#it's not a self worth statement
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guys, can - can we stop saying that percy jackson is an unreliable narrator who thinks he's an idiot? bc like. rereading the books.
he's doesn't??? think he's an idiot????
like sure he'll say things like "echidna.... isn't that a type of anteater?" but he doesn't think that he's himself an idiot for that.
let me quote you the book: "Go ahead, call me an idiot for walking into a strange lady’s shop like that just because I was hungry, but I do impulsive stuff sometimes."
HE doesn't think he's an idiot, but he does assume that YOU, THE READER, will think that. and that's true to his life experience, true to his school experience, true to anyone with a learning disability like his.
#like the two other time that he calls himself an idiot#it's not a self worth statement#the first one is an “i feel awkward in this armor it doesn't fit me”#and the second one#is when he stops at the entrance to an alley#he's calling himself an idiot bc he holds his streetsmart up to a high standard#like guys#guys#please.#THE ONLY ONES CALLING HIM AN IDIOT ARE YOU#THE READER#(at least in the first book fair warning haven't read past HoO)#percy jackson#percy jackon and the olympians#pjo tv show#but only in the sense that it's in reference to the show that i see this type of defense rn#i'm just really salty#bc i've seen my brother do the same thing#where he assumes he'll be taken as an idiot or dumb#even though he knows and is confident in his own intelligence#.
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Imogen: So, how do you know that Predathos won't hurt the rest of us? Like, where is this information coming from? Is that what Predathos told you? Did you talk to Predathos and that's what it told you?
Ludinus: I did talk to Predathos, and it said that it won't eat us.
Imogen:
#more seriously: MRDA is actually really great to pull here bc it's not necessarily about the objective truth of the matter#but rather about dismissing someone as being too self-interested in the denial for their statement to be worth consideration#it could be true! it could be VERY true Predathos won't eat anyone else but the thing is that when our source is “Predathos said”#well Predathos WOULD wouldn't it?#CR spoilers#Critical Role things#Critical Role
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OG Choi Han they could never make me hate you cause if some random rich boy was yelling at me and telling me my family deserved to die like a day after it happened and all I wanted was to know how I could get help I’d beat him up too
This plus the added fact that the Harris Village people were the first people to take Choi Han in and take care of him after years and years in the dark forest. Like he’s obviously not going to be mentally stable after all that, and he was so young when everything happened to him like I cannot blame him at all. I don’t think I can ever hate OG Choi Han like ever, he’s flawed, he has problems, but I love him dearly. He deserves the world. This kid who had to fight for his life, was taken away from his family, and in the process had to give up parts of his own humanity to survive, and like went to war two years later, they could never make me hate u OG Choi Han…
Like yeah violence is bad I guess but OG Cale had it coming(saying this as an OG Cale fan, I love him, but he was mean as hell when he was younger!)
If I’m honest, I think they were both in the wrong to an extent. Like OG Cale shouldn’t have said all that no matter the circumstances, and OG Choi Han shouldn’t have beaten him up so much. But u say mean shit and you get hit, that is how it will work when you’re talking to the guy who just saw his entire village get murdered like idkkkk man
I understand where OG Cale was coming from, but he had many issues and while he wasn’t an awful person, he was capable of doing bad things because of his own internalized pain and emotions that he never got to properly process because of his emotionally distant childhood and relationship with his father who should have been there for him more when he was younger.
Okay speaking of his childhood, Deruth isn’t the WORST father in the world but there are a lot of things he could have done better. I think a lot of Deruth’s flaws come from his fear of failure and messing up. He’s scared of doing the wrong thing, and so he sticks to doing what he knows and using what he knows best. That’s why he uses his money, that’s why gift giving is his way of showing affection, he knows that it is one thing he cannot mess up.
The problem is that money and gifts is NOT what OG Cale needed. I think what that guy needed the most was a parent who wasn’t afraid to talk to him, to ask him questions. Not to say that Deruth gave up on OG Cale, but I think in a way he gave up on OG Cale by giving up on himself. Deruth didn’t trust himself to have the capabilities to talk to OG Cale, which is why he never did. It’s because that Deruth was scared, and didn’t trust himself, that he could never face OG Cale
If Deruth was able to trust himself a little more, and pull himself together, I don’t think OG Cale would have turned out the way he did. As a kid, he probably thought the only way he could help his family without relying on anyone(no doubt this whole ‘I have to do it myself’ thing came from the fact that he couldn’t rely on his father when his mom died, and instead was acting as a pillar of support for his father when it should have been the other way around) was to sabotage himself, the only heir. If he was shown to be unfit to be heir, then everyone else would have no choice but to direct their hatred towards him instead of his family.
