#shattered confidence

[cometrose]

Rex Lapis and his adepti have been together for thousands of years but its kind of endearing how much they cherish him, Cloud Retainer was arguing with the seller but the moment he questioned zhongli's integrity she was ready to storm off, or the fact when she found out he "died" her first desire was to drown the entire harbor.

In xiao's voicelines he wont tolerate anyone disrespecting morax even the beloved traveler or how in last lantern rite, traveler asks him who made the dinner awkward and if you pick zhongli he'll instantly rushes to defend him.

Or the fact ganyu hated keqing for years cause she was so disrespectful to rex lapis and zhongli had to tell her to try and get along. plus ganyu has soo many voicelines about rex lapis and she even tries to replicate some of zhongli's.

Its kind of interesting because to some extent they seem really flustered in his presence but truly adore him.

#like is it just really really really intense respect #i think to some degree #the adepti: i do what i want i am proud and confident #zhongli: *exists* #the adepti: “omg...omg...its r-rex lapis” #genshin impact #cloud retainer #xianyun #xiao #ganyu #zhongli #i need more adepti #my heart shattered into pieces when moon carver and mountain shaper's npc designs came out #when will we get another tall male liyue character #zhongli and baizhu have been here SINCE LAUNCH #sob sob i hate it here #i need more male adepti!!! #all i have is xiao where are the others!!!

[synth-spinner]

It's honestly so scary how much peters story is kind of paralleling his otto's story in the first game with the descent into rage, violence and possibly evil due to an obsession over a goal coupled with a really unfortunate personality altering external force that they still want to keep because of the power and assurance it gives them.. and then also their mentees will have to fight them because there's no way miles isn't going to have to battle peter with his electric powers at some point and it's gonna be such an INSANE parallel I will start crying and afterwards what's gonna happen how's peter gonna deal with that huh. If he realises the parallel and what he just did do you get it do y-

#ALSO MILES' UNMOVING OPTIMISM DESPITE IT ALL.. THEN SLOWLY IT GETS TOO CONCERNING.. PARALLELING THE FIRST GAME A LITTLE #also the symbiote tendrils r looking a lil 😰😰😰😰 #obsessed with this gif and also ps4 spideys silly vibes BUT HES SCARYYYY #im blorbo thinking real hard rn.. when u take off that symbiote hes gonna be the haunted contemplater for real #doesnt help that miles' awesome confidence and experience plus his suits design (the hands look like ps4 peters) um umm.. i am gonna cry #first game shattered my heart i cant do it again with my special blorbo as the big boss #synth speaks #insomniac spiderman #insomniac spider-man #spider-man ps5 #marvel's spider-man 2

[57sfinest]

also yall we need to step back from the harryvision and understand that kim, at his core, is a loser (affectionate) like everyone else. so much out there wants to portray him as limitless patience, great cook, super organized, good handwriting, nice tasteful living quarters etc and that's fun to contrast him to harry but well i am here to RUIN that we need to take off the du bois glasses and appreciate kim for the weirdguy that he is. he has horrific fits of road rage and harry genuinely fears for his life riding along with him and witnessing the generational curses this man is capable of unleashing upon the stupid little fucks that cut him off on the 8/81. he has never had the time or space or budget to learn to cook so he lives off deli sandwiches and butter noodles and the occasional grab-and-go fruit. he writes so much so frequently with such awful handwriting that he has invented a new form of shorthand and the moralintern is contacting him to create a cipher system for them. he has no resources to furnish and maintain a nice flat so it's like a slightly gentrified r/malelivingspace but with a table for his sewing machine and there's scrap fabric and thread and half-pinned half-hemmed pants strewn about the place. there are absolutely a bunch of shitty mockups of his old wirral character in the backs of his notebooks and he hasn't played it in years but if he ever picks it back up then his minmax high int high dex definitely-not-a-self-insert sidhe artificer is READY. everyone add your weirdguy kim thoughts NOW 👇

