#i'm fine

[snowbriar]

oh look it's a Mikey who's properly characterized

[ellsey]

I AM SCREAMING

I AM LITERALLY GOING FERAL RIGHT NOW

[foxrocket-freak]

neeed

[jhara-ivez]

Spite

[whumpypepsigal]

Thunderbolts* (2025): "I'm fine."

[queerasflux]

man I wish people understood how much it sucks ass to be neurodivergent and trying to find the middle ground where people like/tolerate you. like, I'm either "boring" (trying to wait my turn in conversations, holding space for other people, taking a back seat to let others get some spotlight) or "too much" (too loud/talking too much, getting excited to share, trying to participate in group conversations/activities). No one really talks about how much of being neurodivergent is just sort of trying to make yourself palatable.

I feel like so much of my life has been spent trying to find this effortless sort of middle ground everyone else seems to automatically already know, and I'm always swinging too far one way or the other. I'm lucky to have neurodivergent friends who grok me, but goddamn I wish that I could just like, exist without the constant background script in my brain that's like "you're being too loud. You're not talking enough. you're being self-centered. you're being boring. you're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong." I feel like I'm back in high school trying to make friends but stuck as the eternal "weird kid"

it's just... lonely and sucks bad.

[jkvjimin]

one time for the present, two time for the past ♪

JIMIN, TAEHYUNG & JUNGKOOK

[the-genderdefying-ace]

Yes, thank you for saying this! 😭😭

The metaphor of Rumi's patterns can be interpreted so many different ways (click here for more thoughts on this) but let's say they represent internalized queerphobia. If so, Celine is the guardian/parental figure of a queer kid (Rumi). She may even see herself as an ally since she says, "I tried to love you."

Maybe I'm reading too much into the metaphor (I probably am) but I think of all the parents and "allies" who claim to love and support queer kids while telling them to "cover up".

We know you're queer; you don't have to talk about it.

It's not something to be proud of.

Be yourself, but not like that.

It breaks my heart that anyone should ever have to hear these things, let alone kids and teens who just want to be loved for who they are. I'm so lucky I never had to deal with that as a queer person but that doesn't mean I've escaped similar patterns of thinking.

I was the quiet, obedient kid most of my life. I didn't really start to lean into my own thoughts and personality until high school (you can blame Doctor Who, I guess). For the first time in my life, I started to share what was really on my mind. Not 100% but much more often than I had before.

I was met with "That's just how the world is. Sometimes you have to go with the flow." To make friends, to get the job, etc. "Be yourself but make an effort to find common ground." AKA: Pretend to like whatever they like so you have something to talk about. Don't show them all of you until later. Or never.

I was told "No one can ever fully understand you or love you for you." But guess what? Someone did. By some miracle of the gods themselves, I managed to find a person who actually knew me (all of me) and loved me. The impossible happened and even though I didn't realize it at the time, it began to heal all those lies. Not only that, but it showed me the truth.

I will always be too much for some people and that's okay. They're not my people.

I will always be too weird. Too emotional. Too loving. Too kind.

I'll probably live most of my life alone. If I'm lucky, I'll find someone else who truly gets me and spend it with them.

But you know what? I'm okay with that. I'd rather spend time with myself than with those who tell me to be something I'm not. I refuse to cater to capitalism, to the way things have always been.

I'm building a new world. And if I die trying, so be it. At least I'll die as myself.

Celine is the true villain of kpop demon hunters

Obviously, Gui-Ma is the actual villain of the movie, but he's definitely not the only villain. Celine is a HORRIBLE parent towards Rumi, but she's also horrible towards Zoey and Mira.

Celine tells the girls to stay strong and to keep singing, no matter what, even at the cost of their own mental health. Even when Rumi almost lost her voice and tried to kill herself, Celine barley cared. She was too worried about the honmoon being destroyed to even care about the fact that her own best friends daughter was begging her to kill her.

When Rumi's demon form was finally revealed to Mira and Zoey, they were disgusted. Not because Rumi was a demon, but because Rumi was hiding something from them. If Celine didn't force Rumi to keep her identity a secret, the huntrix girls wouldn't have split up. If the other girls knew that Rumi was part demon from a young age, they wouldn't have cared. The only one who was ashamed of Rumi's identity was Celine.

Celine is also part of the reason why Zoey and Mira struggle with their own insecurities. She forces them to suppress their emotions to keep the honmoon strong, even if their mental (or physical) health is destroyed in the process. She also forced Rumi to miss out on so many fun experiences with her friends like going to the spa, to the beach, or anything that requires her to not wear a jacket. Celine forced Rumi to distance herself from Mira and Zoey because of her identity, which is why Rumi has so many metaphorical walls.

Rumi is the only thing that Celine has left of her old best friend, but she doesn't care what happens to her because of the fact that she is the only hunter that is half demon. She tells Rumi that her scars will go away when the honmoon turns golden, but we never actually got to see if that was the truth. What if the golden honmoon sealed Rumi in the underworld for eternity? What if it killed her similar to how Jinu died? Celine wouldn't have cared, she just wanted demons to be gone for good.

In conclusion, Rumi's got some MAJOR mommy issues I feel so bad for her 💔

[outromoony]

"My child is fine." Your child is reading the angstiest fanfics about Harry Potter's dead parents and their friends on purpose.

[colealexart]

tethered.

[rodrawss]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SANJI LIGHT OF MY LIFE, MY FAVOURITE LOSER, MY HUSBAND AND MY WIFE, THE GUY THAT HAS INFESTED MY BRAIN FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF, MY KIND AND SWEET BOY YOU ARE SO LOVED AND DESERVE EVERYTHING💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

[diphowell]

We're All Doomed, with Phil in the crowd/Terrible Influence Tour, with Phil watching from the wings.

[saltpepperbeard]

"You made me forget myself. I thought I was someone else, someone good."

[suzestorm]

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003) dir. Peter Jackson

[sam-reid]

I have the blood of Magnus in me. Magnus burned.

[ugh-my-back]

so regal in his finest silks ✨ for @nikjima, always making him look so foncy ❤️‍🔥

HE LOOKS SO MEAN AND AMAZING IN THIS REEEEEEEE