If Deruth had talked to his son at least ONCE when he was a kid, asking him why he was upset or why he did the things he did, I think OG Cale would have told him. Why? Because he’s a kid!! A kid will obviously want to rely on his father, if he just had one sign telling him that he didn’t have to do it alone I’m 90% sure OG Cale would have said something.
Basically, while Deruth isn’t the worst father, he’s not really a great father either. I think he does do his best, but he has issues with communication lol
OG Cale and OG Choi Han are both complex characters and had their own reasons to behave the way they did. The thing is with people is that they’re complicated and have layers, so the situation with them would have layers behind it as well with multiple co-existing truths and stuff
#guys I’m a big fan of Choi Han#and I get sad when people bring up this scene and all the blame is on him#like okay he was wrong but if YOU saw your entire family dead and some random rich boy started yelling abt how their lives were worthless#you’d be mad too no?#like his feelinsg were totally justified cause OG Cale was REALLY mean in that scene#‘their lives are worth less than the bottle in my hand’ OHHHHH OKAY OG CALE THATS ENOUGH THATS ENOUGHHHH#I love OG Cale but u have to admit he wasn’t very nice when he was younger#like the statements ‘he had his reasons’ ‘being trash was an act’ ‘he wasn’t a bad person’ ‘but he did say bad things’ can co exist#yes being trash was an act but he is ALSO capable of saying mean things and things that are wrong#LIKE TELLING THE GUY WHO JUST GOT HIS FAMILY MURDERED THAT THEIR LIVES WERE WORTHLESS#HE WAS NOT INNOCENT FOR THAT#Younger OG Cale is not a black and white character#and neither is older OG Cale but this post isn’t abt him#okay I’m gonna bring up someone who isn’t from TCF#but take Eunyung Baek from no home as an example okay#eunyung did bad things and was a bad person because of his childhood right#the reasons to being a bad person do not take away the bad things he did#but just cause he did bad things and was capable of them did not mean he could not change#I love OG Cale a LOT and I just think that his character has a lot behind it#Older OG Cale is obviously very different from his younger self#years and years of war and tragedy have matured him and like he’s not the same person he was anymore#okay back to Choi Han I love that guy I will defend him with my life#beating up people is wrong yeah but with the circumstances I’d say OG Cale had it coming#like okay it would be different if it was unprovoked but it was very much provoked#I swear I love OG Cale I just think he was very wrong for that#not to say he can’t change or isn’t capable of change he definitely is#idk I guess my point is that OG Cale was wrong but he changed as a person#and OG Choi Han was wrong for beating him up so much but it wasn’t unjustifiable#tcf#lcf
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HIS EXPRESSION. UGH
#original posts#grepre#great pretender: razbliuto#the self-control it must have taken him to not say anything of importance to her. after he had basically just saved her life#like he already lost the battle of not trying to talk to her at all#i have to wonder whether or not her being involved in this was planned. tho i suspect it was a con that he planned not realizing she had#any sort of connection to it#bc how would he have predicted her sleeping w the boss’s son. LMFAO#also like yes obviously he looks hot. but that is more a fact than a statement that it’s not worth drawing attention to#hate this man fr /j
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*tiptoes into ask box*
I'm almost afraid to ask, but what exactly is Rhythm Doctor?
(UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENE INITIATED)
OKAY SO. be not afraid :) come here this is a completely normal hospital
basically rhythm doctor is a game where you must defibrillate patients in time with the rhythm! it's not quite as hard as rhythm heaven or anything at least IMO, but it's really addictive and i love the characters a lot!!! there's a lot of cool gimmicks and stuff but all you need is one button so you don't have to grapple with remembering controls along with reaction time!!! you can also have accessibility modes like very easy and unmissable which i appreciate a lot as a particularly shitty gamer
you are working with an overworked skeleton crew comprised of the computer nerd ian, the doctor who mainly does in-person check-ups-- Ada Paige-- and their boss who sits and stares at a clipboard while judging you at every turn, Dr. Edega! you are meanwhile a remote intern who's job is to press the button in time with the music.
there are multiple jokes about the fact that you are only ever seen as a hand. people just start assuming you are only a hand.
the rhythm doctor program means that you are canonically using the game's mechanics to defibrillate all the patients and yes their heartbeats are just like that. they sync up music to the erratic heartbeats in order to soothe arrhythmia and get people back on their feet!
the characters interact with each other in a way that genuinely makes the hospital feel alive and it's just so nice to watch them interact together, especially when the one-off characters just stick their heads into the conversation randomly. my favorite is absolutely samurai.
look at this guy. look at him. he's great. he parties at clubs and plays baseball. why is he dressing up in this in modern day? why does he never take the armor off? who knows but he's silly
you're also facing off with a virus named Connectifa Abortus that uses advantage of your remote connection, and jams your signals because it can do that. it just can. also it is possibly sentient and very malicious
that's the spoiler free synopsis but you should..... buy it on steam................................... now. :)
it's only 16 bucks and works on windows, mac, and linux!!! it also is early access so chances are by getting it early you're getting it for a cheaper price!!!!!!
