#quotes about identity

[moody-mae]

She was also trying to imagine how it would feel to not have your own identity. To be defined entirely by those around you, never to have a moment alone. Not even knowing your own face. She couldn't envisage it and, for once, was glad to be herself.

from Ferryman by Claire McFall

#readblr #bookblr #book club #book lovers #bookish #bookish aesthetic #bibliophile #reading #recommended reads #book recommendations #ya fantasy #ya paranormal #ya romance #ya books #ya novels #book quotes #quotes about identity #being genuine #being free #the ferryman #claire mcfall

[houseswife]

parallels that deal me +10 psychic damage for every second I spend pondering them

#cameron is wilson in the way that amber is house #except the former goes unmentioned a lot more #both cameron & amber had the potential to fix house & wilson respectively #but that’s the issue #no level of well-adjustedness could root out this level of codependency. this particular brand of love #house and wilson are the antithesis of one another but in the sense that they compliment each other’s pathologies like a puzzle piece #not to use another hannigram quote again but. they’re identically different. #that’s why they’re soulmates <3 #house md #hilson #house/wilson #greg house #gregory house #james wilson #hatecrimes md #allison cameron #GOD just thinking about it #house became irritated with cameron’s pursuit of him #because he’s insecure and believes he’s fundamentally unlovable #and her pattern with falling for ‘charity cases’ did nothing but affirm her lack of genuine interest in him #meanwhile. when it comes to wilson #he’s actually elated to know that he’s screwed up enough to never leave him #and the same goes for wilson #when he goes mattress shopping with amber #she encourages him to choose something he likes. for himself #because she doesn’t want him to indulge her to the point of resentment #and so he gives in! because it’s the healthy thing to do! #but when it comes to house #when house tells him to choose furniture that fits wilson’s tastes #he ends up buying an organ FOR HOUSE. and the response? ‘I like what this says about you wilson.’

[garden-bug]

Is being critical of Sabine’s force sensitivity ‘gatekeeping’ the force or it is about how it undermines the established magic system and was not well written?

I’ll give you a clue it’s the second one.

#Ahsoka critical #saw a post about this and I absolutely value the sentiment that the force shouldn’t be ‘gatekept’ BUT #as a writer I cannot abide by the execution #the character arc was not set up or executed effectively #if it had been foreshadowed ok #if it had been better executed maybe #but ultimately the mandalorian identity is integral to her character and the change would take a lot of writing work #can be done but yeah it’s drastic #as Brandon Sanderson would say: #“a writers ability to solve problems by magic is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic” #quoted off the top of my head but yeah #taught my 8yr old sister this recently #she gets it #filoni why’s it so hard for u huh #Star Wars critical #pro jedi #bc I like these guys #ahsoka series #Star Wars #do I dare tag Star Wars? yes I do

[brother-emperors]

Slavery and Roman Literary Culture, Sandra R. Joshel

#i have a small collection of texts on greek & roman slavery in the late republic era and the early empire from doing #a bunch of research for a spartacus comic and this is something that rattles around in my head constantly #i dont have a reading tag bc i have a sideblog for that but hey! what's the point of a blog if not to post on it #anyway! horrific! that one quote from the spartacus documentary. that the worst thing was to 'get used to it.' #there's a previous part in this text about the assimilation of identity and the violence of benevolence etc #(i also had to do a lot of this for the crassus comic and unlocked a new debate about his wealth that keeps me up at night for other reason #like. i need a map. actually i need several maps and a spanish dictionary) #roman slavery tag

[gottagobackintime]

I've seen some people say: “Trent shouldn’t have been gay, he should have just supported Colin anyway.” And it's such a weird (and bad) take.

Had Trent been straight we wouldn’t have gotten the scenes we did. Colin could have opened up and told Trent how he felt, but Trent wouldn’t have understood, he could have been supportive. But he wouldn’t understand where Colin is coming from. But because Trent is also gay he knows what it’s like being in the closet, living with fear and dread. Living with thoughts like “if I tell the people I love about my sexuality, will they hate me?”. You can’t get that from a straight ally, no matter how supportive and well meaning they are. Because they don't know what it's like. We need straight allies, we need all the straight allies we can get. But what Colin needs RIGHT NOW is someone who, while not a professional athlete, is involved in the world of football. Knows about homophobic fans, knows that there are a culture of toxic masculinity and homophobia in the clubs. That is why it’s important that Trent himself is gay.

Colin almost got runover by a cyclist in his desperate attempt to run away from Trent at the gay bar. But the relief when he understands what Trent is saying "I must have a good reason for that, mustn't I?" is so clear. Trent is also queer, Trent is safe, I can let Trent in.

