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[levy120]

I’m about to save you thousands of dollars in therapy by teaching you what I learned paying thousands of dollars for therapy:

It may sound woo woo but it’s an important skill capitalism and hyper individualism have robbed us of as human beings.

Learn to process your emotions. It will improve your mental health and quality of life. Emotions serve a biological purpose, they aren’t just things that happen for no reason.

1. Pause and notice you’re having a big feeling or reaching for a distraction to maybe avoid a feeling. Notice what triggered the feeling or need for a distraction without judgement. Just note that it’s there. Don’t label it as good or bad.

2. Find it in your body. Where do you feel it? Your chest? Your head? Your stomach? Does it feel like a weight everywhere? Does it feel like you’re vibrating? Does it feel like you’re numb all over?

3. Name the feeling. Look up an emotion chart if you need to. Find the feeling that resonates the most with what you’re feeling. Is it disappointment? Heartbreak? Anxiety? Anger? Humiliation?

4. Validate the feeling. Sometimes feelings misfire or are disproportionately big, but they’re still valid. You don’t have to justify what you’re feeling, it’s just valid. Tell yourself “yeah it makes sense that you feel that right now.” Or something as simple as “I hear you.” For example: If I get really big feelings of humiliation when I lose at a game of chess, the feeling may not be necessary, but it is valid and makes sense if I grew up with parents who berated me every time I did something wrong. So I could say “Yeah I understand why we are feeling that way given how we were treated growing up. That’s valid.”

5. Do something with your body that’s not a mental distraction from the feeling. Something where you can still think. Go on a walk. Do something with your hands like art or crochet or baking. Journal. Clean a room. Figure out what works best for you.

6. Repeat, it takes practice but is a skill you can learn :)

[levy120]

Readers, make sure you have all your favourite Ao3 fics downloaded.

Writers, make sure you have copies of all the fics you have posted on Ao3.

I don’t want to be alarming, but things could get really bad really fast. OTW shared this today on Twitter, and I'm a bit worried about it 😅

Ao3 is a non-profit organisation. If they have to start paying taxes, I have no idea what will happen.

[levy120]

OMG. Somebody said it out loud.

Disney is absolutely not the only studio doing this though.

It seems to have become standard practice across movies and series everywhere.

Anything that doesn't do it is like a breath of sunlight and fresh air inside a dank musty cave.

It's part of the 'fix it in post-production' epidemic sweeping through the studios. Fix it in post is often used as a time/money-saving measure - and is absolutely part of the same mess that the WGA is fighting against currently.

Rather than fixing things on-set - audio, lighting, something in-frame that shouldn't be, etc. (which is all handled by unionized crew) - they leave it for the CG folks (not unionized) to edit later.

(on ridiculously tight schedules that leave them scrambling, cutting corners, and working inhumane hours)

See also: that part where scripts aren't finished, because the studio won't fully staff the writers room, and won't pay to have writers on-set for day-of-filming script questions and fixes (which could resolve issues such as 'what kind of lighting do we need here?')

Anyway, all this shit we, as audiences, keep complaining about - bad lighting, bad sound, wonky visual effects, over-usage of not-great CGI, stilted acting on green-screen sets, scripts that seem not-quite-finished, costumes that look like they're cheap and flimsy, terrible hair and makeup, films and series that aren't as polished as they could be...

Plus the complaints we have about streaming services and their shenanigans...

All of that is enmeshed in the extreme capitalism that has taken over everything, including entertainment, to the point that studios are abusing their workforce and churning out material that - at best just doesn't live up to its potential - at worst, is just unwatchable shit.

[levy120]

every time i see those posts like ‘what food from a show did YOU always wanna try’ i go lol none? but i just remembered im a liar

i always wanted the fucking soup brock made in the pokemon anime

[levy120]

WHAT ARE WE?!

WRITERS!!!

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?!

WRITE!!!!!

WHEN ARE WE GONNA DO IT?!

((Disgruntled muttering))

[levy120]

Applied Science has gotten a third chapter! And I think hope my muse should be just about sated for now :D

Not me putting my newest Blorbo of the Week through the Wringer, No, sire :')

A while ago I got back into gw2, wanted to see if it would stick and after reaching my personal goal-post went and purchased one of the missing Addons - and got around to playing the EoD Story.

They truly ramped up Gorrik in this, the best boy, he deserved none of this - and then I got to the "Logs" and "Bottle your Emotions" and I was done for. 😂

So um, long story short, I wrote some ficlets for the best boys to cope. Sorry not Sorry.

