#child cl

[qoldenskies]

So it seemed like Leo and Raph at least had moments where they were either aware of the curse or explicitly trying to fight against it (see Leo freezing in the doorway of Donnie's lab at one point, I'm pretty sure Raph had at least one moment before the curse broke but I can't quite remember which one), but did Mikey have any that I'm missing? He was willing to go along with Donnie on an errand or whatever at the beginning, I know that much, even if his art was all weird (curse bringing out repressed anger, perhaps?), but it would somehow be more of a gut punch if Mikey was the one to not even notice that anything was up until the moment he broke out of the curse.

i think whats most important about the way that mikey responded to the curse was that his perspective on it was not as concrete as leo and raph's. like leo and raph as donnie's older brothers both had in some capacity this feeling of responsibility over him that mikey DIDN'T, and the curse really takes advantage of it (getting more insight into leo's relationship with donnie in ME and CW really compounds his role and how he's spent so long looking out for him and facilitating a relationship where donnie is more comfortable being uniquely vulnerable, while raph was more straightforward as the oldest and their protector). but mikey's resistance is a lot more passive and hard to pick up on, there's a reason he's not proactive until very late in the game.

really i think the moment in the kitchen is the only really mask off moment he has where he's independently aggressive, with no input from his other family, and that's just because donnie did something that would probably frustrate him on a NORMAL day and the curse just intensified those emotions by like a billion

really i think the absolute worst thing about it is that it takes advantage of mikey's impulsivity more than anything else. he's not calculated and reveling in the idea of vengeance for a perceived lifetime of annoyance like leo is. he doesn't think its a deep moral responsibility that needs to be corrected like raph does. mikey is a person who likes fun, who likes to turn his brain off, and sometimes that means he can be reckless, careless, and occasionally even mean! he's an empathetic person who's willing to correct himself when he oversteps boundaries, but when its for someone the curse is twisting him to hate, why would he?

it's the thrill of getting away with it, with being in on the "joke". he laughs while leo does the really nasty shit and usually only goes out of his way to get in on it when leo's the one encouraging him, because early on he sees most of the goading and bullying as actual harmless fun, and later on he hates donnie enough to revel in it when he has the momentum with other people who are in on the joke. mikey on his own really would not be as vicious, and its why you can even see it in little ways- he lies after letting donnie out of the closet but he does seem confused and hurt by his reaction. when they go to the movies without him, he makes up the lie about genuinely forgetting in an effort to protect his feelings. he hugs him after he fixes the oven; the "its ok!! we werent mad" text message was a lie but it was similarly one to make him feel better (while the "good" after indicates how little he actually cares beyond that, not even trying to entertain him)

and when mikey isn't actively taking fun in hurting donnie, he isn't acknowledging him at all. he finds torment for the sake of it to be annoying, and he loses his patience/gets bored with it eventually-- and then he doesn't treat donnie like anything but a broken toy to be thrown away. when donnie isn't fun for him, he isn't anything. its the fact that he's apathetic in the end that hurts donnie the most.

[petit-papillion]

Where does Leclerc rank in terms of drivers that you've worked with?

"So as a strategist, it's like being a good parent, even if you have a favourite child, you don't say it."

Jolyon Palmer asking Ruth Buscombe the real questions during FP2, with Ruth trying to stay diplomatic.

Canadian GP Practice Day | 7 June 2024

Source: F1TV

[fayevalcntine]

Lingering on technicalities or little changes like "if Claudia hadn't gone to see Louis again in Paris maybe she would've lived :(" is so pointless to me for this show because none of you take into account the fact that these characters are vampires. If Claudia hadn't gone to see Louis in Paris the coven would've gone to hunt her and Madeleine down and dragged them back directly. The episode itself even hints at them trying to find Lestat just so they can get him on the stand for the trial, and who's to say he won't be tried for turning a child into a vampire when one of the listed crimes we last heard on stage was that?

[teartra]

Enemies to lovers when

One character said “do you have last words?”

And the other one said “I don’t want to be another thing that haunts you, AL”

[clfixationstation]

why is he so silly

just standing

[send-me-a-puffalope]

manifesting curling up against someone’s side as i heal from cockroaching it for way too long

[anteroom-of-death]

I need that fictional man to be my deadbeat baby daddy.

[somedaytakethetime]

Allow me to present to you: ~*The CL highlights*~ - Dane biased POV

*checks fit and self like he's about to run into his ex-girlfriend*

*beams like a little boy on Christmas Night*

*fathers fatheringly just about anyone*

*is so excited to start he forgets team photos*

*eyes on the prize, hearts full, can't lose or however that goes*

*supermodel run*

*celebrates like he just won the lottery*

*walk, walk, fashion baby, stay hydrated, queens*

*plots in the background*

*girlblogger sighs enviously in 38 languages*

[juergenklopp]

[taybiez]

Weverse

Who has weverse? My w id is W89BE175F

I didn’t know vlive was going to get shut down🥲

[m00sebaby]

listening to pundits say “oh arne should’ve at least let lucho play a little bit on wednesday if only to help his mental state” and it’s like… bro is a professional athlete who has to play a high endurance sport at least once a week. he should be comfortable not playing in additional games (where we clearly didn’t need him (which is a GOOD thing)) and rather getting the opportunity to be playing on completely fresh legs in our next pl match.

[seirosu]

what does your life look like -- without me there ?? without me there ?? do I still cross your mind -- without me there ?? without me there ??

is heaven all we thought it'd be ?? can you still hear my voice now ?? are you watching down on me ?? when all i see is stars ??

what does your life look like -- without me there ??

𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 .

[scarlettclownose]

Is this the warmth they spoke about?

I had felt the touch of these humans when they worked on me, in my subconscious, before I felt these feelings of my own. In the whispers and beeps of both human and machine beings. the cold, soft press of latex against my metal bones.

This was not like this. The soft, silicone-like texture was buzzing with life—the soft thumping of the blood flowing beneath the surface. The human was so small and fragile. just like I was at the time of my creation.

Little black circles seemed to stare into my eyes. The small being took one of my skeletal hands in his, spreading his soft fingers against the cold metal. An upward curve tugged at the sides of the human's mouth, and a small noise escaped his mouth. a giggle.   Then he spoke a quiet string of words, but words that made circuits struggle to work. 

"You like me." 

The human raised his other arm, and silver and black metal protruded into the shape of fingers; it was not like mine, but yet the same cold metal. I had never seen a human with the features of one of my fellow androids. Then I spoke, something I was not aware I could do until this moment. 

"like me"

[cherrysnax]

do you think the lyoko warriors feel pain anymore

hm. im gonna go with a tentative yes