#it was like a switch flipped

[david-box]

I think one reason I hate the "response to a writing prompt on Tumblr" style of writing is that it's very immediately and quickly obvious where a story is going to go very quickly with "character/narrator saying one thing but feeling another" being like the max depth you can have in a story and also random ass Easy Progressive TM topics being thrown in there like "oh, this autistic kid is being treated nicely :-) because of the fae" or "This Evil Curse Person Fucks Up And/Or Isn't Evil Anymore Because Child Happens" some such shit like that. They just feel intensely saccharine and boring as fuck like you can tell in a few paragraphs if not 2 fucking line exactly what the story is, what it's leading up to, and how it ends and then we're supposed to feel good because Insert Discriminated Class In Vaguely Fictional Medieval Setting And Maybe Victorian Or Ancient Greek Times Every Now And Then Wins The Day. Give me some fucking murder or something

#i dont know enough about writing to express whats wrong with these stories #or why i sont like them #me #text #last of these i read by (insert popular writer like PenFleeced) was just like #idk. it took me longer to figure out what was happening because i thought it was gonna end in murder and i got excited #like damn you set the scene withthe probably 20th century suburban housewife infighting #told me lady B gave Lady Narrator A rat poison for her rats #and then told me Lady A made stew and mentioned the rats went missing #and then she gave the stew to Lady B!! #i thougjt it was gonna be murder #that could be rad as hell #idk what goes on in my brain its just. When rhat wasnt it and it was Oh Lady A secretly cares for Lady B also theyre both being abused #it was like a switch flipped #i think i find the idea of someone being utterly consumed by hate they whole ass poison someone #just more interesting than a WEAK escape fantasy #itd be a good short murder story and a bad romance

[mobius-m-mobius]

It's a pretty cool name.

Loki + the progression of saying Mobius' name for @percheduphere

#mobius #loki #lokius #mcuedit #lokiedit #marveledit #owen wilson #tom hiddleston #tysm for the amazing request because GOD did making this hit harder than i'd even expected?? #like it's kind of a given mobius fell first #but i've been so swamped all month i basically only had time to finish maybe a gif per night #and let me tell you watching loki progressively fall harder with each and every scene was uh. an experience all right 🙃😳 #in S1 loki's so obviously trying to keep their guard up until mobius gets pruned protecting them and it's like a switch flips #the walls come down and you see the power of being believed in the pure RELIEF mobius' presence brings #how much he's valued and needed and LOVED as loki tries to hold him close only to lose him again and again #leading to desperation building until the only option left is to sacrifice everything not realizing now they're both left wanting #y'all i'll never recover 😭 #marvel #owenwilsonedit #dianagifs

[riickgrimes]

"The key thing was of course, the fact that Rick has PTSD and that's very much what's driving a lot of his behavior and being in a place of that level of vulnerability, back with the love of his life in that way.

It's also the thing he fears, the loss of her. It manifests itself in a way that is visceral and leads to the lovemaking not just being about love, but the revealing of pain and trauma and fear. That informs Michonne, that she can't just blast him into making sense. There's something deeper going on here that he can't verbalize. She has to help him get through in a different way. So she gets to see him, as well, as he reveals what's really in there, the wound. That's going to happen most likely in that most vulnerable space." — Danai Gurira

"Yeah, I think it is about pain. As Danai just said, it's about him wanting her and then fearing what he's about to unlock again. He gets to sort of articulate it in the scene further in the episode, when he gets to say that, 'I can't do this again. I haven't got the capacity to do this again. I've worked out how to die and live again.' So it is an absolutely necessary scene that allows Michonne to realize that there's something really broken here, more broken than she's ever anticipated. [...]

