#self exspression

[st-dionysus]

Note to Self: Do not write obvious satire as a trans man, it's apparently illegal.

Note to self: Do not describe your gender in a way that exspresses the transistional nature of gender as a trans man, it's apparently illegal.

[spaghettitm]

Hi i really like reading your Splatoon stuff.. i would love to request some more Marie x Reader headcanons they make me very happy..I would like to know how she would treat a very introverted and shy person that also has immense self worth issues (i am projecting) but only if youre fine with it!!

absolutley!!!! I love Marie soooooooo much she's so pretty!! also, im sorry to hear youre struggling with your self worth:o( I hope you realize how COOL and AWESOME you are <3

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💚Marie❇️

You and her are both pretty quiet for the most part

Though, You're waaaay shyer than Marie

So shy that Marie usually has to order your food for you.

There are other examples, like her having to call in to order in food, You needing to be by her side every time you go out, and many other things

But here you are... having your girlfriend tell the waiter your order.

You where embarrassed to say the least

When the waiter leaves, you peep up at Marie with a defeated exspression

She meets your gaze, soon raising an eyebrow

❇ : “ What's with the look, my love? ”

You looked down at your hands, mustering up the courage to explain yourself.

🫵 : “ It's just that... I always make you talk for me. ”

She observes you with solace, reaching out her hand to hold yours across the diner table.

❇ : “ You don't make me talk for you. ”

The inkling began, rubbing the back of your hand with her thumb.

❇ : “ I assist you because I love you, (Y/N). I love you more than you could even fathom. ”

You peep up at Marie, trying to fight back the tears that where mercilessly filling your eyes

You nod in understandance, smiling lightly at her.

🫵 : “ thank you Marie.. I love you too ”

[mikalame]

Heyyyy I’ve been reader some of your stuff and I really like it!!🫶🏻 Could you write 2005 Tom and same age reader are Friends and she finds out Tom has already had his first kiss and reader is kinda embarrassed that she hasn’t yet so one day she goes to toms house and they start talking abt their life’s and they get to the topic of kissing and she confessed that she hasn’t had her first kiss yet and we’ll dosent know how to kiss and Tom decides to show her how to kiss like the good friend he is and it js leads them to making out and getting caught my Bill! Please and thank you!!🖤

OMG thx so much anon 🫶 this migh be a lil rushed but np

taglist: @oppopotamus @violentnewmarley

'BAM' Tom rushes in the room, the door slamming behind him "TOM HAS GONE IT AGAIN GUYS, UGH ARENT I AMAZING" Tom yells his voice echos though the house "ugh tom shut up whats happened now" Georg groans sitting next me placing his phone on his leg looking at tom with a bored exspression while rolling his eyes as Tom drones on about how he was making out another girl while proudly showing off the hickeys adored on his neck.

Bill and Gustav come into the room, bill sits down on the opposite side of me and Gustav leans on the table in the living room bit. After a while Georg gets annoyed at Tom and starts talking about all his kissing rendezvouses, Bill desides to join in aswell they spend a few good minutes talking about this when Bill desides to ask Gustav if he had any storys to share Gustav looks down a bit embarssed before sharing his storys.

' Buzz' you look down and see your phone buzzing you answer the call after telling the boys to be quite, you hear your dad talking about how you need to come home and stuff, you bid the boys your fair wells and hug them good bye. Just before you hug Tom you look at his neck and feel as if you should of had a story to share aswell, feeling as if you are behind in life by not having a first kiss.

On your walk home you keep thinking about the convo from before feeling a weird feeling in your stomach still thinking that your behind when you reach your house you start up the computer and google 'when are you supposed to have your first kiss' you see it say that it says fifteen (this is just what google said dont feel pressure to have your first kiss) this just adds even more feeling of dread in your stomach you shut off the computer and walk to your room you get ready for bed and lie there you think back to all the storys the guys were saying today and knowing they probably have more storys they just didnt share you try to think about somthing else to get your mind off of it but cant you go to with the same strong feeling of dread.

it had been a couple of days since that incedent you still feel a bit embrassed that you havet had a kiss and so when ever one of the boys rom the table talk about a new kiss they had gotten you unknowingly zone-out trying not to draw anyattiention to your self in fear they would ask you and would think of you as less because you haven't kissed anybody yet. You though that nobody had seen you zone-out when they talk about it and how you were acting more down then usuall but somebody had the infamous Tom.

