#small choices matter

[trulyyoursjen06]

Devotion: Small Choices Matter

Devotion: Small Choices Matter

Small choices matter. They help us. And they can hurt us.  I remind myself of this a lot.  Because in my lifetime, I’ve been down a lot of slippery slopes I never even realized I had started sliding down until I was near the bottom.  The addict doesn’t wake up one morning with the goal of being an addict. It’s one drink. One hit. One line. Just one. And then – just one more and just one more.…

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#grace #prodigal son and daughter #slippery slope #small choices matter

[okkennymay]

Two commissions for the always brilliant @waezi2

Top page features Pat, the Bard turned King- he was just here to look pretty and sing songs for The Queen and be a good dad to Dimi ;w; It's not his fault the world took her too soon by illness leaving him unprepared to run a kingdom and fight off an Orc invasion (Thats the enemy ruler's daughter Mayari, whom starts to visit him in the dungeon and ends up considering him her best friend ;C; hOW CUTE IS THAT)

The second is Veronica, an Older Gorgan woman, an irredeemable, self serving and scheming villain of Royal Punch, and god I love her- the very reason Ivan the Minotaur has to hide away in a small village and keep his head down, He cost her big time when he brought down her illegal boxing operation and by gosh does she want revenge ( •̀ ω •́ )✧

#Commission #sketch page commission #Royal Punch #I'm so invested in these characters okay i'm giving you no choice but to love them too #i don't know how yah do it waezi but every character you create no matter how big or small a roll they play in Royal Punch is a treat #okkennymay #waezi2 #Royal Punch Pat #Royal Punch Mayari #Royal Punch Veronica #Look at me go posting stuff!! #WOOHOO!! #proud of myself

[dykedvonte]

Ulysses obsession with the Courier is a special type of sad to me cause the Courier’s part was so important but so unwitting. They had no idea what was in the package they delivered and neither did he. Neither had an idea of what it could’ve done and the Courier was only caring out their job (mind you the Courier could be killed via notes in the express contract if they don’t). To them it was just another regular delivery to the divide and one that they likely thought would help, just like all the ones before.

It’s so tragic for Ulysses to hold so much ire to the Courier when it really was the case of it could’ve been anyone. Anyone could have delivered that package but they did and so he focused the blame on them and it destroys what he is trying to instill in the courier on a fundamental level.

#like yeah the courier delivered the package but in the end that’s a job #any random courier could’ve delivered it especially since we know in the past the factions were farther apart and this travel was a smidge #safer but courier six got it and this Ulysses blamed them #like I don’t care much for Ulysses because I think lonesome road embodies don’t shoot the messenger at it core #and what people focus on doesn’t focus on the fact that in the bigger picture #everything went wrong because two factions were at war and at some point the codes would have been delivered #and the divide destroyed cause with how close it is to NCR territory it would of been found #like there is an inevitable and too many people treat Ulysses as if he knows more or is more aware of the idiosyncrasies of conflict #when he’s like fundamentally flawed just at the standard of being a legion apologist STILL and just how focused he is on one persons #involvement cause yeah choices matter even the small one but I think Veronica’s quest says it best with a line from the courier #you can’t control what they do #like the courier couldn’t and can’t control what they deliver and yet it’s got them in hot water multiple times #like do you think they enjoy being shot or knowing they are indirectly responsible for activating the annihilation of a community #to me it’s hypocrisy to be willing to end the world or one world to prove a point and whatever argument made that only military factions #suffer forget there are innocent civilians suffering that had no part and Ulysses is no better than the Courier #I don’t like devils advocate and a lot of the dlc just feels like that but idk I know people love it but the depth is just not there for mr #ulysses fnv #fallout #fallout new vegas #courier six #the courier #lonesome road #the courier has very little personality outside what we give them but some lines and delivery paint a picture #like uhhhh undertale deltarune rules ig

[theshadowrealmitself]

Trying to look up romance games I can get on the switch because stardew valley isn’t scratching that itch (love everything else, the romance part leaves so much to be desired for me tho) but apparently my standards are too high 😔

#like I want to be engaged with it so I’m not looking for a visual novel rn #like I want my choices to actually matter and stuff #I want it to be on the cozier side kinda like how sdv is #I’d like to not have to worry about my gender in it #that one is optional because I know how small that’s gonna make my choices 😭 #I’d like for the romanceable characters to actually get a crush on me 😭 #and I’d kinda like to be a human in it #I saw one game that looked interesting but the player isn’t a human in it #no fandom #I miss long story #I played it when I was a kid #was so sad I couldn’t get a proper romance with the mascot

[illprotectyou-hearteyes]

To be clear this is not a prediction of a queer romance in the show because I'd never put my hope in a Disney/Marvel production like that but.

