#whatever maybe later

[middle-name-queer]

A great thing about the good place is how all four of the main crew are actually self-centered

We commonly identify forms of self-centered behavior such as selfishness that is exemplified by Elenor. (aka "a Bad Person"), but then you have Chidi and Tehani. These two are far less classical in their self-centered behavior but are still self-centered, nevertheless.

The show makes Tehani's folly pretty clear, despite all her philanthropic acts she still centers herself in every situation. How she ended up there is actually parallel to Elenor's upbringing, the only real difference is the glitz and the glamour. They both had parents that were withholding for one reason or another, neither felt seen nor wanted and so one shut down to protect herself, the other made her entire existence a performance, either way they are deeply, deeply self-centered people.

But Chidi is my favorite, for the obvious reason that his self-centered behavior is the least obvious. Now of course it's made pretty clear to us as viewers but as a character within the world, for nearly all situations most people would judge Chidi as a good (albeit, sometimes annoying) person. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would out right call him self-centered... yet he is!

Chidi acts as though the world rests squarely on his shoulders, that each little choice he makes carries the weight to change the trajectory of humanity. Putting this into words pretty clearly illustrates the ridiculousness of it. It simply isn't reality, and it shows how, even though Chidi is a "good person" (vs Elenor and Jason) he is still susceptible to the very human condition of not looking past yourself. Another way to state it (as I'm sure many have before) he basically suffers from thinking he's a main character. (lol) Now, lucky for him he actually is one but translating this to real life you can see how people fall prey to this way of thinking, convoluting their lives due to the faulty belief that they, and they alone, can make or break the world around them.

This rolls around my brain like a marble because, I did this! For an embarrassingly long time in my youth, I truly felt the grief and horror that comes with thinking you, and you alone, can fix the world's problems. And I think this sort of thing isn't talked about enough because there isn't an obvious red flag of being a "bad person". Chidi is "good" and so there is a smoke screen effect hiding how poor his behavior actually is. (Can you tell I deeply identify with his character? 🤔)

Jason is an interesting case in his own right, because he's self-centered almost in the same way as a small child. I assume Donkey Doug was simply unequipped to help Jason develop past that stage in his upbringing, in tandem with say... other lifestyle choices, Jason's overall mental development is limited. He's an interesting example of how not all self-centered behavior is motivated by innate "selfishness". Jason is very much capable of empathy, generosity, and comradery, as shown by his relationship to Janet, lifelong friendships, and his participation and organization of a 60-person dance crew. This is in opposition to Elenor, a selfishly self-centered person who could not form meaningful or lasting relationships.

Jason Mendoza's behavior is more of a big kid who acts on impulse, this can obviously be perceived as "hurtful" and when done by a grown adult it may be judged as "he's a bad person". But when looking at his overall character it's clear that he doesn't make a single move with any ill intent or malice. You can easily reason with him in nearly all situations, even when he chooses to throw a molotov at a train, all it takes is grabbing him by the arm and telling him to knock it off. He doesn't argue or get defensive, unlike versions of Elenor who would tell you to "go fork yourself". Jason is only self-centered because he struggles to see the big picture, but when it's shown to him, more often than not he accepts it with a little guidance.

I have no end point here other than watching these characters exude self-centeredness in four distinctly different ways, only to then learn and better themselves, is a delight!

#tgp #the good place #tgp spoilers #not really but whatever #damn i didn't even talk about micheal #whatever maybe later

[forecast0ctopus]

not divulging my thoughts on star trek (2009) rn. but this scene is like a cartoon to me

#technically the first star trek film i ever watched. back in 2009 lmao #i was in the third grade so hardly counts #star trek #star trek aos #jim kirk #james t kirk #captain kirk #aos kirk #star trek aos fanart #star trek 2009 #this has been in my drrafts for a month and drawn for like two but. whatever #thougbt maybe id finish the rest of the page. havent yet! maybe later #so if you ever see this guy twice thats why lmao #i have so many wips though so i dunno

[arinmoss]

Mr. Elliott Stardew Valley

#does he even have a last name? lmao #anyways heres a messy elliott for u lads #tried to not paint him tried to like do basic coloring like cellshading esque type thing at first #couldnt #lol #anyways maybe ill clean this up more later but #more than likely not lolol #sdv elliott #stardew valley #stardew elliott #fanart #sdv #also loosely based this one some of his older looks lol #or whatever u call em #def inspired by the colors of his original form #they were more mmuted #sdv fanart #stardew valley elliott #art #drawing #artwork #digital painting

[crunchycrystals]

credit to u/ioncelostashoe on reddit for this comment i need to post it on here to share

(also would explain why they knew it should stop at 5 rounds)

