#Mx. Management

[cogsinc]

Various Doodles To Make Up For Lack Of Activity !

[ifellintothestyx]

Shen Qiao explaining how he was not able to hold onto hatred or grudges was so satisfying for me to read because, for the first time, I could relate to a white lotus character. From my experience, hatred and resentment are exhausting to hold onto. I mean, I would fume for a few hours, but ultimately, I ended up rationalizing the incident and deciding on how to move forward with the conclusion. I'm left with some wariness towards difficult people still because, even though thoughts about them don't regularly occupy my mind, I still know enough about their personalities to avoid them for my own good. It's not an act of kindness or benevolence or mercy or forgiveness—I just barely have the energy to spare to focus on functioning normally and interacting with others, I can't spare any more to stew on grudges.

It's pretty much the same for Shen Qiao. It's not that he's an infinite well of kindness, or the kind that believes in second chances, or someone who brushes aside the wrongs committed on them. He's wary of those who have betrayed him and kind to those who are kind or yet to be evil to him. He's not someone who thinks redemption is for everyone—he killed HJX because he was a danger to the public, and he castrated Mu Tipo because he's a serial rapist, and a noble so he could only stop at castration unfortunately. He will try to prevent injustices when he comes across them, but he has enough awareness to know his limits and to act within them. He is set in his ideals and morals, but also respects that there will be people with different or opposing ones which does not make them less worthy in his eyes. One of his selling points as a character is his compassion and inner strength, but my favorite aspect of his that goes unappreciated a lot is his rationality that does not minimize his empathy.

Yes, he will risk his life to go to an underground desert city for the sake of two hostages, but if you consider the facts, he owes those two a debt for allowing him and Yan Wushi to stay and recover. He indirecrly brought them trouble, so he decided to take responsibility. There's an underlying rationale in his selflessness, but it doesn't take away from his selfless attitude.

It's why characters like Yu Ai and Chen Gong (and maybe even Yan Wushi at the beginning) can't stand him—he looks and acts so unaffected no matter what happens to him. For characters like them, who remember transgressions and hold on too deeply to past hurts, it's infuriating to see someone who appears to let all his hardships slide off him.

[oveliagirlhaditright]

So... I've been meaning to make this posts for years, but fear kind of kept me from doing so (I thought I'd be raked over the coals for making this comparison, but maybe not). But you know what? I no longer care.

Kairi's treatment in KHIII somewhat reminds me of early Tifa Lockhart. And if Square Enix has any brains, they'll follow through with making her proper-Tifa Lockhart-esque.

Why does KHIII Kairi remind me of early Tifa Lockhart? Because a young Tifa started her training (martial arts training), and had so much promise, but took on Sephiroth before she was ready (who, to be fair, is a super-soldier for those who don't know: a SOLDIER. She was also grief-stricken there, after Sephiroth had burnt her village to the ground and murdered her father, so it was not a fair fight), and he nearly murders her (she's fatally wounded by him, that is, and only quick surgery time saves her).

And it reminds me of how in KHIII, Kairi gets training--has lots of potential--but fights in this war she really shouldn't be in at all (based on her skills at that point), and is thus killed.

Years later, Tifa has gotten much stronger and isn't going to make the same mistakes from before. And guess what? She gets to help bring down the man who has traumatized her so much, and nearly killed her before--as she fights to save the world:

Reminds me of how in Re:Mind (pun intended), after Sora brings Kairi back, she gets to fight alongside Sora (much stronger than she was the rest of the game), and end the evil reign of the man who had murdered her.

No one would ever put down Tifa Lockhart... so why are we so quick to demonize Kairi before her own arc is done?

I understand a lot of it is because how she's been treated in the past, truly I do. I'm right there with you in hating most of that. There's even so much in KHIII I don't like, and would have written so much differently. But we're about to start a new saga, and have some new writers on the scene, so let's cross our fingers that with some new eyes on the script, Kairi could finally get her dues.

[mx24]

"See, there's a good reason for it."

[dividedsingularity]

Pear chronology goes like: angles -> rotund + goofing around with its eyes, I think I was going for something that then didn't work out.

