#they're struggling real bad

[dirtytransmasc]

Spider better be allowed to connect with Eywa next movie for the sole reason that I need to see him sit with Neteyam in the spirit world. I need to see him hug his baby brother and tell him he loves him. it's literally causing me physical pain.

#I keep thinking about Neteyam waiting for his big brother to come see him #like. he's at peace so he forgets a lot of real world struggles. he forgets Spider *can't* come see him. so he's just waiting. #and spider wants to see him so bad. #he's a big brother. he knows his baby bro is safe and at peace in Eywa. his siblings could tell him he is after they visit. but until he- #can see it himself he just can't fully believe it. he worries. he just wants to make sure his little brother is ok. but he *can't* #I just need them to see each other one more time. I need them to get to hug and play and laugh. I need to see spider *hold* his baby bro #I need to see him get a chance to cry and tell 'tey he loves him #its not a want its a need #avatar 2 #avatar the way of water #spider socorro #miles spider socorro #miles socorro #neteyam #neteyam te suli tsyeyk'itan #neteyam sully #they're brothers and we need to talk about it more often #specifically. Spider is 'teys big brother. 'tey is his baby

[thepringlesofblood]

anyone else having to go through fhjy at a snail's pace bc every time there's a teacher-student interaction (even the positive ones!) you want to set something on fire because of how much you hate high school and american academic culture and it throws you back to the Bad Old Days of actually being in high school, but also you really like fantasy high and you really like the characters and their story and the players and the way they're exploring & critiquing the US school system and basically everything about the show but actually watching it makes your brain explode?

#dimension 20 #d20 #fhjy #fantasy high junior year #original post #look every time porter comes on screen i lowkey have a rage blackout #my hyperempathetic ass needs to watch recaps or read the transcripts or something #its too goddamn much #bc fantasy high has never actually been about like. the academics #but now that it is and now that aguefort is functioning more as a prestigious private school than as a lawless wasteland #its actually bringing back memories of me being in high school. the bad ones. #so its like. it turns out that the thing i liked about fantasy high was that it wasn't actually high school as i remember it #look i think what they're doing this season is genius #brennan is the perfect person to tackle this kind of topic #and each character has a different struggle that is both unique and yet resonates with the real world #and academic trauma is incredibly underdiscussed and i love that d20 has the guts to address it #i just need to take 3-5 business days to process every like. hour of content #so. we'll see how long it takes me to finish it

[maskyartist]

yknow how u cant tell when a cat's in pain cause cat's cant just TELL U they hurt? so they scratch n bite?

yeah

yeah its kinda like that

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"I'm sorry"

"I know you. I can't stop myself from hurting you."

"I hurt. The hurt won't stop. Hurt how I hurt."

#masky says #trolls dreamworks #trolls viva #trolls poppy #feral putt putts au #viva struggles a LOT when separated from clay #they work a lot on having solo time with just them yknow? #an hour a day to show they'll be okay even if they dont know they're there #clay's very numb to it all u cant get a response out of him for awhile #while viva....she and poppy are tense #poppy's trying SO hard to stay cheerful and patient #but viva is so complicated and poppy has barely scratched the surface #viva KNOWS its poppy. she KNOWS shes family. pack. shes real real real. #but she cant help herself #shes not a bad dog. she doesnt know why she bites.

[simplydnp]

Stop im rewatching why dan is leaving me bc of ur post theyre so disgustingly domestic i adore them

