#I just love him and wanna give him a hug

[mirykka]

the mad sorcerer

[kitts-mechanix]

I just had a huge realisation yesterday and I wanted to share this after going through some pretty horrible stuff over the weekend: Something I've always asked myself ever since getting into G1 Transformers was "why do you like Starscream so much even though he's a narcissistic bully? Why are you, someone who is a victim of narcissistic abuse, taking comfort in a narcissistic character?" Well, I think I finally figured it out. Because Starscream is also a victim of that very same abuse. I mean, he's beaten, called names, bullied, unappreciated, abused, and put through the wringer…and he internalised all that abuse because he knew no other way. He had no one to turn to, and the few bots who did support him, he treated like dirt. Once he had that freedom and power, he abused it and became the very thing that abused him. I have no doubt he was always self-centred, selfish, had a huge ego, etc. before all that but honestly? I think Megatron's abuse caused him to turn out the way he did. I could have turned out that way and it's a little scary, some of the parallels I'm drawing with him.

@ichbinmeltdown wrote a great analysis on Starscream that I want to share here:

"Megatron was abusive as hell to Starscream. He treated him horribly, and I legitimately almost cried a few times watching it. There's an episode called Starscream's Brigade that introduces the Combaticons, and I think that perfectly demonstrates the cycle of abuse. The entire world is against Starscream at pretty much every turn throughout the series, but none more so than Megatron. Every word out of his speech synthesizer to Starscream is to berate him, and he's constantly throwing him around, beating him, even ripping out his speech synthesizer in a scene from a previous episode (Hoist Goes Hollywood, IIRC). His own teammates don't like him, and even his brothers- Skywarp and Thundercracker, going off of the idea they're brothers- just... allow Megatron to abuse him. (Not to get into headcanons here, but I personally believe that Megatron's abuse fractured the Elite Trine's family dynamic. They are still brothers and love each other, but they're all too afraid of Megatron to really... stand up for each other as they did in the past.) And Starscream seemed to just snap in this episode. He treated the Combaticons poorly, and even when teaming up with Shockwave, he subjected him to a lot of the same ridicule and torment that Megatron put him through. He failed to realize Shockwave was the one of the only bots who would give him a chance- and unfortunately lashed out at him, which ruined his chances of Shockwave ever being a true friend and ally to him. Once Starscream had finally gotten a taste of power and not being under another bot's boot, he too became the very thing that he lived in fear of. And that really is how the cycle goes- when you're finally free from abuse, it can be tempting to overcompensate and take back all the power you were robbed of, at any cost whatsoever. Starscream, like D16 in Transformers One, snapped up this opportunity."

And the sad thing is, I've seen this in real life and I've internalised some of the abuse I've dealt with too. I'm not proud of it. Like the Seeker Trine, my own family dynamic has been fractured by similar abuse. I know there's traces of narcissism in my behaviour too, and I'm NOT proud of it. Maybe this is why I can forgive Starscream for being a narc, because I can see a little bit of my own personality/attitude/behaviour in him. Maybe it's because I know where it came from, I get why he acts that way and it's not just random and out of the blue. Maybe it's because--and I know this is a bold statement--I don't think he would do some of the stuff my own family did to me (blah blah blah he's a fictional character).

I didn't mean for this to turn into a long rant, so

TLDR: I finally figured out that part of the reason I love and relate to Starscream so much despite him internalising some of the abuse I went through, is because he was the victim of that same abuse.

[skullzy20]

I'm so happy they decided to add this much depth to Amir instead of making him purely one-sided like people might expect him to be at first

it really makes you want to learn more about each of the characters and GOD is it worth it

[ninoucheuuuh]

Blitzø - IT WAS NOT A BREAKUP ! You need a relationship for one of those and we never had that.

Blitzø - And we never will...

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Millie - The bird got to you that bad, uh ?

Blitzø - I guess...

If I were alone right now I would scream and cry and dance and fucking fangirl at the same time

[jarondont]

odysseus appreciation post

thank you for your time

[yorozoha]

Gintama? More like GinTRAUMA

[marshymarge]

screaming crying puking shitting pissing why doesnt anybody love farkas why does everyone shit all over him why do they agree with his baseless self-deprecation why why why why why

[awkwardbakugou]

yall the tears are flowing!

i try not to post spoilers as they drop but i gotta talk about this one, not only is he wearing his tie now😩 but the stitches on his cheek!? ohmygod i wanna give him the world my heart is so full to see him alright and out of the hospital 😭

[thestardreamgirl]

happy birthday, gunnar hansen!

[planetscobell]

i'm a richard cameron defender. yes, i do have a bit of a love-hate relationship with him BUT i still don't wanna see any cameron hate. so, please, hear me out! (please don't flame me for this guys, this is just my opinion.)

i feel like cameron may have felt like the outcast of the group, like he wasn't accepted the majority of the time (and you can clearly see it throughout the whole film). in the scene when neil, charlie, meeks, and knox are talking about starting their study group, neil says "sure, cameron asked me too. anyone mind including him?" to which charlie responds with "what's his specialty, boot licking?" and neil says "he's your roommate" and charlie once again responds with "that's not my fault." there, it's very obvious that charlie doesn't like cameron and because charlie was obviously the "coolest" one of all the poets and "the guy everyone wants to be" cameron probably wanted to be liked by him the most, especially since they were also roommates. (i also think cameron may have some form of trauma. it's not stated in the movie, but just the way his character holds himself and acts, like with his school work and taking on so much and perfecting it, makes me personally feel that way-- maybe he feels the need to be perfect since he was left at welton at a young age and wants to be perfect for his family to love him. idk.). 

this leads me to my next point being probably why cameron finked. first off, i feel like cameron finked because he trusted/believed the school (aka nolan and his LIES) so much and because of that he probably thought by telling nolan everything he would actually save the poets (also meaning they would maybe finally like him and accept him in the group). when he said "if the rest of you are smart you'll do exactly what i did-- you can't save keating, but you can save yourselves" i do think cameron had the best intentions for him and te poets here (and i'm not saying i agree with him finking, i just simply see why he did and i wish he stood his ground and went a different way about it). i dunno if this part makes much sense.

anyway, secondly, cameron had no control over being pulled by nolan and he also didn't get the talk like the rest of the poets did on what to and what not to say to nolan. when they had that meeting i'm 99% sure cameron had the intention of going but he was probably pulled right as or before the meeting started (i also think cameron was probably pulled first because nolan knew he would crack easily). again, i'm 99% sure if cameron was able to attend the meeting and knew what to do he wouldn't have finked. that may just be me though. anyway, i do get why a lot of people dislike him, but i feel like people are way too harsh on him and hate on him way too much. i hope i'm not the only one who feels this way. i feel like that boy may have gone through and dealt with more stuff than we actually realize. 

[draw-n-vent-with-imani]

it's fun drawing Brain in pain

[sdrose93]

Mav ❤❤

[fanf1cadd1ct]

I think I need to restate how much I love Leon. Like, I love him. Sir Leon the long suffering, my boi. I love everything about him.

[10yearsofdnp]

February 1, 2015: Dan posts Internet Support Group 4, where he answers questions from an embarrassed Johnlock shipper, a serial procrastinator, and a girl whose ex-bf has recently come out of the closet! 📞📧🤝

[guardian-angle22]

911: Lone Star | Judd Ryder in S4E17

[abyssal-wonders]

levi doodles <3