#My Thoughts are Extraordinary

[dijidweeeb]

Motivational Music in the Morning … Colossal, My Thoughts Are Extraordinary (Official Audio Track) … from the Album: The Stretch Armstrong Show featuring Bobbito the Barber (Bobbito Garcia), WKCR Demo (Baltimore, Maryland) (1996) #MMitM1

[pangur-and-grim]

I updated the breeder on what's been happening, and she called Belphie out for being bald

[almea]

8x04 & 9x06

[beccawise7]

Stay magic, darling...

Life's too short to live in the mundane...

~beccawise7💜🖤

[ilovereadingandstuff]

Just finished watching episode 11 season 7...

and god...

it was...beautiful.

Traumatizing.

Painful.

But so poetic...

I truly can't express how I'm feeling.

I hadn't caught up with the manga yet when his death happened and I knew of it as an spoiler...the knowledge was there even though I deny it to myself for long time up until i read it myself...and I also didn't cry because the impact wasn't just there...

BNHA has always touched something so deep within me...the show resonated with me for the very first moment i watched it, and it accompained me throught some of the toughest moments in my life these past few years...

But I have counted the times it has made me cry...And I'm actually suprised to see that this time I didn't.

I'm kinda dissapointed in myself for that...when I'm aware of how this show in its totallity means to me...but the pain was also there...to a palpable degree.

Izuku and Katsuki are the ones who i love the most...because I feel them to a personal level...

Their characters and personalities got me up when I most needed it...and they still do 'till this today.

And even though everything had happened with my conflicted feelings and reactions throught these years...Katsuki's death made quite the impact on me, because of my love for his character, and just the beauty of the suffering in the whole chapter...now episode too...

Because I can feel how these little things caress my soul...Just like...

Katsuki's growth

Katsuki's regrets

Katsuki's drive for keep on winning, improving time and time again to unbelievable levels...

Katsuki's empathy...for Izuku.

...

The music, the settings, the visuals, the silences...every bit of it was beautiful in this episode, nothing less. They certainly catch the feeling of the manga when I read it...and they even added even more to it.

And 'beauty' is the only word I can think of to express what it meant for me.

So I'm...in peace.

Knowing this is NOT his end...looking forward for the ending of the manga, but just thinking on chapters 403 and 423...

I can say I'm in peace.

I wanted to see this episode with my whole being, I was craving for it just like I needed air...and I'm satisfied.

This chapter reminded me the enchanting beauty of Hori's work and why I have loved so much this series all along...

And, as I'm certain Katsuki's end was not here...either way, this moment became a changing point for many...including me.

[longlostcentury]

the only reason to effectively lower my standards is to stop consuming any form of media and that is simply not an option

[forcedhesitation]

I get most people only care about the singularity for memes and don't appreciate his character at all... and he is just a fictional character.... but wow I hate it so much when people call hux, the "transgender allegory" killer, by the wrong pronouns.

He is NOT an "it." his lore literally mentions him changing his pronouns from the ones he was given by humans to ones HE personally identifies with.

the transgender themes are not subtle at all, in any of his lore. there is even a scene in the archives in which he injects himself with genetic material in order to create his "perfect form."

how much clearer can they get without slapping a fucking pride flag on his face?

[jacqcrisis]

Can I talk about the boat scene with Gale? I'm gunna talk about the boat scene with Gale and my boy, Alfonso "The Face-Breaker" Tombstone.

Cause here's the thing. Alfonso Tombstone isn't a religious person. It's not that he doesn't believe in the gods (in fact I dont think you can in this universe), but he disregards them mostly. Given his upbringing and his poor background, the gods are not a direct force to Al. They can be to other, more special people; people of influence and power and interest, but to little old Al, he's just another ant on the ground, living his life with as much of a thought about divinity as the divine probably have of him.

Given his status pre-tadpole, Alfonso fully knows that his life is more determined by the world and the people around him than any gods. And that's fine, that's preferable as divinity is not a replacement for the life that surrounds you, but it's also never going to get him into a tabernacle praying for a change in his circumstance because the gods don't care about lowly old him and, frankly, he doesn't need them to. If he wants a change, than either he will make that change, a person in his life will make that change, or some random chance will make that change.

And then he randomly gets scooped up by a mindflayer ship and everything goes topsy-turvy. He's miles from home. Surrounded by weirdos. Having an adventure.

Yet he still takes that core belief about deities with him. Its one of the things he and Gale bond over as the academic and divinely troubled wizard finds this uneducated athletic performer of an orc to hold surprisingly nuanced opinions about the very thing that vexes him. They debate about, argue, spend long hours into the evening discussing this chasm between their opinions on the role of the gods that do or do not affect their lives.

