#This counts as therapy right

[mushroominaforest]

I mean yes, definitely, but I also just really like projecting lmfao

[madgoat212]

guy that hasnt realized he's aromantic voice:

[hollowwish]

You guys do realize a lot of watcher fans complaining about the six dollars don't just need to "cancel their disney+ or hulu subscriptions." They're the people who ALREADY can't afford streaming services. It's not that they should be supporting independent creators over big corporations, it's that they literally cannot afford to do either.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

Charlie in demon mode doing the *frustrated screaming into pillow thing* but it's her girlfriend's angel wings, which Vaggie pulled out specifically for this use

Vaggie: "Expressing angry emotions before they set stuff on fire is a good and healthy thing, sweetie."

Demon Charlie: (muffled) "i don't WANT angry emotions. i dont LIKE going GRRRR!"

Vaggie: "Sorry babe. You care, therefor, you grr."

Demon Charlie: "GRRR!"

Vaggie: "You're also very cute when you grr."

Demon Charlie: (groaning) "what ELSE does the self help book say?"

Vaggie: "Uhh..." (flips page)

Vaggie: "... we can just skip that part."

Demon Charlie: (still muffled) "it's the 'worthiness outside of purpose' chapter isn't it"

Vaggie: "...............no."

Demon Charlie: "GRrrRRRRRRRR"

Vaggie: "Fine alright yeah, it's the dumb chapter."

Demon Charlie: "it's not dumb"

Demon Charlie: (jabs open book with demon tail) "now READ IT"

Vaggie: "Ughghh....... grr..." (starts reading anyway)

[sarcasticsra]

Clawing my face off at the meta of the last ep

Impulse and hyper vigilance hooking up so he’s aware of the danger but not too frozen by paranoia to act

Attention standing up against confusion to reprioritize what’s important and lock away unchecked ambition

Pleasure starting to realize that doing the right thing can feel good! But still being tempted by greed

Conscience finally having some power to direct the brain!

(Hopefully culminating in Elias’ realization that each function of the brain can be both rewarding and helpful when implemented in a healthy manner and destructive and isolating when implemented in an unhealthy manner…)

Everything about this season is incredible

[lets-go-hurt-someone]

Sometime post-game…

Durge: So I’ve got bath salts, scented lotion, essential oils, incense, twelve different types of herbal tea, and a small gong. Gale says this will help us meditate and calm our emotions, so we can heal from our traumatic pasts.

Astarion: Or!— and hear me out on this— let’s forget about all that nonsense and go do crime instead. It’s way more fun, and, I assure you, very therapeutic.

Durge: I don’t know… will— will there be stabbing?

Astarion: Of course, darling!

Durge (dropping everything): Crimes it is!

[shinyzango]

Good lord I... really want to slap old me in the face so hard. I hate how I behaved and thought back then...

I'm just glad that I've changed and I don't act like that anymore, because good lord how did people actually endured talking to me--

[aroacettorney]

we talked a lot about how the incidents in delica absolutely broke ludger, but tbh, casey didnt come out of it unscathed either.

imagine how lonely you must have been to willingly travel to such a distant land just to see someone who was potentially like/similar to you. and when you thought you finally got a best friend who could understand you in a way that no one else could, they turned out to be something you would absolutely abhor with your entire existence. they gave no explanations. they bothered not with excuses. there wasnt even enough time for you to grieve what you just lost because they forced your hands to fight them in a death battle. without a word, they just simply vanished as if your friendship in the past few months meant absolutely nothing to them and you were left alone again, trying to navigate when and what went wrong all by yourself. there was a mix of burning hatred, betrayal, and sadness inside you, but there was no longer anyone for you to talk about it — no one that could understand it. you endured all those feelings for three years with no one to share while chasing after your old-best-friend-now-turned-archenemy for answers because they never gave you the closure you deserved.

even when you finally learned the truth, you realised that they had never trusted you nor your abilities enough to even consider working together. rather, they took on the most extreme measure and didnt hesitate to make you their biggest enemy all the while keeping all their troubles and pains to themselves. best friends, friends, friendly acquaintances, private detective and their client — it turned out that your relationship was neither of them. was it truly your one-sided assumption after all? or perhaps, was it because you failed them when you could have known better and done better? still wanting to keep believing that your companionship was once real, your guilt started gnawing on your conscience. not only you couldnt save them, but your inadequateness also doomed them to their worst fate possible.

then, the opportunity came. you finally mustered up all the courage to utter an apology. even though they acknowledged it, they made no intention to accept your peace offerings. they reminded, "our alliance is temporary". they stressed, "enemies are what we are destined to be". what a fool you were, trying to save a relationship that never existed. either that, or you had never truly been forgiven. they wanted nothing to do with you. they needed not saving by you. it wasnt a closure you wanted but its still a closure you got. in the end, you were left alone once more, with the knowledge of a possibility that you also might not be able to save them again this time.

[vaguely-concerned]

just going about my day idly contemplating how some of the ways hawke can interact with a romanced anders are not at all unlike how they interact with leandra (and a bit of carver too, especially with a purple hawke), and then thought about my hawke in the timeline where he romances anders and was hit straight in the face with 'was he ever actually in love, or was he just desperately trying to renegotiate with his mother's ghost in any way he could' and now i need to lie down. this is the power of dragon age 2

[upslapmeal]

I can't get over the fact that literally THE defining feature of Fifteen's TARDIS is a jukebox and then they did literally nothing with it lmao

[teadocs]

Savanna says stay hydrated!!!