He had seen the way you look down and how you were more quite then usually, he had always love your bubbly personaity and he wanted to see what was up and what was making you feel down.

You were walking down the hall on friday ready to go home and wollow in your self pity before a pair of hand grab at your waist scaring you making your sqeal. "AH" you turn around trying to see who had done that and see Tom standing there with a grin plastered on his face "HAHA, i scared you so bad ____ should of seen your face" He says. You roll your eyes before you contiune to walk home you hear heavy footstomps behind to and see tom again in your peripheral vision "awe im sorry i scared you didnt mean it promise" he says placing his hand on his chest over his heart. He continues to speak when you dont "you should stay at our house tonight we havent had a sleepover just us in ages, we could watch movies i just rented a new one forgot the name tho and we could get snack and just chill humm how bout it" he looks at you with puppy dog eyes begging you to say yes "uhm idk..-" "comeon you seem so sad and who would be more fitting then your have person ever" "um okay fine" you groan "YAYYY" Tom yells he grabs your hand running dragging you along with him to his house.

I get pulled inside and see bill in the kitchen making a snack "help me" you mouth he shakes his head and laughs at you before heading to his room upstairs "my parents are out for the night so we can pretty much anything right now" tom says while he gets the snacks ready in a bowl "oh cool " you say still feeling a bit bummed. You grab the snacks and head to his room its not the first time you've been in there but you see new posters on the wall and a couple photos of just you two or just the band on his bedside table. "You can wear my top and and some shorts to sleep in, yk cuz you dont have anything else to wear" tom says throwing some clothes at you, you catch them "yeah and whos fault i that hmm your the one that dragged me hear, turn around so i cant put these on" you say tom turns around and puts his hands over his eyes as you put on the clothes "mabey i just wanted you in my clothes hmm" he flirts raising his eyebrows up and down you hit his shoulder playfuly".

You chuck on the movie he rented and played it, it was the new King Kong you havent seen it yet so you were very exsited. You had been so engrosed in the movie that you completely forgot about what you were feeling bad about just a hour prier to the movie. After the movie finished you and tom were talking about how good the mvie was and so on until he says the question you were dreading.

"So___whats been up with you lately you seem real sad" Tom asks worry laced in his tone, you wait a second stunned as you had completely forgot about the whole ordeal and now its coming back to you "oh um nothing im all good" you mumble before grabbing a handful of popcorn and munching on it "you can tell me ___ im your friend after all" Tom say reasuringly wrapping an arm around you pulling you close to him "no its nothing i-its stupid" you stutter realy not wanting to have this conversation "please tell me __ it seems to be really getting to you, your so quite at lunch and down really handout with us as much, did we do something to upset you, d-did i..." he says now anxious to know if they really did something bad. You pull away desiding to say this to get it off your chest " um no you didn't do anything tom um it just god this is so embarrassing, y-you remember a couple days ago when you and the guys were talking bout all your like kissing story's well it kinda made me feel like i was behind the curve and that i should of had my first kiss by now" you mumble the last bit while you look anywhere but tom. You feel him move "that all oh my days ___ you had me thinking someone was bulling you" he chuckles your face turns bright red from embarrassment and you hide you face in your hands

"If that was all it was i can kiss you if you want then you can say to people you has the awsome tom kaulitz as your first kiss" he says while pulling your hands away from your face, you look at him with a shocked face trying to think if he had really just said that "okay" he say before leaning in a bit "I dont know how to or what to do" he pulls back and say "ill teach you okay" you puts a strand of hair around your ear and wait for you to say okay once you do he slowly leans in.