PLUS if you've ever heard of A Dance Of Ice And Fire it's the same ppl. 7th beat games. it's so good. play it.
#tommy's foolery#rhythm doctor#tommy's rhythm room#if you don't mind a little bit of spoilers you can also check out my OC avec!!!!!!!!#i've been rotating xem agressively. living robot#there's 5 birds in the hospital. two guys with swords. two people who are tied by the Green Line of Holy Shit That's My Heart Rate WTF#a girl who literally just likes to draw. political statements about how terrible the government is towards healthcare workers#intimidating villain that we don't know the face of yet. a guy who nearly dies on a train. lofi coffee addict#Nicole Ting who is addicted to nicotine and can't stop smoking. Samurai Dubstep. guys having a crisis about their self worth#also a giant friendship group of a whole hospital that will drag you in whether you want it or not#they're all friends you have no choice but to join the friendship hospital
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I think that the phenomenom of fandom being unable to imagine a truly confident character or overblowing any canon insecurities to the point it eclipses everything else about the character is because a lot of people interact with their media of choice on a basis of relatability and/or projection, and for a lot of reasons people who are attracted to fandom spaces tend to be people who struggle socially and develop insecurities because of it.
#and i say that as a neutral statement#i am an autistic person who struggled socially and got massive self-worth issues
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you stop shaving as a woman and people just dont know what to call you anymore huh
#you ever get so annoyed that you draw ur irl self instead of your epic swag yass slay pretty sona#i didnt stop shaving for any statement btw it just drains me to do it & i havent been in the mood for months LMAO#i think i'm so used to the comfort of being surrounded by ppl presenting however they want and calling themselves whatever#sometimes i forget how. binary everything still is where i live#note that aint trans btw. i was afab & i dont fully identify as that currently but i have no problem being called a girl#and due to Health Reasons(tm) i get hairier than one would consider 'normal' for a woman (among other things)#(listen we all know gender is a nuanced spectrum but im not in the mood to talk about it in the tags of my own blog lol)#that + short + fat + voice breaks sometimes + mostly wears 'gender neutral' clothing. been mistaken for a prebuscent guy sometimes#(i say 'gender neutral' but its just regular ass baggy shirts and pants/jeans. 💥)#and if y'know me personally youre prolly reading this like 'what'. and yeah thats my reality sometimes LMAO#and im spanish so things are Extra gendered >8'D#i dont even bother explainin my gender to family its just not worth it so i take the she/her and move on#usually i dont talk about these irl things bc whatever but it's starting to irritate me lol#like. do i have to fuckin shave just to not be misgendered. fuckin christ dude#i need to get my yearly haircut btw. i dont like long hair on myself. its getting warm & it makes me sweat i hate it 🧍♂️
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okay genuinely, I am so fed up with this site. like don't get me wrong, I love being on here and interacting with friends and stuff, but people are so nasty to others for no reason. we get hate mail for venting too much, we get hate mail for being too happy. we get fakeclaimed. we get people trying to trigger an ed relapse. we get victim blamed. we get invalidated. we get all this hate, despite avoiding conflict at all costs. it's infuriating because no matter what we do, someone is out to get us
#🫀.vents#to the anon that fakeclaimed Asra and the arcana crew last night:#your statement made it clear that you do not understand DID/OSDD/systemhood at all. your statement made no sense whatsoever#to the anons that have sent us triggering ed/body comments:#I do not care. we do not care. recovery has been tough but it has been worth it. this is not just my body anymore#this is a vessel housing 60+ people. health is the priority#and to the anon that told me that my victim complex and self absorbtion have caused everyone to abandon me:#maybe you're right. maybe some who walked away walked away because of that. but those are personality traits caused by trauma#those are symptoms of the disorders I have. and the people who care about me know that and accept that. and I work on myself to be better#and to all of the above:#your actions and words are vile. sending hate to people who are clearly undeserving of it is disgusting and immature#one day you will look back on your actions and despise yourself. and that is what you deserve
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I love!!!!!!!! being me!!!!!!!!!! >:]!!!!!!!!!!!
