#selfish motives

[karellyy]

I think WE stayed because it was just the easiest thing to do but along the way we realized there was no love left on either side strong enough to fight for it. We were just TWO selfish people holding onto nothing but the fear of the unknown.

:what I really want to say when people ask instead of saying “it was just time”

#life #personal #thing of the past #always getting asked #falling out of love #selfish motives #breakups #ex

[criticalrolo]

I’m so normal about dnd. It’s so normal to have a full dissection of my character’s psychology and motivations ready to go at any moment

#vibrating in place thinking about #Thalia being motivated by duty and hampered by not understanding her family or herself #and Sigrun being SO SO influenced by Astridr but never getting to her level of callousness because osvald taught her about being soft #Odysseus and Faith. selfish vs selfless action #kestrel and GUILT. GOD!!! #dnd

[utilitycaster]

It feels to me like this was something of a turning point for Imogen, because she and Ashton did have very similar thought processes: what if the parent(s) I never really knew, who have cult connections, are right? What if I'm meant to do what they did? Do it better? What if this will make me feel closer to them, or loved? But, notably, Imogen entertained this idea, was rightfully told how hurtful this thought process was to the others and how, frankly, stupid a path it would take her down, and ultimately didn't act upon it. She made an effort to connect with her mother, but she tried to pull Liliana away from the Vanguard rather than join the murderous organization herself. And then Liliana didn't listen, and it hurt a lot, and Imogen's felt abandoned by her and has been quietly working through those feelings in private ever since.

Ashton, obviously, made a very different choice, didn't talk to the group beforehand because they knew they'd get the same sort of response they'd once given Imogen, did act on those feelings, didn't break the cycle, fucked up the group's plans, and nearly died permanently in the process.

Imogen has in the past often, understandably, equated thought with action. The fact that the thought process she and Ashton had was essentially the same, and she realized it and had sympathy for it while still being extremely angry, is a significant step! The action does mean a lot! I think internalizing this will take a long time for Imogen, because she's had a decade of judging people on thought alone, but it's clear she's can clearly see where she and Ashton diverged and empathize with him regarding his feelings of parental abandonment, while still being extremely angry about the risks he took and the lack of consideration of the party's feelings or needs.

#critical role spoilers #critical role #something also about how ashton trusts people more if their motivations are selfish #and imogen trusts them less #ashton greymoore #imogen temult

[t-u-i-t-c]

"Supreme Justice, would your neutrality really waver over just a cup of tea?"

#king ohger spoilers #king ohger #kingohger #super sentai #ohsama sentai king ohger #ohsama sentai kingohger #rita kaniska #hymeno ran #himeno ran #papillon ohger #kamakiri ohger #tokuedit #please do not repost #umbrella.edits #umbrella.gifs #umbrella.posts #i love them so much #i think hymeno has grown to care a bit more for others although wanting to save rita is still related to her own desire to keep her friend #and not lose anything else so it still lines up with her being motivated by selfishness but also shows a care that is much more direct than #her previous interactions with others #i think she's opened up a lot since her conflict with jeramie and i think rita has too #in actuality i think that jeramie is becoming the glue that keeps the group together #he's given each person the opportunity to open up and through this bonds have strengthened and formed #might talk about this more some time idk

[reiverreturns]

*bursts into the ted lasso tag covered in blood*

THE WHOLE GOAL OF BEING A MANAGER OF PEOPLE IS TO COACH THEM TO THE POINT WHERE THEY NO LONGER NEED YOU! GOOD MANAGERS KNOW THEY ARE SUPPORTING CAST AND NOT THE MAIN CHARACTER! IT’S A LOT LIKE PARENTHOOD BUT IT’S NOT A SUBSTITUTE! TED MISSED HIS KID! HE WANTED TO BE THE STABLE AND LOVING PARENT HE NEVER HAD! HE CHOSE TO DO BEST BY HIS SON BUT ALSO BY HIMSELF! JUST BECAUSE YOU LOVE A THING DOESN’T MEAN IT’S MEANT TO BE PERMANENT! GOODBYES CAN BE SAD AND HARD BUT STILL THE RIGHT THING TO DO! BEING A GOOD COACH - AND PARENT - IS ABOUT KNOWING WHEN TO LEAN IN AND KNOWING WHEN TO LET GO!

#the discourse saying ted's move back didn't make sense i hate it i hate it i hate it #ted was always motivated by changing people and he did that #he didn't have anything else to prove at richmond #but he had a hell of a lot of prove to himself and henry #and like any good dad he recognised that uprooting his kid to suit his life wasn't putting henry first #going back to kansas was the only ending where ted could be selfish and selfless all at once and finally find that balance in his character #i'll die on this fucking hill tbh #ted lasso #ted lasso spoilers

[getousatoruu]

Manipulative????? This guy??????