You feel his lips pressed agaist yours, you take in the feeling of his smooth lips and you flutter your eyes closes wanting to really savour the feeling you, a couple seconds later you feel his mouth open and he says "just copy what im doing" you do just what he is doing just a little bit hesitant tho still unsure but feeling as if a weight had been lifted of your shoulders. After a couple minutes of that you pull away both of your guys lips swollen and i bit red you look away giggly and tom smiles before grabbing your jaw to kiss you again.

"Hey guys to got any M&M's i ate all of mine...." Bill says after opening the door and just stands there hodling his balcket around his shoulders like a cape while trying to prosses what he had just seen "uhm ill- ill come back later, have fun you to" he says winking before walking out closing the door behind him.

"We should do this again" Tom says leaning back "you getting better but i still think you need mabey a couple more lessons before you kiss anyone else" you hit his shoulder playfully "agreed" while leaning against the headboard aswell.

AHHH I hope you like anon i spent my afternoon on this (dw about the spelling lol) ❤🫶😝

[marsjeydonnicholas]

Canti from FLCL

I love her so much!

I've not watched the animals this robot is from but I want to just from it's design!

Canti looks friendly with her light colours, short physique and exaggerated proportions like large hands and small feet!

The screen on her face is a unique feature in this list, it can express lots of emotion. The animators know how to pose the character too, as this pose alone shows more personality that most of this list.

While looking for photos of Canti there's multiple designs, so I'm assuming in the show she goes through different phases of self exspression?

I'm really confused about the guitar. It looks electric and acoustic at the same time

[sumpix]

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM No, you probably don’t have a book in you

A literary agent on why your good story isn’t likely to be a bestseller.

Has anyone ever said you should write a book? Maybe extraordinary things have happened to you, and they say you should write a memoir. Or you have an extremely vivid imagination, and they say you should write a novel. Maybe your kids are endlessly entertained at bedtime, and they say you should write a children’s book. Perhaps you just know how everything should be and imagine your essay collection will set the world straight.

Everyone has a book in them, right?

I hate to break it to you but everyone does not, in fact, have a book in them.

Sumpix added.

I dont agree with this. Everyone HAS got a book in them. May not be able to get the book published. I wrote two over eleven years. Not good enough for publication. Still wrote both. Go for it.

Climb the mountain for yourself. Not for fame.

https://theoutline.com/post/5541/unconventional-wisdom-you-should-not-write-a-book?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits&zd=3&zi=dknvf55x

[sweetmintchocolatewitch]

self-facial expressions I’m working on based on my header drawing

[micro-poet]

All wrapped

then into sweet

of tender moments

of calculating

exspression

Dark

artists of self

projections giving

them my sense

of vulnerability

in senses

of never breaking

the of broken

where sorrows

are born deep

under skin

[writer1]

Commander wolffe x reader: The prank

You snicker as you follow Sinker and Boost through the halls of the Courageous, trying to be quiet as to not wake anyone. You, Sinker and Boost are planning to prank Commander Wolffe and can't have anyone spoiling it.

The plan is to steal Wolffe's helmet and replace it with an extra one that you painted hot pink. Sinker's already got the helmet all painted so all you have to do is switch them, then hide his actual helmet in your room.

Sinker hands the helmet to you and you creep into the barracks, you can hear the soft snores of the rest of the Wolfpack sleeping as you walk by them. You approach Wolffe's bunk as quietly as possible and you can see Wolffe facing the wall; snoring softly as he uses his arm as a pillow. You think he looks kind of cute when he's sleeping , though you quickly push the thought away as you get back to the task at hand.

You grab his helmet off of the table beside his bed then bolt out of there as quickly and quietly as you can, once you're out Sinker and Boost follow as you all start heading to your room.

"I can't believe we pulled it off." Sinker says quietly, you can hear the excitement in his voice.

