#mostly a reminder for myself lmao

[teddy-stonehill]

Reminder for my fellow OCD-havers: That invisible, unspoken rule you're following that's currently keeping you stuck isn't real. You can do that thing you want/need to do, even if you haven't met the hidden requirements yet, and nothing bad will happen.

[blazevillains]

reminder to students with adhd whose executive dysfunction makes it hard (if not impossible) to do assignments and homework. youre not lazy, or a slacker, or not a hard worker, and youre not worthless!!!!!!!!!

[sillyfreakx5]

i miss him so much :(((

(tw for implied grooming/csa in the tags)

[unknownarmageddon]

I am in. Pain

[lexicals]

The thing is that I do sometimes want to complain about being single but I cannot do so w my friends bc one of them asked me out a while ago and I said no so now it's super awkward if I do that. And I don't like doing it here much either but I do want to complain. I just miss having someone it felt like I clicked with yk. I do not miss my ex for many reasons but I do miss the way it felt. Aughh

[bizarrelittlemew]

sometimes i write something and think "is this too much like is it too fucked up" but then i remember that 1. there is no such thing and 2. i do not need to write for the delicatest bad faith reader it is on them to read tags and notes and c. i do not need a fascist in my head there are too many (>0) out there already and 4. i actually do not have to analyze why i write the stuff i do i am allowed to be creative without examining my brain about it

[happyk44]

The thing I think we have to remember about PJO is that it is largely a plot driven series. Much like with the HP books, there is a greater end to reach and so character introspection and growth isn't all that important so long as the plot is fulfilled.

It's why Jason's backstory is never really elaborated on, and he seemingly never recovers his memories. It's why Leo's arc is getting a girlfriend to solve his problems, not recognizing that love comes in many forms and his friends are worth more to him than some girl. It's why Percy's personality seems to change from what he had been like in the previous series, because the plot requires him to behave a certain way.

It's probably why I can't remember much of Piper's effects on the series outside of random pivotal moments. It's why Frank's stick of life dilemma basically vanishes after SoN. Why Annabeth and Hazel don't appear to change. Why people's opinion of Nico shifts between SoN, when some people (Frank) were fond of him, and HoH, when he was suddenly creepy and scary.

This isn't really a negative thing. Plot driven stories are fun and exciting, and because of the lesser character introspection there's a lot of avenue to play around with them in fandom. It's also helpful to Rick because I don't think he's always stellar when it comes to emotional nuance. Focusing on plot allows him to get around the effects of the story on the characters. Honestly this might be why the new book struggled to some people - because the story was supposed to be built around introspection and emotional nuance and he couldn't figure out how to apply that to the plot he had in mind.

When a story is about the characters, often you'll see the plot matches the character's dilemmas, either metaphorically or as an arc to drive the character's change throughout the story.

But yeah, ultimately I think the books are largely plot driven and that's why things don't always make sense between stories. If you look at TLT Percy and TLO Percy there's not a huge difference between them, other than physical changes and a general sense of maturity that comes with aging up. There's no real change that I can recall with others either, other than a sense of comfort with their roles/powers as demigods.

And that's all fine and dandy. You know, not everything has to be about introspection and character growth. But, I do think we need to start keeping that in mind more often when we analyze the books. Asking ourselves "why did this change, why did characters become different, how come this was never elaborated on" becomes less frustrating if we remember that for this series the plot drives the characters. And if isn't important to the plot, it wasn't important to elaborate on or include.

[butterflyeffectiooon]

With august it was “he’s a complicated and flawed character but that doesn’t make him BAD” and it was also like that with day at certain points, well now I raise you: last twilight is a complicated and flawed show but that doesn’t make it BAD!!!

[sillimancer]

I have to go back to work tomorrow :'(

[todayisafridaynight]

me and my sister went to the mall today and we ran into hot topic so fucking fast it was unbelievable. me and my sister are literal opposites when it comes to fashion. she picked pink, pastel shit like she was trying to be all uwu kawaii meanwhile im just standing here with my arms full of emo and goth shit, i legit felt like daigo and masato with all this emo drip i had walked out with. (p.s. they should put yakuza stuff in hot topic if they havent already because i have yet to have any yakuza related things in my room </3 also hot topic is like the only store i will shop at)

im so sorry to say these words to you but reading this reminded me of my immortal

[leadendeath]

i've been thinking about how one of Thee furry fetishes that always seem to be tied to us is vοre, despite more than half (from my observations at least) of the fandom listing it on their "hard limits, i don't draw/write/rp that" lists (myself included), kinda weird how that happened

[kimmkitsuragi]

lowkey me abt my masters abroad plan

[bothzangetsus]

You know, despite being a pretty big grιmmjow fan, I almost never talk about him, because most gj fans are insufferable. But, like, what's with the absolute dogshit takes on him lately? Lately meaning more like the last 5 years, but bleach is an old enough manga for that to be a small enough amount of time. No, he's not the renji of HM arc. No, he's not a kenpachi copy. No, he's not a misunderstood woobie looking for community. No, he's most certainly not an ιchihιme shipper. Where were all of these born from?

[doux-amer]

I can’t believe it took me until 2022 to finally understand Andrew Garfield’s appeal... I thought he was cute like a deer, and then I was just neutral about him beyond “seems like a nice guy. Also seems like he’s very enthusiastic and he’s straddling that cute eager puppy and annoying theater kid line closely once in a while for me” in the later years. But then something clicked last year? And then the Golden Globes flirting this year????? I’m not sure what, but I think I can see the attractiveness.

[22degreehalo]

Hrmgmmmmmmm I really did decide to wade back in to The Office and Oscar/Andy and all for the sake of my fic, and then just. Immediately propelled myself directly into the abyss with scarcely a glance back, huh :'DDD

Honestly... after my last few fandoms, I kinda forgot that this is how this used to usually go: I'd finish something, or at least get moderately through it, and wouldn't think TOO much about it, and then I'd discover a ship and/or the fandom, and then it's just. Hyperfixation time triggered out of the blue!!!

But I'm happy... I really can daydream so so much for these guys right now hahaha, I'm just bursting with ill-formed ideas!!!! I had that so so much with Ensemble Stars but I mean it's been a longggg time... But here, everything is so new and shiny and novel and different and I'm just very happy :DDD

[thlassicalamity]

hmmm I should play Pokémon Violet soon. i want to assign Pokémon teams to mdzs characters but idk the sv pokedex like at All. I’m sure I could make solid teams just picking from all the other regions but what if there’s a rlly fitting paldean Pokémon yknow .. I could just go thro all the dex entries but I’d rather meet them in game so I Don’t permanently end up thinking ab any of them as like ‘the wwx Pokémon’ or anything.

im so sure someone else has made them Pokémon teams Somewhere but there’s 1,000 Pokémon now (hey don’t cry. 1,000 different pokemon, okay?) so im sure I can bring some of my own flavors to the table anyway