#sorry I saw that take and don’t want to drag op but OP that’s such a bad take 😭😭😭 #I am sorry but bro dedicating his entire life after 2007 to genuinely care for his students #idgaf that’s because of his selfish motives or not bro was genuinely and that much I respect #I kinda don’t fw Gojo ngl but Yall make him sound worse than the actual villains in jjk #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #gojo satoru

[thepersonalquotes]

You can't succeed in any endeavor if your motive is solely selfish- feeding your ego, seeking recognition, fame, etc. Find a lasting motivation...

Assegid Habtewold, The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership

#Assegid Habtewold #The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For Continued Success in Leadership #quotes #motivation #inspiration #thepersonalquotes #literature #lit #ego #fame #recognition #selfish #success

[androgynousblackbox]

My own Swap!Hazbin Hotel AU

I don't even know if I am ever going to do anything with this, but the idea won't leave me alone so here it goes: Basically the Vees exchange place with Appleradio+Charlie. Velvette as Charlie forms the Hazbin Hotel as a way to scam people and speedrun her way to becoming a fearsome overlord. It's entirely by accident that some souls actually get redeemed! Vox as Lucifer, king of hell, a virus that was passed down since creation as an error that gave birth to sin. He had countless bodies through the years, but his memories and personality remain. He supports the project of Velvette because it looks like it could be fun and is curious if something happens with it. At least it could be something different in hell after so long of the same old thing.

Valentino as Alastor. First, he wanted to see what Velvette was actually doing, then stayed because he liked her and then he just likes to fuck people (figuratively and literally) at the hotel to get his fun until Vox is there. Then he mostly wants to fuck Vox and become the queen of hell because he thinks that will be a life of luxury guaranteed. He and Velvette become best gossiping friends. Lucifer as Vox, the news demon that controls all newspapers, all news stations. He actually prefers written media over the TV, but goes with whatever is popular to grab people's attention. He does like to make movies, though. Ruthless when he needs to be, but also has a kind heart deep down that makes Alastor all the overprotective for him because he hates the idea of anyone taking advantage of that. Lucifer tried to reclute Valentino a long time ago and Valentino actually considered it, until he saw how he was always going to be second place to both Charlie and Alastor so he didn't take the deal and prefered to grow on his own. Alastor as Valentino, the radio demon that makes audio dramas and controlls the market for kinky media/snuff films outside of the public recognition because money, on one hand, but also because he is constantly looking for new ways to make the sex topic remotely interesting for him. It's just by chance that other people happened to find it interesting too. He and Lucifer have been together since they both started at the bottom, helping each other when no one else would as young rising overlords that had to fight with tooth and nail to get where they are. Charlie as Velvette, a inspirational influencer doll demon that Lucifer adopted off the streets with the hope of she just being a pretty face anyone could fall in love with and turning up to be a lot more when she started her own social media. She is still somewhat naive, more prone to anger, but still far more gentler so all of the souls she owns are happy to give themselves to her. Vaggie is her assistant that keeps her safe and reminds her to not trust so easily on her audience.

#radioapple #appleradio #duckiedeer #staticmoth #the vees #hazbin hotel au #the idea of velvette accidentally inventing redemption for her own selfish motives is so inherently funny to me #vox is just to enjoy the show #valentino wants to be able to never have to work again

[skeilig]

since it's dimple day, just wanna say it's very very funny how dimple has been hanging around this middle schooler for months, protecting him both physically and emotionally when he gets the chance, and in his mind, he's like "yes i'm just biding my time... until i can USE him for my own ends.. yes i'm so evil.. so sick and twisted"

#mp100 #the reigen parallel too.. wahh #see how i almost made a post that wasnt about reigen #but they both think so lowly of themselves/their own motives #even though their actions are often very selfless and good #but whereas reigen thinks that he's selfish/harming mob bc he hates himself #dimple clings onto thinking his motives are evil out of PRIDE AND EGO SKJDGHK #he's too proud to admit he just cares about shigeo :/ #it's so funny... anyway have to laugh while i still can right :') gonna be crying soon enough

[keii]

Mint Eye Yoosung making a reappearance. Despite the red flags in his head, he keeps coming back to MC's quarters since Saeran is usually busy to check up on her.