#the 'kim is so cool and confident etc' illusion shatters the moment martinaise is over and harry knows him outside of the one case #harry will be starry eyed about him for a long time regardless. but harry knows More now #harry like kim i dont know how to cook for myself please help :( #kim comes over. they attempt a dinner. the vegetables turn out undercooked but burnt somehow. the pasta is limp. #the chicken gives them food poisoning. #'are you... bad at cooking?' harry asks. kim pulls the eyebrow. they drop the conversation and harry never asks again #harry decides to try out wirral with a local group and tells kim. kim goes full nerd mode #kim walks him through character creation and gives him a full rules rundown from memory #introduces him to the prominent ttrpg settings and lore. it's a literal 8 hour conversation #at the end of it kim says 'and that's the basics' and harry gives him a Look and kim is like ah. i may have told on myself a bit there. #anyway that ends in harry DEMANDING to see kim's wirral character #kim (embarrassed) (proud of his character) (ashamed) (really wants to talk about his character) (needs help with backstory details) #anyway they end up workshopping their characters together. #kim at the end is like 'hm maybe your guy can be in mine's backstory' and harry goes '😣👉👈 is this first base...' #kiwipost #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi

[avvail]

Confidence shattered and/or tears of fear + eager inexperienced hero realizing they're out of their depth?

Nails dig hard into their cheeks to stop any noise from escaping them. 

They feel so ridiculously useless, and so out of their depth, curled up behind the car as they try to steady the deep panic that’s shaking their lungs. The hero had been training to be perfect; these were the problems they were made to deal with. 

“You’re sloppy,” comes the supervillain’s voice, and the hero doesn’t dare let a squeak escape from their hand, clamped so hard over their mouth their knuckles have gone white. Footsteps crunched against the glass from around the car. 

They should’ve never provoked the supervillain. What had they been thinking? So high on their pedestal, completely unaware of the reality that would come crashing down on them. The reality that, no - they weren’t perfect. In fact, the hero was starting to realise they were hardly special at all. 

They hear the deafening sound of bullets spray against the side of the car, and they flinch violently, nails digging harder into their cheeks, begging themselves not to make a noise. They hear a distinct click, metallic clanking on the ground, and then a sharp, yet languid sigh from the supervillain. 

Their ears strain, listening to the sound of their footsteps leading away. 

They were leaving. 

The hero dared tilt their head to the side, suppressing the whine that was bubbling in their throat when their bloodied injuries flared up. Blood pounded through their skull, daring to sink back against the car, lowering their hand. 

The hero was certain they would have found them, sunk enough lead into them that they would’ve been dead before they could even scream. But they were okay. 

They released a shuddering breath, tears stinging their eyes. They refused to let them fall right now, desperately trying to pick up the pieces of their shattered, blind confidence they’d weilded. Their technique had been no match for them - the supervillain had countered every blow, blocked every move, hit them so hard they were dizzy. And the hero hadn’t even been able to land a single hit. 

They grit their teeth, shame stabbing through them. They shuffled onto their knees, crawling to the boot of the car. All of that training, and it had amounted to nothing against someone like the supervillain. The hero wasn’t even sure if after this, they would be able to find the courage to make it out onto the field.

A gun went off right by their head. The hero couldn’t contain their scream this time, wrapping their arms around their head in a panic to shield themselves from the attack. They could barely even find the air that had been punched out of their lungs, before the supervillain was standing in front of them, pistol in hand. 

Their eyes widened, but it was too late. The supervillain’s fingers twisted in their hair, matted with fresh blood, and roughly shoved them against the ground with strength the hero wasn’t sure someone could possibly possess. 

“Hello, little hero,” they smiled, calmly, as if this was no bother to them. “You ran off so abruptly after our fight. I thought that was what you wanted?” 

They slammed their head into the ground, and the hero saw stars. Pain throbbed through their skull. 

“Stop,” they croaked, their breath hitching with panic when the supervillain smacked their head into the ground once more. 

“Stop?” They mused, twisting them so they were forced to meet their cold, pointed eyes. The hero couldn’t feel their nose, they realised, blood pooling across their tongue. Tears slid down their cheeks, the panic gripping them like a vice.

“Please don’t kill me!” The hero sobs. 

“What happened to all that bravado you had before?” The supervillain murmurs, nudging the tip of the gun against their cheek, making them freeze. “Don’t hold out on me now, little hero.” 

The gun presses like the nipping cold against their skin, smearing fresh blood along the metal. The hero desperately wants to curl into a ball, all of the fight they’d prided themselves on shrinking into nothing. Like it never existed. They can’t move, only wrecked by the uncontrollable shivers that have seized their body. 

“I will say,” the supervillain drawls, their grip easing just an inch. The hero can hardly even bite back their sobs, even when they use the gun to catch their tears. “I admire your tastes. Though, next time, maybe simplify your palette a little bit.” 