They never come to a consensus or an agreement, but it opens the door for their budding romance. The divine stops being argued. Conversations move on, relationships deepen, time passes. Shockingly, Alfonso still believes the gods have little interest in him even as he's suplexing the avatar of one deep in the bowels of a mindflayer nest.

And he's in love. Al doesn't want to admit it, doesn't want to plan for a speculative future, doesn't want to give himself that hope because outside of this adventure, outside of the tieflings and the children calling him a hero, he's still the same old Al. No amount of praise or good deeds done in the world could make him believe that if they survive all this and if life goes back to normal, that Gale won't finally see how goddamn uninteresting Alfonso is and immediately forget about him in favor of anyone more worth his time.

But maybe he does start to think about life after. Maybe he does daydream about simple times and simple days. No mindflayers or tadpoles or cults or dead gods or living gods and maybe Gale is there when Al is at his weakest of daydreams that they could have something in the after this. Maybe a home life or another adventure, but something together where Al can and does measure up to all the things in Gale's life that came before him.

And now Alfonso is sitting in a boat among the stars being asked by this person he finally started admitting he loves if they can ascend to the very thing that will make them leave Al behind. Because Alfonso wouldn't ascend with Gale; that's never going to be something he, the most salt of the earth kind of person to ever exist, would want. He isn't divine material, isn't capable of wrapping his head around the minutiae of that, is interested in that at all. If Gale ascends, he would be doing it alone and who would Al be to him but an ant staring at the sky, grieving the person he loved.

I like to think in that whole conversation, Al told Gale all that. That was his rebuttal to the 'tell me you want what i want' line, along with the whole 'I love you for who you are and not the god you'd pretend to be'. Which leads to the rest of the boat scene and I've got too many FEELINGS ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[kirjavas]

There were once three brothers travelling along a lonely, winding road at twilight. In time, the brothers reached a river too treacherous to pass, but being learned in the magical arts, the three brothers simply waved their wands and made a bridge. Before they could cross, however, they found their path blocked by a hooded figure. And Death spoke to them.

[mylittlepimp]

*My conversation with my nonverbal (in the way of words) nephew*

Me to my nephew: "I watched the first 3 X-Men. Well not the prequel... The first 3 before the prequels, that I grew up with."

My nephew: 🤗

Me: "and I cried for 2 hours."

My nephew: 🥺

Me: "then I watched Van Helsing..."

My nephew: 🤨

Me: "and I was sad again. But I didn't cry."

My nephew: 🥹

Me: "then I watched league of extraordinary gentlemen for the first 20 minutes so I could prove people are who I think they are! And they were!"

My nephew: 🤨

Me: "I couldn't finish it because I promised Grandma (my mom) I wouldn't finish it without her."

My nephew: 🤣

Me: "but they are who I thought they were! Dracula - uh Van Helsing's Dracula is M."

Me: "and Marcus - uh underworld and underworld evolution, because he dies in evolution (spoiler alert) Marcus is Skinner - the invisible man!"

My nephew: 🤔😘

Me: "I don't recognize their faces but I recognize their voices. It was in the first five or ten minutes that I knew "M" or the masked villain was Dracula and he was speaking in an entirely different language." *Laughs*

My nephew: 🙄 *giggles* 😁

Me: "I'm not crazy."

[thelostgirl21]

Extraordinary Things, the song that just keeps on giving...

Okay, so, a little while ago, I made a post re: how Jaskier's sapiosexuality might be affecting his sex life in general (and generate some delightful confusion over the way he keeps physically responding to Radovid); and this other one, re: how he might also be using sex as a stress coping mechanism?

And, what people often don't realise, is that being a sex-positive (or sex-favorable) person on the asexual spectrum might actually make it more likely, not less, for someone that gets easily horny (for a number of reasons. In Jaskier's case, I like to headcanon that the hypersexuality often associated with ADHD might be one of them) and that typically prefers "team sex" to "solo sex", to want to jump on everything that moves around them!

Since they literally don't need to find their sexual partner(s) remotely sexually attractive to want to have sex with them, virtually anyone that's not repulsive to them (i.e. won't "turn them off" once they've been "turned on" by something other than their partner) can technically do!

Therefore, the "potential sexual partners list" for a sex-positive sapiosexual "hornpuppy" like Jaskier could become rather impressive!

And, as an a-spec person myself, i.e. sex-neutral demisexual (demisexuality is to emotions what sapiosexuality is to intellect, essentially), I'm generally comfortable both with sexually engaging with partners in the complete absence of any sexual attraction, and sexually engaging with partners that I do find sexually attractive.