So the scene was about a real intimacy, a sort of frightening intimacy. This is a part of his personality he has shut down. It's almost like he's trying to stop himself from feeling this love again. She sees that and she just says, 'Just trust. We're back. We're the same...' I find it very moving. I think it's a very, very moving scene, because it's about them connecting in a way that he's had to deny for seven years. He's denied that connection for the sake of living on in this half life for the CRM" — Andrew Lincoln

Andrew Lincoln and Danai Gurira Discuss Episode 4 of The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

#the walking dead #twd: the ones who live #the ones who live #twdedit #towledit #richonneedit #richonne #rick grimes #michonne grimes #danai gurira #andrew lincoln #mine and only mine #long post #loveddddd getting their insights on this scene and this moment #danai adding the panic attack was such a gorgeous smart and truthful detail #i think it was in other interviews but i loved how she said that the purpose of this scene was transformative in nature #it was meant to show that a switch had flipped #it basically peeled back another layer of rick's walls during this moment of vulnerability #and allowed for something to click into place for michonne to realize that there's something deeper going on #something that he's not able to say out loud and articulate #like WOWWWWW #nah fr we gotta get danai to write more episodes #bc this is sickening

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

years later someone buys the plot, turns on the lights and is suddenly worshipped as a sun god by a bunch of puppets falling apart at the seams

pov you break into the spooky abandoned Playfellow Studios building for shits and giggles

#lore tidbit! the plot is not available for purchase #the building is only Technically abandoned. its still very much Owned private property! #actually ive been thinking about the Other side of this au. the people's perspective #cause in this au at least they all Knew the puppets were alive #many employees - especially the ones working 'closest' to the puppets - put up a huge fight when the show got canceled #but it was either Disassemble (kill) Them or Lock Them Away #and honestly? killing the neighbors would've been somewhat of a mercy #but the employees had no way of knowing just how Bad things would get #wh lights out au #scribble salad #and i mean. the building's electricity bill remains paid. #the employees that felt really bad kept it paid over the years - devoting a bit of their income each to it #thinking the puppets would a) be awake & b) be able to figure it out #yeah that's actually a lil fun tragic tidbit as well - if any of the puppets had found the breaker.... #or found it and Messed with it a lil... flipped the right switch... #they would've gotten the lights back on no problem #but yeah anyway ive been Thinking about the employees' side of things a lot #might tie that in with act two. it'd make sense considering the shit that happens #well either they'd help the puppets out or they'd get shoved into one of the sinkholes by barnaby. so. #bc if we're talkin seriously here. the puppets are more likely to kill a person than worship them for any reason #they'd go full 'THREAT!! THREAT!! ELIMINATE THE THREAT!!! WE'RE NOT LOSING ANYONE ELSE!!!' mode

[comradekatara]

long hair gang

#id in alt text #avatar the last airbender #atla #katara #zuko #katara&zuko #art #mart #oldergaang #it's like a switch was flipped in my brain and suddenly i enjoy drawing zuko w long hair #idk what happened #i think i saw a piece of official art where he didn't look ugly w it and i was just like 'oh....... okay i see it now' #i love long hair #and i especially love the idea of zuko having long hair specifically so that a) he can wear it like ursa did and b) katara braiding his hai #at sleepovers. givin him hair loopies. etc #they're so cute #insane dynamics of all time #but also they are just like. best friends

[s-aint-elmo]

mahiru tsuyuzaki has a Type

(id in alt text)

bonus:

#revue starlight #tsuyuzaki mahiru #aijou karen #kagura hikari #minase suzu #mahiru tsuyuzaki #karen aijou #hikari kagura #suzu minase #doodles #mine #the mahikaren dynamic of “the girl with the dependency issues and inferiority complex holds the braincell” is so funny to me #she went from chasing her crush with a mace while swing blared from the cartoonishly drawn speakers to herding said crush and the object of #her jealousy around like a pair of unruly puppies #the switch flip for hikamahi always gets me. the moment mahiru was fine with her hikari instantly made her her mom #mahikaren #hikamahi #mahisuzu #I FORGOR THE SHIP TAGS

[moeblob]

New farmer (for 1.6 update reasons).

His name is Death and he's really death. He's pretty quiet and just wants to live in peace with his chickens. Tries to interact with the town as little as possible but is really curious about them and how they live and is super satisfied to simply watch them - but as the new person it seems no one wants to let that happen.

