#overthinking is my job

[lxmelle]

Overthinking as usual and I’m just going to blab a bit about the “preciousness” of life in JJK.

I think the JJK world is quite heavily influenced by Buddhist principles and beliefs. I could be wrong though; hence me writing this as I try to figure out my thoughts. It is my understanding that in Buddhism, every living creature’s life is precious. Life, birth, death are of importance.

Since there is a belief in reincarnation, every creature’s life is to be treasured as much as possible. From a compassionate point of view, every creature’s life is important to itself. As a human being with higher awareness (for, and of, others), we have a responsibility to care for them and protect. According to the belief over karma / the karmic cycle, this lends itself to a good life, and subsequent death and potentially the rebirth in the next life / realm. (This also explains the emphasis of a good death in JJK).

And from a reincarnation point of view, any animal could have been one’s parent through the infinite lives a soul can reincarnate in the karmic cycle. Thus killing an animal is considered cruel when one has this awareness of the preciousness of life and the soul. This is why many devout Buddhists observe vegetarianism...

In JJK, there is a rule that their powers must never be used to harm humans, which was exploited to use Toji to assassinate Riko to prevent Tengen from renewing its form. This rule was historically instated by Tengen themselves, who travelled to spread their beliefs (if I am not mistaken).

Now of course we understand as humans in this world, the importance of the survival of our race and we know the unspoken rules about morality, compassion, etc.

But going back to if “every life is precious” … I kinda wonder, why is sacrificing crows OK as a means to an end (Mei Mei) and sacrificing humans not OK?

Geto viewed those unable to evolve as the source of cursed spirits. He was willing and open to exterminating the entire human race in order to protect a few.

Gojo (and others I guess?) viewed some sacrifice as “acceptable” as a means to an end, or towards a better good/outcome. This includes sorcerers and students (sorry, but this is true).

I think to answer my own question: This becomes a debate about intentionality. And moral greyness. In our world, necessary sacrifice appears in various forms. We accept (sometimes with understandable difficulty) the fact that we simply can’t save everybody (humans, and any creature of our selection: e.g. dogs/cats but not a vermin). We are also OK with exterminating some creatures, especially if there is what we can rationalise as a just cause. We are selective. It depends on our worldview and what we cherish.

I see how this is what Gege wishes to do when he portrays different characters with different principles and intentions. They’re all debatable and their perspectives are valid (to themselves) but also questionable.

Mei Mei’s characterisation has been interesting where she can be pitted against those who are more righteous, say, like Nanami. Her morals have been depicted as sketchy anyway, as she is driven by the material, personal safety over that of other people, and her relationship with her brother is odd at best. She is one who is likely 100% OK with others (like the lives of infinite crows) being sacrificed for her personal interests.

Others in the recent chapters don’t seem to give much of a thought to the lives of humans, in fact the focus is again on their existences as sorcerers and humans are lowered to the level of “necessary sacrifice” (like ants or animals) towards the merger, for example. I guess this depicts the Heian brutality / worldview.

Tengen themselves were willing to sacrifice a person to ensure they could remain immortal and continue to manage the barriers in Japan. Again, is this what one can view as a necessary sacrifice? It probably highly depends on which character you’re asking. Yuki would say no, and Riko didn’t want to in the end either. Megumi didn’t want Yuji to die, but Yuji wanted to be the necessary sacrifice.

I don’t know where I’m going with this, but I just thought it was interesting.

I feel like my small brain is missing something though. Thoughts?

Anyone who studied philosophy and ethics care to enlighten me / share their views?

#overthinking is my job #jjk theories #jjk lore #jujutsu kaisen #jujutsu kaisen meta #jujutsu kaisen theory #jujutsu kaisen morality #jujutsu kaisen ethics #jujutsu kaisen ramblings #jujutsu kaisen world #jjk thoughts #nanami kento #mei mei #gojo satoru #geto suguru #jjk analysis #jjk ramblings #jjk world #jjk #jujutsu kaisen thoughts

[royalarchivist]

[A sad violin song plays over an image of a sad hamster]

Pac: This doesn't have anything to do with me – I wear a blue sweatshirt, you're crazy, this mouse doesn't even have a sweatshirt, this hamster! [Reading chat] Am I a depressed hamster?

