#Independent Success

[mahognylights29]

I don’t know who needs to hear this tonight, but you are amazing

You are dope

You passion aims to inspire others

You have the solution

You got this, don’t give up

Stay uncomfortable because greater is coming!

Now share this because this could save someone, right now!

[thunkdeep]

Diddy, Untouchable or Unjustly Targeted? The Complex Reality of Black Celebrity Status

This post delves into the enigmatic figure of Diddy and the broader narrative of black celebrities. We explore the sensationalism, the alleged untouchability, and the asterisks often attached to black success stories, questioning the underlying dynamics..

Hey there, ThinkTank Theorium family! It’s your man Phil, diving deep into some thought waters that might get a little murky. Today, let’s talk about something that’s been buzzing in the streets and online – the whole deal with Gene Deal, Diddy, and this larger-than-life image of untouchability that surrounds some of our most successful black celebrities. Now, hear me out. I ain’t here to dish…

[blueskittlesart]

*sigh* thoughts on Nintendo's botw/totk timeline shenanigans and tomfoolery?

tbh. my maybe-unpopular opinion is that the timeline is only important when a game's place on the timeline seriously informs the way their narrative progresses. the problem is that before botw we almost NEVER got games where it didn't matter. it matters for skyward sword because it's the beginning, and it matters for tp/ww/alttp (and their respective sequels) because the choices the hero of time makes explicitly inform the narrative of those games in one way or another. it matters which timeline we're in for those games because these cycles we're seeing are close enough to oot's cycle that they're still feeling the effects of his choices. botw, however, takes place at minimum 10 thousand years after oot, so its place on the timeline actually functionally means nothing. botw is completely divorced from the hero of time & his story, so what he does is a nonissue in the context of botw link and zelda's story. thus, which timeline botw happens in is a nonissue. honestly I kind of liked the idea that it happened in all of them. i think there's a cool idea of inevitability that can be played with there. but the point is that the timeline exists to enhance and fill in the lore of games that need it, and botw/totk don't really need it because the devs finally realized they could make a game without the hero of time in it.

[stardustinthesky]

Everybody's looking for you.

[messangerforthestars]

“We need more morally gray characters” you guys can barely handle topaz and jade.

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

every time i come across the statian notion of 'living in an apartment = being poor' i get brain rot cause for me living in an apartment is normal. in fact i will assume you live in an apartment unless stated otherwise.

[nathanielhsewell]

bobby marks: resident reporter & nuisance of wayhaven, & my problematic fav.

[ink-asunder]

"You're being entitled!" These bitches are asking us to fund their Hollywood-quality content dreams like Walt Disney pleading a bank he was in debt to to give him another loan to finish Bambi, a movie that did not see any monetary success until it rereleased seven years later. I have to pay so much big money in medical expenses every month that I don't have any "treats" (a starbucks coffee, a different subscription, etc) I can go without. I'm not the entitled one here.

[chibipandaao3]

Boun and Pavel

I’ve been watching a lot of interviews recently and a parallel has just been rolling around in my head the last couple days.

Obviously, both of these individuals are very different. However, I find the following similarities really interesting.

Both Boun and Pavel have publicly said that they were just about to give up on acting. For Boun this was just before UWMA after struggling to find work and for Pavel we can assume this was shortly before the casting for Pit Babe.

Both of them are extremely talented and bring a genuine feeling to their characters — they both can and should be successful independently of their partners.

But what’s interesting is how similar their story is — because Boun has said that befriending Prem and working with him reinvigorated his desire to act. And in recent interviews, it seems that Pavel feels similarly towards Pooh.

Like these two newbies managed to unintentionally pull Boun and Pavel back into the sphere of things just is super interesting to me.

[diaryofnishtha]

She is self sufficient, independent and successful

[lunar-years]

people who act like romance in popular media is Dead and talk seriously about how this is a Widespread Problem across Most Shows and Films of the modern era, necessitating a Brave Crusade to Bring Back Romance and Let Characters Kiss are sooooo deeply unserious i'm sorry. i have to laugh.

[comicslina]

Gotham War/Batman 138 SPOILERS

What's funny- in the most horrible way- is that Bruce has now LITERALLY conditioned his son to fear him. Even after all this is over, he's going to have to deal with Satan's Own CPTSD. It is getting continuously seared into his brain THE ENTIRE TIME after the injection and his waking up.

God knows what the writers will actually do, but I think when this is all over Jason is going to get the fuck out of Gotham.

...one of the reasons I love Jason so much is that he's a fighter. I hope DC doesn't let me down in that regard, but...

Edit: Oh it's not out for another week WHOOPSIE

[inkz123]

Man finishing school term and wanna rest, draw and work on comms more, but then like 2ish weeks later, boom, gotta fix stuff to start the new school term again

Mannn i just wanna do nothing but draw blorbos and backed up ideas and all the sketch wips i havent even finished ; ;

Idk school for me just throws off the vibes fr fr

[cleromancy]

actually bc i was posting about this re jason the other day as well. i DO think its so funny when people are like. "this character wouldnt do xyz and to prove it here are some panels from when they were 13." like buddy idk how to tell you this but. even characters that dont have a drastic face-heel turn change like jason did tend to not stay static if theyre allowed to age

[astreetcarnamedkendall]

"kill me again. show me the only way you know how to love."

i cannot get over this particular line during the scene where louis "kills" dreamstat. we know dreamstat represents louis' guilt, thus he still thinks of the way he loves as one that destroys and isn't really love after all. even in dubai, louis still remains firm in not believing he "loved" lestat, particularly at the end, because of what he did. BUT it drives me insane because he DID love him, he didn't burn him - the only way to truly kill a vampire - and he sent him to the dumpster where he knew there were rats which lestat obviously would know could sustain him. of course, for a myriad of reasons, louis represses the fact he loves him, and demonstrated that through sparing him, which manifests itself through creating this dreamstat that claims he can only love through destruction.

it actually reminded me a bit of tomshiv. shiv would downplay she loved tom. however, when it came down to the wire, she "spared" tom and wouldn't let him "die" (go to prison) by her father's sword. in a way, shiv and louis view the act of loving someone romantically as a vulnerability, something that makes them weaker than the rest, for different reasons (misogyny vs. homophobia as one example), and they both refuse to admit that they actually saved their husbands which represents their love for them. utterly fascinating - i love both characters so much.

[dk-thrive]

I guess I'm afraid of not being like other people. No, that's not true. I'm not afraid of not being like other people. I'm afraid I won't find anybody who doesn't mind me not being like other people. I'm not ambitious for money or power. I want to find some real way to live!

— Jeanette Winterson, The Gap of Time: William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale Retold: A Novel (Hogarth (October 6, 2015)