The hero can barely speak. “I’m sorry.” 

The supervillain lets out an amused noise, releasing them. “Try this again, kid, and I’ll commit to bashing your skull in.”

@badthingshappenbingo

#bad things happen bingo #confidence shattered #original writing #hero and villain #villain and hero #heroes and villains #villains and heroes #hero villain #villain hero #hero #villain #supervillain and hero #hero and supervillain #inexperienced hero #writing snippet #snippet #story snippet #writing #my writing #avvail

[nashdoesstuff]

they’re in love your honor

killer belongs to rahafwabas shattered!dream belongs to galacii

[pspsps @largefound-the-sequel, @justanidiotartist, any others?]

#nash’s shenanigans #nashdoesstuff #nash’s art #shattered!dream #shattered dream #killer sans #killer!sans #something new sans #shattered driller #dark driller #driller #shattered dream x killer #my art #i am so bad at tags jesus christ #anyways hi :] #i’m getting a bit more confident with sharing my art on here #i don’t know how long that’ll last but #yippeee!! them!! #i’m being dragged back into this fandom because of this stupid ship #wahh #utmv stuffs!! #traditional art

[slttygeto]

I just saw someone say that criticism without empathy is bullying and I totally agree. the internet has become so obsessed with “humbling” people, commenting on their looks, bodies, way of speaking. saying shit like “post this on ig reels now”. even if you don’t necessarily agree with a person, as long as they’re just being themselves without being self centered or problematic, why go out of your way to be mean to them? I also believe in karma. just know that if youre mean to someone unprovoked, it WILL bite you back in the ass ten times harder

#this came out of nowhere but I felt like I need to say it #i am by no means perfect i fuck up too but the first step to change to #or at least get better is to acknowledge what is wrong with our society/generation nowadays #its heartbreaking seeing people gain confidence only for mean people on the internet to shatter it down #its so easy to be mean behind a screen

[s0fter-sin]

when midoriya punches the zero pointer at the entrance exam, all might says “show who you are, embody what it means to be a true hero, nothing is nobler than self sacrifice” do you think aizawa heard kill bill sirens

#he said that very loud and very confidently #i hold true to the hc that midoriya is so reckless due to his horrific self worth from being quirkless #but a good chunk of it is definitely bc of all might #who through his own issues encourages his self isolation and the worth of his power and what he can do with it over midoriya himself #and then you have aizawa who has spent his entire teaching career hammering home that living is just as important as saving someone #all might nedzu and probably everyone else in the room saw that as a heroic moment #midoriya saved uraraka with an unbelievable move with no reward for himself #aizawa is the only one that sees a kid break three out of four of his limbs and plummet to the earth with no plan to save himself #if uraraka hadnt managed to hit him he wouldve at the very least shattered his other arm #he very easily couldve died #and aizawas the only one that notices #thats why he grills him during the ball throw #he says midoriya cant be a hero bc being one will lead to him killing himself if he doesnt change #bc he saw a kid that would destroy himself at every given chance to help someone else #and hes the only one that realises how wrong that is #its been a minute since ive watched this scene and damn it hits a bit different now #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #go beyond plus ultra #aizawa shouta #midoriya izuku #deku #all might #bnha #mha #save post

[cryptidcorners]

i honestly think that Derek's relationship with his mom is very one sided. I honestly assume she neglected him and he had to deal with the trauma of his dad all on his own.

The only reason he's scamming people is to get attention from his mom; hell, he even dyes his hair to try and make himself look "good enough", but ultimately I really don't think she cares about him. I have a feeling he knows that too but he's still holding onto the idea if he just tries hard enough he'll probably be happy again.

#posting this bc I see a lot of people seeing his dynamic w/ his mom in a completely different way #he's legit trying so hard to achieve her expectations #he's practically walking on egg shells around her. his entire confidence shatters whenever she comes in. #I wouldn't be surprised if she hurt him during his child hood #idk. I just saw this as some broken adult trying to mend a family relationship by doing terrible things #she's legit the only person he has atp #i don't think he's a “mommas boy” nor do I think this is a “boy mom” situation. this is just a neglectful parent who doesn't care #and the child is desperately trying to get their approval despite already being so low in life #derek danforth #josh hutcherson #📖 not a request/writing #miscellaneous #the beekeeper 2024 #tw abuse

[fayesdiary]