And I think some people might read that line as "I haven't outed you because I'm gay too, but if I had been straight I would have" which isn't what Trent means, Trent is using that phrase to be subtle, to let Colin come to his own conclusion, because Colin is stressed out, he's scared. By letting Colin think for himself it gives Colin an opportunity to calm down (which is also why Trent holds his hands out as if calming a frightened animal, he also makes himself slightly smaller by bending his knees and leaning forward slightly). And he does, he realises what Trent is saying and he calms down. It's also an added layer of security it's not just, "I haven't outed you" it's "I haven't outed you because I am also queer". A straight person saying that they haven't outed you doesn't hold as much weight as a queer person saying it. Because you know that the queer person knows how important it is to be safe and to come out on your own terms wheras a straight person, especially an eager well meaning ally might try and encourage you to come out because "hey, it's gonna be fine", even when that's not the support you need at the moment (there are ofc exceptions, both when it comes to straight people and queer people).

But because Trent is also gay, Colin now has someone in his corner at work, who knows him, knows his secret. Who also carried that secret himself once. We’ll most likely get straight allies in the other players and the leaders at Richmond.

So no, Trent shouldn’t have been straight. Because that is not the support Colin needed at that moment. He needed queer solidarity.

#ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers #colin hughes #trent crimm #I saw someone on reddit saying that this whole thing with colin being scared of coming out was a bad storyline in 2023 #because it's not a big deal #and I was baffled #thankfully some people called them out on that #because colin just wants to live his life #he says he doesn't want to be a spokesperson but that's what he'll become if he comes out whether he wants to or not #because he'll always be the first active gay premier league player #and it's also arrogant to say that it's accepted to be queer in 2023 so it's not a big deal #when queer and trans people are stripped of their rights and their right to express themselves in the US for example #and queer and trans people are killed all over the world simply because of their sexuality and/or gender identity #and even if you live in a fairly accepting country like I do for example #it's still the fear that YOUR OWN family and friends will reject you #because to quote monty python ''we're all individuals'' #it doesn't matter how accepting society at large is because society are made up of individuals who has their own beliefs #so no the world isn't as accepting as people are led to believe and that's what I mean when I talk about straight people #no matter how well-meaning they are they will have a hard time understanding #nicole watches stuff

[hydrodragons]

genshin impact gif challenge ✦

[1/?] archon quests → interlude chapter, act iii: inversion of genesis

“do you think there are any differences between your present self and your previous and future incarnations? if not, then what are the differences between humans and puppets? whoever has tasted the joys and sorrows of life in the human realm is human. whoever has loved and lost, cried with grief, howled with rage at the tragedy of death that eclipses the miracle of life... they are human too."

#genshin impact #genshinedit #genshinimpactedit #genshinet #scaramouche #wanderer #mine* #scaramouche* #gifchallenge* #tw flashing #i finally found a way to format quests!! #it hit me yesterday as i was finding a quote to put for raiden then boom here we are #i was gonna make the whole thing black and white and blue hence the first two gifs #but i didn't end up liking how it looked so more colours it is 🫶🏻 #also chose a long ass quote for the caption (it's two separate voicelines into one) #but i felt it was important to emphasize the puppet and human description that nahida tells scara #ahhhhh i love this quest a lot i remember having mixed feelings about him erasing his identity when i first played through it #but then i rewatched it again later and ended up liking it more bc it shows that not everyone can just erase themselves from irminsul #the same way rukkhadevata did #god i just miss sumeru so much it's still my fave of all the nations when are we going back y'all 😩 #pls give me more scara and nahida interactions i beg they're my favourite platonic pairing ever (besides kazuven ofc)

[a-flaming-idiot]

Meanwhile, in the universe where Marinette figured out identities first.

Chat Noir, flying through Marinette's window: "Helllloooo, my princess!~ It's so wonderful to see you on this beautiful night." Chat Noir: *Kisses her hand* "Though the night could never rival your im-paw-ssible beauty." Marinette, low on sleep, caffeine, and patience: "Adrien... get the fuck out of my house before I have to call Nathalie..."

#miraculous ladybug #incorrect miraculous ladybug quotes #marichat #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #chat noir #identity reveal #Miraculous love square #Chat's about to have a breakdown

[agentpenguinmann]

Post identity reveal Twiyor be like

Twilight: Yor saved my life that evening, Franky. Twice.

Yor, blushing slightly: Once. And a half.

Franky: How do you half save someone's life?!?!?

Yor: I was the one that was sent to kill him, so I figured it's only fair to count that as half.

Franky: Oh, it actually makes sense when you put it like that.

