#pride comes before a fall

[kelluinox]

Thinking of coming back to Samurai Jack and Pride comes before the fall but unsure if anyone's even still there

[jonoodles]

Dorian Gray Syndrome

𝑵𝒐𝒖𝒏. 𝑫𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒚𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆 (𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆) 𝑨 𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒏'𝒔 𝒆𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒑𝒉𝒚𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒔𝒚𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏.

This is such an interesting concept. The fact that we lie to ourselves about who we are to make ourselves feel better.

If you haven't read the Picture of Dorian Gray you really should. I tackled it one summer and it's a really easy read.

Ego is something I have personally struggled with and have really caught over the years.

This book put that in a disturbing context and made it enjoyable to watch play out at the same time.

I've had to learn when to say I'm wrong (which has taken some work), doubting myself (not in the self-deprecating way)turned out to be most helpful.

I'm obviously still working on this 💟

𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝑫𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑮𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐!!!

~ 𝒥ℴ 🪐

[riverstardis]

pride comes before a fall:

major scibbles ep!

max and jez teasing alicia about the guy she brought home who she can’t even remember the name of

lmaoo cal’s teasing ethan about alicia and ethan says he wants to keep a “professional distance” from her

professor gaynor lockford!

aand then of course elle comes and sends ethan and alicia out to where gaynor’s trapped down a massive hole. so much for professional distance sjskdkfk

“i suppose, after everything with the helicopter…” “you thought being confined in a small dark space might not be the top of my priority list” “i don’t think anyone would blame you for backing out” “well, nibbles, we can’t both be scared of the dark forever” “i’m not scared” “well then let’s stop worrying. as long as you’re not wearing those skin kissers again i think i’ll cope” “okay well, if you’re sure, underground cave here we come!” themmm🥺🥺 alicia’s face gives away her being way more scared than she’s letting on though :(

professor lockford introduces herself and ethan recognises her name and asks about a paper she wrote and she’s like “do you have a particular interest in papers on neurodegenerative diseases?” and alicia looks at him but he just goes “insomniac who reads medical journals all night that’s all”

ethan and alicia bash helmets accidentally and then just look at each other awkwardly for a moment😭😭

alicia’s so scared :(

alicia hurts her arm as they’re sending gaynor up out of the hole and then some rocks start to fall in and she starts having a panic attack :(

ethan helps her through it and they go up together🥺🥺

lmaoo they stop for a second on the way up and alicia’s like “ethan i-“ and they nearly kiss but the lights on their helmets get in the way and then they start moving again before they can readjust😭 and jez is laughing when they come up😭😭

connie’s been discharged and she gets upset because jacob hung up grace’s school blazer :(

lmao lily treats the cut on alicia’s arm and when she rolls her sleeve up it reveals the name and number of the guy she was with the night before written on her arm and she’s like “oh tony! i knew it began with a t!” but then ethan comes over to check how she is and she rolls her sleeve down VERY quickly and lily’s clocked her skskfk

alicia says she wants to buy ethan a drink to thank him for helping her and he says he can’t tonight but another time??? BRO I THINK ITS A BIT TOO LATE FOR THE PROFESSIONAL DISTANCE THING NOW

when he’s gone lily goes “you didn’t want ethan to see that number? do you like him?” and alicia says “he’s different from the others, he’s…” lily goes “one of the good guys” and alicia nods🥺🥺

sjdjfjf cal’s back to teasing ethan about “being the hero” and ethan says he was just doing his job and cal’s like “yeah cause that’s why she wants to take you out for a drink? because you were just doing your job” and ethan starts “h-“ probably about to ask how he even knew that because i have the same question was he just stood by the cubicle listening in or something😭😭 “shouldn’t you be doing yours instead of trying to wind me up?” sjskkfkf i miss them

mr lockford wondering how gaynor and their son even got lost in the first place bc he says gaynor knows those woods inside out… unfortunately she’s going to be needing some of her own research

lily goes to ethan in the staff room and asks him whether he likes alicia and he says they’re colleagues and friends and she’s like “many relationships begin in the workplace” and he says “i don’t think alicia does relationships. even if i did like her… she’s not interested” and lily smiles and shakes her head and goes “men… you really can’t read the signals can you?” SKDKFKGKG i’m always here for lily being a wingwoman

jaimi barbakoff! aka george rainsford’s wife aka emma nash!

gaynor asks if she can postpone the surgery because she has 2 million dollars worth of funding on the line and if she can get it they can hopefully find a cure for multiple causes of neurodegeneration and ethan’s like “a cure? how?” and she explains. i always find it odd here how charlie doesn’t seem to react as you would expect given that he knows exactly why ethan’s so interested?? but i suppose it’s possible that he’s just trying not to give it away

ethan goes “that’s incredible, if you can stop brain cell death then, well, you could stop…“ “alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, parkinson’s, huntington’s, the list goes on. if you’ve seen how people with these diseases have to live…” “yes i- i have seen it” “devastating isn’t it?”

