#pattern seeking

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Autistic Things That I Didn’t Realize Was Related To Being Autistic

Neurodivergent_lou

[disgruntled-lifeform]

Does anyone have some knit shawl patterns that mimic bird feathers?

I have a vision but am not yet skilled enough to manifest it without a pattern to guide me

Pls reblog ♡

[spongebob-connoisseur]

People like to characterize human Spongebob as some waifish barely 20 years old looking twink but honestly I think he'd be more like Pat from the UK version of Ghosts.

The shorts, the passion for what he does and his craft, the dorky glasses, the positive and all forgiving attitude, the knee high socks, the love of nature and the outdoors, the tie, the love for his friends and family, the shoes, the love of pranks, the OVERALL WHOLESOMENESS AND GOOD NATURE

[booasaur]

Renegade Nell (2024) - 1x06

[mxmarsbars]

an explosive finish 💥

[loveyourlovelysoul]

We've been mistaking unhealthy coping strategies for positive traits our whole life, so for example:

We think people pleasing is being kind, but kindness comes from genuine care, not fear of rejection: people pleasing is anxiety disgused as niceness

We mistake perfectionism for excellence, but excellence is about growth and progress, while perfectionism is fear of failure dressed up as high standards

We confuse avoiding conflict with being peaceful, but peaceful isn't pretending everything is fine: that's fear of confrontation masquerading as harmony

We think suppressing feelings makes us strong, but strength isn't emotional numbness: that's trauma disguised as resilience

We mistake not asking for help as independence, but independence isn't doing everything alone: that's fear of being a burden or pretending to be self-reliant

We confuse approval seeking with getting good advice, but seeking wisdom is different from needing validation: approval seeking is insecurity disguised as being open to input

We think being controlling gives us safety but safety isn't micromanaging everything: that's anxiety masquerading as being responsible

We mistake our productivity for our worth, but our value isn't our output: that's childhood conditioning disguised as work ethics

These patterns serve you once, but now they're just keeping you stuck

(drglorialee on ig video)

[garden-doodles]

The rule of threes... one must be left behind

[glouris]

every single cyberpunk trio follows the same pattern.

ideals, stubbornness. “when you go to war as a boy…”: johnny, jackie, reed, david;

survival, dreams. blackwall adjacent: alt, v, so mi, lucy;

devotion, support. picks you up when you're down: rogue, misty, alex, rebecca.

the point, as I see it? the cycle of life and death and love is perpetual, but at least they were there for each other, even if for a moment. might count for something.

[shadowpuppetteer]

Hear me out

Splinter and Hudson 

Demona and pre reformed Draxum

Agreed these are the same archetypes! And just cause my pattern seeking monkey brain sees these all the time, I made a chart because I run on being silly.

These aren't a perfect one to one comparison. But it's fun. And that's my ted talk.

[toseesoclearly]

El and Will: mirrored emotional journeys from opposite starting points

I keep seeing the idea invoked that either El or Will's arc is ultimately about independence. and while it's certainly true that the show includes both of their coming of ages so independence will be involved, I think it's more nuanced than that. and the overlap in how it's nuanced for their characters is another way Will and El are mirrors.

because of where they're each coming from, Will and El's "coming into their own" means that, yes, they will stand up to the supernatural threats they're facing (and the character development/thematic elements those supernatural threats are stand-ins for) - but also just as important is that they will actively seek out help and receive support from their friends and family along the way

Will hasn't had the opportunity to fight his own battles because the narrative consistently places him in a position where that's not possible for him. When the supernatural plotline in s1 and s2 hinges on him as the victim, he is rendered without real recourse or incapacitated pretty quickly. that means his friends and family have to step up and fight for him.

throughout s2-s4, you can see how the fact that he repeatedly has been placed in that disempowered position (which includes growing up in an abusive home pre-canon) has led to a pattern of behavior where Will almost always freezes or flees, and doesn’t fight.

that's understandable, and sometimes what he has to do to survive, but it means that even at points when he could have brought his problems to the group at an earlier point so they could work together to solve them, he pushes them down and avoids them (flees, hides, makes himself smaller).

El has similar issues accepting help, but it's coming from the opposite direction. the narrative places her in a position where she has the most power to counteract the supernatural threats faced by the group, so she takes on the most (or even sole) responsibility. (also a dynamic that started for her pre-canon, in the abusive environment she grew up in)

there's a reason El and Will are the two characters the Hawkins team in s4 specifically calls out as vital missing pieces...

