#saving your child self

[violet-catsarelife]

One day you'll grow up big and strong.

[muzsmocsing]

Maybe it's sort of a good thing Luo Binghe didn't grow up with Tianlang-jun and Su Xiyan. The mountain high expectations he'd develop for relationships would be unmanageable. The guy is needy enough as is imagine the river of tears Shen Qingqiu would have to deal with trying to explain that he does love him and the fact that he hasn't written a single four hour erotic ballad about him isn't infallible proof that their relationship is a sham.

[phoenixcatch7]

In love with the idea of captain marvel being Billy's imaginary friend. Like, it'd be so easy. Early depictions had them as almost fully separate people sometimes, like one soul with two minds, rather than just two filters like we mostly see now.

But imagine a Billy down on his luck, hurt and hiding from police and criminals alike, daydreaming the hours away as children do, taking inspiration from all the superheroes rising to fame, making little stories to play out his dreams of saving the world with a generic action doll he found while dumpster diving once. Most of the paint's rubbed off.

Red's his favourite colour, his comfiest jumper is a bright ruby even after all the grime and washes. Gold, too, it's shiny and warmer than silver! A hero cape is a must, big and eye catching! And he can fly, of course, like superman, and in his daydreams, when he's sore and frustrated after a long day's grind, his superhero is smart enough and knows all the right words to get the bullies to stop without resorting to fighting.

His superhero fantasy is one he spends a lot of time on, the first one he goes for when struggling to sleep at night, and he can picture it so clearly. Captain marvel is big and bright and kind, strong enough to lift the boxes for the old lady up the road who's moving all by himself, fast enough to catch Jamie who fell out of the tree on Saturday and broke his leg and couldn't come to class for weeks. He appears at the entrance to alleys when Billy is cornered, he steps up behind to cover for him when he gets caught shoplifting, he sits at the bus stop with him when it's pouring rain and the right bus doesn't seem to be coming.

And then the wizard comes, or rather whisks him away, and like a magician from a fairytale breathes life into his imaginary friend until Billy feels thrice his size and a million times more invincible.

From then on, captain marvel is a real hero, just like Billy is a real boy, and as one they save the whole city, and then the whole world, and get cats down from trees and help Mrs Victoria move the last of her boxes and she gives them a pinch in the cheek and cookies for the road and sometimes it hurts but it's so much better than he imagined.

[rotpeaches]

Late, but happy birthday Izuku <3 💚☀️

[gabebrodudeman]

[wellthisissomething]

골든차일드(Golden Child) ‘안아줄게(Burn It)’ (Drama Full ver.)

골든차일드(Golden Child) '안아줄게(Burn It)' MV

Whumpy Moments in Music Videos 33/?

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[your-fave-is-being-blended]

mayhaps nimona ?

Nimona from Nimona is being blended!!

You cannot save her.

[welcometoteyvat]

arlecchino's official title is "father" when house of hearth members refer to her ......... please just one chance please please

[ninkaku]

i could talk all day about mori's treatment of dazai and the way he abused his power over him but i'd rather talk about the ways in which he is still doing it, despite dazai having left the mafia. as we know, dazai left the mafia under oda's instruction, a promise he made to his dying friend in which he said he would become a good person, and be on the side that saves people. oda said, the sides make no difference to you, so he knows for a fact that dazai has no reason to do these things, when good and evil are mere concepts for him and not something he feels drawn to either way. a take i've seen often and one that i quite like is not only did mori have oda killed for the mafia's own personal gain (the deal struck so that they could operate under legal means), but it falls back on mori grooming dazai to one day take his seat. up until this point, dazai has never had anything worth protecting, has never lost anything, has never grieved anything and never experienced the emotional call to despair.

odasaku's death and thus dazai's push into the light, which ends up being with the ada, is the final piece that mori needed to solidify that dazai would one day be able to take his place. they talk about it, dazai says you were afraid of me, weren't you? and in more ways than one, the statement is true. mori had always known that he would and always wanted for dazai to surpass him, but the husk that dazai had become by never wanting anything, never protecting anything scared him if dazai was to dispose of him and assume his seat, because although dazai is a genius, he was callous and didn't value anything. he wouldn't value the mafia like mori does, he wouldn't protect yokohama like mori does. during the guild arc, mori says if dazai was still my right-hand man, the guild would stand no chance. dazai inside of the mafia and outside of it exists as a powerful adversary to whomever he stands against, and i think this is one of many reasons why the ada and the port mafia exist somewhat in tandem. the port mafia and the ada overstep their boundaries from time to time with each other, but the truth lies in mori knowing that dazai could ruin them if he intended to.

in something of a tldr mori aims to push dazai out of the mafia just as much as he intends to keep him within it. he needs dazai to experience loss, needs him to experience what it feels like to protect something, what it feels like to want to protect something. the fact that after dazai left, mori has not replaced his seat as an executive. has not replaced dazai as his right-hand with someone else, continuously offers him his position back means he fully intends to have him back under his wing again, someday. means he fully expects, once dazai has experienced what he needs him to, that he will take over his position, and he will drive dazai back to him. yosano and dazai serve as two prizes that mori currently does not have on his mantle, and in the deal struck with the president of the agency, those are the two he is most likely to pluck out of their ranks to put right back into his own.

