#paradoxically

[wiverly]

Beckman: I left a list of instructions for while I’m gone.

Shanks: This just says “Guys, no.”

Beckman: Apply that to every scenario you can think of.

#one piece #OP #shanks #akagami no shanks #benn beckman #red haired pirates #beckman is 90% of the impulse control of the crew #the remaining 10% is shanks #paradoxically #incorrect quotes #meme #vines #crack #sorry for my bad english

[bethanydelleman]

Willoughby did love Marianne (but that makes him worse)

Every time I see discussions of Sense & Sensibility online, there is this implication that Willoughby is some sort of inhuman creature who is incapable of love. John Willoughby was in love with Marianne, which actually makes what he did worse.

Willoughby admits, during his super long soliloquy/confession to Elinor, that he went in meaning to trifle with Marianne but then fell in love with her, here is the important part in Ch 44: “To attach myself to your sister, therefore, was not a thing to be thought of; and with a meanness, selfishness, cruelty, which no indignant, no contemptuous look, even of yours, Miss Dashwood, can ever reprobate too much,—I was acting in this manner, trying to engage her regard, without a thought of returning it… Yes, I found myself, by insensible degrees, sincerely fond of her; and the happiest hours of my life were what I spent with her when I felt my intentions were strictly honourable, and my feelings blameless.” He also confirms in this chapter that he did mean to propose, but the Eliza/disinheritance thing happened first.

We might think Willoughby is lying, but Elinor who has a lot of time to think about it afterwards, believes him. Marianne wonders if she was deceived or if Willoughby actually did love her and Elinor assures her in Ch 47, with caveats: “It was selfishness which first made him sport with your affections; which afterwards, when his own were engaged, made him delay the confession of it, and which finally carried him from Barton.”

Moreover, we are told quite frankly by the narrator that Willoughby was in love and felt badly about how everything turned out in the end, Ch 50: “Willoughby could not hear of her marriage without a pang… gave him reason for believing that had he behaved with honour towards Marianne, he might at once have been happy and rich. That his repentance of misconduct, which thus brought its own punishment, was sincere, need not be doubted;—nor that he long thought of Colonel Brandon with envy, and of Marianne with regret.”

As further proof, Willoughby would not have tried so hard to avoid Marianne in London if he had not been in love. He knew that his engagement to Sophia was going to devastate Marianne and he didn’t want to witness it. He also didn’t want to be reminded of what he had lost. Because he’s a coward, not a monster. As much as he pretends to think of Marianne’s feelings, he’s trying to spare himself from pain:

The next morning brought another short note from Marianne—still affectionate, open, artless, confiding—everything that could make my conduct most hateful. I could not answer it. I tried—but could not frame a sentence. But I thought of her, I believe, every moment of the day. If you can pity me, Miss Dashwood, pity my situation as it was then. With my head and heart full of your sister, I was forced to play the happy lover to another woman!

So to sum up, Willoughby did love Marianne, he did mean to propose to her the day that he left Barton, but his fear of (relative) poverty was stronger than his love for Marianne. Willoughby is selfish, he did mean to sport with Marianne’s feelings, and he did abandon the pregnant Eliza, but he’s not some inhuman monster who is incapable of feeling. He’s a rather careless and he took the cowardly, dishonourable way out: he leaves suddenly instead of telling Marianne the truth. He marries Sophia instead of retrenching and getting out of debt through patience and hard work. The fact that his love didn't overcome adversity doesn't mean it wasn't real. It just means that he is both capable of love and able to destroy the heart of the woman he loves.

His actions would be far less reprehensible if he was incapable of love.

#john willoughby #willoughby #sense and sensibility #marianne dashwood #jane austen #according to the best expert I could find no one is incapable of love #but they may be unable to form healthy attachments #Which sounds just about right here #If willoughby wasn't in love he actually would have been a better person #Paradoxically #misunderstood villains

[onlineviolence]

do u think the hell mass that basically ate mike would eventualy organize enough to become a full fledged demon with an angel as its shell. im visualizing it

TJIS IS COOL. I AM THINKING

it would most likely not be great for michael but since when has anything gone his way

but also. what if hell, by accident, forces itself into Michael's perspective. it's intelligent but still makes mistakes.

it has entertwined itself so intricately with him that it becomes difficult to be cruel to him - soon it's impossible to tell where Michael ends and Hell begins. what pain he feels, it feels; maybe tenfold, considering how big it is

hell is so much bigger than him, but it is also him, and he is hell, and

they are separate but the same. there's a sort of mutual agreement - you don't hurt me, I don't hurt you

maybe the hell mass on and in him crystallizes. because demons are stone and stuff

#thoughts thinking #paradoxically #he ends up in a sort of better situation than he was in in heaven #michael (oc) #ophiocordyceps

[aromancy]

What the hell do we need AI-generated music for? We already have Weird Al Yankovic's Everything you Know is Wrong!

