confess? #will the girl accept that she has inherent worth and her true self can be loved even by the people closest to her deception? #stay tuned to find out

[wispforever]

exalt

#Naruto #Kakuhida #Hidakaku #Hidan #Kakuzu #something something hidan lives his life in extremes #something something doesn't know how to regulate his emotions #he either loves something or hates it #you either have to die or you can never leave his side #in this way everything Hidan loves is made into a god #do it. obsess until it kills you #you want to you want to so bad #deify the love of your life instead of admitting you had nothing before him #when idolizing someone is easier than submitting yourself to the mortifying ordeal of being known and loving them normally #I am normal about Hidan #i AM NORMAL #when the only way you can express your love is by putting people so far above you it reinforces your abysmal self worth and keeps you #at arms length inherently #thus making it impossible for closeness and intimacy to exist thus keeping anyone you love from hurting you ever #YOU WIN HIDAN #YOU WIN

[maeamian]

Not sure I'm the exact right person for this oral history, but since the birdsite is imploding and advertisers might fucking try some shit over here it's a good time for all of us to remember everyone's favorite meme: "John C Miller, CEO and President of the Denny's Corporation, is a Capitalist Running Dog and his wealth must be seized and redistributed to the people”

Back in '16 or so, Denny's had a reasonably large presence on this site, from a non-artistic standpoint it's fair to say that whoever was running that blog did a pretty good job of keeping up to date on the current memes and staying relevant. Many of us, myself included, kinda just got used to them being here and let it happen, gave it little thought, maybe gave it a chuckle from time to time. At some point someone was like 'actually it sucks that a major corporation is trying to hang out with us and be our friend, they were, of course, absolutely right, and their genius response was to create a meme that they couldn't fucking coopt, hence "John C Miller, CEO and President of the Denny's Corporation, is a Capitalist Running Dog and his wealth must be seized and redistributed to the people" became the fun new thing.

"Coopt this you old so and so" was the idea and it worked pretty well, they did try it, but in a way that clearly was dancing around the central premise everyone knew they wouldn't be able to engage with. They stuck around for a little while longer, but it was clearly a major turning point in their ability to use this site to hang out with us, a good thing.

The point, as advertisers try to find new, less feral places to spend their advertising budgets, is that we don't have to just ignore them, that's a good start, but we can bite their fucking hands if they try it. We do not have to play nice with advertisers trying to be our friends, we can be feral.

Anyhow, I definitely am not positive I've gotten every detail right, so if there's any major corrections anyone needs to add, feel free, memedoccumentation had a post about it that helped me refresh my memory although my analysis of aspects differ from this point in history, as it were, but if you want to read up a bit more this is a solid starting point that has some fun examples

#Mostly they're right Denny's trying to respond killed the meme #But it also killed the Denny's account #So it was IMO a pyrrhic victory for them #in a way that the contemporary documentation of the time probably couldn't've known #We should probably ignore the celebrities cause they're just people #and while I don't care for them I also think that as people we shouldn't be assholes to them without cause #but advertisers inherently give you cause to bite them by being advertisers IMO #Mostly just haven't seen anyone else circulating anything about this #And given the overall discussion on the site about how to handle contingencies from what's happening over there #This seemed at least worth putting back into the public consciousness

[aroaceleovaldez]

once again thinking about the worldbuilding in the riordanverse of "names are power" / "belief is power."

The Tri were only able to become immortal through convincing enough people to worship them that it became true. Monsters and immortals only exist through continued belief, and if enough people believe that they're dead or gone then it becomes true, like Pan. Their varied forms exist and manifest as they're believed in and called upon. Names call attention and epithets summon aspects. They're acknowledgement. Belief. Putting a name to a concept creates it as an individual.

And that's so fascinating when you start applying it to demigods. How much of their abilities are based on belief in themselves, in expectations of each other, in their parents' expectations of them? We've seen mortal figures who became immortal in some form or another because they were remembered. Even the lares - ancestral house gods, who persist because they're remembered. They have a legacy.

At what point does a demigod achieve that status? Rumors and whispers about them so persistent that they slowly become true. "I heard that Jason Grace is the son of two gods, does that make him a god?" "I heard Percy Jackson defeated a titan single-handedly. That he can create hurricanes without breaking a sweat. That he can control blood." After awhile, after enough rumors, does it become impossible to tell where they end and the legends begin? Isn't that what being a demigod is; half-legend?

#pjo #riordanverse #analysis #i went a little prose-y there at the end but i am THINKING THOUGHTS #imagine being a demigod and knowing your EXISTENCE is slowing becoming warped because of others' perceptions of you! #Jason living on a pedestal his entire life and worrying so much that one day he's going to bleed ichor and his fate will be sealed #Percy recognizing that his powers are growing beyond his previous limits in ways that don't seem natural. don't seem right. #and he realizes what's happening and just has to hope the whispering quiets down and the rumors are forgotten so he can live a normal life #also the potential for demigod existential horror #becoming aware that You as a concept is slowly shifting. twisting. to match the perception others have of you #how TERRIFYING is that? like obviously it'd probably only go to an extent for most demigods cause half-mortal #but their powers? etc? SCARY #Percy being aware that his powers are becoming warped and trying to dissuade gossip about himself so it returns to normal #Nico who the more he's welcomed into the camps the more he finds himself being essentially declawed #his rough edges slowly worn away. his powers weakening and becoming less frightening. is it worth it? #and how difficult must that inherently make it for him to allow himself to be known? #and again. shaking Jason petrified that CJ is going to accidentally believe him into immortality. his worst nightmare.