sometimes i watch that video just to feel something

#you are so valid for that anon #theres something about the energy of that video that really gets to me #theyre filming cause its promo and its good clickbait and its silly and fun and Them #but its also For Them yknow?? theyre like we're gonna talk about how we're gonna be apart for the longest time since we've known each other #AFTER 13 years of knowing each other #just even framing it like that really is wild. but its exactly what happens. and they're both on the same page of yeah its a long time. #which. it isnt That Long but it IS for them yknow! #the silly intro phil does in front of Dan's closet. and it starts with dan going oi if you're crying about me it better be a long video! #its goofy and ridiculous. theyre in this bouncy happy uncertain mood. because theres gotta be some adrenaline with it but also appreciating #each other while theyre still there together. then its the complete lack of intro to dan bc come on now its dan you know him. obviously. #& then its the 'sphere' convo and im like bitch. he wants to touch you cause youre leaving!!! let him!! #then dans genuine shock at the swear like mans is down BAD. and then the teasing! the so real plant teasing. but also general life concern #the heart cactus makes me feel some type of way okay #the sheer domesticity of the stair convo and the ps4 struggle #and how phil turns it right back on dan with the selfie incident and dan is bashful about it. #and how phil just. gets to say that dan cant shower in the bus. bc it freaks him out. & ofc dan wont stress him like that. #(also the closet rifling. something dan's 'nice to know you do. in a dark drawer somewhere' vs the lacey shirt being lacey underwear idea) #the bathroom being very clearly a shared space. #goddd theyre sooo smiley and soft and i Cant #dnp #c.text #dan and phil

[annamaryllis]

I would like to know exactly how luke asking annabeth to run away with him went down.

#annabeth🥺 #it's sad to think about how it'll be so much harder for annabeth to unpack and heal from that relationship bc he's dead #it's hard enough to come to terms with someone you love/held in high esteem hurting you so deeply #but she's also grieving him too so it's even harder to hold him accountable to herself and recognizing the good and the bad #she may struggle to not romanticize the memory of him #sorting through what about their relationship was pure and genuine and what was fueled by other stuff #both of their trauma really played into it in some of the worst ways... #but to even recognize how her trauma played into it she'd have to identify what her trauma even is and how it's affected her life #it's really complex and difficult work #and bc he's gone she'll never get to question him on stuff like what he was thinking at certain points and why #so certain things will never get the best closure #ugh it's all so fucked up #MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD HAVE EXPLORED IN HOO RICHARD???? BUT NO #and it would have been perfect too bc she'd also be dealing with issues caused by both of her parents triggered by the MoA quest #like her mother's conditional love #and trauma from her mortal family #and her fear of spiders relates to both of these things bc it's a phobia that's passed down from her mom's actions #so she's being punished for something she's not responsible for and also being burdened with a quest simply for being her mother's daughter #and it also represents her mortal family's neglect bc they ignored her needs and all that... #AND THEN the only person she's received actually pure and good unconditional love from was snatched from her for 6 months #and the MoA quest could have been a way to confront some of these fears and wounds...so she's a little stronger by tartarus which #should bring out the best in her and the worst in percy #and then he can work through some stuff too down there #HoO could have been a journey for them where they're undone and then healed #bc at the end of everything they have the medicine to literally everything which is real love (which they have for each other intensely) #the rant I could go on about this...I have so many thoughts about what HoO should have been. maybe one day #annabeth chase #luke castellan #✏️

[dockaspbrak]

i think the stock market in its entirety is such a flop....back to grain markets.

#sorry i know this isnt really the topic for my followers #but imagine me trying to say this to my pretty wife who is deep into psychology and special ed academia....she just doesnt need to be burde #ed #so essentially i was watching a breakdown of current crypto trends bc i do that often sorry #and i just.....crypto is basically the absolute boiled down end of what the stock market did to businesses #instead of making. a business that does anything for society....they're made to be valuable to sell to the consumer and then itll literally #never be as valuable again? #thats why tech companies are struggling and its all bullshit. its literally just everything isnt made to work its made to be sold and thati #crypto is just abunch of losers who think theyre smarter than everyone else selling nothing to eachother... and literally why? #its like. wework wanted to be a valuable tech company so bad their frankly basic idea of communal workplace real estate #got fucked from over-valuation and scammy shit bc they want to sell stock #stock selling is like. hypothetical representations of a company that you gamble with right that should have its worth defined by the #performance of the business....in theory. but its all propped up by who ever is buying into it and why and also stupid bullshit #jergoiejgoie hahahah i have a lot of feelings about how stupid financial markets are and very little respect for them

[phoenixcatch7]

What I'd really love to see is a svsss au where shen yuan had the immense powers from saiki k.