#crunchyposts #im frantically going through the reddit post rn trying to talk to people lol #game changer #game changer spoilers #tell me if the image id is wrong btw im not great at writing descriptions for things #100 #150 #200 #300 #400 #500 #edit if any of yall were curious i checked the comment again a day later and this post has more notes than that has upvotes #so if you feel like it maybe like share your thoughts w them on reddit???? i feel like they might appreciate it but idk do whatever you wan #i dont have an account im a stalker lol

[yikesb3rg]

losing my mind over kenshi's fit details so i'll put it on the backburner for nowge sorry kenshi

#mk1 #mk #mortal kombat #johnny cage #my art #BLARGG #it's frustrating but. whatever i'll go back to it later in the year maybe #trying to avoid artblock like the plague #art #artists on tumblr #i forgot the ship name #jenshi #? #sure. #edit: okay so it's actually #johnshi

[sleepinglionhearts]

New stickers! New stickers!

#doodles #fire emblem #fe3h #fire emblem three houses #dorothea arnault #petra macneary #fe art tag #hhhhggghh they've been sitting around unfinished for 2 YEARS #and finally I've finished them up and they're ready to go #dorothea's sticker is nice but petra's... i might edit it later?? #wasn't able to find many good references for her outfit but also it is. a lot of details #maybe I shouldn't have done this while sick hshshshsh #oh well whatever go find my redbubble page and have fun #look out bc u may have to wait a minute before these two are ready #what with redbubble's weird approval thing

[missjashin]

Eddie coming home to Steve and their little daughter yelling “there’s my favorite princess!” and then lifts Steve up and spins him around.

After placing him down he kneels in front of their daughter, bows and kisses her tiny hand and thanks her for “keeping the princess safe, o mighty warrior”

#and obviously hugs and kisses her later because he missed his little warrior #coming home from tour or whatever #or maybe just from work and this is every day occurrence lmao #steve harrington #eddie munson #Steddie #steve x eddie #sorry steve but you’re the princess of the family there’s no escape from that

[icewindandboringhorror]

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY!!! To this elderly bapy boye!!! he...!!!

#cats #ghhbbb this is the first time I've genuinely considered tumblr blazing a post lol but no.. i shant.. I feel too weird putting financial #information into tumblr or whatever unless I made like a seperate bank account or something not associated with anyhting else lol #but I gave it serious contemplation which is really sayng something (the evil magical spell that all cats cast over u by their perfection) #ANYWAY.................... old man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #it's technically like march 8th but I did his party a little early. I have other pictures to post later maybe too..hrmm #The '1' candle is actually a '4' candle with the side part cut off because they didn't have any 1s #I went all out (like under $15 still lol) and got new birthday decorations for him instead of using the same old #ones from the past like 5 birthdays that I've done for the cats lol.. #His theme was rainbows mostly in as light of colors as I could find #The legal age to drive a car in the US is 16 so.... honk honk beep beep.. I shall go out and buy him the most expensive car on the market #as soon as March 8th comes. then he can run little errands (probably mostly getting kibbles or chicken somewhere) #stealing the rotisserie chickens from walmart or something lol #AND they would let him have them. He would drive up and walk inside and they'd call the manager to come over #and they would be so moved by his presence and his big goofy stare that they would just be like..... okey.. have all the chicken in the #entire store. Actually. have the store. it's yours now. And This would continue all the way up the chain until he was handed #the entire walmart company. And every other company. a boy who owns everything. probably wouldnt use it for evil. he'd just abolish #everything and then focus on eating chickens.. ........ chibken son...

[chernychnyi]

reposting some PH favorites

#the thing with pandora fanart #as a 12 years old i shared some on the internet and was explicitly told that it sucks and i shouldn't share it until i learned how to draw #there was also a discussion in the comments on whether people without talent should even try #it's a little thing but it bugs me full 14 years later! #maybe because i was an “art kid” in my circles and i never previously encountered hostility towards my work #but yeah whatever they said i'm still here sharing my pandora art thank you #pandora hearts #art tag

[newttxt]

i cannot believe i made it to gear 5 without being spoiled,,

#one piece #luffy #gear 5 spoilers #wano spoilers #u h. so i hear ppl dont rly tag for this anymore but the sheer JOY I FELT seeing this as a surprise… i dont wanna ruin that for anyone else #to be fair. i just muted every one piece word i could AND only looked at things friends sent me #so maybe its impossible to avoid spoilers without just going offline like i have #WHATEVER. whatever. its for my peace of mind #anyway. the way my jaw hung open for like 5 episodes straight #i said a couple days earlier ‘how will oda make the end of this fight actually satisfying?’ and bree screenshotted it to show me later #yeah id never have predicted this but it SURE WAS SATISFYING

[puppetmaster13u]

Thinking of cryptid Batfam and them like, pretending to be straight up feral. Like never speaking human language or anything and building up their vigilante outfits to look as natural and Creachur as possible. You know what, give 'em wings and such too. Mechanical ones that started more like gliders but developed more and more into proper ones as they tested things.