#spy x family #it's one of those identity reveal scenarios where Yor is assigned to kill The Evil Spy Twilight #and refuses to do so once she realises it's her husband #it's literally the first time when she doubts shopkeeper's judgement about who deserves to die and decides to talk to Loid first #and once they talk it out they proceed to fight the bad guys together 😌😌 #yor forger #sxf twilight #franky franklin #incorrect quotes #twiyor

[uncanny-tranny]

How do I know if I'm bi?

So this might not be a helpful answer, but it is my genuine thought, and I want to be honest: You know you're bi if you find comfort, or happiness, or understanding of yourself in that label. It's not necessarily about split attraction to multiple genders.

Yes, bisexual people will often be attracted to more than one gender (not just man and woman, either! Many bisexual people aren't attracted to both binary genders because bisexuality is yet another complex and nuanced component of human sexuality, which in itself is inherently complex). Yes, many bisexual people express those attractions, and yes, many bisexual people share things in common. But frankly, not every bisexual is going to have similar experiences or thoughts or expressions of sexuality. My bisexuality is going to look different than yours might because I am a different human being. As such, I think it's less helpful to say "to be bisexual, you need to have these experiences," but it's more helpful to say, "if you find comfort in the bisexual label, use it"

The worst that happens with sexuality labels is you find one that matches better. I used to use the label pansexual when I was younger - the worst thing that happened was I stopped using it a year later when I felt it didn't accurately describe my feelings anymore.

If you suspect you're bi, there's likely a reason for that, and there's nothing wrong with you investigating that further. However, I don't want you to feel like you need to Prove Yourself to even use language that accurately describes your sexuality or sense of sexuality - no matter if that language is as simple as saying you're bisexual or not. Sexuality is an important aspect of identity for many folks, and you deserve the opportunity to make it as important or inconsequential as you want. Nobody is going to throw you in jail for not being bisexual or queer "enough." There's no law that says you have to have a 50/50 split attraction to binary men and women only to be bi. There's no bisexual card we hand out to you, saying you've been vetted as Bi Enough.

#ask #anon #bi #bisexual #lgbt #lgbtq #like my sense of sexuality is very convoluted and i still use bi because it's the closest i've got and that's FINE #if i was a bit younger i might have used a label like abro but i *personally* don't have any attachment or care for it being used for me #and that's fine!!! there can be two similar people in terms of sexuality who use COMPLETELY different language and labels #just like a person like me (trans man) could be on hormones and use he/him and masculine language and 'only' call themself a butch #(quotes around the word only because butch isn't a secondary identity compared to an identity like mine) #that's the beauty about language and our conceptualizions of ourselves! #we want to be understood and we cobble that together in as best a way as possible #language is naturally limiting because our feelings and thoughts are too deep for it i think #there is only so much we can do to be understood. so we do our best #what i want you to do is do your best. it's not about being Perfect in how you describe yourself. that's not the point!!! #there are things about myself that will mever be described by language and that's good i think #i think that's the same for most people. we are too complex and we should learn to find beauty and celebration in that

[socksandbuttons]

HE KNOWS

YES I SEE HES NOT LIKING THAT NOW

Also interesting they do use their 'feralty' as some cover. However ruins weird so we'll see if he figures that out right away or not.

#also a bit of a twitst we get nice eclipse helping bloodmoon #*projects problems onto him instead* #DONT THINI I DIDNT NOTICE NO MENTION OF KILLCODES DEATH OR ANYTHING #bloodmoon continues to be bored tho #and dealing with their identity as a 'tool'as they quote KC a bit #further implying this bothers them very much #BUT ALSO STARING AT THE SHOW IN 'ARE U ACTUALLY GONNA TOUCH ON THE MURDER OF KC OR NOT' #i get they can take their time will wait cause this episode slwas more establishing solar and bms deal #AND WHWRE SOLAR WAS APPARENTLY. please give this man a hug he thinks moon and sun are dead #bloodmoons interesting how they recognize if they dont calm down theyll just rampage #esp when they Want to think things thru #but so farRRR good for them ob finding out but rip them too #also like solar kinda admitting 'well yeah its using u?? we're in a bind here dude' #i couldve misheard that tho #but at least he was honwst about it lol #sun and moon show spoilers

[theotherrichardpapen]

#.................... i've got no defence for this one #started reading the novelisation of revenge of the sith and my love for anakin has come back full force #THE original problematic fave okay #0 note post incoming but i dont care this is for me and me only #im thinking about the fact he told himself he did everything he did for the sake of love #for the sake of a world where injustice would no longer be able to run rampant under the apathetic bureaucracy of the republic #only for him to get to the end of it all and realise he'd been manipulated right from the start #and in his arrogance and blindness. he'd allowed himself to lose everything he told himself he was fighting for #but he can't admit that to himself. can't admit he'd forsaken himself in such a way #he can't go back to being anakin because that means admitting what he'd done and facing his own internal consequences #so he fully submerses himself into the identity of vader instead. allows the anger and hate to fester #star wars #anakin skywalker #darth vader #quotes #literature #web weave #hayden christensen