Like, svsss is already a romcom of a guy shunted into a fantasy world with meta knowledge and immense power for no reason apart from 'make a happy ending' as a fairly thick veneer over an absolute hot mess of a tragedy with a happy ending, red flags galore, complete with a protagonist completely removed from the concept of romance and resigned to his fate of being abandoned by the people around him because of the circumstances he was 'born' into, but he's funny about it.

The disastrous life of saiki k is a fast paced crack comedy about a guy granted immense power for no reason with meta knowledge of the world as a thick veneer over something a little darker and traumatic with a happy ending, complete with a protagonist completely removed from the concept of romance and resigned to being ignored by the people around him because of the circumstances he was born into, but he's hilarious about it.

Now I don't think it should be a 1-1 transplant of saiki to the svsss world, but to imagine an sy with those powers who didn't manage to find loyal friends, who moved out to live alone as soon as possible to avoid issues with his powers, who gravitated to web novels because of their regular updates as opposed to being constantly spoiled for books with finished endings. An sy who despite his ridiculous levels of power died alone in a stupid way and woke up in a world filled with people who also had immense and varied powers, dealing with the prospect of immortality when his own powers are still constantly growing and interfering with his life, but be silly about it.

I want to see a sy with telepathy still failing to understand what lbhs deal is because of his own denial, a sy with the power to crush mountains with a finger trying not to blow down walls with a sneeze because someone put him on a mountain FILLED with plants in SPRING, an sy who deleted an entire country from the planet aged four trying to dodge overly enthusiastic maidens he keeps saving because he doesn't want to steal from the protagonist and also no, lady, please. Shen yuan sitting in the water prison absolutely deadpan as people try and scare him with 10 iq stories about the acid waterfalls. An sy who hares around the peak trying to avoid being spotted on valentines day as he redirects unwanted admirers and improves his disciples dates just so they can all have a good day.

An sqh who really, honestly truly doesn't know how pidw was made real, honest!! All he could do was see ghosts! It's not his fault the story he wrote to make rent turned into all of this!! But because you're here can you pretty please make some ice, I'm in desperate need of air con and my king hasn't showed up in weeks!

Sqq and sqh playing telepathic chess during boring meetings and sqq leaving him to suffer when sqh is asked a question even though he himself knows the answer.

Lbh trying everything to get shizuns attention and discovering his total weakness to his cooking. Like, will let you cheat in class levels of bribery.

Sqq stalking dourly through fields of aphrodisiac plant because he's raised his body temperature high enough to burn out any pollen before it gets too close and the system just despairing at getting this man to do something interesting.

Cat!sqq transforming back as fast as he can because he's got a meeting in half an hour and having to rush around trying to find something to cover the cat ears he didn't manage get rid of.

Shen qingqiu pulling out his limiters and dropping the mask to reveal a deity in the shape of a man, something crafted purely of psychic energy and burning fury, determined to hold maigu ridge together and keep the realms apart with his will alone, to save luo binghe if it killed him again. A shining aura stretching miles, glowing like a star, halting the earthquake with his bare hands.

Sqq seeing a bug and freaking out so hard he teleports to the northern demon realm and lands in a slushy pond, and sqh nearly giving him away because of how hard he's laughing.

