#daydream glow

[foxybatty]

FRIENDLY FIRE on euphoricberries!!

[spaciebabie]

this picture isnt real its all happening in twilights head and she's listening ta this as she's having her bi horse fantasies

un blurred below the cut as well as the lineart with flats cuz i want ta show it off sue me

edit: ignore that the images changed slightly i noticed a shading error i missed and it was bothering me 💀

[playeditsafe]

☀️Just a little beach day 🌊

[doegoddess]

who am I without my maladaptive daydreaming?

[gennekko]

Happy Valentines from Daedream and Depresso

[princesssangelgal]

guysssssss omg

｡ﾟ•┈꒰ა ♡ ໒꒱┈• ｡ﾟ

my work crush officially introduced himself today

he said he’s been wanting to for a while because he’s seen me around

when we said our goodbyes , he gently shook my hand & pulled me closer

he kissed my cheek & left me blushing

⊹₊˚ꕤ˚₊⊹

dreams really do come true

𐙚₊˚⊹ᡣ𐭩

[koolkat9]

Dewy and Cozy

Spoilers for the last two seasons of MLP gen 4

Now it seems that Cozy getting redeemed is debated on, but whether you think she deserves it or not, or you think she wouldn't bother, I am just having fun and I love me a good redemption arc. Also, this is going on the headcanon that she actually is just a filly.

So Dewy, despite having moved out of the Castle with Luna and eventually marrying her, can't help but think back to Cozy. Despite having been imprisoned by her, Tirek and Chrysalis and doing battle with Cozy specifically, Dewy can't help but feel sympathy. I'm thinking that during their battle, Dewy brings up something about parents and it strikes a nerve with Cozy leading Dewy to suspect that maybe Cozy has got some parent baggage, and Dewy also having parent baggage (she was left at an orphanage when very young with no information about her family and no one came looking for her), the encounter is always at the back of her mind. She begins to wonder that perhaps if she didn't get a positive influence in her life from that local librarian she would have gone down a similar path, and she loved the Nightmare Moon story it seemed all the more possible.

A year or two later, Once everything calms down in her life after moving, settling in a new place and being away from her friends, the wedding, the honeymoon then settling into married life, Cozy and the potential parallels to Dewy's own life becomes more of a constant thought. She can't bear to tell Luna but perhaps going to visit the statue and talking to her friends, maybe even Twilight will help. So she tells Luna she's going to Canterlot for a girls' weekend.

Bramble admits that she also has started feeling bad whenever she passes by the statue, but still, what Cozy did was terrible. Dewy can't help but bring up all their current allies who threatened the world, how Starlight tried to reach out to Chrysalis, Cozy didn't seem to get that. Bramble not sure what to say suggests they just leave it. It's not their place. But Dewy won't take that and arranges to meet with Twilight to hear exactly how everything went down.

She questions Twilight about Cozy's punishment, both the first time and the time now. How she sent her right to Tirek. Did she even attempt to extend a hoof, fight for Cozy to be better like she did for Starlight? Twi says she let Cozy explain herself. Dewy shoots back that's not the same. How Twilight was patient, showing her the mistakes she was making despite how stubborn and cruel she continued to be, getting to the bottom of her motivation that way she could help show her a better way. Twilight argues Cozy was a student, if she was going to change she would have. Dewy says Cozy was different, the mindset Cozy was in, she needed different lessons. Deconstruct that idea that friendship would give her power through manipulation. Twilight falls silent and Dewy can't tell if she just made her angry or if she is actually considering what she said. Dewy, frustrated excuses herself.

She ends up bringing her concerns to Celestia and Luna who also share concerns. Even Luna who got her own redemption. They get into an argument and Dewy decides that maybe she needs some space to calm down. Originally she was going to go back to Canterlot to spend more time with her friends, but then she thinks back to argument with Twilight and thinks maybe Starlight could give her some advice, she'd understand this better than anyone.

Starlight is also hesitant, trusting Twilight and also personally victimized by Cozy, but Dewy pleads with her, reminding her of what Twilight did for her, and what Starlight herself did for the Pony of Shadows. Doesn't Cozy deserve to have some pony do the same? Especially since she's so young. Starlight agrees but bring up the concern of Cozy's manipulation. Dewy assures her that she plans on finding a truth spell or something of the like. Starlight agrees to help search.

Bramble comes around to Dewy's plan and starts helping her research that truth spell. Blaze, though still hesitant can see how much this means to Dewy and agrees to help looking into said truth spell. Starlight ropes in Trixie, tries to rope in Discord but still feeling guilty for his mess up pretending to be Grogar plus he doesn't really have anything to gain anyway.