[hauntingblue]

I have connected two dots... yamato kaido and momo (and kinda shirahoshi with her top) have clouds above their shoulders... and luffy in gear fourth has them also.... I can see the signs

[violet-catsarelife]

Inspired by DC's new horror story design.

Because I kiiiinda don't vibe with trauma being made into something hideous and terrifying. It's one thing for Jason to take those symbols of trauma for himself, and another thing for other people to look and go "Bad Wrong Scary"

tl;dr GIVE HIM A HUG INSTEAD

(Of course, I have no idea how the actual story would go lol. This is based on that one(1) pic of character design alone.)

[muzsmocsing]

How am I supposed to be on the side of the good guys when Tianlang-jun exists? The dilf to end all dilfs. Erotica aficionado. Would give you his favorite pron tapes for your 18th birthday. Probably a beast on the grill as long as you don't ask what kind of meat smells that good. Oh he wants to merge dimensions with possibly catastrophic consequences? And what? He'll look regal doing it.

[chaos-has-theories]

PART 2 of those writer asks!! These are the Sep Heap themed ones :) @septimus-heap

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

I headcanon Snorri as a trans girl, but tbh I've never considered how this might impact her and Nicko's relationship. Thinking about it now, though - I am considering a "Snorri didn't tell him until after she left the castle", because she enjoyed being fully seen as a girl and thought it'd turn into the "indulgence at best" she's used to from home... but admittedly I think it would have come up at some point during their stay in the past. Which might be a scene I need to write, ngl.

Either way, I think she went home not only to make up with her mom and process her trauma on her own, but also because she needed to figure out how to be a girl that is not also Nicko Heap's girfriend. Also, how to be a girl within her culture, which technically says she can EITHER be a girl OR her father's heir; with a mother who'd prefer it if she was neither.

🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character

Uh-oh.

Well... Marcia.... actually isn't actually that good a guardian for Septimus? I expect everyone actually knows this and we just don't talk about it that much because fixing it is way more fun, but. Yeagh. She gets a pass throughout Flyte for Shade reasons, but - the Catchpole thing. Not letting him see his family more often. Caterpillar boy. The endless arguing with Marcellus, making Sep be the monkey in the middle. I could probably go on but I don't wanna :(

🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here

“The little runt tried to run,” he called back. “But I’ve got him.” Those last words seemed to lose some of their roughness, softening ever so slightly around the edges. 412 was frozen, caught in those arms - and by those eyes. He could have sworn they’d been gray, when the Captain had first barged into the interrogation room. Now they sparkled like emeralds, pinning him down as effectively as rope might have. He didn’t even think to struggle until the shade of a doorway fell over him, abruptly reminding him of why he’d run in the first place.

[devouraes]

[phoenixcatch7]

Just got all the memories.... Brb I'm going to curl up and cry now. My girl...........

[pujington]

Very fun thought experiment, though thinking on this has led me down a rabbit hole I didn't fully intend.

You see I think there is a lot of truth in this, but as a storyteller and performer this also scratches at one of the reasons why I'm so drawn to ttrpgs (beyond the very important gaming with friends aspect of course). These games are a tool to explore facets of oneself. Not every character is going to explore the same facets, but every character has you at the core of it. So yes, there will be recurring themes, leitmotifs that emerge naturally, and yes those are reflections of who you are as a person and the experiences you've had.

However, not quite in contrast, but perhaps complementary to the exploration of self, ttrpgs are also a tool to build empathy, to see how under the right circumstances you might make choices that would be totally outside of your consideration in your day to day life.

Depending on the game, you might play the morally grey character or maybe even someone truly reprehensible. That doesn't mean you are bad, but it does let you ask the question, "What circumstances have led this character down this path?" It's a reminder that we as humans have the capacity for both good and bad in us and that extreme circumstances lead to extreme reactions. In this fictional safe space, we can explore the heights and depths of the human experience and recognize that possibility in ourselves.

So one thing I’ve noticed is that people’s DnD characters may vary but there is usually an underlying thread that they all have in common. This thread is typically related to what that person struggles with the most.

For instance, my betrotheds DnD characters: a bitchy warlock we had to bust out of two different pacts, a sassy barbarian, a reformed drow cultist, and a sunshine fighter cleric.

All these characters were wildly different but at their very core struggle was them grappling with their self worth. My betrothed struggles with their worth a great deal and even with different facets showing their characters all have that too.

Mine all tend to contend with different themes of loneliness and acceptance. Surprise, surprise, the little autistic gremlin yearns to have been met with more love and lasting friendships.

So we’re at breakfast. I am meeting a new friend of my betrotheds for the first time. It’s been twenty minutes since I’ve met this man. I say my theory. He laughs. He starts to describe a few of his characters but specifies that he often has healing aspects. He gives a very broad overview of their character arcs.

I ponder for a moment then said, “Would you like to have my assessment?”

He laughed, “Sure!”

“We’ve just met. It’s gonna get real.”

“Bring it on.”

“I think your struggle is that you feel you must offer something of value or service to people to be worthy of their love.”

His jaw dropped. His fork froze midway to his mouth. A potato fell. He stared into space as this sank in. Quietly he said, “Oh.”