#Like honestly the parallels are great #Long post #Sqq leaning hard into the aloof elegant scholar vibes because he still struggles to control his strength even with the limiters #He doesn't want to hurt anyone. #Sqh: please please tell me what my king is thinking right now he's been glaring at me all day! #Sqq (having been forced to hear an endless carnal monologue for hours from him): oh no not a chance. No way are you getting me involved. #Sqq: whatever insane thing you two have going on go ahead. Just don't involve anyone else in that EVER. #Sqh: bro 😭?! #Sqq: *makes a peace sign and goes invisible* #Sqh: BRO?!! Not even... Expensive northern import for the protagonist to cook with? #Sqq: *reappears with a pop* go on... #Sqh is salty he didn't get the godlike powers when he created the world they're in. Sqq tells him it isn't worth it #Being forced to see the past of an object with just a touch when you live in 5 million words of bad smut?? NO THANK YOU. #But both being espers AND from the same world they're still buddies (much to sqqs dismay). #Sqh is just barely outside sqqs telepathy range on an ding and lives in fear of him sensing him writing and catapulting himself #through the window at mach ten to beat him up. #Sqq every time he has to sit through a meeting with some corrupt official: thought crimes aren't real thought crimes don't count #Sqh: so how are you this bad at feelings. My guy you are an empath. #Sqq: shut up. #Lbh would definitely catch sqq doing something impossible or op and be so head over heels. He's like his father that way. #svsss #svsss au #shen qingqiu #shen yuan #scum villain's self saving system #scum villian self saving system #sqq #shang qinghua #sqh #svsss shen qingqiu

[coockie8]

without naming names to avoid procuring the wrath of dweebs who worship A Guy™, I've noticed celebrity stans tend to struggle with understanding hyperbole :/

#when someone is complaining that your fave is ''in everything lately'' #I can almost 100% guarantee they don't mean *literally* in *everything* #they're using hyperbole to complain about having to see A Guy™ more often than usual that they'd rather not #and look I'm Autistic #I understand struggling to gauge tone even in real life let alone online #but I've noticed this specifically with celebrity stans #I don't know if they're genuinely struggling with hyperbole #or if the celebrity brain rot is just so bad that anything even remotely negative said about their Human God™ is taken as a personal attack #but it's definitely something I've noticed #look I'm just saying if you're willing to call someone slurs #or accuse them of truly heinous things #to defend the ''honour'' of Some Random Guy™ that you've probably never even met #then you might wanna take a step back and rethink your life choices

[semi-sketchy]

I mentioned briefly in my Xenoblade 3 critique that Xenoblade X handled the theming of people in power exploiting the general populace better than 3. Now the Q&A in 3's art book is out there people are talking about this explanation.

I wanna elaborate on why the concept worked better in X:

It's not the primary antagonist.

That's it. That's the reason.

While X's primary antagonists, the Ganglion, leave...something to be desired, (as does the story in general) this overarching theme is used to push the cast.

Because it's not the elite directly confronting them; it's the result of their actions that put everyone in this situation. You don't need the big wigs preaching to everyone to get the point across. This story is about how the people are affected.

Lao has been so deeply hurt by all this, it drives him to seek revenge. The concept created a villain (and the best character in the game).

This can even apply to the Ganglion, who were created as slaves and want to wipe out their masters descendants (the failsafe) so they can truly be free.

Compare that with 3. I'm sorry but an ideology alone just doesn't make an enticing villain. There's no motivation, no drive, it's just constant and blatant dehumanizing and it gets boring.

All the Moebius you fight, there's no character. There's not supposed to be, after all they're a collective, an idea, even called a concept in-game.

It's why villains like N, Shania and Joran stand out. Even though they're not amazing, they add something personal to the idea, they attach it to an actual character. (Although even in those cases, it's more of a background element since their shtick mostly has to do with revenge on the protags...)

With the rest of Moebius, it's just a fear of dying that drove them to power and to keep it. Nothing else is really said, even by the head honcho and final boss, Z.

Takahashi really did look at the villains and go "let's make so you only ever see the evil surface."

So yeah. That's why X did it better.