I don't know whether to side-eye Loki S2 or myself for the fact that my genuine read on it four episodes in is that the natural culmination is Loki having to choose between Mobius and Sylvie. And choosing Mobius

#*sigh* #i haven't voluntarily sat down to any marvel joint for years #but unfortunately i do appear to be watching this #anyway best case scenario it does take this route and just frames it as a choice between friends #which wouldn't even be much of a stretch since I honestly don't read Loki and Sylvie as romantic even in season 1 #the kiss was entirely Sylvie and i think it was a strategic distraction #and before they were just disoriented by having a genuine and positive connection to another person for once and got a little confused <3 #alternatively and quite probably i'm just entirely wrong #because if fandom teaches you anything it's that you can never trust a prediction #no matter how well-reasoned it seems at the time #anyhow i do hope sylvie gets to go back and live her happy small-scale life #because helping during the crisis is one thing #but if the conclusion is that her moral obligation is to keep trying to hold the universe together #a sort of 'once a god always a god' conclusion #well i don't think i'd like the implications very much #loki

[yaoianime]

Soon im rly gonna do it

#🕸️ #sui mention #< in the tags tho cuz it feels nicer to talk abt this in tags than in the post itself cuz to me posts are like talking normally but tags are #like whispering? talking you can tune out if you want but whispering is rather more voluntary to say it doesnt matter however #every single year passes and i wish i didnt live in each and every one of them i feel disconnected dissatisfied empty disappointed every day #it can be a small part of a day or a bigger but its still there clenching onto me like and never letting go im tired of it theres always a #wall between me and otyer ppl im unsure if i put it there or was it put there by other ppl but its there and even if anyone tries to reach #into it do i understand how even if close are we really far away it makes me understand just how much of an abnormality i am and how much i #cant ever be like them no matter how much i try and climb and crawl until i bleed its exhausting its maddening #almost everything i do is shaped by spite i wear one bracelet for years out of spite i dont smoke out of spite i dont shave my hands not #only because im normal abt body hair but also out of spite the more i know ppl the spiteful i get only way for me to truly like someone is #to keep them at a lenght outside that wall if they get in then theres only two choices for them to dislike me or even hate my entire being #or me to shove them back out without ever letting them get in #coworkers say im a nice kind person but im not its all just a facade to make my life easier and to suit myself im hateful but i dont believe #its entirely my fault after all they will to my face make fun of. laugh at. and hate everything of me they would see in other ppl that dont #hide it deep within like i do and then it rly hits me how different abnormal foul disgusting and unnatural i am #im hit with his every talk that goes on too long every word that keeps going every touch every expression every comment made on my behalf #its exhausting to live this way i fear im near my limit i havent reached it but who knows when i will #i sometimes dream of doing it and leaving behind a note wishing nothing but painful suffering to everyone i ever knew irl but i dont want to #do that to my best friends and my dog but who knows how long its left before the thread breaks #thats all like comment and subscribe if you personally would do me a favor by taking me out back and shooting me

[quietwingsinthesky]

the amount of time i spend thinking about Even carrying the metacrisis doctor’s fob watch is really quite disproportionate to how much ive fleshed out that part of the story in my head