#it's a very bold statement for someone who struggles w self-worth as much as I am#but I'm learning to accept and love myself#and now I see that I'm really a pretty cool person#like I'm loving and caring for others#and I'm kind and compassionate and cheerful#and I'm really calm when it comes to conflicts#I think I'm a good person#and I'm saying this for the first time in ten years#I'm a good person#I deserve love
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tmagp6 was so silly! blah-blah-iconic statement or casement or whatever we're calling them aside, focused on the sillies! alice and sam are tall! they were already tall in my head but. TALL QUEEN AND KING!
#the magnus protocol#tmagp#tmagp6#tmagp vague#alice and her ominous statements tho#oh no scary joking-until-she-actually-becomes-inhuman theories aside#alice totally has self worth problems. no one makes so many jokes abt being god without like#actually thinking very lowly of themself#alice and i literally have the same sense of humor so i'm right#source: trust me bro
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'treat others how you want to be treated' is a good thing generally to remember but i think the other way around is equally important. 'treat yourself how you would want others to be treated' has been VITAL for me learning to not be mindlessly and constantly cruel to myself. highly recommend
#especially for people pleasers with low self esteem#which may be a tautological statement#because realistically what people pleaser Doesn't have low self esteem#people pleaser#motto#thoughts#thinking#late night thoughts#mental health#neurodivergent#self esteem#healing#self respect#self worth
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New mantras: "My intelligence is not based on people's (perceived) assumptions of my knowledge." And "I have value beyond my intellect."
#screaming into the void#every so often i'm confronted with the knowledge that the adults in my childhood hung my self-worth on my intelligence for me#i was taught that i was naturally smart and given very little to no support beyond#empty encouraging statements and urges to try harder#which has led to an ongoing identity crisis because i'm not actually the hyper intelligent person i was promised id be#learning has become scary because im a failure and a disappointment if its not easy or if i cant 'prove' i know a thing#i wasnt supported beyond being called smart so now i dont know how to support myself in learning#and not feeling smart is inherently triggering#messy thoughts#im struggling to maintian a line of thought just ignore me
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I think nearly all of lewis' aloof persona is carefully constructed, as is his over the top style in the paddock. He's extremely good at distracting ppl or showing only what he wants to. He mimics vulnerability but he's hiding the stuff he's really vulnerable about. All the woowoo spiritual "ohhhhh he's so GENUINE" stuff is also a front (see how kate wagner talked about him).
ooooh bold take and as a fellow mimicker of vulnerability to hide the stuff i'm really vulnerable about, i'm into it!! i understand from your tone that you don't mean this as a particularly good thing but i personally am here for interesting/compelling characters in the vroom vroom soap opera and don't care too much if they're Good People ™ or not lol. (and thank you for the reminder that I still haven't gotten around to reading that Kate Wagner article!)
#anonymous#lewis hamilton#v speaks#fwiw i do also 100% agree that the showy fashion/personal style is part of it & lends credence to your interpretation anon#i haven't the brain to articulate this fully but there's this FABULOUS essay called marked women unmarked men#that talks about fashion for men vs women and how it's entirely separate worlds bc there is a ''default'' way for men to dress/present#in a way that there is NOT for women#so men can ''opt IN'' to fashion as self-expression in a way that is simply not available to women bc anything we do is interpreted#as like a Meaningful Personal Statement about our characters/personalities/interests etc already#& to bring it back to lewis that makes me extremely curious about the mindset of a man who not only opts into it but does so SO flamboyantl#what is it that makes that above-and-beyond effort worth it to him?#men are allowed to have personalities and be known and loved for intangible traits without them looking a certain way to go with it#what then still draws him to that external flashiness?#again i do NOT ask these questions judgmentally at all but rather out of curiosity#i do happen to like lewis overall but like i said: more importantly i find him INTERESTING!#f1#text post#also loving the anons today keep 'em coming. tumblr is an interactive platform for a reason!!
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(thinking again/always abt how unless you're really careful with yr wording, it's really easy, in trying to be self-deprecating abt yr own struggles, to just end up being straight up insulting to other ppl who struggle with the same things…
like, saying 'i'm so embarrassed that i'm like this' wouldn't be insulting, but that level of naked sincerity is pretty vulnerable, so it maybe feels easier to be like 'embarrassing to be like this tbh!!' because then it's Funny, Right? (debatable.) but like. if you're in the same boat, and you're not up for joining me on the 'laughingly sneering at myself' bandwagon, then—i've just told you that your struggles are shameful and you should feel bad about them. lol!!)