[dysaniadisorder]

i get what you mean abt listening to this is class now oh my god. Tryin to write an essay and I stop every tw9 second to go HUH??? HELLO??????? WGAT???

ITS SO FUCKING. LIKE

[just-some-guy-joust]

the oc tournament is at 14 entries!! we just need 2 more to have the minimum amount to hold the tourney!

[sangric]

me looking at artist revivals thinking OH I want to do that! when realistically the only groups I can properly do a revival for are got7 and monsta x

[junietuesday]

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send me a 🌹 and i’ll post a random sentence of a random wip!

Maybe Link should have stayed that extra week or two, like Paya suggested, or even just a few more hours to avoid this pouring rain.

[sennik]

for this week, the list is as follows:

suffering with hayfever extraordinaire, giving me an actual fever that had me sleep from 5:30pm until this morning

but i'm almost done with a new carrd with a revised list of characters, so yay for writing !!

this is the first month my latest raise at work is implemented

and that's on being able to call myself the art director (on top of fifty other design related things i do for here, this company isn't too big so far)

planning a new list of spells for my dnd characters because we're rising to level 7 on next week's session

my book about storytelling and pacing finally arrived, it's been amazing

[chariflare]

my team lead went on holiday JUST when we were working on their area of expertise & our delivery targets were imploding

[savechivasfemenil]

[jadenvargen]

Link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-zinh-rebuild-her-life-and-achieve-her-dream

I was contacted personally by zinh in gaza to help her cause. She is so close to her initial goal! (39000/50000 as of 6/8)

This is the initial costs are 50000, but with hopes and goals to cover each family member as you all know the extortiinate prices of crossing the border. goals to help evacuate the rest of her family, including her younger sibilings and mother. More details are on zinhs twitter. https://x.com/zinh_1?mx=2

https://x.com/zinh_1?mx=2

Her last GFM was frozen because of the amount of money withdrawn, but the problems are all cleared now. She manages her campaign herself and reaches out to a lot of people. We can pick up the slack and lessen her stress by spreading and engaging- like i said, repost away any version of this QR code or drawing. Please do help, or if you can’t, RB, or repost as you please.

[dividedsingularity]

A while back I got the idea to connect an unfilled role in the Fazestory with a character who had no role to fill. The result is that Trezo has a job now.

[footballmanageraddict]

Pentagon Pursuit | Part 21 | Cups Kick Off & A Massive Opportunity

#FM24 #PentagonPursuit Part 21: Cups Kick Off & A Massive Opportunity. The mass of Mexican cup competitions begin and, just as the CONCACAF Champions League is about to start, Robaato Rasamu receives a huge offer from #MLS. Read here:

Half a season of tactical tinkering had seen Robaato Rasamu finetune his approach to life in México. Led by some seriously exciting prospects, including the NxGn 2032 winner Luis Fernández, it seemed like his Club Fútbol de Pachuca side were heading in the right direction, having won Liga MX Clausura last season. However, Rasamu’s plans for the 2032/33 campaign were scuppered by, you guessed it,…

[c-u-c-koo-4-40k]

Education can be expensive, but everyone should have the ability to access it. So they can pursue a life, and career that fulfills them and/or meets their needs!

You can help a family struggling to evacuate Gaza, and obtain that education!

Meet Anas and Ahmed! @anasbasilgaza (Verified info in the post linked below)

EDIT! The blog for this post got deleted. BUT! I Personally helped this campaign get verified by association and they're number 83 on the @gazavetters list. Screen shot here And the GFM links match!

They are relatives of Osama Basil, a web developer who is managing his own campaign to repair his web design business and establish a stable wifi connection to the besieged Gaza Strip.

He's also trying desperately to help his younger relatives escape Gaza and improve their lives.

Please share so more people can see their need, and the progress of their campaign!

Then if/when you've got some extra money, consider making a donation.

Every action no matter how small, Helps. It helps more than you may ever know.

Thank You.

Here's the direct link to the campaign.

9,975 / 29,000 EUR

34% Funded!

A HUGE thank you to all donors and sharers who helped us get here! We've gotten this far, so we can't stop now.

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