"I know, I thought we would be caught for sure." You look towards Boost when he says it and can't help but agree, you were almost positive you would be caught by either Plo Koon or one of the clones but it looks like luck was on your side.

"I can't wait to see the look on his face when he realizes that we won't give him his helmet back." You tell them as you get to your room.

You all say your goodbye's and Sinker and Boost head back to the barracks, once you walk in to your room you make sure to hide his helmet where you're positive he will never find it.

You get ready for bed knowing that you will be pretty tired from staying up so late but it will be worth it.

You close your eyes and let the quiet hum of the ship lull you to sleep.

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You wake up to the door sliding open and Sinker and Boost jumping in and locking the control panel.

"What's going on guys?" You ask them, although you're pretty sure Wolffe is the reason they're hiding in your room.

"Wolffe is really mad about the prank." Boost tells you as as he walks over and sits on your bed, Sinker following close behind him.

"I'm pretty sure he didn't see us come in hear so we're safe... For now." You hope that Wolffe isn't to mad over the prank but you're still proud of yourself for helping Boost and Sinker come up with the prank.

You can hear Wolffe yelling for Boost and Sinker, you look over and the two are cowering in a corner.

"Come on guys, Wolffe isn't that scary." You tell them and they just look at you.

"We're not scared of him, we're scared of how bad our punishment will be and besides hiding is most of the fun." You have to agree with Boost on that, you suddenly hear a knock on the door.

"Y/n, I know Sinker and Boost are in there with you!" He yells in and you laugh at the scared expression's on their faces. You walk over and press the control panel to open the door just to see Wolffe standing out there, no pink helmet in sight.

You can see that he's mad especially when he looks behind you and see's Sinker and Boost hiding in the corner.

"Yes, they're in here, do you need them for something?" You ask him, deciding to play dumb.

"Don't play dumb with me y/n, I know that you're part of this. Now where's my helmet." You look at him and smirk, which you can tell by his expression really pisses him off.

"I'm not telling you anything Wolffe." You can see the fear cross his face as he realizes that he'll have to wear the pink helmet all day in front of his brothers.

"I'll say it again y/n, give me my helmet. Now!" You just look at him with a blank exspression on your face, giving him no mercy.

"Tough, you're just going to have to walk around all day with your newly painted helmet, now everyone out of my room so I can get ready." Boost and Sinker ran out past Wolffe, as you close the door you can see Wolffe start running after them yelling about his helmet. You wonder how long it will take for him to figure out that you're the only one who knows where it is.

You get dressed and then head to the mess hall for breakfast before you start work on some of the ships that were damaged during the last mission.

Once you get to the mess hall, you grab your food and look around. You can see Boost and Sinker sitting at a table nearby so you walk over and sit beside Boost and across from Sinker.

"So, did you guys get in trouble or what?" You ask them, wondering what kind of punishment Wolffe might have given them.

"We haven't gotten in trouble yet, but you might want to know that we may have told Wolffe that you are the only one who knows where his helmet is." Sinker tells you sheepishly, and Boost scoffs.

"We didn't tell him anything, you are the one who told him. I wasn't even there you di’kut!"

"Boost calm down I'm not mad at either of you. I don't really care if he knows that I'm the only one who hid his helmet, he just needs to know that nothing can make me tell him." You are going to have some fun with this and nothing except maybe Plo Koon will make you tell him.

You see Sinker start snickering and you have no idea why until you turn around and have to hold back your laughter at the sight of Wolffe walking in with a hot pink phase two helmet on that does not go well at all with his light grey armor.

He goes and grabs his food then starts walking over to you and the boys and plops himself right next to you, he removes his helmet and even though you thought that he would be embarrassed there is no sign of embarrassment in his expression. He just looks like his usual broody self

"Can you tell me where my helmet is now." He asks you and you pretend to think about it for a minute.

"No sorry, you'll have to ask me later Commander." You tell him as he just rolls his eyes and starts eating, you're already finished eating so you say goodbye to the boys and go and work on the ships.