[ Transcript continued ↓ ]*

–

Pac: Actually– that's fine! I embrace that idea – of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy? [He hits his desk, then starts counting off people on his fingers] Fit is gone, Richarlyson is gone, Ramon is gone, Bagi and Empanada who were always there when we were there are also gone, I haven't seen them! It's just me and Tubbo, and sometimes Philza shows up.

Pac: I lost Chume Labs, I lost the Favela, I lost Murder Mystery, I lost Ilha Chume Labs, it's crazy! Look at how much I've lost, and I've gained nothing! Of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy?! How am I supposed to be happy?!

Pac: [Reading chat] "You have us Pac," that's true, thank you. No, that's true, sorry.

* NOTE: Please note that this is an incomplete transcript, as I was primarily relying on Aypierre's translation mod at the time and if I am not confident of the translation, I do not include it. As always, please feel free to add on translations or message me corrections.

#Pactw #QSMP #Pac #March 18 2024 #As much as I love keeping people updated about Pac / the other Portuguese-speaking creators #I think I might not make as many transcribed posts for their clips anymore #I just don't think I'm qualified enough to be transcribing things for a language I don't know #like yeah we have the Qlobal Translator and Aypierre's translators to rely on #And I'm always upfront when I'm not 100% sure about a translation #but I've been thinking about it a lot and it kinda makes me feel a bit icky. Idk. #I might be overthinking this but I just I don't want to spread around translations I'm not super confident about #esp. since I know a lot of people cite my clips in analysis posts or link them to other people as resources #and 90% of the time I'm like ''Hell yeah I love seeing people getting a lot of use out of the archive'' #but sometimes I get a bit anxious like ''Did I do a good enough job translating this'' #''Am I ruining someone's entire perception of a conversation or character because I left one word out or mistranslated something?'' #And like I said that's normally not a HUGE concern since if I'm not certain about a translation I just won't post a clip. but you know #idk it might just be the anxiety talking but I really really don't want to spread bad info #Happy to hear other folks' perspective #I'm really grateful for people like Bell and Pix and others who translate clips and I always try to reblog those #but we don't have a ton of people posting clips & translating things on Tumblr since we're so English-centric #which is part of the reason WHY I like sharing clips of the non-English-speaking CCs #but at the same time I want to do an accurate job representing what they're saying #Maybe I'll just start posting things and give a TLDR context of what they're talking about but not a transcript #that way native-speakers can hop in and add translations if that's something they're comfortable doing #and if not then well. at least I'm not sharing something that isn't super accurate #idk I'm just thinking out loud a bit in the tags #But I'm open to hearing other people's thoughts on the matter #Anyways giant rant aside. q!Pac is NOT doing ok rn

[humming-fly]

So a lot of people have been trying to guess what was up with Lust’s bad deal in the immortals!au that I’ve hinted at a few times, and I figured I’ve kept everyone in suspense long enough to share haha - honestly I thought the little hints i dropped in their og title cards would give it away so glad it managed to sneak by most folks :P

big shoutout to @quacksalot​ for kindly tossing some money in my hat and telling me to just have fun with it, i’m happy to take any excuse to make au bullshit!

bonus:

#just like in canon roy is the bane of lust's existence and it's entirely her fault for getting cocky #she's suffering the type of suffering you can only get by working with academics who overthink Everything #for the record: roy is Totally oblivious to any supernatural shit he has Absolutely no clue about any of it #lust's outfits are just a bunch of random clothing articles tagged 'suggestive' #idk how well it works as a cohesive unit but it gets the job done #fma #fmab #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #immortals!au #roy mustang #lust #edward elric #ling yao #doodles #my art #comic

[probablygayattorneys]

Winter season icons of some Great Ace Attorney Chronicles characters!!

Please like/reblog if you use!