#um that's just water-- i swear #yoosung joins mint eye bc he trusts V LESS than Rika #Bc to him at least Rika is clear w her intentions despite how horrible they are than V is w his lies #he doesn't really care about the motives of the cult he just doesn't want to think about the future anymore #instead he wants to live for his own selfish intentions along w capturing V #messing w MC is just an added bonus to him joining mint eye #he thinks mc is stupid and easy but v entertaining #he asks her how much does she hate her life to willingly come w strangers to this strange isolated building #yoosung still portrays his good boy persona when he's out and about in order to get ppl into the cult #Saeran was the one who targeted MC first but Yoosung was the one who convinced her to join #i don't have hcs until i start typing in the tags LOL i could go on and on AHAHA #killamonart #art #fanart #mystic messenger #mysme #yoosung #yoosung kim #artists on tumblr

[sameteeth]

in s3ep2, eleanor tells mrs. hudson she doesnt come from privilege, which mrs. hudson immediately denies. but i think its SOOO telling of eleanor's character! she sees herself as a woman in a world full of men, which she is, but she completely ignores the class and racial divides she obviously benefits from. she claims she has no privilege to mrs. hudson, who comes from no money and works as a chambermaid to woodes rodgers, leaving behind her beloved children to make sure eleanor has clean clothes and to empty her chamberpot. eleanor had power on nassau, power she wielded for her own benefit and to the severe detriment of others. obviously she experienced misogyny, but she was never forced into poverty, never forced into sex work, never forced into service of any kind, because her father was wealthy and she was born into a higher class. her experiences of misogyny and oppression are vastly different than mrs. hudson's. but for her to tell a chambermaid she experienced no privilege? it's laughably untrue. eleanor oversaw and directly profitted from the trade of hundreds if not thousands of slaves on nassau, was raised by "chattel property of the guthrie estate" mr. scott, who is never even given a name in his own tongue (on screen, at least), never showed kindness to anyone but those who put money in her pocket because she was born with that money and that trade empire already in the guthrie name. she had to fight to get it, and fight she did, but the fact that those things were so close to her reach just by virtue of the circumstances of her birth? that's privilege, whether or not she sees it that way

#eleanor is a character i love and hate - shes so INTERESTING analysis wise and im still chewing on her motives etc but i dont like her as a #character within thr story - shes selfish and deceitful and shortsighted (max i could treat u so good baby please-) and she makes me mad lol #BUT. thinking abt her in relation to mr scott and madi ? VERY interesting... writing a piece on this now actually! #i also think shes so White Feminist - recognizes injustice wrt her experience and hers alone and discwrds any notion of intersectionality #because while she can recognize oppression and injustice she cannot see the whole picture and thus only thinks of how it affects her #billy is similar i think but my thoughts onthat havent quite coagulated into anything coherent yet #canis speaks #black sails #canis watches black sails

[aestheticemi01]

I am so very sorry to interrupt your scrolling, but I just want to know;

Have you remembered to hydrate yourself today?

Have you eaten something?

Have you remembered to forgive yourself for all of your past mistakes?

Have you remembered to take breaks throughout the day?

Have you listened to your body’s needs?

If you have done any of these things, then I am very proud of you. If you haven’t done any of these things, I am still very proud of you. I know how hard you are trying. Some days are just… rough. It can take alot of energy to do “basic” things such as drinking water, eating and so on.

However, please try to do atleast some of the things, which are listed above. Eating a little something and/or drinking something is a HUGE step! You deserve to give yourself forgiveness for your past mistakes. You deserve to heal and recover 100%!

Thank you so much for your time, you can now continue your scrolling! ♡

#motivation #positive affirmations #positive suggestions #positivity #positivity post #self love #self care is not selfish #self care #self healing #pro recovery #recovery is worth it #recovery #mental health awareness #mental health #thoughts #sweet reminders #daily reminder #gentle reminder #friendly reminder #reminder #reminder to hydrate #you are worthy #you matter #you are not alone #compassion #supportive #you are brave #you are doing great #take care of yourself #take your time

[margle]

something im really looking forward to in the new season is that the gang really seems like they are going to actually be acting more like friends. like yeah they are nasty and awful people, but they are nasty and awful together.

#iasip #always sunny #sunnyblr #iasip spoilers #spoilers #(im joking about the last one but I am actually genuinely looking forward to seeing them all doing silly stuff together as friends) #we are all focusing on the mac part of frank vs. russia #but it is actually quite nice of dennis to help dee as well even though he'll probably have some kind of selfish ulterior motive.

[ultrakatua]

Honestly I really love the "can go south at any given time" aspect of Gale's character, like he's always one bad decision away from losing control and just doing something irremediably fucked. I love how it ties with the unstable nature of both the Orb and then the Crown. And how part of his actions are "for the greater good", because he is a good man! But they are still also deeply rooted in his selfishness and wanting to prove himself (and to the world?) he's just that good and that better than even the gods. Oh, and the pettiness of it as well.