You get so involved in your work that you don't even realize what time it is, you didn't even realize that you missed dinner so you decide that you'll just skip dinner and go to bed since you're pretty tired.

You walk through the halls of the Courageous but once you get to your room you notice that Wolffe is waiting outside your door holding what you think might be a container of food.

"Do you need something Commander?" You ask him and he turns to you and hands you the container.

"I noticed that you weren't in the mess hall so I thought I would bring you food." You look at him suspiciously, wondering if this is all a ploy to get his helmet back.

"Are you just trying to get your helmet back, Wolffe?"

"No, but I actually talked to Boost and Sinker and they told me a way that I might get my helmet back." You wonder what Sinker and Boost might have told him when you realize what he might be talking about. Boost and Sinker are the only ones who know about your crush on the Commander and you swear that if they told him you are going to kill them.

"I don't know what you're talking about." You tell him when he suddenly pulls you into a deep passionate kiss, you freeze for a few seconds then drop the container of food on the floor, which thankfully is sealed tight and start kissing him while wrapping your arms around his neck, deepening the kiss even further.

He pulls away after a few minutes and you start to worry that the only reason he kissed you is because he wanted his helmet back, but once you look him in the eyes you can see all his the love and affection for you in them. He's smiling at you and you find that you absolutely love his smile. You still have your arms around his neck while his hands are holding your hips

"I love you to." He tells you quietly and simply and you can't believe you're actually hearing it from the man you've been in love with since the moment you joined the 104th battalion.

"Do you still want your helmet back?" You ask him already knowing the answer.

"Yes please cyar'ika." Your heart swells when he says that, knowing from Boost and Sinker that it means darling or sweetheart.

You punch in the code for your door and pull Wolffe in as it slides open, the food he brought you all but forgotten on the floor. You let him go and walk over to your closet and open it, grabbing Wolffe's helmet. He looks at you curiously.

"I thought you would have hid it somewhere more creative y/n." He tells you gruffly and you laugh.

"Do you want it back or not Wolffe?"

"I definitely want it back, cyare." You hand it over to him and see him smile again, not as big as when you kissed but a smile nonetheless.

"So, do you want to stay the night Commander." You ask him and he just looks at you nervously.

"Only if you want me to." He says nervously, sounding so unsure of himself compared to how confident he was before.

"I do, so take your armor off and get in the bed while I get my pajamas on." You tell him and he looks at you suspiciously.

"You aren't going to replace the rest of my armor with a pink one are you?"

"No Wolffe, no more pranks I promise." You tell him as you walk into the refresher to get changed once you're done you're wearing a large baggy shirts and shorts, you walk out and see Wolffe with only his bottom blacks on.

"Is this okay?" He asks you nervously and you just chuckle.

"Yes this is fine Wolffe, now move over." You nudge him and fall into bed beside him, cuddling into him, poor Wolffe has no idea what to do so you turn and put your back against his chest. He wraps his arms around you and you love the feeling of him cuddling you.

"Ni kar'tayl gar darasuum." You hear him whisper in your ear and once again can't believe that you are laying their with the man you're in love with, and he's telling you that he loves you in his language.

You close your eyes and let his soft breathing lull you to sleep, your thoughts on how you can't wait to see him in the morning.

[deepcuts]

I could write a whole ass Essay on how Punk/Alrernative subcultures where demonized in media, specifically cartoons and TV shows aimed at younger audiences simply bc they promoted freedom of self, exspression, rebellion and free thinking which is everything the perfect white American upper Christian family is against.

[hazelolive]

So I decided to write out Damiens and keras reunion. (Since he lives in the human world and kera was taken to the devildom abruptly at the begining of the year.)

Kera was just cleaning up papers in the student counsel room after they had there meeting most of the demons had left already but mammon was still hanging around and diavolo was chatting up lucifer. It was a pretty over all standard day. Intill someone decided to burst in the door to the student council room.

"Kera!"

She looked up in surprise almost dropping the papers she held in her hands.