#the great ace attorney chronicles #iris wilson #wagahai gaac #susato mikotoba #herlock sholmes #barok van zieks #yujin mikotoba #kazuma asogi #ryunosuke naruhodo #maria gorey #roly beate #patricia beate #icon dump #seasonal icons #i'll do layton tomorrow after my job interview that i'm definitley not overthinking about!!!

[valaruakars]

showing back up to this fucking webbed site again like

#good morning #im not here empty handed this time ;))) #but that's later #gotta overthink the title and perhaps do my job first #rude and lame someone pay me to be Strange on the internet instead #(you will only receive gecko feet pics in exchange)

[until-another-one-comes]

I wonder if the nightmare version of the neighbors say anything about the actual neighbors

#that's not my neighbor #does quachil bringing misfortune hints smth about anastacha??? #does abducius being a mutilator say anything about angus??? #why does ishtar causes pest when nacha's job is a chef #hinting at her being paranoid about pests and rodents especially during her work??? #and IK yog being a vampire is 100% fanservice but this is twice now francis has a version of him relating to blood #also its just a slipknot reference but teutanes being an annihilator while steven is in the army #is making me go hmmmm #I am 100% overthinking this silly game and no one can stop me #thats not my neighbor #tnmn

[neixins]

[ID: panel from “yona of the dawn” depicting jaeha placing a hand on gija’s cheek as he leans in close, as if he’s about to kiss him. a text message has been added above jaeha’s head; it says, “hey halfway through this gram of coke I realized you’re beautiful and im deeply in love w you”. end ID.]

the text is from this post

#please ​ignore the poor masking job for the sake of the Bit. i made this on my phone #ok now that that’s out of my system i can start overthinking which sneak peeks of my silly little fic to share <3 #akayona

[moeblob]

Chris works in a different room than Right, Brent, and Karen so he just pops in and is like "Karen why does it feel so tense in here and it's dead silent please help me" and Karen is just done with the two guys so she's just "this is my work environment now thanks for noticing".

#my characters #there is actually a point where right is like IM GONNA BE BRAVE and he pats brent on the shoulder as like good job #and its so huge for him bc hes p much anti contact for years and so hes like #yeah but NORMAL PEOPLE who arent carrying all this trauma are probably normal BUT #not only do I HAVE TRAUMA but BRENT HAS BEEN DEPRESSED AND ISOLATED HIS WHOLE LIFE #and so he overthinks about everything involving contact and so when he wonders how brent looks with different hair #he just goes into silent mode and doesnt express anything hes just like no thats clearly crossing 100 lines of personal space #i am unable to do this or else i will be banned from contact after finally allowing it #this is the worst day of my life and thats v impressive considering my childhood being what it was

[nilefreemans]

I like to send people like recipes or memes or a post about a restaurant that is near them that I'd like they like

it's my way of saying I'm thinking of you!

but man when people are just like "why did you send this?" does it cut a little

#tbd #especially family like idk #im trying so hard lately but nothing is working #depression hitting read hard lately so maybe im overthinking everything #might get a second job just to keep my brain busy and not be so goddamn lonely #depression #sorry if anyone reads this

[kyouka-supremacy]

Today was a good day :)

#Today three strangers were kind to me in three different occasions. It was such a nice coincidence :) #I've been working on Akutagawa's birthday the entire week and today Akutagawa posts were all over my dash. I'm so happy! #I managed to do all the edits I had set up to and I'm glad :) #I dressed rigorously black and white and wore the black striped pants I bought because they reminded me of Beast Akutagawa's outfit #I did my nails black and red!! #My mother called me to congratulate on Akutagawa's birthday #I even baked a cake with a friend and they were so sweet ///// #I'm so grateful they managed to make time for it even though they've been so busy and tired because of their job #More than everything I'm grateful they weren't weird about it #They found it a little silly but they never made fun of me. They helped me pick the cake. #And today they even told me that they looked up a video of the character to understand me better #Which TERRIFIES me because no way anyone could get a good impression of Akutagawa from a single video #But if we ignore that it was an unbelievably nice gesture :') #It's just such a foreign feeling because outside of my blog I NEVER talk about my hyperfixations irl. #Because when I used to when I was younger I was only met with scorn or mockery so ever since I started university I simply learnt not to? #And it's just so genuinely weird to talk with someone irl who wouldn't judge me for it– #and not really in the good way because part of me is still convinced that they *are* judging me for it. #Doesn't matter everything suggests the contrary. And I keep overthinking if I overshared about Akutagawa or if I said something dumb #But I'm trying it not to get to me. Today they've been nothing but nice through and through #Whatnot. The last months were very tough for some reason I'm just happy good things can still happen :) #I want to start the queue again now that I'm generally more free and done with Aktgw's birthday and everything. #I also have new exams the first days of April and the program is pretty heavy and wide. On top of following courses. I'll see what I can d #I'd like to start regularly posting again because I'm afraid if I don't I'll just sulk further in misery. We'll see. #Ah I need to catch up with the dash since I've basically not been on Tumblr for three days... #That's it just rambling. I hope everyone's days are nice too!!! #random rambles