#spoilers #xenoblade chronicles 3 #xenoblade chronicles 3 spoilers #xenoblade 3 #xenoblade chronicles x #xenoblade chronicles x spoilers #xenoblade x #xcx #xc3 #honestly that quote kinda floored me #not because i didn't get the theming or intention #but literally just saying they purposefully removed nuance to make it more true to life #because you only ever see the surface of bad people even though they're full humans with lives and connections #but like...that's the glory of fiction #in real life you can't be a fly on the wall to witness struggles #but FICTION you can have as many fucking scenes as you want #but no in 3 the villain scenes are just ''look how much we toy with lives for fun we love being evil'' #like at this point i think calling it villain of the week insults that trope

[sunxstreaker]

"oooo tumblr is made for communication twitter is just a cesspool of trash and bad opinions" i made more connections on twitter in tf community than i do on tumblr To This Day cuz saying things to people is much easier and very much expected when tumblr has completely different etiquette you losers keep spouting about every other month. i know my experience isnt universal but it really always comes down to navigating your spaces but with tumblr while its easier to navigate them i do find it harder to connect with people in this community.

#ko tf posting #this is not twitter defense but when i see twitter complains like this im just #bestie what kind of people are you following that you keep seeing trash on your timeline #it is hard to casually communicate with people on tumblr because i have big social anxiety #and replying or leaving a lot of tags on some strangers posts can be. weird #on twitter theres only just replies. and more often than not they're appreciated. esp for artists #i found audience on twitter. i finally get commissions. idk. struggling to get anything on tumblr for ove a year fucked me up real bad #im not gonan sit here and say that twitter is good in any way. theres very much a lot of problems with the way people talk about things #but again its all about how you navigate your spaces #im still paranoid about things but its a me problem not anyone elses

[yardsards]

i guess the one good thing coming out of this for eda is that she can commit as many crimes as she wants without the fear of being handcuffed

#i mean yeah she COULD prolly just pop off her hands before but this saves her a step! #eliot posts #toh #the owl house #eda clawthorne #joking to cope with that finale #anyway i'm missing half my hand and the stumpy lil thing i got is barely wider than my wrist #and i joke about being immune to handcuffs #also i can fit my whole hand into the pringles tube with no struggle #one of my friends jokes that i am ''streamlined for bowling'' bc that hand has exactly 3 stubby lil fingers on it #also i can understand claw machines on a spiritual level bc they also have 3 prongs usually #(legit tho i am SUPER good at crane games if they're actually based on skill and not rigged to not have enough grip strength #once our school band took a trip to an amusement park to perform and afterwards we got to hang out and i went to the arcade #and won like 2/3 of the time on the crane game and was just handin out stuffed animals to anyone i even VAGUELY considered a friend) #(i kept one tho) #this one time when we were real young my sister flushed a tiny plastic cup down the toilet and blamed me #abd since my memory was bad i was like oh yeah i probably did that by accident sorry #and my parents made me stick my hand down the pipe bc it was small enough lollllll #my sis fessed up to it YEARS LATER when i was a teen #same vibes as when i was real young and got sick in the hallway and then went right back to sleep #and i woke up to the sounds of my mother scolding my dad's extremely hungover friend #who was like ''i don't remember doing that but i WAS super drunk so i'll clean it up'' before i was like yeah that was me

[kaworusbetterthanme]

Two in a day, look at me go

#two pretty best friends <3 <3 #their actual job is still in the thinking phase but for now they're knockoff secret agents #ambrose is cordelia's older brother but i haven't drawn her yet #i struggled with his design let me tell you i didn't know what to do with his hair #but they're here #now onto all the other knockoff secret agents...... #i struggle with not putting accents on temeraire SO BAD téméraire is a french word not an english one!!! #but they're nicknamed after real life british navy dreadnoughts so it's temeraire no accents #mine own ocs #léonie/superb #ambrose/temeraire

[moinsbienquekaworu]

I thought I'd keep my Emotional Support Fic Yearly Reread for september/october when I'll be stressed out of my mind living alone with paperwork and schoolwork to do but actually I think right now is a good time