He'll disapprove morally bad actions... But he's absolutely down if they happen to match his ambitions and what he wants.

I know people are mad he can just ignore you even when romanced and do whatever he wants at the end of the game but that's an aspect I really love. That even when he knows he's loved and cherished for what he is and he could have a good life being just Some Wizard, there's still a chance his darker nature can take over. Because it's forever part of himself, and because it's been his life for so long...

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #gale of waterdeep #gale dekarios #idk it's the duality. i truly think he means good with the crown but that it's still motivated by his selfishness #i also don't think grownass people change that much. especially not when it's such a core aspect of their personality. #he can learn to control those impulses though... i feel that's what mystra rewards when she heals him even if he doesn't give her the crown #she's afraid he'll grab power but it's not personal for her #so as long as he learns that she holds no grudge and just leave him do whatever #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 spoilers

[profounddefendorcrusade-blog]

Starlo's personality

I'm still confused about this man's 'true self,' gotta admit. How much of 'himself' IS there in 'North Star'?

What we know about real Star:

He's a nerd/geek obsessed with westerns; that's where he got the inspiration to build WE

He looks different than with the hat on and used to wear braces

Was shy in his teenage years around Ceroba (no idea how he acted normally) + couldn't confess to her

His mom (after killing him) says how he's never been the one to follow rules. I wonder what she meant by that. Rules, like, you're supposed to hate humans like everyone else or rules, like, no sneaking off to practice your shooting and lasso skills? Both?

Ed describes the 'old him' as a fearless leader and as a monster who could 'make his own fun in the little things' (you mean he used to be more humble but at the same time remained an ambitious risk-taker?)

Is insecure about where he comes from and what he looks like

We don't have enough info to know what he was like as a kid. I'm curious if absolutely everything about North Star is the opposite of Starlo (I don't think it is); both are kind and protective. Still, I can't help but wonder if the Starlo after Showdown, in both routes, is the real him or not. Maybe 50% yes and 50% no

Just from the end credits, the only thing I got about him was that he's kind and friendly and optimistic and charming (North Star is this way too, but more exaggerated). Nothing new

So maybe Starlo IS North Star, but more modest (aka not as exaggerated)

I'm curious about your thoughts guys.

Also I forgot to mention how he wanted to plan a PARTY for Kanako, in neutral says that the PARTY in the saloon was great (and the letter he sent was pretty charming), wants to accompany Ceroba in the Steamworks, is open about how he feels (immediately openly confronts Ceroba and calls her out; he's assertive), not afraid to get physical if it means protecting Clover & Martlet, can be pretty loud (like when he spotted Clover after sparing him in neutral, he was like "DEPUTY!!!"

I'm left wondering if all this is the real him or not. I think it is. Just maybe toned down a bit :) It's the only explanation for the fact he's been doing all this for a really long time and never showing signs of wanting to stop/that it exhausted him

#undertale yellow #uty #starlo uty #uty starlo #I wanna analyse his personality in a lot of detail #Just have to figure him out first #Is he actually a quiet shy guy or nah #Personally I think nah #Since he decided to be an entertainer #And 110% adores the role #I mean the dude successfully kept the persona FOR YEARS and dina didn't suspect he was a fraud #How the heck did he find the motivation and strength to keep up the act for that long #And use the fake accent #I don't think that's an introvert trait #I'd get exhausted after 1 day of acting #Also he wasn't as excitable as AFTER he discovered westerns #My boy just wanted a purpose and had none before #Love how dedicated passionate and ambitious he is #He took a HUGE risk by building this town but took it anyway for everyones sake #So they'd have a fun place to go to to pretend they're on the surface #Starlo DID value status but isn't it controversial to build a wild west town based off of HUMAN history #It was a risk for stars reputation in the underground and he TOOK it #He's way less selfish when you think of it this way #Sure he adored the attention but it wasn't the only motivation

[wibble-wobbegong]

always and forever gonna stand on the hill that every mischaracterization of mike comes from doubting his ability to love and care for others completely selflessly and by believing any of his actions are rooted in self gain and selfishness. to think mike is selfish, even unintentionally, is a fundamental misunderstanding of his goals and motives as a person

#that doesnt mean he isnt an asshole sometimes dont get me wrong #he’s just not an asshole out of self interest #mike wheeler #i can think if like. 2 or 3 times he’s acted selfishly #of course he’s being framed as selfish but examining the motives for his behavior makes it pretty clear he’s Not any more selfish than our #other infamously selfless characters #this includes victimizing mike too #not elaborating unlesd some1 asks