"Wait a second. I know that voice Damien?"

Oof! She about had the wind knocked out of her. And next thing she knew arms were being wrapped around her.

"Oh my gosh kera I was so worried! Im glad your okay." He pulled back some so he was looking at her face. "You are okay right?"

She could see the worry sketched into his face causing a crease or two in his eyebrows.

"Im okay. But what........how? Are you okay your covered in dirt!"

"Heh thats a long story."

It seemed the commotion had drawn the attention of the others in the room. Espically one white haired demons.

"Hey, what are you doing get off of Kera! Grrrrr." He said shoving off the boy and placing Kera behind him.

"Mammon."

The other two demons who seemed to be just watching decided to come over and see what was going on after mammons proclaimation.

"Who let some random demon demon into the student council room?" The black haired demon said with a sigh.

"Random demon?" Kera said with confusion.

"Ooooo who is this young one?" The red headed demon said with curiosity in his voice.

The demon with black hair sighed. "This place is off limits to normal students. Im not sure why you came here but you need to leave now."

"Oh Lucifer dont be like that this young demon seems to know Kera."

"Um I was lost and shouting for Kera when some guy with blond hair told me you'd be in this room."

Why do they keep saying demon. Young demon. The person that was here was Damien she hadnt seen in a long time. She didnt know how he was here. But she had a feeling he'd be in trouble if she didnt do anything.

She went to step out from behind mammons back and quickly turned around facing in front of Damien.

"Kera-"

"EVERYONE LISTEN FOR A SEC! I donnt know what your talking about young demon this random demon that. But this is my Childhood friend Damien. I dont know how he got here or why he is here right now but that doesnt matter. Hes friendly and covered in dirt and im worried he might be hurt. So can we all calm down for a second!"

"Um Kera." Diavolo spoke up." Turn around and look up."

"?"

Confused she still decided to turn around and look up. And sure enough there were horns sticking out of the top of his head.

She took a step back. And sure enough there were two horns arching down from his head. Horns? But why Damien was human like her. Wasnt he? That what she was lead to believe her entire life so far. She didnt understand why but she just felt extremely hurt in that moment.

She took one last look at him. At the horns, at the worried exspression on his face. How a single bead of sweat had formed on his face and he just kind of looked sad now.

"I......I need a moment." She said leaving the student council room.

Damien looked up and saw 3 demons staring back at him. That didnt look all that happy after seeing Keras dramatic exit. He had so many questions on his brain so many things he wanted to ask and to say. Most of all every fiber in his being just wanted to run after Kera but his self preservation instincts told him that he better stay put or he have to deal with the wrath of 3 angry demons.

What had he gotten himself into?

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Okay so this is set storyline wise after Kera has made pacts with everyone but before the first year has ended. So yeah this is the first introduction of Damiens to 3 of them. Not the best first impression 😂

@butter-beel

[melyaliz]

Thoughts on Robins

Fandom: DC

Summary: Faith had some feels about the new Robin that she exspresses to Tim

Pairing: Tim x OC

Notes: First off editing on the app is a flipping nightmare.

Second I was way too excited about this idea to wait and clean up on a computer. I just love the idea of Tim trying to protect / help Faith and her basically hating him for it.

All Masterlists @melyalizarchive​

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“Hey can I ask you a question?” Faith asked as she and Tim sat outside eating lunch during their free period.

“Yeah sure what’s up?”

“What do you think of Robin?”

Of all the questions Tim could ever get that was not one of them. Choking slightly on his sandwich he wiped his mouth glancing at her. Studying her reaction, which was just her picking at her salad pushing all the tomatoes to the side.

“What?”

“You know Robin, boy wonder, Batman’s sidekick.”

“Like as a concept or him as a person”

Faith glanced at him, eyebrow raised. Ok brainy “like just him? This wasn’t some deep theological question.”

Tim shrugged did she know? “I don’t know, seems harmless enough. Kind of a symbol of the city”

“Have you ever met him?”

