#imposter syndrome king?

[bethanydelleman]

A story about a king who is not well-suited for the job, but it's not like he's a tyrant, despot, womanizer, or squandering the country's wealth, he's just unhappy. He fully believes that he was divinely chosen by birth to be king, so why does he always feel like he isn't meant to do this? His only hope through each day and year is that he can eventually abdicate in favour of his son, but it will be at least twenty years before that's even possible.

He isn't good at court politics, he's not bad either, just not the sort of clever person who can stop the squabbling and get people easily on his side. He is haunted by a constant awareness that everyone near him wants something from him. He wonders if any relationship in his life is genuine. He longs for someone to call him by his real name instead of a title. His wife is a good partner, but it's no romance and she's still struggling to learn his language. He loves his children, but he chafes against the thousand unwritten rules and protocols that keep him from really feeling that he has a family.

Years pass and it never gets easier. Duty leads him on, because nothing else could keep him going for so long. His son seems intelligent and savvy, he only has to hold on a little longer. He's fully accepted that he'll never be remembered by history. He's no great king, just a placeholder for someone better.

He is on his deathbed when his eldest is twenty-five. He never had a chance to be free of the terrible burden that was the crown. He's never seen his wife cry so much, did she really love him all this time? His son tells him, "How can I ever measure up to your example?" What example? He was never a good king. Was he?

If only he could have known that he was

[minty364]

DPXDC Prompt #50

Danny had everything going right in his life for once, his parents knew he was Phantom and had accepted him and he was the high king of the infinite realms. The ghosts left the town alone for the most part, he would still train to keep up with his powers and training, and he was working towards peace between the realms. Makes sense that when everything is at its best that it would go wrong.

Suddenly his twin he hasn’t seen in years shows up on his porch claiming that the league of assassins is going to assassinate high king phantom.

[wesleysniperking]

usopp positivity post #5

Give this man his flowers…

I’ll always like Usopp because he reminds me that being a little fish in a big pond can be hard and debilitating, but you can still make the most of it.

I think at times people get so caught up in the fact that they’re not like everyone around them in terms of being more educated, prettier, or whatever the h*ll else people long for, that you can’t see what you’ve got.

People might say that whatever Usopp has accomplished is because of stupid luck or an a**pull. But I think people like that are selling themselves short. I don’t know anything about those haters, but maybe it’s privilege or something personal…but seriously, sometimes sh*t doesn’t have to make sense. It’s a personal journey. And a hard journey doesn’t look the same for everyone.

Usopp stands a chance like everyone else does, and more.

Usopp represents the part of myself I sell too short. He makes me realize that although I FEEL like everyone’s gotten a head start and I’m still at the starting line, I gotta realize that I deserve my feats too.

The Grand Line and New World aren’t for everyone. So, if Usopp’s still alive and kicking, with a hefty sum of a bounty under his belt, and a lot of sniping. Then I’d say he’s a rock star.

Usopp makes me realize unconditional love is real too.

stay true, y’all.

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[diabolicalworldwriter]

Navani in The Way of Kings-Oathbringer: oh I'm not really a scholar, I'm not that smart. I just have money. Goodness, don't make me lead anyone, that would be awful! I'm a horrible leader honestly. I like group projects and order, sure, but I'm better as a side character, don't worry about me <3 (she says this while doodling amazing concepts and schematics, organizing and presiding over meetings, and convincing entire nations to join their cause)

The Plot™ of Rhythm of War: We locked Navani in a room for a few weeks and she coordinated the rescue of the whole giant tower and found a way to kill gods.

[howifeltabouthim]

Those were his formative years, and once formed a man cannot be re-formed—no, not even by a sword in a stone. The world tells him he's a king, but he feels he is a fraud, and he's terrified the world will find out.

Lev Grossman, from The Bright Sword

[ladychandraofthemoone]

In love with @dieselstooyou Proteus so I had to have him interact with my ver of “Proteus”/Kyle. I like to think they would get along, braiding each other hair and weaving flower crowns.

Bonus: Kyle would offer him chai and they would talk about their relationships and anything cause they both deserve the world.

[angelofthemornings]

If I were some kind of mental health treatment celebrity who has been on all these talk shows and profiled in Forbes or whatever I'd treat Medicaid patients. I would. I'm Catholic, don't try me.

[therxtking]

Meanwhile Gordon's afraid of people being shocked he's royalty. He's trying so so hard. He wears a little crown and cape. This rat is trying so hard to live up to this checklist or idea of what he has to be to be 'worthy' whatever that means. He doesn't even really know. Worthy of ruling? His mother's association? Of respect? Love? Kindness? of just not being treated like trash anymore?

He doesn't hold anyone else to these standards, but never once does he think it's odd he does it to himself, and he always falls short.