#the first time i read it was what. two and a half years ago? #i was in a very different (worse) place but i still need my cloth fanfic y'know #because i'm already stressed out about paperwork and living arrangements and mental & physical health #the fic is pacify btw. it's good to focus on someone else's struggles and pain and recovery #especially when those other someones are not real people and i don't have to really feel bad they're going through atrocious shit #also the songs i associate with the fic (which are many) are songs i don't want to listen to too much outside of pacify rereads #they're really good i just try not to listen to them without pacify because i don't want to stop associating them with the fic #they're - i've already said it but they're split in three parts #one that runs from the start to that moment in the tower during the battle #then from there til the evil is vainquished in the coolest way possible #and then til the end of part 7 since the author is still still working on part 8 #so part one is handmade heaven - fear and loathing - karma‚ all by marina #part two is nobody and washing machine heart by mitski #and part three is the 7 minute version of plastic love by mariya takeuchi and happy by mitski #the songs don't actually fit the fic that much but they fit it in my head by association so whatever #hopefully i'll manage to finish my diptych project thing this summee #summer* ugh #anyway back to reading #i've reached the bit where Someone is made aware that some people have an expiration date and go fuck it we ball #not giving names because last time i did that i had to defend myself before a jury of my mutuals and i don't need that right now #it's just. it's a good part. well no it sucks for everyone it's the part that hurts (half of the fic) but like. it's good #wow i have a ramble tag now

[nexus-nebulae]

i wish i'd reblogged that one video i saw talking about The Tray (tray of food in fridge that you can just snack on like an Executive Dysfunction Charcuterie) bc i actually tried it and like. i am Eating More? i think?? The Tray is much more powerful than i expected

#and it also makes it easier for me to eat food in time without it going bad?? #like- most of the time i don't eat certain foods bc brain labels it as 'snack' so that means i am Not Allowed to eat it for meals #because brain is weird like that #and then other times i forget it's there bc i don't look at where it's stored #but the box is like a Zero Effort Meal Box so brain is able to label the box as a Meal instead #because. brain is really damn weird #and since it's all in The Box i can see it there easily and don't forget about it #so i'm eating produce and shit without it going bad immediately and like. actually eating the whole container of things #instead of everything just spoiling and being wasted #anyway i had a Meal today of little bits from the box and it Worked Well and i am happy about that #i had some bits of cheese and summer sausage and carrot matchsticks and peanuts and pretzels and sauerkraut :3 #i'm learning how to store food in ways that makes it easier for me to eat too #like the summer sausage- if i just cut the whole thing into little bite-size pieces and put it in a tupperware it's easier for me #and carrots- i like them but they're too hard to bite through so i got those matchstick-sliced kind and those are way better #so i'm actually going to get some real vegetables in my diet for once thank fuck #it's very satisfying and nice to find Ways Around things i struggle with #it's nice that i might not have so much trouble #like it's obviously not going to solve it and i'm still gonna struggle some but it's something that'll help at least

[marinehero-a]

thinks ab them.... sengoku/garp....

#{ ooc } ✗ 「 WENP reporter 」 #[ everyone asleep time to think ab old men holding hands---- #[ continues to think of them in the context of one sided for majority of their careers #[ sengoku recognizing feelings but recognizing that they're approach to their jobs are too different / it would be too much of a distraction #[ so saying nothing #[ and garp just utterly oblivious / never rly thinking about it because they're friends / has no understanding of romance #[ everyone in marineford wondering if they're official or not..... #[ tsuru isn't paid enough for any of this #[ acting like bickering husbands and yet </3 #[ knowing each other morals/stances clash but still caring deeply for each other and being there when they can be for each other #[ the fleet admiral and the hero of the marines #[ rat shaking it all #[ don't think anything would rly work until like after sengoku retires but thinks ab it... #[ slow burn material---- #[ dshjsdlk #[ sighs #[ head in hands i want to write So bad but the energy... has not been..... #[ tryin to get something done for the roger pirates week thing n got drafts but struggling to finish anything </3 #[ january isn't real it can't hurt me--- #[ anyway if anyone ever picks up sengoku as a muse--- /lh /lh