Rating: PG Genre: Gen, Fluff Characters: Gorrik and Blish Words: ~ 1,500 Summary: Gorrik tells Blish about his plans of joining the Inquest. Timeline: Prequel (Pre Personal Story) Critical Tags: Bugs & Insects, Terminal Illness

Rating: T Genre: Gen, Angst, Horror Characters: Gorrik and Blish Words: ~ 2,300 Summary: Blish goes through his consciousness transferal. Gorrik has many nightmares yet to come. Timeline: Prequel (Pre Meeting the Characters In-Game) Critical Tags: Terminal Illness, Blood, Implied Animal Death, Mention of Euthanasia, Hurt No Comfort, Meltdown

Maybe there will be more, maybe there won't be; but for now, these two are stuck on my mind and you're welcome to suffer with me. Bon Appetit.

[levy120]

[levy120]

another gravity falls animation! :3 hope yall enjoy!

[levy120]

Oops, both of these have gotten a second chapter (and Bugs got a new Name).

The ADHD hyperfocus to figure these characters out asap is strong :')

Not me putting my newest Blorbo of the Week through the Wringer, No, sire :')

A while ago I got back into gw2, wanted to see if it would stick and after reaching my personal goal-post went and purchased one of the missing Addons - and got around to playing the EoD Story.

They truly ramped up Gorrik in this, the best boy, he deserved none of this - and then I got to the "Logs" and "Bottle your Emotions" and I was done for. 😂

So um, long story short, I wrote some ficlets for the best boys to cope. Sorry not Sorry.

Rating: PG Genre: Gen, Fluff Characters: Gorrik and Blish Words: ~ 1,500 Summary: Gorrik tells Blish about his plans of joining the Inquest. Timeline: Prequel (Pre Personal Story) Critical Tags: Bugs & Insects, Terminal Illness

Rating: T Genre: Gen, Angst, Horror Characters: Gorrik and Blish Words: ~ 2,300 Summary: Blish goes through his consciousness transferal. Gorrik has many nightmares yet to come. Timeline: Prequel (Pre Meeting the Characters In-Game) Critical Tags: Terminal Illness, Blood, Implied Animal Death, Mention of Euthanasia, Hurt No Comfort, Meltdown

Maybe there will be more, maybe there won't be; but for now, these two are stuck on my mind and you're welcome to suffer with me. Bon Appetit.

[levy120]

Not me putting my newest Blorbo of the Week through the Wringer, No, sire :')

A while ago I got back into gw2, wanted to see if it would stick and after reaching my personal goal-post went and purchased one of the missing Addons - and got around to playing the EoD Story.

They truly ramped up Gorrik in this, the best boy, he deserved none of this - and then I got to the "Logs" and "Bottle your Emotions" and I was done for. 😂

So um, long story short, I wrote some ficlets for the best boys to cope. Sorry not Sorry.

Rating: PG Genre: Gen, Fluff Characters: Gorrik and Blish Words: ~ 1,500 Summary: Gorrik tells Blish about his plans of joining the Inquest. Timeline: Prequel (Pre Personal Story) Critical Tags: Bugs & Insects, Terminal Illness

Rating: T Genre: Gen, Angst, Horror Characters: Gorrik and Blish Words: ~ 2,300 Summary: Blish goes through his consciousness transferal. Gorrik has many nightmares yet to come. Timeline: Prequel (Pre Meeting the Characters In-Game) Critical Tags: Terminal Illness, Blood, Implied Animal Death, Mention of Euthanasia, Hurt No Comfort, Meltdown

Maybe there will be more, maybe there won't be; but for now, these two are stuck on my mind and you're welcome to suffer with me. Bon Appetit.

[levy120]

Chai tea bag + lil but of brown sugar + apple cider packet + 16 oz. mug of hot but not quite boiling water

it will not Fix You but like. maybe. maybe.

[levy120]

Over the Garden Wall 10th Anniversary stop motion short by creator Patrick McHale and Aardman Animations

[levy120]

This a a reminder to not fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy. Just because you invested time and energy into something, does not mean you should indefinitely waste more time and energy on it, if you decide it’s not what you want anymore. This goes for anything, from books, to relationships, to jobs, to hobbies, etc.

If it’s not serving you anymore, move on.

[levy120]

I’m the weirdest kind of extremely online because I would be severely offline if it wasn’t for tumblr. you genuinely can’t reach me anywhere else other than tumblr I simply don’t use other social media. I don’t even like texting or calling people. I only like hanging out with people irl and being on tumblr and reading the weather forecast

[levy120]

Over 800 TAG members marched on Netflix & delivered a petition demanding the AMPTP keep #animation jobs #union, agree to AI protections & more. Show the AMPTP that you #standwithanimation. Sign your name next to the people that make the shows you love.