#stardew valley #sdv sam #farmer death #listen i just wanna name all my animals after ocs and have my farmer love and dote on them #those animals are like his beloved children just like my ocs are my beloved children #no i have no real idea what im doing but i spent all day debating if i would make him fish themed or not #and it was a really tough decision bc im indecisive #so then i debated doing a coin flip online and realized if i was that torn between my fish bits vs a death chara #may as well opt for the death guy since i have three fish farmers #sadly i cant play this file as easily bc its via steam which means i have to use my laptop #since i couldnt get the update on switch RIP that woulda been easier for me to access

[galaxgay]

the only way I want Duke of Hell Crowley, is if he becomes an absolute Nihilist with a twist of "actually the world can just burn. I don't care".

Aziraphale, tries his best to ruin the second coming by tempting new Jesus and teaching them to be bad and Crowley trying to get it to succeed by teaching new Jesus to be good.

because I genuinely cannot imagine Crowley going back to hell for any other reason. He hates it.

honestly this would be a hilarious way to get Aziraphale to see the good in being "bad". It could also be a hilarious way to get them to rekindle bc Crowley loves when Azi is bad.

#idk #i just really am not a fan of Duke of Hell Crowley #bc hes never been into it #i get hes in a whole thing with azi #and that could be a flip switch for him #crowley can be petty #but i just dont see it ig loll #unless its like this #good omens #aziracrow #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #ineffable idiots #good omens s2 #good omens 3?

[nat-20s]

Donna Noble in The Runaway Bride literally shows so much intelligence and compassion in the first five minutes she's sooooo fucking good character of all TIME

#like i do think travelling with the doctor changed her but not FUNDAMENTALLY #it just allowed the parts of her that have been there the whole time to shine you know??? #donna noble #doctor who #but yeah shes like yelling at the doctor for kidnapping rose #and hes like 🥺🥺 and she IMMEDIATELY clocks that something is going on #and flips a switch and tries to connect with him #what the hell shes so so so good

[crabofthewoods]

so about adhd

i know there’s that whole thing with neurotypical people saying “just focus”/“just get your work done” or “try harder” or something to that effect

and i think it’s hard for people to comprehend the words “i can’t” because to them it just comes across as “i don’t want to” or “i refuse to”; people automatically assume that the person with adhd is just being lazy

but it’s not just an “i can’t”; it’s an “im not able to”

im not super familiar with chemicals and brain functions and stuff (please educate me if you can/want to!!) but i am fairly certain that one of the causes/results of having adhd is that our brains don’t process dopamine correctly

dopamine, the chemical responsible for things like motivation and satisfaction and being able to focus, does not get processed properly in our head

#and like what do you expect me to do about it #i can’t flip a switch and turn off my adhd #unfortunately that’s not how this works #adhd #actually adhd #adhd stuff #adhd brain #adhd struggles #living with adhd #adhd things #adhd problems #actually neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurodivergent

[pinkeoni]

Do you see that. That’s your season baby.

#hearing that will was going to be a ‘huge part and focus’ in st5 did legit flip a switch in my brain #and did get me into theorizing #im so normal about it #and also im not denying anyone elses importance for this season #but like… its wills season #also using hosegate will is so funny tk me #stranger things #stranger things 5 #will byers #byler #<- target audience

[zishuge]

Why are you helping me? Because someone like you shouldn't just die here like this. Story of Kunning Palace (2023) | Ep. 38 – Zhang Zhe protecting Xie Wei

#story of kunning palace #宁安如梦 #xie wei #zhang zhe #zhang linghe #wang xingyue #cdrama #cdramaedit #cdramasource #story of kunning palace spoilers #sokpedit #*gifs:mine #god help me i lowkey ship them. #something about when someone stands in front of someone else with their arm held protectively across them #it's never not going to get me #it's like zz realized xw has been loyal and righteous this whole time and a switch was flipped #and he's just like k you're one of my people forever now

[thepoisonroom]

'I flirted with the idea that instead of being trans that I was just a cross-dresser (a quirk, I thought, that could be quietly folded into an otherwise average life) and that my dysphoria was sexual in nature, and sexual only. And if my feelings were only sexual, then, I wondered, perhaps I wasn’t actually trans.

