#failure to success stories

[emmabirb8]

It really is SO funny (and meaningful, actually, if you think about it) to me that Stanley was the only member of the Pines family who was never able to be manipulated by Bill.

Stan's paranoia and distrusting attitude served him in the best way possible. Yeah, it sucks that he was basically cut off from forming lasting positive relationships up until he moved into Ford's shack in Gravity Falls, but MAN, that was kind of a small price to pay when you realize he unknowingly kept himself protected from one of the most dangerous entities in all of space-time by having that mindset and keeping his walls up all those years.

Can you imagine how fucking disastrous things could've turned out if Bill had gotten to him? Successfully infiltrated Stan's dreams, utilized his connection to Ford to his devious advantage as a bargaining chip, and used Stan for all he's worth to orchestrate Weirdmageddon his way? Ford spent 30 years hiding from Bill, constructing the quantum destabilizer, and putting all his energy into taking him out - to prevent him from meddling in the lives of those he cares about and to protect the world from his evil.

But it turns out, all you really have to do to foil Bill is just... not be swayed by him in the first place. There was NO combination of words in the human vocabulary Bill could have said to get Stan on his side at any point in the story, and tbh that's fucking hilarious.

Get fucked little man, you got outsmarted by the '''lesser''' twin, and he didn't even have to put any effort into it at all.

(And as the icing on the cake, he wrecked your sorry ass too. Smashed you to smithereens in one second flat.)

Truly tho, I think Stan is Bill's match. His equal opposing force. The yin to his yang. Essentially, when put together, they cancel each other out, lmao.

And I just know Bill will be forever haunted by that old man. He can make all the pitiful attempts to reach out from the Theraprism all he wants, but even if he were to escape someday, somehow, there is no coming back from that level of pure humiliation. 🤣

[blizardstar]

Me when Ashton Greymoore is denied honorable and meaningful self-sacrifice, and now must face the reality that they MUST keep living after it’s All Over

[coffeegnomee]

wonders never cease. i did not write that post this morning thinking we would get word for word quotes that embodies new member vs old member mentality the very same day.

BACON: “sometimes you do just have to trust someone and get betrayed” KAB: “no! That’s a horrible. HORRIBLe fucking outcome. Are you kidding? I don't want to fucking deal with loosing”

and like, from a *normal* story perspective, like a scripted story, this mindset from kab is the most common dialogue when the hero reaches a failure. It's something the audience usually latches on to, usually sheds a tear over. it's heartwarming. especially her line seconds before:

KAB: “bacon im so sick of fucking loosing all the time”

but on lifesteal it's just not good enough. the server isn't about getting to a point of defeating the villain and no longer loosing. it's, to use mer's essay "a very good story about failure". it's about what you do and who you are in the face of failure. embracing it, not fearing it. learning to not let it hurt you, not learning to avoid it.

and, to her credit, kab is throwing herself into enough things to maybe learn this lesson by the end of the season. only time will tell. character still bothers me to shit, but she might learn.

[jellojolteon]

Now that you've made it to the autumn of

Your years and you feel your best yet

-The Bottom of It, Fruit Bats

Izuocha week 2024 Day 6: Cycle/Miracle

[helielune]

powder keg (full under the cut)

[thepersonalwords]

Let it be a footprint that you ones lived!Let it be a footprint that you thought failure a lesson!Let it be a footprint that you were stronger than life hurdles!Let it be a footprint that your speech was awesome!Let it be a footprint that you left a distinctive mark on minds!Let it be a footprint that you were the best father ever!Let it be a footprint that a great mother once lived !Let it be a footprint that once lived a humble yet an assertive you!Let it be a footprint that you stood for what is just regardless of the odds!Let it be a footprint that you fed the hungry! Let it be a footprint that you protected the vulnerable!Let it be a footprint that you lived for Christ!Let it be a footprint that you were courageous and not a coward!Let it be a footprint that a great worker is gone!Let it be a footprint that a good heart is gone!Let it be a footprint that you were a noble accomplisher !Let it be a footprint that you knew the essence of time!Let it be a footprint that you knew when to ignore and when to respond!Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint! Let it be a footprint!Let it be a footprint that though you are leaving, you are living!Let it be a footprint that you shall be missed!What footprint are you leaving behind?

Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

[diaryofadissembler]

334: I don't want mediocre, but i yearn its safety. Image description: a three panel comic with polaroid frames. The panel shows a person looking onto the pavement, on the pavement there is a piece of tarte broken, presuambly fallen out of the persons hand. the text on the panel reads: “My biggest fear is to try to achieve something great and succeed.” Text underneath reads: “J. krupitza / inspired by asofterworld.com” end Image description

[happytakes]

2025.04.04 | Everything has a reason. Trust your intuition. Some rejections and failures are merely detours to prepare you for your destination or goals.

[zorosdimples]

if you ask me to tell you about a character i love…oooh boy…

[gender-euphowrya]

successful internet personality constantly feeling the gaze of the "THE RISE AND FALL OF ___" video essayists just waiting for them to slip up and crash for content for their next 4 hour video

[jeanpatrice]

7 key lessons to learn from Thomas Edison's experience with the invention of the light bulb: 1. Perseverance Pays Off 2. Embrace Failure as a Stepping Stone 3. Innovation is Iterative 4. Collaboration is Key 5. Think Long-Term 6. Practicality Over Perfection 7. Believe in Your Vision

[champstorymedia]

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[ghostsontelevision]

one of my favorite things about apocalypse keys is last session one of my players hit a point where the rules said “one of two bad things happen to your character” and she said “... can both bad things happen?” and i said “you know what? sure!” because it’s the kind of game where even when your characters are in peril, having a bad time, in a bad place, it’s still fun to play, and sometimes when your characters lose, it’s actually more fun than if they’d done perfectly

[imaginationsofaneldritchcomputer]

[cookiefate]

Cookiefate for June 24th: "One learns most from teaching others."

"Those who can't learn succeed."

[hajra-zafar]

My Mcat journey: i failed my mcat last year, and am going to have my mcat again in 54 days. I just wanted to share things i learnt from my failure: 1. Be fearless ( its so imp) 2. give your best 3. nomatter, what outcome love yourself 4. its totally okay to fail 5. have big dreams and clear vision 6. know what you want and struggle for it. 7. life will always through u opportunities as long as u are alive 8. Try to think everything in your own way 9. never be hopeless 10. block people with negative energy , people who tell u its difficult. block those cowards. 11.Be with the people who dream big and strive to achieve it. #success #story #lessonstolearn #failure