[anxiously-sidequesting]

I know we as a fandom all love to shit on Duncan whenever we get the chance (see: me posting Duncan GruncanWuncan) especially since the like, two times we ever see him he's shitting on us for being ourselves then tries to kill us because of his own delusions of grandeur but I thought about it and I was like, "......man that's kinda Sad actually"

BECAUSE seeing this from Duncan's perspective; he's The Best, he always has been the best, but reality constantly shows him that isn't true (Malorn, The Wizard, anyone else)

Like imagine how painful that can be when you think something that you truly deserved and something that you've fought for, maybe for your entire life, is seemingly handed to others who aren't nearly as deserving as you

And yeah WE know that Duncan has neither worked (very hard, at least) for his perceived greatness NOR does he truly """deserve""" it (Duncan has been shown to be shirking his duties off to us and possibly others for his own gain), but DUNCAN doesn't know this. Like in his mind he truly, honestly, genuinely believes with his whole fragile heart that he is just above everyone else and puts more effort in trying to convince others of that rather than literally just trying to work towards that himself

And then there's the extra added insult that even in his own class he's pretty mediocre. Duncan INSISTS that he was Malistaire's best student and that he praised Duncan maybe once and that all other Death students only wish they could be like him, but... Malorn. And I bet deep down Duncan KNOWS that in fact Malorn was Malistaire's best and most talented. And Duncan can't even really twist that in his mind because it was made solid when Malorn took over Malistaire's duties instead of him. It was proven as a hard fact that Malorn was more suited to the job than Duncan was and is widely recognized as being The Best Death student (if the YW isn't a Necromancer)

Okay so fine. Whatever it's just Death right? At least Duncan can be the best at ANYTHING ELSE, maybe he's not the most talented Necromancer but there's 6 more types of magic to excel in!!!

But then another person ruins that. The Young Wizard poofs in from another world and suddenly, Duncan is overshadowed once more because a literal child prodigy and Local Hero arrives and literally saves their world and then, the universe. Multiple times in fact

Like bro I can imagine that could be at least a little bit painful for anyone, but imagine with Duncan's already low self-esteem and his fragile, large ego, he literally and genuinely took that personally and a hit to your pride is devastating for anyone, no matter who you are. That was like, Strike Three for Duncan and it was so very personal and important to him that it left him in a deep and vulnerable state

But I think the absolute saddest part of Duncan's downfall is that near the end, he was ultimately manipulated by an adult. A grown ass adult noticed and acknowledged his insecurities and purposely struck where it hurts the most, in his weakest state. Duncan already wasn't thinking clearly from the start but when everything went to shit for him and he was clinging, Gretta DarkKettle approached him and completely broke him down to make him into something else entirely for the Schism's benefit.

Of course Duncan was a piece of shit from the start but he truly didn't have any malicious intentions until Gretta messed with his mind. Like, he went from a pretty much harmless bully to an actual criminal of the state and a threat to the literal universe. Duncan was CORRUPTED and all of his worst fears and delusions were solidified the moment Gretta """validated""" those feelings Duncan had.

Is Duncan completely blameless? Fuck no he did some fucked up shit actually and I'm glad he was held accountable for it by the narrative and the fandom!!! But I think it's something to be said that at the end of the day, Duncan was still a child that was suffering from many type of issues before being recruited and manipulated by a powerful literal cult. Wizard101 does have a theme of malicious intending and less than responsible adults using children to get what they want (Malistaire, Morganthe's brother, GF Spider, GM Raven, coughcoughAmbrose) but unlike the Young Wizard who successfully stays true to themselves despite that, Duncan had a more Morganthe-like route and ultimately succumbed to it. Of course their situations are a lot different since the YW wasn't brought in by a cult, but you can't help but feel bad for someone so young being preyed on by older people who are supposed to look out for them and protect them from something just LIKE that.

I will always shit on Duncan because it's funny and hold him accountable for his actions because he should, but I also feel bad for him and I hope he had a better ending after he was defeated

[just-an-enby-lemon]

Me: picks a favorite characther waaay to early in a podcast.

Podcast: they struggle with happiness and mental health and likely have some level of depression and they feel just like you.

[blitzwhore]

character bingo with fizz?

I wasn't expecting to get any characters for the bingo, but hey, why not!!

No bingos for Fizz, sad times

[edscuntyeyeshadow]

funniest thing my fundie christian parents ever told me and my siblings was that “suck” (as in “oh man, that sucks 😕”) is a bad word because it’s a reference to oral sex. their source is that they made it the fuck up

[chipistrate]

Thinking about the therapy tapes and specifically how fucked over Vanessa was with her parents-

Forced to lie about her mom in court which ended in her death and got stuck with her shit ass dad, and when she escaped her dad she ended up stuck with a virus mimicking a manipulative serial killer with a similar name and personality as her dad- like she just can NOT get a break,,,,

Makes me wonder if that had an effect on how she cares for Gregory after PQ ending- like she wants to be a good guardian/sibling to him and make sure nothing that happened to xem ever happens to him. He's already going through enough and xey want to help and be the support for him that she never got, but she's just never sure what to say or do.