[emotinalsupportturtle]

the main reason I will always be obsessed with David Tennant is that fundamentally, we share the same mental illness

[lyricallymnded]

frozone, true king in the north // action/adventure

[felikatze]

almost started crying over a video essay on roy i'm so normal

[chloeworships]

I said inferiority complex but what I really meant to say was Imposter Syndrome 😅 but like I said, God makes no mistakes because the definitions are nearly IDENTICAL

You got this boo 😁

PS. I heard “Rap God” by Eminem. Listen to the lyrics of that song 🎵 Maybe you’re from Detroit or Toronto because I saw Drake 🥰 You could also be self-conscious about your appearance. You’re beautiful/handsome!!! Do away with that negative self-talk 😘😉 They made fun of Biggie about his weight but no one could ever deny his was talented behind the mic 🎤 They made fun of Jay-Z, Nas’ chip tooth 🦷 (which I loved) and Cardi B and look at them now? Do ya thing ma G🥰 Ppl will always have something to say. Do you and enjoy your MILLIONS 🤑 They mad they can’t come live lavish with you like Nicki said. Your real fans will love you for you.

PPS. Listen to Underground Kings by Drake. This song got me through some tough times and always motivated me to keep going. I hope it does the same to whoever this prophecy is for 🥰🥲🎵

1 Timothy 4:12⬇️

[theinfinitedivides]

omg thank you for calling my ask "a love letter to ktl" that made me so happy 🥹

loved all the points you made and i'm really hoping they touch more on won overcoming his trauma as well. it seems like we're gonna learn more about his mom soon based off of the preview for ep 11 - sarang might give won the push to ask the ahjussi at the entrance (who worked at king hotel for 30 years) if he remembers her.

totally begging that they don't give them a breakup arc right along with you btw, i'll take any other angst arc please 😭 they're too precious, i don't think they can handle losing each other when they can barely stand being apart for a few minutes. also really hoping hwaran and won's dad don't interfere with their relationship, though i doubt won would let that affect them if it does happen.

on another note, i wonder if we'll get more on sarang's backstory too like how her parents, especially her mom, passed away. her love for king hotel stemmed from her memories with her mom, so i'm curious to see if there's more to that.

also, those lyrics fit the swimming pool scene so well (the translation was perfect dw). i can't tell you how many times i've watched that scene over and over, it's just so natural and intimate. the way won almost breathes out more than says "i missed you." after that first kiss in the pool? it was like he could finally breathe again after having sarang in his arms and seeing her face up close and clear. you can literally feel how much they missed each other and craved each other's touch even though they were together all day. god. them!!!

can the weekend please come faster 😭

me whenever those two do literally anything at all:

my standards are up by God themself at this point. they are holding the marker in their hand and i am kindly asking them to send it back down to earth for me bc would you look at that how tf am i supposed to function otherwise

now as for your points: i definitely believe we're going to see more of that ahjussi, bc the minute Sang Sik mentioned that he's the longest working employee at the hotel i saw the lightbulbs go off in Won's head. he might kill Sang Sik when they get home after the fun he had bossing him around (that and the way he had to suffer seeing the back of Sa Rang for most of the time there, more on that later) but he'll make it by the skin of his teeth out of Won's office for that information alone, sksksksk

and that brings me something that i forgot to bring up in the answer to your last ask with regards to Won's trauma—he's very touchy when it comes to the subject of his mother. we saw it during his interactions with Hwa Ran where she tells him to be careful otherwise he might end up like her (iirc he left the house and ran out to the overlook[? is that the word? i feel like i might know where that is bc of Heart Signal 4 and filming locations but don't mind me i could be wrong] over Seoul right after that), we saw it in the interview when Sa Rang brought up the revised questions about his mother (hello again ep 3 panic attack and lashing out at her afterwards), and we saw it again when he lied (!!!) to Sa Rang during the dinner that he wasn't curious about what had happened to her anymore. (we know it was a lie bc of his body language and how he [once again] got up and left the room) he is the definition of 'i never bothered looking for my mother / i am angry on behalf of my mother', and, by extension, is not very good at hiding his emotions whenever that subject is brought up, so i think whatever new information we do get in ep 11 will be very crucial to whatever happens to him at that anniversary dinner (if he gets the info beforehand ofc). in contrast, Sa Rang's memories of her mother seem to be much happier, despite the obvious grief of her death—it appears that she knows what happened to her mother (although we don't yet), she doesn't hesitate to talk about her and the dreams that she had to work at King Hotel, and it's very obvious that she is the driving force behind most, if not all, of what she does.

what i expect to see from a typical k-drama cliché is that her mother and Won's mother have some sort of connection, bc it's either the main couple are long lost childhood besties or someone's parents f*cked somebody else's parents over or the parents just had something going on and never told the kids. how they execute that (whether they met briefly in the hotel or whether they knew each other otherwise), or if they never execute that at all and skip the trope, is what i'm looking forward to, and i'm very curious as to what happens.

