#avoid comparison

[fastlane-freedom]

Escape the Comparison Cycle: Striving to Be Your Best Self

In a world driven by constant comparisons and societal pressures, the pursuit of personal growth has become increasingly important. Many individuals find themselves trapped in a cycle of comparing their achievements, appearances, and lifestyles to those of others, often leading to feelings of inadequacy and unhappiness. This blog explores the philosophy of striving to become a better person while…

[zeldacharm]

(In case you've ever wondered what Link and Zelda smell like)

[edupunkn00b]

How did you get your site skin like that for ao3? The purple with orange outlines and blues?

Hello dear Nonnie! I modified a skin by @memorizingdigitsofpi (tagging in case they're here on Tumblr, too).

If you go to your profile, then skins, you can add the CSS for a new skin.

Here's a link to the one I use: https://archiveofourown.org/skins/1705846

For a couple of years now, I've used a modified skin to suppress Kudos and Hit counts from my views of AO3. The comparison is bad for me, so I hide it. Last January, I added the colors and background image from memorizingdigitsofpis (I came across it here on Tumblr and modified it.)

[epicfirestormer]

What I love about Hellboy and Abe Sapien's dynamic in the comics is that, if you came into this blind, you'd expect Abe to be the voice of reason or the straight man to Hellboy's impulsive and hotheaded personality. But no, Abe is more often than not the crazy one. Hellboy would deal with fighting evil monsters and bad guys by just sighing and getting it over with, while Abe is going rabid over tearing the creature apart when he does get into a fight. Hellboy acts like it's a 9-to-5 job and will reasonably talk things out with a guy that had nearly killed him before, Abe acts like a madman in a slaughter house and his first instinct is to shoot first kill second and ask third. They're both insane, but on completely different levels.

[tangledinink]

new gemini update was so good as always but I can't stop thinking:

big mama: there's nothing wrong with my sons

splinter: you fucked up two perfectly good kids is what you did. look at blue. he's got an eating disorder

wwhhhattttt? nooo, don't be silly. leo doesn't have an eating disorder.

leo and donnie have eating disorders--

[r0bita]

When I see Pav's design I see a guy who really does not care about his rank or appearances (other than the boots rant towards Levi, but I personally like to think that's him showing some amount of concern towards a younger soldier, or to annoy him like the other character exclusive interactions in an attempt to distance himself from your party). Pav's shirt and coat are unbottoned down to the point where they don't even look like they fit him, his chest and and his bullet scars are exposed, he has unkempt hair, and seemingly has a very casual/sloppy posture which implies a lack of respect for the army he's supposedly been indoctrinated in. This contrasts with the image of how most soldiers are expected to be disciplined - to be orderly, clean cut, and tidy, especially higher ranking ones when displaying rank/status. Overall, Pav comes off as messy and possibly not even in his right mind from the beginning. When considering his true purpose for being in Prehevil is to kill the Kaiser, He's practically on a suicide mission.

And this can be further backed up by his attitude towards failing to kill the Kaiser, being saved, and taken to the train. What was the point of joining the same army that killed your village, rising up the ranks through whatever horrible means you had to go through and very possibly willing to do onto others what was done to you in order to get close enough to the man that you deam responsible for everything that has gone wrong in the world, only to find out that he was a indestructible monster beyond your powers? After that, it's either start from square one again, wait to die, or live your life on the run from everyone. Pav had kept a facade for possibly most of his life up until that moment, but as soon as he's cut down the mask breaks apart and he breaks down in train mad at you for giving him a few more moments of life.

To summarize, I'm intrigued by Pav's portrait because it gives us that hint on what kind for person he really is underneath the Bremen "disguise". He can't wait tear the damn thing off himself.

Is he a Bremen pig? Probably not. Is he still a pig? Yes. Or... rather something more feral hiding in the styes that he's trapped himself in, waiting to start a rampage in until he's put down himself. (Hmm. I wonder if that's would actually be a good Moonscorched idea?)

[tinyperson00]

I just went back and looked at my other Dazai realism drawing I made back in august, and seeing it up against my most recent drawing.. it don't compare anymore lol-

Like-???? The improvement is crazy! Especially considering I very rarely work in realism style. the first drawing literally took around 9 hours and the second one only took 2 and a half lol (the first drawing is much bigger tho so that's probably why- I just zoomed it in to the face for better comparison)

[voistly]

thinking about redesigning ash and its causing me much distress trying to change it without getting rid of the iconic teal

[techno-rat]

Happy loser stoner tguys emduo . for those who celebrate

[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

王鹤棣wang hedi at the set of chinese costume drama 大奉打更人da feng da geng ren

[faaun]

ive talked to a lot of ppl who have taken vyvanse now and i think ik a bit more on how i need to live on it

[miss0atae]

They are the Flower 4 of this BL.

This scene was so F4-coded. I half expected this series to become the BL version of Hana Yori Dango.

[smokbeast]

scrungly naked scale cat

[repmet]

Ngl, despite my apprehension (i.e. I'm old and cynical), I'm interested to see what they do with the Red, White & Royal Blue sequel partly since I know in the book bonus chapter, Henry gives up his title - I haven't actually read it so idk if he's actually described as 'abdicating' or fandom just decided to use that term (which is not exactly correct).

But the book lacks a lot of accuracy around the British Royal family where as the movie put in a bit more effort (e.g. Henry's Mum being Duchess of Edinburgh not Princess of Wales) and since in the United Kingdom, Henry can't step out of the line of succession without an Act of Parliament which isn't an insignificant thing, I wonder if the movie will focus on that or if it will gloss over it or just go in a brand new direction entirely for a new audience who aren't familiar with the book.

Personally, I hope for the latter partially because the parallels to certain real life royals would get distracting but mostly because I'd love to see Henry use the position he once felt suffocated by to advocate for and empower others.

Though being honest, I'm mostly just hoping they don't fall into the romance sequel trope of breaking them up to get them back together again.

To be clear though, in real life I think the entire monarchy should be abolished - but in this gay little movie world I have other thoughts :)

[theonekierce]

I can give you no conception of the night that I spent. Most of it I hung across the sill, throwing a wide net with my ears, catching every footstep afar off, every hansom bell farther still, -The Last Laugh

last laugh is one of my absolute favouritesssss unfortunately i love it when everyone has a bad time <3

[literary-illuminati]

Reading My Heart is a Chainsaw and the protagonist is the cringiest performatively-edgy-as-a-coping-mechanism-for-a-generally-shitty-life teenager I've ever seen. Her internal monologue consists entirely of comparing thing to slasher movies. The book starts with her having fucked up dying her hair teal and ending up with pink. Her reaction to the idea that a serial killer's active in the town is jumping up and down with glee. Love her.