It's always funny how people view Berkut as this suave gentleman when I'm positive irl he'd be a far-right dudebro Youtuber who keeps complaining about easy modes and forced diversity in videogames, and also constantly shows off his purchases to feel superior to the plebs until Rudolf has enough and blocks his credit card

#fire emblem #berkut #my rambles #don't get me wrong i love berkut but he's a terrible person even before he begins to snap #he has a LOT of problems and that's what's fun with him #i feel sorry for him but at the same time i cheer every time he gets his ass kicked #and his assertive elegant confidence is a facade that shatters at the slightest inconvenience

[sitizelter]

Wrote this fic last night as a coping mechanism (I'm still not okay)

#still so mad abt the whole situation #i feel so bad for logan #his confidence must be shattered ☹️ #but this doesnt mean ppl shld hate on alex too #it wasnt his decision #he needed to follow james' orders #ughhh williams i have a lovehate relationship with you #f1 #f1blr #formula 1 #f1 rpf #logan sargeant #alex albon #australian gp 2024

[gojosbf]

it still baffles me to this day that one night of shibuya was worth three years of trauma

#trust me if i was there i would've killed myself at that point #half of the hope? GONE DEAD BITCH #gojo nanami nobara gone in one night #ijichi ino heavily injured gone half of the normal population dead #todo retired left inumaki mia yuuji traumatized maki and her confidence shattered the whole jujutsu system collapsed #nah they were too strong to put up with that shit i could never #jujutsu kaisen #jjk #gojo satoru #geto suguru #itadori yuuji #nobara kugisaki #jjk ijichi #toge inumaki #kento nanami #jujutsu kaisen 2 #jjk s2 #jjk spoilers #jjk manga #jjk todo #the shibuya incident #jjk season 2 #jjk season two #jujutsu kaisen s2

[moka-creates]

Credit to one of my server members for this addition:

Mimir: "Are you Aesirious right now?!"

#I bet that shattered your confidence #god of war meme #God of war #God of war ragnarok #god of war kratos #kratos god of war #god of war atreus #mimir god of war #god of war mimir #atreus god of war

[pain-del-doge]

I have been up to many things but this goes up first before the Faith posts-

The Milfs of Triumph whenever they have free time

#dogart #fanart #sky children of the light #sky cotl #season of belonging #season of dreams #season of shattering #sparkler parent #dreams qg #confident sightseer

[lastweeksshirttonight]

I found a thing that I'm really excited to share and write in depth about later this week, but for now, please take this humble homemade gif of my man stealing my heart for the 9 billionth time

(2008)

#john oliver #this old man is a goddamn problem #everything about this is perfection #the gum chewing at a public event #the attempted confidence shattering immediately into a giggle #DIMPLES #just end me honestly #bangs appreciation hours #my gifs

[8cfc00]

man it kind of destroys me how much linc has changed since the start of s2... i saw people on the reddit talking about how he's one of the top few characters who's changed the most since they were introduced and ITS TRUE. where did the awkward pissfoot gumtouching soccer loving dad loving kid go. ough. teenage characters growing up just makes me unreasonably sad but conflicted

#dndads #like. he's definitely become more confident and strong but. at what cost #so much of his world has been shattered i feel so bad for him #i hope he can escape teenage apathy and find joy and stability one day

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

Opinions on Dream? :^

SO many feelings about him omgg rant under cut please forgive me

okay so i don't really talk or draw him much cause honestly,,,most of the times i just think he's a bit....boring? or more accurately plain? not in a mean way either but just in a 'fades into the background' type of way like don't get me wrong!! he's a really nice friend to his peers, his feelings about his powers and aura making his relationships harder to navigate and trust along with his whole conflict with nightmare and morality about what's good and bad IS very cool!! and i love it whenever they write him to be complex and not on this black and white mentality or when he's just straight up following along his friends with no free will or with a dubious purpose without ever addressing his issues or feelings! it's just unsatisfying to me :')

or when they're making him the 'naive' and oblivious, (sometimes childish?) character being marked as the obstacle and villain along with the other star sanses from the fic's pov, always talking about doing good things while fighting his brother and not hearing him out about the balance, (and for weak reasons most of the time. like it's been so long and you STILL haven't sat down with him when he's, generally, basically begged you to just have a talk? guys please :'( ) or when they go for the victim sad dream always missing the old nightmare, where corrupted nightmare is the incarnation of evil, with no sympathy or emotion except anger and sadistic glee, killing and hurting everyone and dream's just trying to protect the multiverse and dream's always been in the right. such extremes!!!