now, as much as i do not want them to come within fifteen feet of this ride-or-die couple that is SaWon Hwa Ran and CEO Gu are both going to be a problem. that's all but guaranteed—remember when they had that argument in the house and he said 'there is no such thing as love for people like us'? the premise that they've been setting up for us is that there is a 99.9% chance that Won's father will not take it lying down if he finds out his son 1. has a girlfriend (who is not of his status per say) and 2. it's the best talent of the hotel. and that's sad, in a way, that he's become so indifferent to anything but his own success that he cannot fathom that someone would take all of their resources to go save one person (cliff side heli trip *cough*). Hwa Ran reflects this kind of mentality too, when she says that only those who fight for themselves with everything on the line win, unlike those who fight for others in order to protect them (that's the same scene where he tells her he didn't want to fight, i went back and checked), and she won't blink twice at meddling with either of them if it means she's back in the running for successor. (when Oumou Sangaré said in Mogoya that 'people today / they're not loyal / humanity / i'm concerned about them' she meant it, these folks out here with the Korean version of Succession rn) but remember that these are two Gu siblings, never mind the half, and so if she makes a move it's unlikely that Won will back down either.

ending with the swimming pool scene again bc (like you) i've gone back and kept watching and you're right—there is this intimacy about it that feels about as natural as breathing. i mentioned in the tags of one of my KTL reblogs (and OG posts i think) that Won's love language is probably touch (acts of service as well but we're focusing on the touch rn), and the acting choices that Junho makes here amplifies that almost immediately. (hand,,,,,,,, on shoulder,,,,,,,, in the deleted take for that scene,,,,,,,, unwell. unwell i say) something something saying he missed seeing her face oh God he missed seeing her face something something to love another person is to see the face of God something something 'as if i just saw you / 'cross Second Avenue / wading in waist-high water' something something 'tujh mein rab dikhta hai... / dil de dil vich vasdi' — 'i see God in you... / she (the lover) resides in my heart'—

*screeches* if i'm alive after the weekend to live blog anything then that's a miracle, so anon pray that it comes faster so we all survive it <333

[ribbonzregretz]

its unhealthy coping mechanism on top of healthy coping mechanism 2nite so i can pretend im a well put together person while im not actually

[icarusbeneaththesea]

PAC- What to Expect in 2025

Disclaimer this is going to be super specific since its simultaneously a collective reading and a general overview of the upcoming year, otherwise I hope you enjoy and gain some sort of clarity from my work.

1→2→3

Pile #1 - (Cards: Death, 7cups, world rev., 4 pentacles rev., temperance, 9cups, chariot, ace wands rev., knight swords rev., lovers rev., hanged man rev., 6wands rev.)

It really feels like you're going through the end of a dream and its turning your world topsy-turvy and you're struggling to make sense of anything anymore, but with patience and a little help you're back on your feet. You put in the work and take back your power, just be aware of others trying to make decisions for you and remember to stay humble in the face of success.

Significant: Water signs (Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces), Jupiter, Aquarius, Leo, Heart chakra

Pile #2 - (Cards: Ace swords rev., page swords, ace pentacles rev., 7cups rev., empress, 8cups, sun, knight wands rev., 5wands, 10swords, ace cups, 9swords, 6cups)

You really aren't too sure of what you're doing with yourself or where you're going in life, but you'll make a decision eventually - you just don't like being rushed. Don't worry though, you're moving onto something great. It'll be a chaotic adjustment, but once everything's found it's place you can shift focus to your connections.

“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.” ― Suzy Kassem

Significant: Sun, Gemini, Scorpio, Solar Plexus and Crown Chakras

Pile #3 - (Cards: Hermit, 4pentacles, queen wands rev., world, death, wheel fortune, king cup, hierophant, 7swords rev., 10swords, queen cups rev., page pentacles, 3pentacles.)

You really don't want to leave your house (understandable), but eventually the world drags you out kicking and screaming, but you have nothing to be afraid of since you seem to have/develop a strong community. I'm also getting that perhaps you struggle with imposter syndrome or dark thoughts. You're spirituality (whatever that may be to you) combined with your community help you overcome this though.

Significant: 3rd Eye Chakra, Virgo, Neptune, Jupiter, Capricorn

Thanks so much for reading and I really appreciate feedback! 🙏

[bbc-trolls]

I live for Branch not realizing the vital roles he takes on in the relationships in his life. ie:

Becoming a pseudo big brother to Cooper and Darnell, who are both younger than Poppy and enjoy his company even though he's pretty weird.

Becoming the subject of admiration and fanboying from his own big brothers, who while still loving him as the baby of the family come to think that he's like the coolest one of them for all he's accomplished.

Becoming co-leader/prospective King of the Pop Trolls, because every time the villagers look to Poppy for guidance Branch is right there next to her, and they've long since become a package deal. So now if Poppy isn't around of course they turn to Branch.

All of this and more and Branch still takes himself for granted. Also there are few people around him actually willing to tell him how important he is, because all these people (including every citizen of Pop Village) know him well enough to predict that he'll fly into an anxious storm of second-guessing and imposter syndrome if they ever told him directly.