#pot trait

[isa-ah]

it really sucks that the kind of men I'm attracted to are so demonized. I'm from Appalachia! I like those quiet rugged broke mountain men! fat men hairy men autistic men mute men impoverished men making do- ideally all of the above. but when have ANY of those traits ever been on a man that wasnt a villain? or written to be a freak? nvm in a GAY romance. fucking suckage.

[lovethisfatcryptid]

Dysautonomia to the tune of Baby One More Time

My dizziness is killing me

And I

I must confess I have to pee (have to pee)

When I'm not resting I lose my mind

Give me a sign

Pots has beat me one more time

I'll shut up now I'm sorry lmao

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

i don't know maybe it's the translation i read but i guess i always thought it was made fairly clear that shuro never legitimately hated laios so much as he resented him for being able to be the way he was. much like laios (albeit for very different reasons) shuro's affect is frequently commented on by others to be strange and at a mismatch with the prevailing culture around him, being very reticent to the point of the part where he tells the girl he likes that he likes her being when he Proposed. quite a few characters say something to this effect! shuro was raised in formality and stoicism and i think has a tendency towards not rocking the boat even besides that, and now here's this guy who breaks every one of his rules and he makes it look so easy. it's like a two-pronged frustration of "doesn't this guy understand that you can't just do that" and "fuck, what would it feel like to be able to do that." of course he gets mad! it's frustration, but it's also envy.

[dailycupofcreativitea]

Went to three stores today and got mistaken for an employee at literally each one 🙃 I was wearing casual clothes and sneakers and had a tote bag too! Does my face scream "how can I help you" 😭🙏 This happens to me a lot for some reason

When I went to Scotland someone actually stopped me MID POWER WALK and said "could you take a picture of us? Sorry your face just looked really friendly" 🤣

(It does mean I have nice conversations though 🌞)

[pushing500]

Awww, look at Fafo teaching her son how to be a good friend. Ro is going to be such a lovely kid. <3

Debby and Barghest got into a fistfight while under the curious gaze of Buccaneer the drebbbd, Dallas the baby thrumbo, and Asset the ankylosaurus. Perhaps the most difficult fight we've had to face while starting up the ship reactor. (Debby won)

"This piece shows a knife" might be my favourite RimWorld art description ever.

Then Fafo decided to give Ro another lesson, and... Well, I'm sure Kaz is thrilled by his son's newly expanded vocabulary at least.

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[aquaticfreakshow-sys]

Hello, I read your post regarding NPD and I am curious as to how what you are describing is different from simply anxiety & low self esteem?

I am not trying to claim that you do not have NPD, I just relate heavily to what you wrote and would like to understand.

Thank you in advance! Take care!

First point is that I am not a professional in any sense, just some random 20 year old guy on tumblr. I'd recommend you take the time to read through Real sources and ask around to people who might know more than I do if you're trying to learn.

Honestly, I'm in a state of doubting myself and questioning my diagnosis despite everything, so I might not be the best at this right now - I apologize.

The point you make on low self esteem, I'll respond with a quote from the diagnostic information on NPD "Their self-esteem is almost invariably very fragile. They may be preoccupied with how well they are doing and how favorably they are regarded by others. This often takes the form of a need for constant attention and admiration." Its a noted symptom of the disorder, so it literally IS low/fragile self esteem. It's the surrounding and related behaviors that might make a difference there. (aka the noted "Requires excessive admiration" part) Everything I talked about does line up with the quote, the criteria, everything that I'm experiencing does line up, obviously. I'm diagnosed lol

I'm not exactly sure how you made a connection to anxiety with my post, honestly. So idk how to respond to that point.

But, here's some more quotes:

"Vulnerability in self-esteem makes individuals with narcissistic personality disorder very sensitive to "injury" from criticism or defeat. Although they may not show it outwardly, criticism may haunt these individuals and may leave them feeling humiliated, degraded, hollow, and empty."

"Sustained feelings of shame or humiliation and the attendant self-criticism may be associated with social withdrawal, - " (cut off to avoid this getting really long.)

I'm absolutely not in the right mindset to continue trying to explain things, but obviously anyone who wants to jump in and add anything on this post is welcome!!

[puddle-turtle]

shoutout to anyone else who pees themselves in public sometimes, i know how embarrassing it can be. i love u and u are not alone in the experience <3

[this post is about disability not abdl, abdl dni]

[onewomancitadel]

Yesterday I was musing on what makes an interesting character, and you know, I've seen it all - character sheets, character flaws, interesting backstory, expository role in worldbuilding, moves the plot, moves inside the plot - this is generally taken as the correct approach for creating somebody "interesting": detailed facts which amass into something approaching a person.

