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stardust-moth · 2 months ago

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looking at some takes on characters or relationships or scenes in which things happen between them and just thinking,

How in the hell are people interpreting it this way??? But then i step back and realize that the story or character in question is fundamentally and extraordinarily different from the average person's life experience and I go,

ah,

you guys just... don't have a deep enough understanding of trauma responses...

#mine #vagueblogging again i guess but this applies to many things #its honestly okay that the general public doesn't grasp the deeper layers at play because tbh theyre not often explored in media #to that degree at least #ive known someone with deep. Deep. DEEP traumas #shit that no human should ever go through and sounds almost cartoonishly evil #and the truth is #healing from that is UGLY. the impact it has on how a person interacts with their life is unimaginable #and it often makes NO SENSE AT ALL to someone who hasn't experienced the same shit #it's not as simple as 'i'm sad or scared and i cry easily but if youre nice to me and love me it'll go away'#in my own experience of loving someone like that #you sometimes have to work at helping them rewrite their entire philosophies.#things you wouldnt even think of #sometimes expressing sadness or pain is the hardest part about it because they're so used to turning the other cheek to survive #sometimes theyre so used to being manipulated that they reject any kindness you offer in the most viscerally violent way #and it hurts!#communication is HARD!#receiving love is HARD!#i was listening to Raon Lee's cover of Kokoronashi #and thinking about how raw the emotions are in the lyrics #and how so many average joes out there wouldn't be able to make any sense of it but those who do get it really get it #(essentially like... 'i wish you would just get it overwith and tear me apart #bc it would hurt less than the confusion i feel at how you're kind to me and holding me and promising to never let go...#at least i know how to handle the pain of dying #this is so confusing and frightening what youre doing to me. i hate it i hate it but please... don't leave me alone')#(its such a gorgeous song)#sHIT AND THEN 2 SECONDS LATER I FIND KOHANA LAM'S COVER OF IT AND IT'S SO MUCH MOR E #for the love of god look up that song and turn on lyrics captions

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ryanlewisandclark · 3 months ago

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i cannot hate myself into a version of me i will love.

#truths that i know

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roach-works · 7 months ago

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speculative fiction writers i am going to give you a really urgent piece of advice: don't say numbers. don't give your readers any numbers. how heavy is the sword? lots. how old is that city? plenty. how big is the fort? massive. how fast is the spaceship? not very, it's secondhand.

the minute you say a number your readers can check your math and you cannot do math better than your most autistic critic. i guarantee. don't let your readers do any math. when did something happen? awhile ago. how many bullets can that gun fire? trick question, it shoots lasers, and it shoots em HARD.

you are lying to people for fun. if you let them do math at you the lie collapses and it's no fun anymore.

#there are things that are true mathematically #and things that are true because the guy writing the book says so #you do not want to mix up these truths

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soul-from-another-era · 6 months ago

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Unconditional love isn't a free pass to hurt me.

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smokeweedeattherich · 3 months ago

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I'm convinced Mythbusters needs a reboot. Misinformation or mythinformation if you will, is at an all time high. We NEED the show that promotes critical thinking to come back. It doesn't need the same cast, in fact I think it would be better with some fresh faces. Imagine all the good it would do if you could just show your crazy uncle the Mythbusters reboot episode that debunks his anti-vaxx conspiracy in an easily digestible and entertaining format.

#mythbusters #truth #inspiring #trans rights #television #tv #tv show #reboot #guys who do i need to talk to to make this happen?

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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 8 months ago

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Expertise can't help you here.

#dungeon meshi #kabru #laios touden #falin touden #Happy Thistle Thursday once again. Have I been holding on to this comic for several weeks? Sure have!#I forgot how long it takes for Chimera Falin to come into play.#I still really love my 'better drawn' art of her - unfortunately it was several weeks too early for the anime only folks.#Slowly getting the hang of drawing Laios. I don't know why I struggle so much but I am getting...somewhere.#Meta time: God damn I love how the chimera shows off the expertise and gap between Kabru and Laios.#The truth is: they are both *right* and they are both *wrong*.#This creature is a combination of monster and human and they only have the skillset to deal with one of those.#Kabru goes for all the human vitals - but she isn't human.#Laios tries to approach her as a monster and is struck down by the humanity he sees in her.#She is something new that defies what they *both* understand about the world. And that makes her such a perfect antagonist.#The damsel was the dragon all along!#...She is really so cute though. Terrifying! But adorable. I am so excited to see the boom of fanart for her.

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rovermcfly · 4 months ago

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proud to say that I have never once in my life figured out the whodunit in any crime story I've read or watched. I just let the facts and clues wash over me, absorbing absolutely none of it. I am the audience they think of when they throw in red herrings, in case you've ever wondered "who would fall for this obvious false lead". it's me. I am the idiot viewer/reader. not once has an obviously framed clue revealed anything to me. my head is completely empty when I consume these stories.

#rover rambles #I joke a lot about how stupid hastings is #but in truth I am about as good as solving these cases as he is #possibly even worse somehow #and it's not for lack of wanting to solve them #in fact I have attempted it many times #I simply am stupid

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i-was-today-years-old-when · 1 year ago

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i learned about Shiniuzhai, a convenience store hanging on a cliff in Hunan, that’s been nicknamed “most inconvenient convenience store” in China (x)

#today i learned #facts #truth #travel #explore

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golden-letters · 17 days ago

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bitch this is all you’re gonna get. this life, this face, this body. you better not ‘maybe in another universe’ your way out of everything. sit your ass down and face this. go make tea and have a picnic and read a goddamn book. kiss your loved ones, send that damn text, and hug your siblings. this is all you’re gonna get.