And, while both the "asexual sex" (for the rest of this text, when I talk about having "asexual sex", please read it as "having sex without being sexually attracted to my partner") and "allosexual sex" (please read this as "having sex while being sexually attracted to my partner") experiences have their own charms (and I don't necessarily prefer one over the other, per say), I do tend to experience both very differently.

Indeed, there is something a bit different about making a very conscious, very deliberate decision to go "Yup! I shall be masturbating with a teammate instead of flying solo today! And it's gonna be awesome!"; v.s. the sort of sudden heat/fire that overtakes your mind and body, and makes you go "You! Yes YOU! You there SPECIFICALLY! Sex me! I need YOU to have sex with me RIGHT THE NOW! My body is ready for YOU!"

And even when there is an element of heat/fire to wanting to have sex with a person, in the absence of any sexual attraction, it's more experienced as a sort of "Holy shit! I'm getting hot and I really wish I had someone to sex me right now! Hey! You over there? You're good looking enough and seem rather competent! Can I borrow your tongue for a few minutes? It's kind of an emergency! Thanks!", I find.

The sexual desire itself thus feels very distinct from the other person. And the presence of that person themselves wouldn't be sufficient to "maintain the heat / keep the fire burning", should you start losing momentum.

The sexual arousal you are experiencing throughout the entire act is not being influenced by them, other than through the "mechanical aspect of it".

Sexually, in a sense, your partner is performing a service for you, and you are performing a service for them / returning the favor.

If they are someone that you share an emotionally intimate connection with, the asexual sex can be used as a means of expressing and reinforcing that bond, too.

But it's kind of like cooking and sharing a meal with your partner as a means of expressing and reinforcing your relationship.

Sure! You might be hungry! But your partner's sight, presence, or touch is not what's making you crave that food, even while you are both savoring it.

You still fully feel in charge of your own hunger, and in control of your ability to keep it satisfied, even when allowing them to help you feed yourself and sharing those moments.

And being asexual (or on the spectrum) won't necessarily prevent a person from being a glutton when it comes to sex, and constantly shoving stuff they probably shouldn't into their mouth!

They could still find themselves starving, and wanting to be fed!

They just won't find the person doing their delivery, or the loving partner that's offering to keep them well fed, sexually desirable themselves.

Aesthetically desirable (i.e. spectacular to feast their eyes upon)? Most probably!

But sexually arousing? Nah!

And Jaskier is the kind of guy that is unable to resist the temptation of literally tasting anything remotely edible he comes across, while also looking like he's got absolutely no patience to cook an elaborate meal for himself!

He's walking around foraging for food (and potential sex/romantic partners, sometimes simultaneously) all the freaking time!

Whereas having sex with a partner you are sexually attracted to feels more like the other person has managed to put a spell on you, and/or temporarily hijack your mind and your senses!

Forget about the food! You crave them. You need them. All of your sexual needs and instincts are being irresistibly awakened by them, pulled towards them, and maintained by them.

They are the food triggering your hunger, and the idea of being left to starve feels downright cruel (though you sadly must, at times should they have no desire to be sexually involved with you, and/or you find yourself desiring them whilst in a very inconvenient or inappropriate location)!

And, when it comes to romance, although the notion of what "romantic attraction" is can feel much more abstract to people, it can more or less be experienced in a rather similar way.

Because Jaskier seemingly doesn't just get sexual cravings from time to time, but also romantic cravings.

And being on the aromantic spectrum can offer you the freedom of romancing pretty much whoever you would like, and wanting to have mind ending, world ending, heart wrenching affairs with them, without needing to crush on them. At all.

If you enjoy romance for the sake of the romantic dynamic itself, loving and desiring a partner in a platonic or alterous way won't prevent you from wanting to get romantically involved with them as well.

You could still want to share with them many of the pleasures, benefits, and excitement (Oh! The drama!) that a romance can bring, while emotionally loving them in a more platonic manner.

However, I want to make it clear that the parallels I am making are purely qualitative and not quantitative.

I don't believe that craving a romantic and/or sexual partner in a more specific and/or intense manner means that you love them any more than someone making a more conscious decision to get romantically and/or sexually involved with a partner in the absence of any romantic and/or sexual attraction.

Actually, poorly managed romantic and/or sexual attraction can turn to obsession, and make you lose sight of the other partner's needs in the process.

Or, on the opposite, make you ignore your own needs in a desperate attempt to constantly keep your partner pleased.

Even platonic or alterous attraction can also make you behave in a similar way with someone you'd consider a best friend/family.