So then why is it that that sometimes just doesn't work? My honest view is that it's really the character relationships that matter, which includes the world itself, I think (like Paul in Dune as a messiah is cosmically rooted), and I don't even mean this solely from a romance perspective - although I always think romance is interesting for unveiling new aspects of character nothing else can - I think that you can have the most interesting character on paper in the world with the most detailed backstory and unless they have some sort of entanglement with the rest of the cast, I can't really see why it matters.

Obviously there's the sweet little fact that as people we're defined by the people we relate to, but I think from a narrative perspective it's a mirror of how worldbuilding relates to plot: worldbuilding matters very little (outside of an encyclopaedic exercise) without a story, characters matter little without each other. And you can surely maximise or minimise both of these things as far and as little as you like - it's not like an ensemble cast by necessity creates more interesting character, to be sure.

Of course what it comes back to conflict - a character with a tragic backstory comes well-equipped with it implicitly, for instance - but character interaction facilitates conflict, and story is about change, and change is typically excited by conflict.

And to really care, I can't just be told that this person has an interesting way of speaking, and perhaps an exciting role in the story, and maybe a few flaws like clumsiness and stubbornness - what does that stubbornness do to other people in the story, the story itself? Is their manner of speech isolating? Does their role come into conflict with somebody else's? I don't feel so bad now for finding it hard to care sometimes.

At the very least, I'm glad to have articulated something I have felt intuitively, and now I understand what makes me care; I also understand much better why it can be hard to do this, in part because character as a motivator in narrative can often be viewed as secondary to plot, and the focus on character relationships - especially romance! - being something almost fangirlish, or twee, or sentimental, emotional, gossipy, whatever adjective here describes that which is not of rationality, and consequently that which amounts to "good storytelling" as defined by plot which makes you sound very, very clever.

[dolphinssims]

Kyra aged up! Tried making her look like a mixture of both Zachery and Ebony.

[clownfangs]

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[ragedagainst]

i don't like describing jyn in terms of ' positive ' vs ' negative ' characteristics because many traits i'd use to describe her can go either way

like –– she's selfish, yes, but this is one of the main reasons why she was able to survive for so long. and she's stubborn but she doesn't let much compromise her morals or her decisions once she's already made them.

[plushieanimal]

i learned in an autism video about masking that there are people who don’t get exhausted by social interactions or don’t care about knowing beforehand who’s gonna be there or where it’s gonna be or how long it’s gonna take. but honestly i’m more weirded out that there are people who can just. Socialize or go somewhere to socialize without needing to preplan it all. i feel the same way about people who go to concerts or the grocery store or parties without fear and pre planning. FASCINATING. turns out all my best friends growing up were autistic and we never knew

[pokichusramblings]

Give me “normal” queer people too. Give me a trans businessman who only really listens to mainstream music. Give me a pan student who’s focusing on her studies over romance, not because of a heartbreak but just because she’s studious. Give me an aromantic person who goes on morning walks because they want to be healthier.

Also give me old queer people. Not all queer people are youngsters- I want stories that have lesbian grandaunts or nonbinary tenure teachers or wise old men who happen to have a husband, not a wife.

And give me diverse queer people. POC asexuals, two-spirit people and māhū and the other cultures’ nonbinary gender experiences, disabled bi people, or other queer people who aren’t just young, white, abled, and attractive.

We want representation based in reality, not in stereotypes. Stereotypes can be fun, but so can the beautiful tapestry of ways people can be different and still fundamentally be people. I’d argue that real queer people are far more interesting than whatever typical fictional representation has got going on.

give me ace characters who are unabashedly sexy and flirtatious.

give me aro characters who are emotional and clingy.

give me bi characters who can't even make eye contact with anyone, let alone flirt with them.

give me pan characters who are deadpan (haha get it) and have black cat energy.

give me non-binary characters who dress completely femme or masc, who don't “look non-binary”.

give me trans characters who don't completely pass as their gender but are still respected and not the butt of a joke.

fuck the stereotypes, give me more variety in queer representation.

[thatdamnokie]

my toxic trait is i think if i just smoke enough weed that will fix me.

[strange-aeons]

Being a vegan is a lot like being a neckbeard. It's not about the fedora on your head, it's about the fedora on your heart.

So if someone says you look and sound vegan, they're saying you give off a vibe that you have health issues bordering on serious and refuse to admit that the decisions you've made might have a causal relationship.

Like a guy who complains he gets no sleep but drinks an entire pot of coffee before bed? That's a vegan.

Dude who doesn't know why he has tetanus after he nailed his hand to the floor with the rustiness nail he could find? Vegan.

Dude who just doesn't get why he needs his stomach pumped after swallowing a full litre of bleach? Vegan.

Your vegan trait is giving off an aura of depression but voluntarily using Discord.

[thetruearchmagos]

Now that I've written that Bardin Boxing post, a bunch of old ideas I've had around other aspects of Bardish culture have come to mind, and I may or may not have just reinvented something that reminds me of hotpot.