#Expectations

[futilereality]

[pusheen]

[breelynnxoxoxoxo]

We Tend To Get What We Expect! 💋💋💋

[pratchettquotes]

You were there, you had the hat, you did the job. That was a basic rule of witchery: It's up to you.

Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

[gayofthefae]

Remember. Mike was single here. Mike was single and thought he was gonna stay single here.

Mike was single and thought he was gonna stay single and thought he was gonna be single when Will moved when he prompted him not to replace him. Remember.

[free-my-mindd]

[philosophybits]

People lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.

Seneca, On the Shortness of Life

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[palatinewolfsblog]

"Lies are often much more plausible, more appealing to reason, than reality, since the liar has the great advantage of knowing beforehand what the audience wishes or expects to hear." Hannah Arendt.

[minimalist-quotes]

Maturity is when you realize people can't give you what they can't give themselves, so you stop expecting loyalty from people who betray themselves, stop expecting honesty from people who lie to themselves, and stop expecting peace from people who are at war with themselves.

[terracemuse]

[pratchettquotes]

"We saw the fire--" Carrot began, running up. "Is it all over?"

"Mr. Vimes saved the day!" said Sergeant Colon excitedly. "Just went straight in and saved everyone, in the finest tradition of the Watch!"

"Fred?" said Vimes, wearily.

"Yessir?"

"Fred, the finest tradition of the Watch is having a quiet smoke somewhere out of the wind at three a.m. Let's not get carried away, eh?"

Terry Pratchett, Jingo

[gayofthefae]

Thinking again about Mike really thinking he had a chance and that it was finally gonna happen and be okay and when Will tapped him on the shoulder, having some comfort because Will always helps and Will is his person, and he needs his person right now so it brings him comfort whatever Will is going to say. And then what Will says is "I'm not your person. I never will be. You have to do it. Do it."

Thinking again about how the most heartbreaking thing is expectation and the idea not only of general expectation that Mike had but expectations he had in that moment for what Will was going to say. His expectation would have been that Will would make it better or at worst not change it. He would have never expected Will to make him feel worse.

The worst part of this image is the surprise. Will's heartbreak was resigned and regretful. But Mike never saw his coming. Mike, for the first time, let his guard down to not see it coming. He just let it down. It was FULLY up 7 episodes earlier. I can handle the sadness. I can handle anguish. I can't handle the surprise. I can't handle the confusion.

He really thought they were gonna fix it together.

[imusticaniwill]