[queen-of-empathy]

Cerussa

a ghost girl is not

dead enough: I am nylon

stockings, except it’s

just gravy granules

and a hand drawn line

from calf to thigh

I am desirable from

a distance - make do

and love me

before you get too

close and really

really see

#female poets #female writers #poetscommunity #poets on tumblr #original poets on tumblr #original poem #original poetry #quotes #poetry #poem #poems about identity #poems about the female experience

[liquidstar]

its 5am so this isnt a very coherent thought and i might not be phrasing it perfectly... but you know how That breed of cishet guy will say shit like "those stupid lgbts keep inventing new genders ummm newsflash liberals theres only TWO gender. man and woman. checkmate." but like those same guys will turn around and literally make up entire new terms for different ways that men present their gender to sort them into gendered sub-classes. like. idk it feels like maybe your relationship with gender is actually not that different, and the rigid binary isnt doing you any favors either, but youre not willing to actually free yourself from it. so you work within its parameters to try to create your own sub-label instead. like yeah youre not calling yourself stargender or something youre just calling yourself an epsilon male. which is no more "real" than the former, but you try to fall back on pseudoscience and the barnum effect to justify it.

but at the end of the day youre doing the same thing! youre creating a unique personalized label for your specific way of expressing your gender identity, and the way you navigate it and through your personal gender presentation. and again its based on working within the patriarchal gender roles, so its incredibly reductive, misogynistic, and does a lot more harm than good. even to the people taking on those labels. its like theyre doing the same thing but in a twisted way, because of the way they cant stop being sexist and transphobic. but part of me really does think that even the people who cling the heaviest to the patriarchal ideals of gender actually also want to be free from it, because the second theres an acceptable method to do so... they'll jump onto it too. but because theyre so obsessed w those patriarchal ideals, they have to also make it into a hierarchy to place others into too. so again whatever they do manage is still reductive.

#btw im not saying this as a negative to anyone who has an identity like stargender. i think thats awesome #theyre not making weird hierarchies about it and policing people into boxes etc etc #and also theyre far more self aware of what their labels mean. like they know its words for their personal relationship to their identity #and theyre not sexist about it. which is important. #absolutely harmless. less than harmless. its healing to see. keep having fun keep doing you. ilu <3 #but yeah what im saying here is basically the greek-letter-male shit is just 'pronouns' for cis men #('pronouns' in quotes bc cis men obviously... already have pronouns. but im using it facetiously in the way they think it means lol)

[infinite-orangepeel]

u just had to bring up the six lil mf nuggets, didn’t you harrington ?

#think about ur brand identity steven #jesus h christ #also just to be clear #this post isn’t me shipping stancy #it’s me rolling in my grave every time i remember this scene exists #steve harrington #steve harrington wants six little nuggets #stranger things incorrect quotes #steve harrington incorrect quotes #stranger things #nancy wheeler #joe keery #steve harrington scene #fruity four #steve harrington blurb #steve harrington thoughts #steddie #ronance

[thenightisland]

thinking about the fairy tale trope of a kiss from your true love having magical properties and how often these kisses are used to wake up characters who are asleep or in some state of suspended animation or give them back something they lost. thinking about fitz walking around half-forged and detached from his own emotions until the fool kisses him and gives him back all of those memories and emotions effectively “waking him up” again and giving him back something he'd lost. and by thinking i of course mean i am screaming incoherently.

#robin hobb #rote #karen liveblogs books #could talk all day about hobb and the fairy tale references #like the whole knight on a white horse thing happening in FE #nettle's dream where she's the girl in a high tower #thick quoting the end of every story about the prince and princess living happily ever after #only to ask fitz 'what happens to the rest of us' #the beggar who is not what they seem coming to the hero on a dark night #and the hero reacting with anger or violence only to discover the beggar's true identity #queen desire as the literal evil stepmother #a lot of fairy tales have a place you go where time passes differently #so you feel like minutes have passed and you go back to the regular world you find out it's been weeks #like the skill pillars #ANYWAY

[threadneedle]

Blur: Les Inrockuptibles (Translation), 1991 | Gorillaz: Rise of the Ogre, 2006

#damon albarn #stuart pot #blur band #gorillaz #mystuff #hi if you know me you know i have said One Million Things About Identity And Stu #obviously the ROTO quote aims a bit more for comedy but there's such a centralized comment on self and fame written years apart #just think it's interesting #thank you to tumblr user beatledumpster for that translation! i hope you do not mind me linking it