As soon as any form of significant attraction becomes involved, there is some sense of loss of control where it feels like the other person becomes the one with the power to offer, or withdraw, the things they seemingly "make you crave".

And there is also a very real risk of hungering for more than your partner is willing or able to give, and "attempting to suck them dry".

Being romantically and/or sexually attracted to a partner thus puts you in a profound state of vulnerability, and both partners need to be very mindfully aware of that.

They need to also keep sight that, despite feeling like the other person is making them crave things, they still remain fully responsible for satisfying their own cravings and needs.

Another very important point is that I am not saying that being a romance/sex-positive or favorable aro/ace means you'll automatically be insatiably craving sex and romance with multiple partners either, far from it!

For example, you could have a romance/sex-positive aro/ace with a strong monoamorous desire to form a single committed queerplatonic long term relationship with a partner as well.

This post is very specifically about exploring how Jaskier's sapioromantic and sapiosexual identity might be reflected in the way we've seen him behave on the show, both in romantically and sexually charged contexts.

Jaskier's, not someone else's.

And, please be mindful that some a-spec individuals are very much romance and sex-repulsed, and therefore will never feel comfortable getting involved in a relationship with a romantic dynamic or a sexual component regardless of how fiercely they love you and their desire to emotionally and perhaps even physically (sensual attraction is also a thing!) bond with you.

No a-spec person - regardless of their level of comfort with romance and sex - should ever be expected or pressured by a partner to offer them any romance in the absence of romantic attraction and any sex in the absence of sexual attraction, on the basis that sex in the absence of attraction can still be enjoyable depending on the circumstances and the individual.

Let us define our own romantic and sexual boundaries, and respect them.

So, that being said, generally speaking, in terms of how I've been experiencing the two, at least:

Asexual/romantic sex/romance feels like something you are doing with a partner. Allosexual/romantic sex/romance feels like something you can't do without your partner. Asexual/romantic sex/romance feels like you want to have sex with your partner. Allosexual/romantic sex/romance feels like you need to have sex with your partner.

And then, that precious little sapiosexual and sapioromantic puppy of a bard literally has to go and sing this to Radovid:

Immediately followed by:

His whole life, he's been romancing and having sex with people because it was something that he wanted to experience and share with them. He's been into romance and sex for all of the things that he and his partners might get out of it.

But Radovid? The idea of using their lips for extraordinary things together is a need.

A fire burning hot within him, that Radovid lit through the way that he keeps looking at him - those intelligent, insightful eyes that are constantly seeking to understand him and trying to figure him out - that makes him crave that romantic and/or sexual connection, and experience that irresistible pull towards him.

Jaskier, sweetheart... as you've told Vespula, you've only met him like twice before...

You have no idea how lucky you are that the (or one of the) type(s) of intelligence that makes you highly romantically/sexually attracted to people appears to be emotional intelligence and empathy, because you're not just lowering your mask here, you're already rushing to take your clothes off in a desperate attempt to get yourself naked for him!

You're telling him that he's got the power to make you specifically crave him, to the point of you experiencing it as a fucking need.

Then, you double down on it, by going "with you I have enough. With you I am enough," thus hinting that you've been suffering from self-worth and possibly attachment issues and insecurities.

"So! Here is how you can specifically hurt me..."

You could hardly have left yourself more emotionally open and vulnerable with him and it's a good think he wasn't a knife.

I swear, you are going into full a-spec crisis, and it's absolutely beautiful to behold!

Also, how many layers of potential interpretations does that song have?!?!?

[xinyuehui]

"My MBTI is INFP, I am a mediator. I read the explanation, I am a romantic and not good at making decisions. In fact, it really fits my personality." ⸺ The person who holds the brush, holds the gilding of the setting sun, holds the extraordinary thoughts and actions, and holds the highlights that are sought in the shadows.

Peng Cianyou × ＠1626_Magazine

[iknowicanbutwhy]

QUIT MY JOB WOOO TIME TO FIND ANOTHER

[angryteapott]

rereading my extraordinary attorney woo posts is crazy because each one starts with “I’m not autistic but” even though my first visceral reaction was of course we all WANT to act like that but we cannot. Because that is not how one interfaces.

[piperslovebot]

Free Leia (T9S 1x02) || Girl Meets Ski Lodge (GMW 3x09)

[jadetheblade4]

I feel kinda bad at the fact that I don't take the time much to "glam up" and customize everything I touch like my Tumblr for example but istg i draw blanks every time I think of doing any personalization on the dot it takes me a while to do that kind of stuff but maybe that's normal