#to be clear i've been on both sides of this at various points#and like. fundamentally it's hard to remember that other people might read yr—objectively impersonal—statements impersonally#when yr deep in the slough of despond#bc fundamentally depression is a deeply self-centered state! i say‚ based on my own experience of it#but having noticed this basic paradigm did at least allow me to flag it for myself a little‚ which i personally felt was worth doing
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oh btw i get even more why brennan (like me) clocked sophomore year fabian as fucked up and sad even if some of the other pcs were like "what are you talking about dude" . it's because the basic core theses of fabian and leiland eftbk as characters are actually pretty similar
#AND matt mercer was like 'yes absolutely. my character has so many issues' meanwhile b4 lou could even say anything siobhan/adaine#went 'fabian isnt depressed his life rules.'#which like. 1) deeply incorrect statement. 2) fairly in character for adaine to say. 3) unfortunately this caused#a pretty big shift in tone w regards to how seriously fabian's arc ended up being executed#2.5) i could write a whole other post on how point 2 could be a super interesting thing to explore w adaine#she starts off so aware of there being no love from her parents towards her. so she sees love between a parent and a child#and cant conceptualize their relationship being ultimately harmful. like she learned long ago that there was no point seeking approval from#her parents meanwhile fabian made it his whole entire life's goal to do just that thing. both of them are fucked up in opposite directions.#crunchy concept yet very unexplored. and i'm not expecting this to happen in a potential s3 im just throwing ideas around like basebal#d20#eftbk#fantasy high#sorry wrote all those tags then forgot to elaborate on how fabian and leiland are similar anyway it's this whole idea of#having this unhealthy dependency on the approval of someone you admire to the ends of the earth despite them being#fully and clearly a toxic influence on you. The whole illusion of inflated self worth howthat all crumbles when you Realize how fragile you#whole entire worldview was. and THEN you have an embarrassing breakdown in front of ur friends#and this is SO terrifying because you have really tried your best to look really cool and put-together in front of them#it's the 'getting knocked down SO hard and having to build yourself up by recognizing the love from your friends#+finding something completely different from the person you hinged your entire being on in order to find your way to the surface' of it all#also galfast/whitclaw are surprisingly similar narrative wise it's so funny to me. th storytelling series of nat 1s against an op enemy </3#i think it WAS easier to execute leiland's character arc in the way it was bc a) he was played to be so CLEARLY insecure from minute 1#and b) it is very easy to condemn ripoff sauron and say 'yeah this guy sucked and we're glad that leiland and maggie are free from him'#meanwhile for fabian. a) he has convinced himself that nothing is wrong with him even though there so clearly is#and b) you have to acknowledge that bill loved his son so deeply yet was such a bad influence on him#it's such a bittersweet-bitter complexity and i imagine it would be super hard to pull off esp when bill and fabian's dynamic is#played as fairly comedic most of the time. in this vein of 'this evil guy is so evil but he cares about his son this hard and it's funny'#and also just the fact this kind of bitter complicated parent-child dynamic is very rarely portrayed and pulled off well.#WHY the fuck are these tags so long if you read all this i'm so sorry
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You,
as in, the person currently reading this, wherever, whenever, and whatever you are, are lovable
Now,
as in this VERY SECOND. Wheter you're in the bathroom, on your room, or elsewhere. The person currently reading this, whoever you are and whatever you've done, is lovable.
If even H*tler had friends, then what can you do?
IMPORTANT ADVICE FOR NEWLY OUT TRANS GIRLS
If anybody tries to isolate you, cut you off from other friends, or convince you that they are the only person you can trust or who can be capable of loving you, run extremely far away in the other direction
While transition is a process that takes place over time, it is so important that you love yourself for who you are in the present. You are lovable now; there's only harm in believing otherwise or deferring your happiness until you feel like you've "earned" it
You can perform a double jump to reach high places by pressing the jump button while in the air
#This is a little less universal but think of the absolute worst most despicable person you've ever met.#Where they married? Did they have friends? Were they happy?#Think about it. If THEY managed to get that#Then think of what YOU could get#I would've included this in the main post but then thought about self hatred and realized people who considered themself to be the worst#person in their life would probably not take this post well#So instead I just thought of the most universally agreed upon irredemable person I could think of#and looked until I found proof he was also loved.#Also somewhere it said he was close with his mom if that's anything.#By virtue of being alive you are lovable in my opinion.#I could do a longer post explaining the logical explanation I have for backing up that statement#But I'm not large enough a tumblr for it to be worth it. Already the chance of anyone seeing this is small#If anyone wants me to I will gladly explain though! Just reblog saying so#It's a joy to write out#Future me in case you forget I am reffering to the lightshow for no one
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