#that song sounds like it was generated by ai and #paradoxically #it also sounds GOOD #weird al #ai

[saphicscribe]

busy as the streets of New York City

she talks so pretty with a soul like Philly

sweet Georgia peach; mercurial masterpiece

fire sign, red wine, onyx-eyed

smooth like jazz (face card never declines)

just passionate about keeping her vibe alive

#♏︎ #scorpio #nia #i met a girl #paradoxically #bi girls #model #city chic #fire signs #nyc #philly #jazz aesthetic #to all the girls i’ve loved before #enigma #red wine #wlw #biracial #like her vibe #we vibin #free write #poetry #spilled ink #words words words #women writers

[endogyny]

damn (likes drawing spamton neo more than regular spamton)

#its easier #paradoxically #sneo

[onefey]

you're going about your normal day when, suddenly, surprise! you've been pokémon mystery dungeon'd!

unfortunately, due to budget cuts, the pokémon assigning quiz has been canceled. instead, you must spin THE WHEEL, assigning you a random, unevolved, non-legendary and non-mythical pokémon. you must now go on some sort of world-saving adventure as this pokémon. good luck!

tell me in the tags what you rolled, and how you feel about it - for bonus points, you can spin the wheel again for (or just take your pick of) a pokémon to be your partner.

bonus rules:

you're not shiny unless the wheel tells you you're shiny

take your pick of regional forms and evolutions (for example, if you roll vulpix, it's up to you whether that means normal or alolan vulpix)

apply whatever logic you like with regards to gender

have fun and be yourself!

#pokemon #pkmn #pokemon mystery dungeon #pmd #tag games #someone might've done this concept already but i had a worm in my brain you know. #i thought itd be fun to list all the unevolved pokemon... now i know there's only around 400 evolution lines total! #.. not counting mythicals legendaries ultra beasts or paradoxes #by the way! alongside the shiny result there are two other bonus results: an obligatory pikachu and... a surprise!!! #finally feel free to let me know if i misspelled something or accidentally included an evolved mon (other than pikachu) #sorry long tags ha 😅 i'm done now

[qu33nb332047]

#paradoxically #🤤

[junebuns]

Iron Kitty ! This Pokémon resembles a popular toy from the future, it’s able to make various expressions and seems to be loved among children

#pokemon #skitty #paradox pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #fakemon #digital art #artwork

[clay-pidgeon]

im of the personal opinion you can be in a romantic relationship platonically. this makes sense to me and thats what matters

#im not talking about a qpr here #im referring to a paradoxical shebang where two people are romantically in love and also this is just bc theyre bros #its both! #btw this is about my ocs. of course #krill chirps #my stuff

[telekinesis-mind-control-comics]

#paradox #a paradox #it was a paradox #paradoxically #paradoxical #ars paradoxica #the atlas paradox #faction paradox #paradoxes #paradox of tolerance #paradox entei #paradox space #paradox suicune #paradox au #paradox games #paradox relationship #life of paradox #a paradox called my block #d u d e

[prokopetz]

People on this site will put together polls like "The Banach-Tarski Paradox versus Camembert Cheese", then act like the results prove that they're surrounded by idiots.

#tumblr #polls #mathematics #math #banach-tarski paradox #food #cheese

[muffinlevelchicanery]

“The paradox of conservatism is they want being normal to be punk. They want to rebel against authority while being the ones in power. They want to be rugged individuals and they think everyone should be the same as them. They want to overcome adversity while staying in the majority.” -@innuendostudios on twitter

#conservative #conservatism #punk #paradox #relevant #communism #socialism #anarchism #capitalism

[thoughtportal]

#the paradox of tolerance

[tardis-technician]

Something about the way the doctors always argue when they meet themselves but all of them are always dunking on ten so specifically. Like yes they will all argue with each other but they take one look at that version of themselves and go yikes. You were my middle school cringe fail phase. You're shiny and dumb and easy to trick. There is so much wrong with you. Unlike me. I'm much more normal now (lying).

#just the general consensus that 11-13 seem to have reached in the comics #rip #doctor who #doctor who comics #tenth doctor #paradox posts

[moongreenlight]

Ex Husband!Price who still comes over and shovels your driveway every time it snows. But then you feel bad because he comes into the mud room every fifteen minutes to warm up so when he’s done you insist he stays for a hot meal.

But then he helps clean up. Does the dishes and shoos you away when you tell him he really doesn’t need to do all that.

Even worse if you have kids!! They’re thrilled that dad is around so they beg you to let him stay to watch a movie or play a few rounds of their video game. Of course you say yes. Who are you to take him away from the kids?

But then it’s late and he’s wound up carrying the kids up to their beds and tucking them in because they’d already fallen asleep on the couch. You say your goodbyes and honestly it’s a little bittersweet because it’s been such a surprisingly good evening.

But when he tries to leave the driveway’s already gotten all snowy again and you’d hate to be worrying about him driving home in these conditions so you offer him a spot on the couch swearing it’s only for tonight.

But then you get to talking about schedules and the kids sports they’re signing up to play and he winds up walking you to your room so you can just finish your thought about how the two of you should split the costs for the sports your kids are doing in the spring.

But once you’re in your bedroom you remember that you’ve been meaning to ask him about something on your computer so you leave him with your laptop while you get changed.

But then oh noooo he comes into the closet to ask you for a password and catches you pulling on the top of your pajamas. You’re mortified. He says it’s nothing he hasn’t seen before.

Somewhere in between deciding if you’ll drive to or pick up from practice on Thursdays, his hands start to wander. Resting over your sex from over a pair of flannel pajama pants. Usually, you’d tell him off. Monologue about how this isn’t how things work because it complicated things and you both need to set boundaries. But tonight you don’t.

Maybe it’s because you had two heavy-handed pours of your favorite wine with dinner. Maybe it was seeing him with your kids again. Maybe it had just been too long since you’d felt anything other than a cheap bullet vibrator.

So you let him slip his hand down your pants.

But it’s a bit jarring to feel his wedding band still on his finger.

#captain john price and the ‘if you give a mouse a cookie’ paradox you will always be famous #got lazy at the end tbh #moongreenlight #moongreenlightwrites #cod mw2 #call of duty #cod x reader #141 headcanons #drabble #captain john price x reader #captain john price smut #captain john price #john price #captain price smut #cod price #price cod #price call of duty #captain price #price x reader