#he's genuinely emotionally intelligent!

[untitledgoosegay]

the discussions abt wildly OOC therapy-speak, which is a correct and common phenomenon, Do hit a bit funny to me bc one of my current favs has "it's okay to feel however you need to feel" as canonical dialogue

[florallylly]

steve harrington so used to people's eyes on him, doesn't notice when someone is watching him OR hyper vigilant but also really good at reading people, knows eddie has been sneaking peeks at him from behind his textbook

[always-a-joyful-note]

By the way, I love how everyone in Idolish7 is never just one thing. Yes, Iori has a cool aura and is very master-of-all-trades analytical...but he also is a guy who loves small and cute things and just kinda wants to support people he loves and also is asocial as one can be. Yes, Yamato is like the lazy but friendly older brother figure with dirty jokes...but he also has incredible trauma from secrets kept to him and wants to love his friends so much in the right way and also has a pet rover named Musashi. Yes, Yuki is the cool and distant playboy male lead trope....but he's also someone who tried so hard to stop that behaviour and is actually doing better in trying to communicate and value other people! Yeah, Tenn is a two-faced angel-demon who takes his work way too seriously and K.O.s people with one insult....but he's also way too self-sacrificing of his own good and values people so much to his own detriment. And Riku being the cute and oblivious airhead who is kinda spoiled....but also trying so hard to be more than the sheltered kid he was raised as, having so much talent, loving books a lot. It's just them being character archetypes from animanga, and the writers having fun with that, but also making them more without disparaging those stereotypes

[weepylucifer]

AND ANOTHER THING about hot sith girl summer, i've managed to write myself into addressing a common issue in the codywan fandom, but in a weird way: that thing where fandom sometimes treats cody like he's only there to babysit obi-wan and his every single thought and action revolves around obi-wan

like, you know who'd also think of cody as existing only in relation to obi-wan, as a kind of appendage of obi-wan? vader. it's probably the only reason he keeps cody alive after cody challenges him between chapter one and two. as bait to draw obi-wan out of hiding, and just to fuck with someone obi-wan held dear, to cause him pain. and wouldn't it be interesting if cody noticed this and started chafing at it, even as he also feels (irrational) guilt over what he did during order 66. and even when he escapes vader and takes up with maul, he expects the exact same treatment: to be treated as a thing that obi-wan owned, and that can now be used as a tool to exact revenge on obi-wan (but he and maul are actually going to have a rapport, weird and fucked up as that's going to be in its own right. but at least it will be true, equal-level codependence). so he's just like "oh it's gonna be the same humiliating dehumanizing shit again but at least i'm no longer in the empire... so i'll take it 🙄" (but then it is actually different, eventually, as maul begins to see the merit of cody as simply cody)

[thebirdandhersong]

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[caernua]

disgustingly emotionally healthy long distance date idea: go on a call and answer journaling prompts on pinterest together

[gumisgirl]

rewatching s2 (pain) and I love when geto narrates. his voice is so soothing. alluring. lulling. he'd be such a great cult leader. he could tell me to kms and I would. gladly.

[normcore-tertiary-character]

I'm being so normal about Harry and not at all saying "If he wanted to, he would" every time he, a murder-alien who met emotions for the first time no more than 4 months ago, is actually a very considerate and attentive friend for Asta. My bar for men is not in the floor. I'm fine and normal.

[calypsolemon]

apologies to the rgu girlies who follow me for always having tougabrain BUT. thinking so hard about touga genuinely trying to be sincere with utena in episode 36 but still being a miserable failboy at it bc he doesn't actually know how to. care for anybody genuinely and express that in a way that doesn't read as performative and pushy still.

and then also thinking about how despite what he said to her at his most genuine, he still feels the need to use his own feelings against her in a weird bid to "protect" her. like my guy,,, have you tried communicating plainly to her the danger that she is in and then allowing her to act on that information as an autonomous human being? a uGH

[hinotorihime]

on a completely different note it is desperately important to me that rose lalonde is a fucking mess who is not nearly as insightful as she thinks she is

[brighteststar707]

I need to jump on your ask for this - BOYFRIEND?! CONGRATS?! I remember you talking about being scared. Feel free to gush about him here I am so happy for you!

AAAH I know I'm late to this but YES!!! It's funny to see my sporadic early dating updates turn into this heheh

I'm still scared but I am also happy!! He's the sweetest and I'm still getting used to being cared for. It's an odd feeling.

[tovaicas]

recent dev comments got me malding I'm sorry

[seungmoes]

Do you ever sometimes think about that old changbin/hyunjin 2 kids room where hyunjin makes what he thinks is a lighthearted comment about changbin seeming serious lately and how everyone wonders if he’s stressed because they can’t tell when he’s mad or when he’s joking

And then changbin has a 10 minute internal crisis about it because he’s devastated that they all felt less than comfortable around him and he didn’t know he was coming across that way or how to fix it

[isekyaaa]

I really want more non-villain male characters that rank really high in emotional intelligence and use it to their advantage. I want men that know the ins and outs of how people work and tailor themselves and how they act to get the desired reactions and results out of them. I want men that can turn angels out of demons and make even the bitchiest of Karens worship the ground they walk on. But I don't want them to do these things to achieve lofty goals. I just want them to act this way because that's just how they naturally are.

[pike-the-monstah]

yknow, i don't know what the disk horse has been like around total drama 2023, but after finishing the season, i think i actually enjoyed it for the most part

[interiorlulus]

It's kind of pathetic to watch my father scramble to find out why I'm so cold towards him lately. I know from my mom he seems to know I don't like him and it really makes me cringe inside whenever he clearly attempts to bond with me. I just want to scream most of the time. That he scares me, that he disappoints me as a parent and as an overall human being. That he has disgusting opinions, disgusting behaviour, that I can't look up to someone who is so pathetic and narrow-minded. He has never done anything to make me even remotely respect him and he is single-handedly extinguishing any warmth I have left for him. And then because I'm still his child nonetheless I'm stuck feeling sorry for him. It's depressing.