I had read about a book called The Man Who Would Be Queen, by a Northwestern University professor who believed that transwomen who were attracted to women were really confused fetishists, they wanted to be women to satisfy an autogynephilia. And though I first read about this book in the context of its debunkment and disparagement, I thought about the electricity of slipping on those tights, zipping up those boots, and a stream of guilt followed. Maybe this professor was right, and maybe I was only a fetishist. Not trans, just a misguided boy.

About a year later, on the Internet, I come across a transwoman who added a unique message to the crowd refuting this professor. Oh, I wish I remember who this woman was, and I wish even more that I could do better than paraphrase her, but I remember her saying something like this: “Well, of course I feel sexy putting on women’s clothing and having a woman’s body. If you feel comfortable in your body for the first time, won’t that probably mean it’ll be the first time you feel comfortable, too, with delighting in your body as a sexual thing?”'

-Casey Plett, Consciousness

#this quote always moves me almost to tears when i remember it #i'm not a trans woman and i don't share the author's specific experiences with transition #but it really moves me that she frame transition as joyfully giving yourself permission to approach your body #not as something that has to be disciplined and deprived and made small in all these various ways #but as a means for experiencing pleasure and joy and delight and for insisting that our feelings and desires are worth #valuing and exploring and treasuring #i always used to think of prioritizing those things for myself as selfish and irresponsible #but who does it harm to want to experience pleasure in your own body? #it's such a beautifully simple and powerful switch to have flip in your head #and equally why are we forced to deny our own pleasure in transition and anything else related to our bodies in the name of moral rectitude #this is why i get so confused and pissed off when other trans people are fatphobic for example #like why are you so invested in politics of shame and disgust that never had any purpose other than #violently disciplining people as if they've violated moral codes by existing in a body #to say nothing of white people being racist in gay and trans communities #like again this system of violence is foundational to homophobia and transphobia #so why are you acting like it has nothing to do with you #even if you are unmoved by the urgency of other people's suffering which btw you should be moved by #what do you hope to gain by acting a collaborator and handmaiden to those systems #Casey Plett #she really is one of my favorite authors i wish more non-canadians read her #this quote is from a series of columns she did ont transition and every single one is a banger #i love when she talks about the people-pleasing elements of dysphoria and transition denial #she's so sharp about noting how many of us deny our own dysphoria on the grounds that others like and validate our bodies #that's how i always felt during my cis conventionally feminine era #it pleased other people so much and also that reception felt so hollow and joyless to me because i hated it #i get less of that positive feedback but that feels so unimportant next to the joy and pleasure i get to experience #said with the understanding that i'm very privileged in being able to prioritize those things without fear. but it was a switch flip #personal nonsense

[cncleric]

Spending time with my girlfriend, or as she put it, "two switches turning on and off"

#it's just the two of us flipping between domming and subbing with the whim of the moment #t4t #queer #lovers #requited love #t4t nsft #queer nsft #transmasc #ftm nsft #trans nsft #bd/sm switch #ftm switch #i bit her like a lot today

[moghedien]

Once all of the Forsaken are running around in the show, imma really need them to have a in-show reveal of what all their AoL careers were so that show onlys understand how truly ridiculous of a group they are

#Lanfear was a physicist!?! #Semirhage was a doctor!?!?!?!? #Graendal was a WHAT #Graendal just fucking flipping a switch one day is like truly something I’m fascinated with #meanwhile Moggy just did NFT scams #wheel of time #wot on prime #wot book spoilers #wot show spoilers

[skunkes]

#something he keeps saying lately #also idk how to word this but my stuff almost never looks good when i flip the canvas but aiming for symmetrical too Stiff #i hope my stuff is at least a Good wonky and not a ''dude this looks so bad you just cant tell yet'' wonky... #i want it to look like i made it bad on purpose not like its bad because im just unskilled.... #but it definitely is not ever on purpose or in an informed; breaking the rules ive learned way lol. #<- speaking generally here bc as of rn i dont think this doodle Sucks its just lopsided i think...thats what the canvas flip says at least #i always say this but i wish i cld switch between my perception of my stuff and someone else's perception #i hate feeling so in the dark about my own stuff. i wont even be able to tell if this sucks bad until anywhere from one day to 5 years #from now. ykwim. #a doodley #ok gn ^_^