#Countering

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Examples of Gaslighting

First Things First

[prontaentrega]

the vaticans multicultural anime girls are wearing the racism rosary 💀

[author-mandi-bean]

I’ve also been thinking about how you never really know someone, and how the hopeless romantic, the endless optimist in me with my extraordinary gift for hope never truly believed that seemingly universal truth, and I bucked against it every chance I got. I hate being wrong.

[ikam177]

Some lovely people have tried to inform me that real hedgies can have clicky purrs and I am very much aware of that. I just think Shadow is built different.

Like, louder.

[i-am-a-living-god]

Boop 😺

[tobeholyistobeempty]

giggling at the thought of you moving into ghosts house - barely furnished, almost looks like no one has lived in the damn place for years. he just shrugs, saying something about how he’s a minimalist when you call him on it. you beg him to atleast let you buy him some fucking decor, maybe a painting or two, maybe some damn curtains?

again, he just shrugs. telling you it’s a waste of money.

but his mind changes, if only a little, when a few months later the neighbour across the street approaches you as you’re getting in his truck.

“uh, hey, simon? do you think i could talk to you a minute?”

the guy is half scared to death to approach, and simon quirks a brow only for the fact that this is easily the first time he ever has. and so he nods, assuming it’s probably something rather important, gesturing for you to get in the car.

“i uh, dunno how to say this but. maybe you could, uh, get some curtains? i uh, ive looked out my window to see you two fucking far too many times. i’m not complaining but, i mean—“

simon blinks, then blinks again. before he bursts out laughing. “glad y’ve enjoyed the show.”

and when he gets back in the car, he just gives you a lopsided, boyish smile.

“mayb’ s’time for those curtains, love.”

[dollopheadsandclotpoles]

Merlin was legit cleaning Arthur's chambers like this...

this man seriously had unparalleled job security i swear to god

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

You know, it's kinda funny how much of high fantasy centers around kings and nobility and courtly intrigue considering that the archetypal high fantasy, Lord of the Rings, had the rather explicit moral of "saving the world is up to this backwater hick and his gardener because no politician, least of all inherited nobility, would have the ability to see past their own ambition and throw away a weapon". Oh sure, Aragorn is a great king and all, but there's a reason he's over there running a distraction ring while the hobbits do the real work. Sauron loses because he gets distracted by kings and armies and great battles (i.e. typical high fantasy stuff) letting Frodo and Sam sneak through his back door and blow it all to hell.

Just saying, maybe old Jirt knew what he was saying when he said that the small folk doing their best and holding to each other was more powerful than a dozen alliances and superweapons and we should respect him for it.

[peach-pot]

whatever. WHATEVER.

[author-mandi-bean]

Seventy Times Seven

One of the greatest lines in cinematic history, in my humble opinion, is right after the major plot twist in The Usual Suspects, (*SPOILER ALERT* don’t click the link if you’ve never seen the film!) specifically when Kevin Spacey’s character says, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” The line is attributed to the French poet Charles Baudelaire, and…

[badgerclawsaresharp]

trifecta of brennan lee mulligan self-inserts in fantasy high junior year

[chloesimaginationthings]

Teen Michael and Vanny form a FNAF alliance,,

[cairafea]

my favourite genre of seventeen is when they're straight up lying

ref:

[arttsuka]

People need to stop blaming 'parasocial relationships' when it's revealed to the public that a famous person has done something controversial (or even a crime) and the public is upset. 'I can't believe xxx did that!' doesn't always mean that the person who said it has a parasocial relationship with xxx. Usually it's just our faith in humanity, we want to believe that everyone has some basic human decency (especially someone we might admire) and it's only natural to be disappointed when we learn they're a bad person.