...but even though El and Will are key players, if there's one thing Stranger Things values, it's working together as a team.

also realized for the first time El and Will are the only two characters mentioned by name here, okay then

[my-autism-adhd-blog]

Predicting Film Plots and 4 Other Examples of Autistic Pattern Seeking

Neurodivergent_lou

[dandelionjack]

doctor who is about music . well it’s been running for sixty years so it can’t really be about anything, there is no constant now but change, so if it’s about anything then it’s about change, time and memory. which makes it about music. i sound crazy but what i really mean is if i was more eloquent then i could um. i could articulate this. the doctor’s primary tool works its magic by manipulating sound, like a conductor’s baton? i have made a post about the theme of music in doctor who before and i’m going to reblog it above so i don’t need to reiterate myself. anyway

point is, russell could prove to be a sheer showrunning genius if he succeeds at his attempt to finally bring this theme to the forefront through inventing a music-themed campy villain to act as one of new-new-who series 1’s big bads. the way that this string of ideas began back in the 60th specials, with the TARDIS mysteriously playing wild blue yonder followed by the toymaker plagiarising the master’s trademark act by throwing a song and dance number of his own… i am so so excited for what the future holds now that the doctor dances, seeminly unencumbered by guilt this time. hang in there ruby . ruby’s a musician of all things too, on the keys like missy once was. much to think about. the giggle’s an arpeggio

this song is figuratively about the doctor

and controversially this one is too! i am a sucker for doctor who space jesus allegories because i (personally) view jesus as a mythical literary protagonist first and foremost rather than a religious figure. he’s just some guy to me. a kind wanderer who works miracles sometimes. you don’t know my buddy jesus h. christ like i do

[siren-of-fire]

So one thing I think I am a little certain about is Ace views the past memories made by Pili 1 and Pili 2 is a third person perspective. The way he perceives them all is interesting. Empathy, Sympathy, Understanding and Compassion all differ and and in regards with Ace all of them apply in different degrees and time. While before when the merge with Pili 2 still existed the line was falling somewhere in the empathy-sympathy area (because Pili 2 was adding his own things to the merge) but now its a mix of compassion (less influencing) and understanding (more influencing) and maybe something else as well :smile:

Talking more in context of the Realm lore and relationship with Pangi and Lukey atm. Like i said in a previous post Ace sees the bigger picture because he has vast memories and seen different sides of each person on this Realm plus he is logically very smart...and selfish and egoistic but he wears that like a crown.

Pangi and now even Lukey gave Ace a very flawed and selfish logic and Ace quickly picked up on it. They both wanna play the good guy but also wanna dabble in chaos/revenge, but playing both sides is not really possible and they both want Ace to do the dirty work, yet both of them manage to act like they are doing Ace a favour by letting him do this.

Who really needs to who here here? Who has more to lose here? Because the answer isn't Ace.

Just like Ace said if you wanna play the villain atleast have the balls to do it out and about, commit to it. Both Pangi and Lukey are just wanting to be in the middle of the gray area never fully wanting to lean towards anything, and in a way that's selfish because there want of not leaning towards either black or white comes with the cost of Ace being used. He is the one taking the blame and leaning on a side so they both don't have to. Pangi and Lukey both are playing the puppeteer, or atleast that's what they think. Too bad the puppet is Ace who is playing the entire game of chess in which they both are the pieces.

"I care about people, but I am also working on destroying and ending the same world the people I care about live in" two contradictory things

"I want to get revenge on keepers but not all keepers because there is one who i care about" so how do you know that the keepers that end up getting hurt are bad? How do you know all of them wronged you? What about the ones that never wronged you? Sounds like flawed and selfish logic

"I am destroying the world but I also don't want the people i care about to find out" "I wanna get revenge and hurt the keepers for what they did to me but I also don't wanna get my hands dirty" so they both wanna play villains from the dark and Ace gets used yet they don't trust Ace and are angry at him. And when he shares his plans of wanting to corrupt the world it is somehow more wrong or asking in return to "beg for him it" then is turned down.

Why does Ace need to help them? With Pili 2 it was the feelings but that's not the case here. Does Ace really need Pangi to be a villain when he already had 3 really powerful people behind him who can do that for him. The "Pili can't do shit without me" argument doesn't really stand when he has been doing fine even without them for months now.

Does Ace have friends he is scared to lose? Does Ace have any problem with picking a side like they both are having, no he is very upfront about everything. So if Ace is the one getting used here and getting clearly nothing in return then that is already not fair. Ace hasn't even directly done anything to them yet but they both are refusing to acknowledge him as a equal in there plans, wanting to treat him like a card in there games. Just because goals aligning of wanting to end the word or wanting to hunt the keepers isn't enough for Ace to start working with them. If he is getting his hands dirty shouldn't he get paid and get his fair share of return?

Wanting to be the good guys when they both know they are not, they are equally twisted as Ace. Yet the refusal to acknowledge him as equal and just treating him like a pawn in all this hasn't stopped... atleast so far.

[thatimageoftomscott]

another random team scam parallel.

[disgruntled-lifeform]

Question:

Before I go through the whole pattern development process, is it possible to weave a woodgrain design on the inkle loom?

Is there a good one out there already that I could support instead of attempting to design my own?

Something like this woodgrain pattern with the knots (ignore colours here)

[shaylogic]

This is really the lips episode, huh?

Bonus from next ep: