#teach independence

[hiding-under-the-willow]

And that is what it continues to be about! Forcing that guy through therapy at the hands of cartoon animals if it is the last thing I do

[dukeofthomas]

Can't believe Bruce canonically picked up a random 12yo homeless child who had no intent to become a vigilante and suddenly thrust Robin onto him without asking if that's what he wanted because he missed Dick (whom he fired because being Robin was too dangerous) and people still act like any take that's not "all the Batkids became vigilantes on their own completely independent of Bruce (who tried so hard to stop them but sadly just couldn't do it)" is a complete idiotic bad-faith take and that you're crazy if you disagree with people saying that Bruce has never ever absolutely NEVER picked up a kid for the purpose of making them into a vigilante.

[zytes]

snow over cold wires / nerine sarniensis

[iluskonai]

Azzy leaves home on his own, (or is kicked out because he has to become independent), and since he has nowhere to stay, Papyrus offers him to stay and live with him and Sans for a while.

[lepetitmini]

another half term spent up north- mostly marking papers. if you’re ever in leeds, be sure to pop by the bookish type for a browse. very excited to make my way through these james baldwin essays (but very unimpressed with the penguin archive collection covers). hope you’re all having a lovely june thus far :)

[inkykeiji]

begging touya-nii to buy you pretty pink brass knuckles, with heart-shaped holes and a shimmering coat of magenta chrome, plus a matching pretty pink switchblade, with a razored prismatic blade and a handle encrusted with corresponding iridescent crystals—pearlescent, almost, so it matches yours, niichan!

he won’t, because little girls shouldn’t have such dangerous weapons—nor should they need them, not when they’ve got their big brothers with them, wary sapphire eyes watchful and protective, obsessive and excessive.

he won’t, because little girls shouldn’t sully their soft, sweet palms with such dirty defences—not when they’ve got their big brothers to do it for them, cuticles stained with blood and calluses tarnished with gunpowder, filthy hands strong and rough as they wrap around handles and wrists and triggers, as they push soft, sweet things behind their broad shoulders, against their hard chests, into their childhood beds.

he won’t, because even if he did, little girls wouldn’t know how to use them properly, little girls might hurt themselves—or worse, little girls might hurt their big brothers, might smash bones and split skin and slash hearts, might scratch and claw and gnaw their way loose (all by accident, of course; he knows you’d never do such blasphemous things on purpose, but that doesn’t make it hurt any less).

no, he won’t, but dabi might.

[banyanas]

hey wait listen to me. Consider Grime not knowing Sasha was an Actual Child until after she'd already earned her steel (and done so noticeably younger than your average toadlet did) and thus by toadish traditions was considered ready for adult combat and responsibilities

[nicorobinphd]

stg, being an enjoyer of jane twdg is like being forced into an expert-level course on the way misogyny manifests in video game spaces.

god forbid a woman be complex or difficult or provably mischaracterized (see tags) at the end of her arc to service the culmination of a man’s storyline.

[howlsofbloodhounds]

After this post, I started thinking: what if Color taught Killer English so he could try to communicate with others outside of Color himself and likely Nightmare whenever he bothered to speak to him in Arabic

[zomboyhood]

i hate that people compare the three different stories in dbh bc each of them represent something so important in terms of the overall journey that EVERY android is going through

[manyfaced-serpent]

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[to-coyly-go]

i have a job interview-ish today wish me luck i really want this job!!!

[parrish-the-thot]

Finally cracking into my tbr pile, but I don’t know which to start with

[amazingdeadfish]

Wukong being student's favorite teacher is so cute but I also think that student sometimes take lot of adventage from him

Something like poket money, skip his class, not doing his homework and sometimes take all his chips or cheating during his exam.

Student just do it because "It's Mr. Sun he wont be that mad 😊"

He also teacher that people feel bad about when he actually upset with something because he just nice .....

DF RAMBLE AHEAD

I'd like to play devil's advocate (so take my words with a grain of salt and please don't think I'm trying to be offensive) and counteract your thoughts with the prospect of Mr Sun (Wukong) being one of the only teachers in the entire school who you can't 'take advantage of' because he legitimately does not care (unless it concerns those peach chips. Those are his and his only. He's the only one allowed to eat in the painting room because he said so. If you complain to HOD of the Arts "Nüwa" about this, all she will do is scold Wukong for eating in the painting rooms but he will keep doing it amyway).

Sure, he might lend out pocket money (which, would actually be incredibly irresponsible) to students or in a more realistic scenario, let kids borrow expensive art supplies and take them home, knowing full well half the time he doesn't ever get them back. But at the end of the school year he'll add it to the students' school fees in a blatant manner in bold text, indicating that whatever money/expense is owed to him must be paid back (including self implemented 'money borrowing' tax of course). But like, guys, I'm not gonna lie, Wukong would be too broke to give out pocket money to kids, and the art department is running so low on supplies that there is hardly enough to even go around in class lmao.