[outguilt]

do y'all ever get anxious about your oc

#* temp tag / ooc. #LIKE #let me explain #we create these amazing ocs and we put so much work into them and it's so lovely #but then i get anxious that like............everything i come up with for my ocs is dumb???? #and then i get too into my head #EVEN THOUGH I LOVE MY OCS AND THE BACKSTORIES AND EVERYTHING #but i guess i just get anxious people are jUDGING ME???? #which is so silly at my adult age #i just wanna write but i feel like i'm doing such a bad job dESPITE THE FACT THAT NOAH IS MY OC AND LITERALLY NO ONE WOULD KNOW #IF I WASN'T WRITING HIM CORRECTLY #this is what happens when i start overthinking #i need to simply start writin

[asterdeer]

also i've never been drunk in a bar, rip, but if i were and i could pick the topic i would drunkenly ramble to someone in a cab ride home about, it would be how buck wild the garden of eden metaphor established in "a bite of applesauce" is if you extend it literally any further because whit telling eugene he thinks maybe whit's end was too much trouble and causes too much pain and he thinks he might shut it down is pretty depressing on its own but then it could also be god telling adam that he thinks Creation Itself was possibly a bad idea and maybe he should just turn it all off, to adam's understandable horror. at some point a two-bit businessman takes over running hell for satan's twin brother but don't worry, the serpent burned it down and it's a knockoff radio shack now.

#aio #DO YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING ? DO YOU UNDERSTAND #do you understand why i can't quit this show. do you get it #in spite of everything i cannot just stop overthinking it. i have to. it's my job. it's why i'm here #i have to overthink it all it's in my stupid dna #aster chat

[monards]

hey guys this is my public service announcement to say I am NOT ignoring you. If you message me or leave me an ask and I don’t reply or take a very long time I can insure you it’s because I spent 40 long minutes thinking of how to respond in the least awkward way I possible can. And every often there is not a way,

I am just very inept at bbeing normal in conversation and I promise that doesn’t mean I don’t care. ok goodnught everybody sleep tight 💜

#this is out of guilt #for all the asks in my inbox I have left #and my horrendous job at responding to messages #i promise I love you all so much #I just overthink to the point I cannot reply #LMJAU #‘didn’t respond in 5 minutes. guess I can’t respond at all’ #the crepe/monards mindset; if you will. #ok ily all I promise I care and i do not mean to be mean if I ever come off that way. ggoodnight #(I have a crippling fear of being obnoxious to the people I care about through text. I promise it’s not anything else) #crepe/monards psa’s

[moving-to-dreamwinged]

my dad came in and saw me on the couch (for the first time all day and i had literally just sat down for less than a minute when he came in) w heating pad and immediately goes "you have two options" (different chores to do) (as if i was like 10 years old and getting punished for something that i didnt even know i did wrong). what about secret third option where you treat me like an adult or i don't come home for winter next year. Lol