ethan‘s obviously having a strong reaction to this even though he’s trying to hide it by repeatedly looking at gaynor’s chart but charlie’s not even looked at him BUT alicia has been watching him the whole time, she’s obviously noticed that his reaction doesn’t exactly fit his “insomniac who reads medical journals all night” excuse from earlier, and they keep bringing attention to it here and when she looked at him funny earlier and later in the ep where gaynor comes back which makes it seem like they’re setting up her realising or finding out somehow but then nothing ever comes of it???

and not only does nothing ever come of her noticing something’s off here, alicia NEVER found out about the huntington’s at all! i feel like maybe he would’ve told her when they got back together in s33 if the writers themselves had actually remembered (anyone else remember being so sure he was gonna tell duffy when they had that little chat about her dementia but then it wasn’t even alluded to let alone properly mentioned????)

david calling ollie🥺

gaynor’s son is upset she doesn’t spend enough time with him

she gets a call that says she’s secured the funding but she’s a little upset because she doesn’t really want to leave her family for 6 months but she thinks it would be selfish of her to say no and ethan looks soo conflicted but he says “no, it wouldn’t, you have to do what’s right for you and your family” and she thinks about it and then goes “sorry, you’ll have to find someone else’s fascinating papers to cure your insomnia” 🥺 i mean it’s not like the research isn’t going to happen, it’ll just be someone else leading it, and ofc she wouldn’t have been able to go in the end anyway

lmaoo cal asks ethan if he wants to go for a quick pint before dinner and ethan’s like “oh you’re cooking are you?” and cal says no he was thinking pizza. i feel like they’re constantly having takeaways

anyway ethan turns cal down and goes to ask alicia if the offer of a drink is still on and she says it is. cal’s like “yess ethan!” shsjdjjf

alicia’s already doing a shot before ethan even gets there😭 she says to jez it’s “liquid courage” and he’s like “that’s a lot of courage” sjskfkgk but noo everything would’ve been fine if she hadn’t drunk so much!

jez and max are betting on which of them is more alicia’s type and cal’s like “well i hate to break it to you boys but it looks like ethan’s more her type” and they deny it like they don’t believe him as if they aren’t literally sat there watching alicia and ethan sat together?

lmaoo alicia’s having another shot but ethan’s struggling with his and says that tequila and him don’t really mix and alicia’s like “oh sorry i could get you another pint if you want?” and he goes “what, of tequila?” SKDKFKFKFK I LOVE THEM

she suggests they could go and have a bottle of wine back at hers and he’s very shocked but says okay

THEYRE SO AWKWARD😭😭 okay it’s mainly ethan but alicia is a little too despite having had considerably more alcohol than he has at this point

she goes to get the bottle and ethan sits on the sofa and can’t decide whether to leave his glasses on or take them off and then can’t decide how to sit and he almost jumps when she comes back😭😭😭

MY GOD THIS IS PAINFULLY AWKWARD i love them though🥰🥰🥰

alicia steals some of max’s whiskey. she either wants more liquid courage herself or she thinks ethan needs some (he does), probably both actually

noel suggesting they rename the relatives room the garcia room… they should do that now :,(

ethan and alicia dancing together🥺🥺🥺 i know what’s coming though🫣

aand there she goes throwing up on his shoes because she’s so drunk😭😭 ohhhh alicia whyyyyy

he helps her to bed and gets her a glass of water🥺

[runawaycarouselhorse]

"Let me warn you, Icarus, to take the middle way, in case the moisture weighs down your wings, if you fly too low, or if you go too high, the sun scorches them. Travel between the extremes."

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'.... when the boy began to delight in his daring flight, and abandoning his guide, drawn by desire for the heavens, soared higher. His nearness to the devouring sun softened the fragrant wax that held the wings: and the wax melted: he flailed with bare arms, but losing his oar-like wings, could not ride the air. Even as his mouth was crying his father’s name, it vanished into the dark blue sea, the Icarian Sea, called after him. The unhappy father, now no longer a father, shouted ‘Icarus, Icarus where are you? Which way should I be looking, to see you?’'

[terrifaecapathy]

# you certainly do a good job of proving teal correct ## idk man youre just weird ### glad youre having fun though i guess

# gold ## teal ### voidrot

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[seeker-ophelia]

Veilguard Spoooooilers Below

Re: The Lighthouse....

gaaahhahahah

Have you seen the music room?

I have and I am NOT WELL ABOUT IT

It got me thinking... what if Rooks crew found a karaoke machine in there...

And then the Inquisitor showed up....