He wouldn't care if you skip his class too. He is an art teacher. If you skip his classes, and/or don't do the homework (which would quite literally just be either fundamental art research or finishing paintings. Nothing complicated like writing essays) and don't get enough time to finish your paintings, then that's on you. Wukong won't bother trying to nag you about it. He always has enough students who actually do give a crap about his class and do extraordinarily well to prevent him from being fired. All of the students know their deadlines. It's up to them to sort it out how they meet them or gain permission for an extension.

None of this should be mistaken for being 'nice' though. He's a teacher who cares about the students who take his class seriously, and won't push the kids who don't. He knows students can only learn if they WANT to learn, and as a teacher there isn't much he can do to change a student's intrinsic motivation other than showing both to hard working students themselves AND students who don't work hard, how rewarding putting in the effort can be (for a subject like painting at least).

Side note: I don't know how other schools work apart from the ones in New Zealand (where I am from), but there aren't any exams for art (painting). Only a portfolio you have to finish by the end of the year and there's no tests so. There's no 'cheating' other than tracing and copying other artists works without credit I guess. Will Wukong be mad about that? Ehhh... Maybe just disappointed. But that's probably worse.

This is probably the reason why most teachers don't like Mr Sun. He deliberately does not care about his classes as a whole and instead spends his time focusing on the students who actually want to be there and want to learn. Like MK, who, I'm 73% sure Mr Sun is mentoring personally because MK really wants to excel in the arts and Mr Sun was willing to give him that extra push.

Anyways. Back on track. If Mr Sun is ever upset about anything, he wouldn't let it show. He's... Probably got a really strong persona that he keeps up that's hard to break down. Just like in LMK canon.

He's a great guy if you actually want him to teach you. He's funny, he's supportive, kind of a bit too hands off and experimental, but you're guaranteed to always leave his classroom with paint on your hands and a smile on your face.

[lewiscarrolatemybrain]

One more time

A Positive Change Arc -- often called a Hero's Journey -- is one possible shape a story can take. It is not the only or the best character arc, it's just one option. In a Positive Change Arc, the protagonist begins the story believing the Thematic Lie, and must learn and embrace the Thematic Truth over the course of their journey.

TGCF and MDZS are not Positive-Change Arcs. They are Flat Arcs.

(I have not read SVSSS)

A Flat-Arc is a story where the protagonist begins already knowing the Thematic Truth, while the world around them believes the lie. In a Flat Arc, the protagonist will have their knowledge of the Truth challenged and tested, they will be tempted by the Lie, and they will ultimately use their conviction to inspire the world around them to also embrace the Truth.

Flat Arc characters do not need to learn the Thematic Truth. They already know it. They may be seduced by the lie, they may falter, but they will always rally back to the Truth in the end.

(If they ARE successfully converted to the lie, then that isn't a Flat Arc anymore, it's a Corruption Arc, and it's usually a tragedy.)

"But Xie Lian and Wei Wuxian learned--" Nothing they learned impacted the Thematic Truth. Did they learn things? Yes! That's how Being A Person works. Both of them DID change and grow as people from the start of the series to the end. But neither of them learned anything that impacted the Thematic Truth. Because they already knew it.

Xie Lian was already kind, he already wanted to help people, he already believed that common people should be protected and uplifted. His suffering at the hands of BWX did not teach him any deep or important lessons. He already knew the Truth. BWX tried to tempt him to embrace the lie -- that people are undeserving, that you should never do anything for anyone who won't grovel with gratitude, that caring for other people is a waste -- and failed, because Xie Lian knew the truth and even when he was at his lowest he was searching for confirmation that he was right. Xie Lian only needed one single act of kindness to reassure himself that he was right and BWX was wrong. He did not learn anything new, he reaffirmed what he already knew and understood.

Wei Wuxian is good, and righteous, and morally upright. He is a character who does the right thing regardless of the consequences he might face. The sects collectively wanted to destroy him because he refused to bow to them, not because he ever at any point actually did anything wrong. Even the vengefulness he showed while actively at war is narratively justified, and it's key that the sects did not care about the desecration of bodies while it served them. He did not learn any valuable or important lessons when the Sects raided the Burial Mounds. The fact that Lan Sizhui exists at all is proof for us as the audience that everything Wei Wuxian did was worth it. All of it mattered, and all of it was the right choice, because a-Yuan is alive. He doesn't come back to life having learned anything new, he already understood the Truth.

Obviously neither of them are Omnipotent. They learn that there's dudes in love with them, they solve the mysteries of their respective true Big Bads, they uncover some other stuff. But the Thematic Truth, the core theme of the story, is not a lesson either of them needs to learn. It is a lesson they teach others by refusing to bend to the Lie the rest of the world believes.

[swtor-kohta]

Self-indulgent wip sketch of Qyzen with my Cathar OC named Danye who is a Jedi Counselor in SWTOR 💚