Ok she had to know, where else would this be going? “Not that I can think of”

“Because.... I think he’s stalking me” the last part was whispered as she leaned in looking up at him, eyes shifty looking around as if the boy wonder would pop out any moment.

“What?” Again, of all the things he had expected...

“I think he’s stalking me. He will just pop up at random times. Plus he’s so bossy.”

“He’s bossy?” It was taking all of Tim’s self control to hold back a laugh. Keep a poker face. It’s not everyday you get someone to tell you what you really think of them.

Or at least your alter-ego

“Yeah. Like he will pop out of nowhere and tell me what to do. Look before jump off a building. Wear a mask. You should wrap up that broken arm. Maybe you should just call the cops. Who does he even think he is? Like go help an old lady cross the street or something.” Taking a deep breath Faith let it out slow. “Guess he’s better than the other one.”

“The other one?”

“Yeah, the one with the curly hair. He was kind of an ass.”

“How many robins have you met?”

Faith paused for a moment lips moving silently as if counting in her head. “All of them? But this new one the most. He’s like EVERYWHERE.”

“Sounds like he’s trying to help you.”

“I’m an independent woman who needs no man!” Faith said chuckling before pulling out her history book, “but speaking of that... we had midterms coming up...”

“Want to study tonight?”

“If your not busy.”

“I don’t know...” Tim said tapping his chin, “it sounds like maybe your stalker Robin would be better suited.”

“Don’t even joke” Faith said taking a bite of her salad, “safety is for losers.”

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[horrorsanz]

exspress yo self love yo self XD

* i use my cracked skull to express myself~

[partypoisonsblog]

do any of the killjoys wear makeup?

Yes it's a form of self exspression

[transparentmanposts]

Invasion of the Manikins.

Can you hear the hypnotic hum of the production line? Education Rehabilitation factories rolling out images of humans made of plastic and wood. Minds are erased of parental guidance. Memory banks programmed with political correctness. Manikin, manikin Original thought, personal passions, is like a stick of dynamite, it will splinter their heads. They are invading our world. Replacing our friends and family, when they go to sleep. Don’t allow them to erase your original thought, snuff out polite to your burning passions. Beware of the manikins, manikins.

Written by Stephen J. Vattimo 5/4/2020

[myfandomrambles]

Maya Hart Character Analysis

Facts:

Parents had a bad marriage, at least in part due to her father being neglectful

Befriended Riley by running through the windows around age 5 or 6 and stayed friends throughout the show

Father abandoned her at age 6 or 7

Mother was emotionally neglectful. Struggled to form a healthy relationship with her over time.

Grew up with less money and resources than her friend group

Befriended and became deeply connected and protective of Farkle

Struggled in school academically

Hanged on to the Matthew family’s house as a sense of stability going to them  for food and basing her schedule on them

Openly expressed free around being inadequate and broken. Also expressed hopelessness.

Befriended Lucas, expressed romantic interest n him later on which created an emotionally complicated situation with her friends.

Formed a strong connection with Shawn Hunter, bonding over a history of feeling abandoned and neglectful parents. 

Shawn married his mother and adopted her.

Developed a strong crush of Riley’s Uncle Josh. He was old enough for the relationship to be inappropriate by a maturity gap. 

Had what was perceived as a kind of identity crisis around trying to be more like “Riley”

Expressed a stronger sense of hope near the end of the show.

Analysis:

Maya was deeply shaped by her father’s abandonment and her mother's emotional neglect. She struggles with a fear of abandonment, anger, a sense of disconnection and views herself as fundamentally broken. In Girl Meets World (1x01) Straight away she assumes Cory find her not good enough for Riley and believes him to be accurate. Maya says on more than one occasion that she doesn’t get her hopes up, and doesn’t view the future as good. Through Shawn helping her see a future and her friend's continuous support she starts to allow herself more happiness, eventually saying in Girl Meets Hurricane (2x08) “I'm not giving up hope just yet. I just got it”. In Girl Meets Forgiveness Project(1x23) we see how much guilt, anger, self-blame and shame Maya had based on her Father leaving her and having not been there for her before he left. During the episode we see Maya start to break through this self-blame. 