Dragon Age, The Musical

The group was more surprised than they should have been at the hidden music room Rook unlocked by moving around the strange statues surrounding The Lighthouse. Neve and Bellara swept it first, checking for traps and hidden dangers, but found nothing. Darvin swept it next, and surprised the lot of them by bursting out the first few bars of Pianoman on the Grand Piano in the center of the room. Emmerich noted the frescoes on the wall, but it was Taash who found the karaoke machine tucked into the corner. She pulled it out at the deep groan of everyone except for Bellara, but demanded that everyone go to the kitchen, fetch a drink, and to get back here immediately afterwards. And don’t let Lucanis wiggle himself out of this one. 

[sysig]

My kingdom for a "So you say” (Patreon)

[samcarter34]

Also, Ludinus’ declaration that the gods left Exandria because they were afraid of mortals is genuinely funny because like…why? The gods ended the calamity in tact (albeit trapped in the case of the Betrayers) while the Age of Arcanum was wiped out. Kinda hard to claim you’re a threat to something when the one time you went head to head, you got wrecked.

That’s why, even during the Age of Arcanum, they kept having to bring up the Raven Queen, because she is literally the only one who succeeded, every other attempt ended abysmally. Hell, even Vecna couldn’t do what she did, he had to find a way to ascend that didn’t involve challenging a god.

‘Average archmage has chance of killing a god’ is a statistical error, the Raven Queen, literally the only person in history to succeed, is an anomaly and should not have been included. And honestly, if only one person’s ever been able to do it, you gotta wonder if it’s less to do with her and more to do with the god she challenged.

[daydreamerbeliever]

Flambeau beat the everloving shit out of Sullivan and Father Brown did not give a single fuck, man really saw this character building 🤣

[prngslvr]

DC robin Icarus au where Bruce is Daedalus and Jason is Icarus, who wants nothing more than to fly and see the sun up close because he has deemed it the most beautiful thing in the world. And the Gods knew that Jason would do this, put him in that tower with Bruce knowing that Jason's blind faith and ambition would have him plummet to his death. They had to make sure Bruce would stay in line of course.

[pulchrasilva]

What did we learn today, kids? That hubris is not an effective exam strategy!!

[malkwin]

just set my 5km pr two days in a row can’t wait to not pace myself tomorrow and experience new levels of humiliation :D

[jokes-randomness-galore]

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Future trustees speech!

[lenkalost]

In this chapter, the Elders of Dyn Marv have a very interesting talk while Cedric tries to recover. I hope you enjoy it!

[inkblackorchid]

Me, every time Jack’s on screen during the Fortune Cup arc (affectionately): You bastard. You buffoon. You clown. You absolute idiot. Get kicked in the shins.

[iobartach]

📼

send 📼 / ‘cassette’ to see a memory of my muse's

Something had seemed off about the window. The pane didn't sit flush with the frame, leaving a gap wide enough to cause a draft to slip through, rattling the glass whenever the wind picked up. Harried by this mild inconvenience, Miguel had risen to his feet, labcoat sweeping around his tall frame as he moved to inspect the window.

Up close, the problem became more evident; the glass wasn't just crooked, it was falling out of the wall, leaning forwards at a precarious enough angle to be concerning. To him, it was a prime example of a poor installation, a rare blemish in a building that exuded opulence and corporate greed at every turn.

Filing the matter away for a future complaint, as he stood and watched his reflection crumple into an annoyed scowl before him, he could still call to mind the list of co-workers that put forth their names for consideration for this hotly contested space. Men like Delgato, Williamson, Boone and McDade, all expressing their collective outrage when the access key was personally handed to O'Hara by Stone himself. Vicious vipers squabbling over meaningless scraps that Miguel could care less about.

For this place, the shoddy window, and the view of Nueva York's sprawling expanse that accompanied it, hardly mattered. He knew it for what it really was, mere window dressing that masked soulless intentions, bribery by any other name in a bid to make him stay.

Hmm. As if his genius could be bought that easily.

And yet, despite being in the know, he remained, a prized contributor in several projects, with word recently coming across his desk of a new enterprise currently in the works. A programme that would take inspiration from the Heroic Age, it required the guidance of a steady, competent hand to shape and mould it. Something that Miguel, with his proven record of accomplishments could provide...for the right incentive.

After all, the trouble with brilliance was, it afforded him the chance to be picky. Why should he settle for an office with shoddy furnishings when he could ask for so much more? Grabbing the carrot off the stick!

Indeed, the prospect tempted him, a feeling further encouraged by the presence of the faulty window that continued to taunt him with its inadequacy. In a world of mediocrity, he was a masterpiece surrounded by mere sketches. The shoddy window, much like his jealous co-workers, was yet another reminder that, even in the lap of corporate luxury, he was the one shaping the narrative, bending it to his will, one crooked pane at a time.