#i still find myself not caring if the metacrisis doctor couldnt use one. he can because i said so and because donna shouldn’t get amnesiaed #alone. #but anyway. even. its just something about like. #here is your best friend. the man who showed you how big the universe could be. its still him human or not. its still the doctor. #can’t call him that. have to watch your tongue always because no matter how familiar their faces are. these two people do not remember #everything you did together and never can. at least they still love each other. nothing could change that. that’s what matters. you steer #them into each other’s lives so carefully and watch to see if they’re going to get hurt. but they don’t. it’s okay. #and still. and still. you carry your best friend’s life. everything that he is. you can hold it in the palm of your hand. he gave it to you. #he entrusted it to you. well. that’s not entirely true. technically you volunteered. but how else could you say thank you. #you made your world so so small again. for him. larger than you would’ve been used to once but you know what galaxies feel like to fly #across. and now you’re stuck in time and space. this is for love too. this is for the life you hold in your hands. #or wear around your neck on a chain. and because you chose this. you can never see him again. or you see him every day and he doesn’t #recognize all of you. #that would make anyone desperate wouldn’t it? make you do something stupid. make you turn to someone you shouldn’t. #even makes bad choices when they are cornered. i think. #dw oc #the important bit is of course that the only way they can ever get rid of it is by their own choice. which they never would choose to do. #(because tentoo won’t take it back. he’s his own person. impressions of the doctor influencing him. but the part of him that is donna doing #so as well. a whole new person. who does not want her memories back and to be unmade.) #but the point is that the moment even takes it. they will never let it go. they will lose it. on painful occasion. but it always finds its #way back. depending on the context this presence and responsibility is either comforting in its constancy. #or. in a less kind world. a horrifying reminder of how far they have fallen from who they tried to be for him.

[odysseys-blood]

i only have like 2 mutuals that have played both but walk with me and consider the horrible aftermath of akane kurashiki playing tales of the abyss

#cliffnotes/.txt #a game with a central theme about defying fate if it isn't what you wish for #no matter how fruitless it might seem becsuse in the end it is your life and you have a choice #and here u have akane kurashiki who has no choice #or feels she has none anyways #her life has already been played out and shown to her in every instance #she knows who she is and will be #there is no other path for her #how would she feel having never gotten the chance to be her own person that wasn't a predetermined ole #*role #and seeing luke and asch fight like hell for their own identities #instead of only being defined by the situations they were placed in #i think aoi would walk in to her lying on the floor motionless #and it scares the shit out of him but he goes over and shes just #wide eyed staring unblinking at the wall #i had a small drawing idea for this also but idk if ill say it bc idk when ill draw it

[starbuck]

A lot of people see Ravenous’ ending as grim and futile since General Slauson eats the stew despite Boyd’s victory against Ives but, respectfully, I disagree with that.

Here is the thing about Slauson eating the stew: Slauson was ALWAYS going to eat the stew. If cannibalism in Ravenous is a metaphorical extension of American imperialism/expansionism then, symbolically, Slauson has been eating the stew since the day he was born and will keep doing so until the day he dies.

So no, Boyd, as an individual, cannot take down the system, but he can still do SOMETHING. And the choice to resist the system rather than continue to perpetrate it once you’ve realized its evil is still a meaningful one.

To me, that’s the point of the ending: Slauson was always going to eat the stew, but Martha getting to walk away and save herself because Boyd finally made the right choice (a choice he couldn’t have made without her, I should add) still matters.

#ravenous 1999 #this isn’t @ anyone in particular btw! it’s an opinion i see a lot #if it’s @ anyone - it’s @ my former self… i’m thinking out loud here #it’s not about futility it’s about how everyone living in a fundamentally exploitative system has a choice to make #and CAN make a difference - however small or insignificant-seeming #and about how doing nothing because you feel like nothing you do would matter/make a difference is just as toxic of a mindset as knowingly #using the exploitative and destructive system to your benefit #both are bad: you have to do SOMETHING #and the choice to do what’s right as opposed to what benefits you at the expense of others is IMPORTANT #and DOES make a difference

[downfalldestiny]

Every day, I like to wake up and remind myself to be grateful of the simple things ☕ !.

#life #Coffee #Thoughts #Mornings #My morning #Choices #Small things #what really matters #Nature #Camp #downfall #downfalldestiny

[seokwoosmole]

Ngl I’m kind of a mess rn…

#I wish I could say I was surprised but I’m not fully #I was rlly just holding onto the slightest bit of hope #idek how to feel #rowoon is my ult and my gateway into sf9 and kpop #I’m still gonna stan sf9 #of course #that’s not even a question #I don’t think I could ever leave a group I stan just cause my bias isn’t in it anymore #I love the other members so much too #but idk #I might be on a small break from them #at least until their next comeback #fuck I feel so silly cause I’m about to go to work & im bawling my eyes out rn over some man making a career choice #idk I guess I’m sad I’ll never get to see sf9 perform as 9 ever again too #not will anyone for that matter #ahh idk this just hurts #I’m happy for seokwoo if this is what he wants #and I’ll always be happy for the members if they’re pursuing what makes them happy #will definitely be a sad fantasy for awhile though #sf9 #rowoon #sf9 rowoon #Kim seokwoo #last thing - to all my rowoon biased fantasy #hang in there - sending love🩷