Maya is generally over realistic when it does not apply to Riley, she believes her view of the world should be down to earth and often negative. While this is generally correct it does drive her to be overly fatalist. This comes in a large part from her mother's continuous inability to accept reality. Katy calls herself an actress when this has never been her job. We see how this affects their relationship and stresses Maya out in Girl Meets Maya’s Mother (1x07) and Girl Meets Master Plan (1x18). We even see after Shawn attempts to repair the relationship Katy still struggles to see reality. Katy's despair after losing Kermit forced Maya to grow up faster and start to build a tough shell. In Girl Meets I Do (3x11), Her description of her mother reactions “Just 'cause I could always hear my mother crying in her bedroom. I'd try to go in and stop her from crying... but I couldn't.”

 Her identity is linked to a fundamental level to her relationship with Riley. In Girls Meets Upstate (3x06) Maya explains how Riley’s family gave her a sense of safety and that she sees protecting Riley as her job. Cory also acts as her first father figure, though he struggled to recognize the deep level of her struggles. In the third season Maya makes some real personal strides her outbursts decrease in severity, she starts preparing her relationships and does better in schools. However she also shifts her presentation to an “un-Maya” way, the others frame it as “becoming Riley” in Girl Meets Triangle (3x05) & Girl Meets Upstate (3x06). I believe to some extent there is some truth, but there is also a kind of troubling implication that there isn’t internal personal growth that can come from multiple influences. This is reinforced in Girl Meets True Maya (3x07) when Maya describes her impulse control as a version of Riley. The truth I do see is I think Maya as much as the others see that Riley must be the reason she learned to be “good” and worth something so as she does grow she subconsciously acts more like Riley.

Maya has a hard exterior and prides herself on being laid back and tough but we see through her relationships with Farkle, Riley and Smackle that she doesn’t really follow the rest of the school's judgement of her friends. Her hard exterior is used quite often as protective of her friends as much as she uses it to protect her own feelings. Riley is the only person who really has complete access behind the walls and the first to really have Maya's trust. Farkle is the second person to have Maya's trust during the show he never pushed fully through the shell Maya built. Lucas gains Maya's trust and affection in a different way from Riley and Farkle she trusts him to some extent but generally, she trusts him to protect her other friends and does develop a crush on him later on, though it is tied a lot to her struggling with her identity in the third season. Maya has affection and does care a lot for Zay and Smackle though she is never shown to have the same level of trust as she displays with the other three.

Maya’s relationship with Josh Matthews is one that is worrisome as Josh is at a very different maturity level. He is an adult when they meet, most 18-year-olds see a middle school age people as children. Maya crushing so hard on Josh is worrisome to some extent as she is crushing on someone who would not view her as an equal. He is also a family member of people she sees as family and up until Girl Meets Ski Lodge parts 1 &2 (3x12 & 3x13) he is wholly unattainable. It is very worrisome that Maya would go for someone that is unattainable, as well as the only other person she has a relationship was also a sabotaged relationship as he was already in a semi-relationship with her best friend. 

Maya is a deeply headstrong girl who loves fiercely and finds a lot of comfort in art. She shows quite a bit of growth and starts to work through her trauma in a semi-realistic model, though it would be important for her to continue to address head-on. Maya works hard to grow up and is an amazing friend and family member.

ADHD:

Trouble focusing

Struggles in school

Impulsive

Excess energy

Strong emotional reactions

Hyperarousal

RSD

Distracts easily

Hyperactive

Depression:

Feeling broken

Hopelessness

Feelings of abandonment

Low self-esteem

Empty feeling

Trouble regulating emotions

Trouble with identity

Acts out because of feelings of abandonment and being inadequate

Fatigue

Oscillates between strong emotions and lack of emotion

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