#.mei chats #soryr really my family is. great i need to stpo complain #i just wish theyd realize that im not incompetent #i do a really good job taking care of myself for the entire 10 months out of the year that i dont live with them #and im proud of the independence ive developed bc i worked really hard to feel ANY sort of positive feelings about myself #but they just dont recognize it at all when i come back #trying to tell me how to microwave my food and reminding me of paperwork i have to do #Thanks i literally managed the entire program tasks myself for the last 6~months but yeah you better remind me about the medical forms #or else ill totally forget and mess up the whole thing :'333 bc im just so stupid!! thakn you soooo much for taking care of me!! #<- not like ive been hypervigilant and anxious about making sure i do every little thing with it perfect #in fact there was actually an issue w one of my forms bc they made me submit it even though i didn't think it was filled out properly. #they were like “itll be fine youre overthinking” guess who got an email 3 days later saying the form was completely invalid. #god just bottom line why cantthey trust me when i say im on top of it. fucking trust me this program is my entire life right now #i am putting literally eveyr ounce of effort i've got into not ruining it. they just dont see the improvements and growth ive made at all #so frustrating bc ive worked so hard to pinpoint and fix that specifically but what can ya do #god this got long. sawry #.not f/o related

[early-october-skies]

Me when we don't speak anymore by bears in trees

#lizzierants #had a sudden unplanned job interview today. i wanted to cry the whole time but managed to keep it together and now the anxiety has suddenly #caught up to me and it feels BAD the sudden thought of that what if my friends just dont actually like me and they like me purely because #theyre worried for what would become of me if they stopped being friends with me when purely of course id be fine eventually but i worry #that cause im on antidepressants people just think im automatically suicidal when something bad goes wrong which is not the case im doing #good i dont want to die but what if all my friends hate me what if this whole time i have loved them so so much and they just tolerate me #someday my friends will die and i had that i hate that someday we wont be friends even if its decades in the future i love all of them with #my heart that sometimes i feel it is overfilling i love them i love them and what am i without them i am everything i have ever loved i am #overthinking however i cannot stop this what if my own best friend is avoiding me? why am i thinking this? what evidence do i have to back #this up? nothing only for the fact my own brain feels as though i love people too much and they are uncomfortable with it i feel awful wtf #i have learned to keep my emotions from people because i dont want them to worry. i dont want people to do something or not do something bec #ause they think it will upset me i want people do do as they please i want to be open for my friends to share their issues i want to help #and im sitting here wirrying if they hate me so i turn here to shout in the void because the only person i know irl who follows me on here #most likely doesnt read these tags and if you are please ingore this i misjudged your terrible attention span also i love you very much #anyway a few weeks ago i realised my worst fear is no longer death. but the death of my friendship with my beloved friend. and thats fucking #terrifying prospect however if they were to be like yo i dont like you anymore id respect that decision and id be okay because their happine #is the most important thing to me and thats okay but i couldnt bare with the fact that they feel like they had to be ffiends with me because #they have to. i hate the prospect of them feeling trapped in a friendship theh dont want to be in. all the while i feel i cannot communicate #this to anyone because how would i go about it im very anxious i am shaking i am having a bad time very bad time actually im going to start #crying but its okay <3 crying is good for stress and health and its been a while since ive cried so maybe this will help me feel better <3 #i will heal and ill be okay <3

[celestefem]

i want to feel productive, but literally having a job is like the least productive thing you could do.

in retail / food service positions, there’s nothing to take pride in — you’re told to just do things as fast as possible. in our over saturated culture of extreme worker exploitation, selling art and skilled crafts would require you to charge more than most people would be willing (or able) to pay.

on top of all of this, you’re required to market yourself as a product, as generic, inoffensive, and asskissy as possible.

#personal #capitalism #screaming crying starting a fiverr to sell graphic designs and other random little pieces of bullshit #because my irl job applications aren’t biting #i still have quite a bit of money saved from pell grants / student loans etc. and i pay for the internet & gas / electric #and we alternate groceries and takeout so i’m not like. that much of a mooch. i think at least #aaah… i just don’t know what to do. i don’t have an ‘end goal’ planned for my life so i can’t take the ‘first step’ #i’m still just mentally and emotionally fucked — perpetually exhausted; random panic attacks; overthinking nature… #these things just aren’t very conducive to gainful employment