With everything coming together, Dewy approaches Luna once more. Much calmer now, she admits that she's doing this not just out of the goodness of her heart. Part of it comes from seeing herself in Cozy and a lingering fear that she herself could have turned out like Cozy. Luna can sympathize also having wanted to help many ponies she saw herself in. She listens to Dewy's plan and seeing all the bases covered, agrees to bring it up with Celestia and Twilight.

Eventually they convince Twilight and some of the still hesitant members of the mane six and Cozy is freed. Cozy though scared tries to put on her innocent act, but Dewy and Luna shut that down. "I'm being merciful but not stupid," Dewy says. She explains she wants Cozy to do better, but also knows she's very clever and manipulative. So for the time being, she'll be under a truth spell as they determine if Dewy is right that Cozy can be better. Cozy is not happy about it, but at least she's out.

So Dewy tries her best to get through to her, trying to get her to help around the castle/city, but Cozy is not at all interested and is trying to worm her way out of it all. If anything she tries to cause trouble only to be shut down by Dewy and her friends. Dewy starts to doubt that bringing Cozy back was a good idea. Perhaps Twilight was right that she couldn't be redeemed, at least not now. Cozy ends up overhearing this and she's surprised to find it kind of hurts. As much as she wanted to return to her own plan, it was nice having someone vouch for the real her. But now...

Cozy ends up running away. Even with the truth spell still on her, she knows she's clever and she'll figure something out to regain power. But distracted by what has transpired she ends up running into trouble (still not sure what this trouble it. A monster of some kind probably, but I can't think of one where Cozy wouldn't easily out smart it but anyway...). Dewy comes to her rescue, putting her life on the line to save her. The two end up working together to get out of it.

From then one, Cozy is still a bit of a trouble maker with an ego, but she settles into this more calm life. She slowly opens up to Dewy about her difficult childhood. I read the idea once that Cozy was born to powerful unicorn parents and being a pegasus, they look down on her. I think this really makes sense with the line she says about power types relying on their magic instead of their brain which always gave me a sense of that as much as she craved power, she had a bitterness towards magic. Perhaps that was instilled in her by her parents disappointment in her despite being so clever. Dewy sympathizes with her over her own poor childhood providing further basis for a bond.

Anyway, Cozy makes a real friend for the first time, she ends up healing, gets a found family with Dewy and Cozy. And that's all I got so far other than Cozy ends up becoming a strategist for the royal guard when she is older, but I don't have much details on how she gets there.

[miffysrambles]

a lady and her two minions

[twentysidednerd]

POTENTIAL SPOILERS FOR “I SAW THE TV GLOW”

‼️‼️‼️‼️THIS IS YOUR WARNING TO TURN BACK NOW IF YOU DONT WANT TO BE SPOILED‼️‼️‼️‼️

i’ve been thinking about “i saw the tv glow” ever since i saw it yesterday and all of the layers that were in it. especially since my brain’s been kinda blah since last night

yes, the whole movie is essentially an allegory to being trans and not being able to be yourself. and i LOVE that messaging, don’t get me wrong. i think it’s so important to have that narrative be told. that messaging is literally part of the reason why my friend and i got so emotional when we watched it lmao. i literally started thinking about the scene where owen/isabel tackles maddie/tara on the football field and runs away right before they go through with their plan at the dinner table yesterday and almost cried. how owen/isabel was so close but got too scared and ran away. that happens so much with trans people, myself included, and it just… ugh, it hit home so hard

but so much of it also reminds me of how it feels to deal with maladaptive daydreaming. how owen/isabel wants so badly to run away into the world of “the pink opaque” and be someone else, be someone he wants to be rather than what real life dictates he SHOULD be. when maddie/tara talks about time and reality feeling different and wrong when she’s in this world but feeling better or “normal” when she’s in the world of “the pink opaque”. the image of owen/isabel literally sticking his/her head into the tv screen, so close to that fantasy world, before being pulled away and forced back to this reality sticks with me to this very moment

you want to live in, and stay in, the worlds in your head so badly with MADD. i know i have an issue trying to be present and be a part of reality when the worlds in my head make me feel so much better. i have so much of an issue trying to be there for the people around me and focus on what’s happening but the second i start getting overwhelmed or just have time alone for myself, im right back into the worlds in my head and i would much rather stay there because it feels safer. i feel some semblance of control, of being someone worthwhile. the exact same way maddie/tara would rather be in, and stay in, “the pink opaque” world

that in itself is a coping mechanism for stress! a coping mechanism the stress owen/isabel finds himself/herself in when trying to be who he/she is in a world that doesn’t want him/her to be! the stress from the fear of wanting to come out and be yourself but being forced to conform to what the rest of the world wants! it’s all intertwined! and i love it! this movie just gets better the more i think about it!!

and i love that even though it doesn’t have a happy ending, there’s still a twinge of hope. because there is still time for owen/isabel, just like the chalk on the street says. there are plenty of people who transition later in life. though owen/isabel is struggling badly at the end of the movie, he/she still has time to be who he/she wants to be. who he/she is. it’s not too late. it might be bad at the moment for him/her, but it’s not too late

[squidkid15]

https://youtube.com/shorts/YQA-U-bJf-E

wouldn't it be cool if Stripes' stripes glowed like this under blacklight? 🤔

anon i have great news for you - they glow all the time haha

[brokendreamscreation-moved]

What Color Are Your Angel Wings?