But I just want justice league or other Outsiders (Potential crossovers perhaps?) to venture into Gotham to investigate the really high crime-rate, or maybe it's after No Man's Land where they're trying to figure out what happened. Only to start hearing whispers about these beasts that appear each night.

#cryptid batfam #cryptid batman #batman au #gotham #prompts #au idea #whatever it counts as #dc crossover #dcu #dc #Signal definitely pretends to be the bat signal brought to life #Uses his light powers to disappear the moment the bat signal is about to be turned on (probably has cameras on it lol) #Maybe a zeta tube or something similar for him to just appear if someone tries to mess with the bat signal #remind me to elaborate later #batman #let them go feral

[originalartblog]

watching the storm pass (x)

#after N's torture #and fighting a lightning manipulator at most a few months later during the dragon's head conflict (while cursing profusely) #do you think that maybe chuuya developed a fear of electricity/lightning #he'd deny and/or fight it of course but #this boy went through a lot and it's one of the few things that he can't fight while it can/has harmed him in severe ways #fear can be irrational but. mostly this is about trauma and powerlessness #who wants to do one of those 5+1 things or whatever where chuuya slowly realizes he's not cool with zappy stuff and it gets worse over time #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd chuuya #bsd nakahara chuuya #bsd fanart #nawy's doodles #drawing rain is really fun actually it's my new thing (<- doesn't have any more plans for it) #guess who knows her computer screen isn't calibrated and forgot to cross-check on her phone for brightness before posting #that's right it's me

[atalienart]

"Wysoki i szczupły, K. był kwintesencją elegancji, od nienagannego ubioru, szytego według najnowszej mody, przez starannie ułożone, piaskowe włosy, po sposób w jaki się trzymał."

#my art #nat tries to write #oc #original character #rough translation from translator xD #Tall and slender K. was the epitome of elegance #from his impeccable fashionable attire to his neatly styled sandy hair to the way he held himself. #I wanted to introduce you to my new character #let's call him Mr K. for now #I spent entirely too much time trying to draw this guy the way he should look like and tbh I'm not sure I'm 100% happy with the result #he kinda looks... so freaking generic like “every pretty dude ever” and he shouldn't idk #though in the story he is pretty #he probably looks too young here too but whatever #maybe I'll change his design later #anyway #if you've seen one of my boys you've probably seen them all #enjoy

[arinmoss]

Astarion :3

#his face is saur hard to draw lol but aslo im bad at drawing peoples likeness but still man #anyways heres a messy astarion maybe ill fix it up more later but i jsut wanted to render seomthing but also not take forever on it so #here he is :3 #i forgot to add like someof the spots and stuff on his face but whatever too late now #astarion #astarion fanart #astarion baldurs gate #astarion bg3 #astarion ancunin #baldur's gate 3 #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 #bg3 astarion #fanart #still doesnt look wuite how i want it to but eh #bg3 fanart #baldurs gate 3 fanart #okay i edited his eyes a bit i think i drew them too large last time but also might switch back and forth cause ia m indecisive :^) #art #sketch #doodle

[leo-bandito]

#6.

#whatre y gonna post leo? More trigun? Danny phantom maybe? NO. WRONG. BEN 10 ALIEN FORCE S2 FINALE MOMENT. DIE FOREVER #this show is NOT GOOD !!!!!!! Thats a lie yes it is. No its not. Its. SIGH #these two PISS ME OFF!!!!!!! #but this bit literally made me choke up and clutch my head. Oh my god #Esp when paralleled w kevins arc later.... I FEEL UNWELL #Something something to be so monstrous and dangerous and to have someone love you anyway. Whatever. #uaf #ben 10 uaf #ben 10 alien force #kevin levin #gwen tennyson #DO I HAVE TO TAG THEIR SHIP THIS IS SOOOO CRINGE #gwevin #its like. I like it in my head BUT THIS SHOW IS BAD #ben 10 #kevin 11 #< cause i thinknits funny

[tvpsychics]

@superfamsecretsanta gift for @authenticaussie ! kon getting in some much, much, much needed physical contact :/

#u can read either or both of these as platonic or romantic or whatever u want #i meant to do a bart one too but i ran out of time!!!! maybe i will do one later n add it on #kon el #kon el kent #superboy #cassie sandsmark #wonder girl #tim drake #robin iii #young justice #dc comics #timkon #koncassie #<- sort of 👍