LIKE!! i hope i'm not the only one that thinks a 500+ year old should have had enough time to idk. learn things? about people and manipulation and deceit? after knowing what the villagers did to night? about the bad things in the world and how there's a lot of grey areas in life and that he maybe reflected on his past enough to process and ask himself if there should to be a convo to settle his differences with nightmare (and you can make nightmare the stubborn one too! or have them BOTH be petty and imperfect and have some things wrong and some right at the same time like why do i always see the good guy vs bad guy cliché with these two when they're the perfect example of why positivity doesn't have meaning without the negativity!! as long as there's a satisfying evolution or growth that doesn't leave me empty i'm good yknow?)

plus i believe dream really isn't as dumb as people view him. i do get some of you saying he probably can't read or write since that's actually a pretty interesting idea to explore! but in general please let him have emotions other than pure sunshiny happiness or endless sadness like he's gotta have more depth than that! let him make mistakes, have flaws that don't just make him the bad guy that's always in the wrong by default, and be angry or suspicious or jealous or bitter or battling his mental health problems/depression or malicious or smart or witty or mischievous and silly or sarcastic or ANYTHING dude i just want him to be put into different scenarios where he can be serious or lighthearted like it doesn't even have to be long or perfect but make him feel real.

it could definitely be that i don't read or see much art about dream or really look for it hard enough but also i just. i feel bad for even saying this fr and i wanna be honest about why i don't enjoy most stories about him cause he always gets the worst treatment along with ink!!! especially ink omg the poor guy has it the worst i think like wow do they mess him up :'(

always one dimensional in non shippy fics, or too plain or easily replaceable by other, more entertaining people in the significant other's life in most of his ships like man. i have read fics out there that made me genuinely FEEL and root for him and love his character so much it restored all hope for me!!! but i can only name one on top of my head and the others? it's been so long i don't even remember their names i just legit feel terrible cause i love him still and i can't find many headcanons that fit my interpretation of him yknow?

not to say people who write him very happy, mislead or sad are ruining him like that's silly- if i see something i don't like i just. move on bro i wouldn't force people to feel or think the same way i do about him cause anyone can have whatever headcanons they want!!! just talking about what i personally look for in him and why i can't exactly find it since most of the stuff out there just isn't my cup of tea :')

hopefully i didn't set anyone off with this rambling opinionated essay i just pulled hhh xD i know i know he's a popular character and i know a lot of people like dream so *sobs* please please recommend me artists and fics about him that you think is good it's been so looong since i've read or seen anything new that makes me attached to this little guy aughg<33333

#ask #rambling #delete later? #probably xD i just wanna love him SO much but sometimes he's just *sigh*...forgettable #i tried to explain myself but also it's like 4 am and i skimmed through the proofreading so don't take this too seriously HHH #like really even when i do read good fics about him he's not on the forefront of my mind and it's painful to me :'( #i used to see him as my third fav but now? ever since i've read and seen characters who get heavier more in depth plots? #i can't say it with as much confidence :') and dream lovers out there i am not bashing your choice or even your headcanons #to each their own but i really wanna hear someone be passionate about him in my feed or askbox like TELL me about him #i've seen ink rants out there that are FIRE like so true!!! but where's the dream defense team??? #maybe it's just me tho :') btw i still like cream but not the same way as before if i'm being real #it feels the same...all of it and it makes me wanna bite something ARGHGG #i know i know i ship some stuff that's basic too hhh but dream and cross are always written the same and dream is too innocent #and nightmare is too weird in some of these fics like if MY brother ever tried to literally attack my hypothetical partner???? #i wouldn't give him the :'((( sad face and weakly tell him to 'please stop...you're hurting him'' like NO girl they're TWINS #they're the same age i would tell him to BACK off and not insert himself in my love life after years of ignoring and fighting LIKE #especially since most of the time cross is actually good to dream and all- so he doesn't have a good reason to disrupt his bro's dates #UGH i just have so many opinions but basically i would love him a lot lot more than i do now if they also let him be more flexible #and shake things up like with shattered and stuff! gimme alternate versions of him even if it's too ooc like we do for all the other sanses #jaa i am SO sorry you had to read all that dude thank you so much for passing by :'D