Yellow

How wonderful to have yellow wings! It's your choice whether they're a beautiful pale yellow or a bright sunshine yellow. You are the sound of birds in the early morning. You are the clink of glasses when your friends make a toast. You are the spoonful of honey in a warm mug of tea. You are picking petals off a stark white daisy, "he loves me, he loves me not" (he loves you). You are the bubbles in champagne and the feeling of grass beneath your feet. You are the anticipation of trying something new, and the pleasure of creation.

You are: Angel of joy.

Tagged by: Stolen~

Tagging: @helluva-hazbins @parvum-draconis @themosthatedbeingg @feiiitan and anyone else who wants to!

[necroangelz]

see i don't daydream about people i know

i take their qualities and add those qualities to my characters and then imagine those characters doing things because it's too embarrassing to think of those people directly

[jemimaland]

maladaptive daydreaming ☁️

(the good, the bad, and how it affects your glow up goals)

Maladaptive daydreaming is something I have practised for as long as I can remember. At first I was very proud of it, like I have the ability to be more creative than those around me - but this isn't true. While maladaptive daydreaming is something that requires a vivid imagination, it is also relatively common. There are different extremes of maladaptive daydreaming, and I am not claiming to be a person who relies on it as a trauma response or coping mechanism, but I have been known to use it pretty frequently as a way to get through the day: on public transport, during classes, as I go to sleep, etc.

Recently, as I have been working on my glowing up journey, I have noticed the negative impact my daydreaming has been having on my life. Daydreaming can get me quite depressed at the knowledge that my daydreams will never become reality because they exist in magical realms that I cannot visit, and I can feel frustrated on returning to the real world. Not to mention the fact that it was distracting me from my exams because I wouldn't pay attention in class. This is no way to live your life!

Imagine being on your deathbed and realising that you spent your whole life living half-realities in your head, instead of making your real life one you would daydream about. So here are the things I have been doing to help with this:

I started prioritising daydreams that could actually happen, instead of daydreams that involve something out of my control. For example, instead of daydreaming about fantasy realities or my crush liking me back, I have started daydreaming about what my ideal morning routine would look like, my ideal future, my ideal self, etc. All of these things are things that I can control and attain on my own. I realised that cutting daydreaming out of my life entirely would probably negatively impact my mental health because I have relied on it so much for so long, but this small shift has helped me feel like my daydreaming isn't so harmful. I can also combine this with manifesting, because I can tell myself that I already have these things and that they are already my reality.

I replaced daydreaming with other things. For example, the main time I used to daydream was on the train while listening to music. So I have replaced daydreaming with reading, or I replace music with podcasts or audiobooks so that I can't drift off as easily. This has really helped me feel more productive at the beginning of the day because the time I spent daydreaming on the train in the morning would often set my day off to a bad note. I would feel frustrated with reality, kind of tired and groggy because I had kind of drifted off, and often I'd feel quite insecure because the version of myself that I had in my brain wasn't like the version of myself that really existed.

I allowed myself to daydream at the right time. I am allowed to have hobbies and do things that perhaps aren't the best for me sometimes, and as I mentioned I think I would struggle if I cut daydreaming out of my life completely. So, instead, I allow myself time at the end of the day, if I have been really craving a good daydream, a moment to disappear into my mind for a while, and I can think about whatever I want, including daydreams that are impossible.

I combined daydreaming with something healthy, ex. a walk. My friends and I have joked before about our 'maladaptive daydream walks', but I see even more of a benefit now than I did then. Because I'm being active and I'm walking, there isn't any danger of me drifting off and getting groggy. It is also an incentive for me to go on a walk.

I try to romanticise life so that it is more appealing. This is a much bigger step than any of the others, because it involves completely reshaping your life. And mine is certainly a work in progress, but even just the fact that I'm trying to shape a better reality makes me more excited to come back to it after disappearing for a while.

[hydaelynsecho]

tag dump. 1/X ???

[helanarish-7]

To days I was happy and you ruined it with your logical arguments.

Let me elude myself into the moment and absorb the happiness of now. I wouldn’t want to be enlightened about the tomorrows as I am walking through the today’s saffron glow of sunsets.

[fracturedporcelaindoll]

Beautiful~