[willowser]

Willow you are absolutely right there are some incredibly nasty people in healthcare—especially as providers/workers.. maybe it’s the prestige or the power trip that attracts the most self centered cruel two faced gunner personalities sometimes but it’s so messed up I hate it… it also attracts some truly caring and hardworking people as well like you!! So I guess like nature it seeks a balance 🤷🏽‍♀️

you know, i originally wanted to respond to this with a voice note of a little rant that brought this discussion on—but it's only so disheartening and sickening and i don't even want to spread more of that into the world ! 😔

but you're so sweet to bring some positivity along with your message 🥹 the world needs it 🥹 and i'm so pleased to have it right here in our lil corner of the internet 🥹

#✿ ask willow #ty for being kind !! in times like these !!! #the interaction i witnessed was so awful it's just been sitting in my gut since it happened #i know it's maybe redundant but when i say 'ty for your kindness' i really mean it LOL #i see day in and day out how easy it is to be mean and hateful #and i don't want to say kindness is always a choice bc i think some people just ARE kind #but sometimes kindness IS a choice and so many people don't choose it #at least in my work environment #so i truly appreciate every kindness no matter how small

[icebrooding]

I am still doing my analysis/character study writeups on Trahearne (and Mordy!), I'm just having some trouble accurately articulating some of my thoughts... But I'm sitting here re-reading a section I wrote about Trahearne's life mostly being one of having no agency, and how the Commander is one of the few if not the only person that ever seemed to actually give him a choice regarding a major direction of his life, even if it wasn't really a choice he could refuse, and how that's likely why he valued the Commander so closely to himself.

And i'm just. hngh.

#text #i'm just. there are so many small details that just kind of hint to him never feeling or having a choice in the larger parts of his lif #i just LOVE this man and ik a lot of ppl have already done really good writeups on him but i love doing character study so i want to scream #i want to post it but im 2k words and nowhere near done!! #im not trying to push my trammander agenda honest i just think that their relationship is extremely important to him no matter the dynamic

[desert-dyke]

been going back and forth on edits with an editor and was initially frustrated with the cuts he wanted to make. Eventually I straight up told him "this was my inspiration for the piece. These are the feelings that need to come through" and guess what? He didn't realize that and two more rounds of edits later, we landed on a really awesome piece that made me tear up. Moral of the story: your editor wants to help you make the best story you can . Be open to changes, but also if it seems like your editor doesn't understand the piece, speak up!

#also if your editor doesnt understand chances are readers might miss it to so its important to work with someone to make it clearer #but also as someone who works as an editor there have been times I needed this pointed out to me as well #i was working on a piece with a bilingual author and i couldn't tell if he was misusing words bc english is fucking hard but it was an #intentional choice to show that the story took place in a different universe than ours which was SO FUCKING CLEVER #the whole story was about hopping parallel universes #but thats also why I only use track changes and allow authors to accept or decline every change no matter how small

[atlantis-just-drowned]

"My body, my choice" also stands for trans people's access to healthcare and medical transition, by the way.

If you think bodily autonomy should be only accessible for cis women, then spoiler: you're not defending bodily autonomy.

Bodily autonomy is for everyone. Not just the few categories of people that you judge acceptable. Because you need to be reminded that cis males make the rules and to them, women will never be acceptable.

#trans rights #t4t #trans lives matter #trans healthcare #trans #transgender #feminism #pro choice #abortion #my body my choice #a small reminder to all of you stupid terfs #no feminism without trans people #fuck you #howlings from the vortex #whispers from atlantis

[mamalibra]

Live now - with as many acts of compassion, sacrifice, courage, and kindness - that you can muster. Large, small, doesn’t matter, just keep at it. Even if you don’t see the reward yourself, know that it makes a difference. ♥️

Thanks to @freckles-and-books for inspiring this quote meme from Howard Zinn.

#body mind spirit #bodymindspirit #hope #there’s always hope #positivity #be the change #smallthings #small acts of kindness #better choices #choices matter #new year