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The Living Force live-Tumbl, part 2
(Part 1, Part 3)
Chapters 7-9
-Yarael Poof is too much in this book, I love him he's a silly little guy. And anyone who gives Ki-Adi-Mundi shit is cool in my book!
-Ki-Adi-Mundi was so busy saying that using a Jedi mind trick to get other people to protect you is immoral, that he forgot to point out that using children as human shields is also immoral...
-I love that any time Obi-Wan turns up, other Jedi are happy to see him. like Ki-Adi-Mundi is gonna be all grumpy about being interrupted but then he turns around and sees it's Obi-Wan
-The mysterious driver is Depa I CALLED IT (partner was rooting for it to be Deva Lompop because we still have Defy the Storm on the brain)
-Qui-Gon being like "Not to question the Jedi council" and Yoda is like "come on man we know you"
-When that preview chapter was released I replied to an official tweet about it with "Depa 'This meeting should have been an email' Billaba" and both Editor Tom and John Jackson Miller himself confirmed that they made this joke during the writing process!
#the living force spoilers#The Living Force first read#star wars#the living force#john jackson miller#star wars novels
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imagine if the shen family was actually a part of the mafia. and shen yuan just never knew.
like his Family is rich and they are all super close. heās even in contact with some of his distant relatives pretty often, which is kinda cool for him, heās sure that this isnāt the case for most families so he considers himself lucky to know the extent of his family tree. sure, some of them seem to have lost a marble or two but what family doesnāt have a couple oddballs in their midst, you know?
and its not just syās comical obliviousness that contributes to this. his family is well aware that sy is not suited for this life style- especially his siblings. they grew up watching him get himself into all sorts of weird situations and putting himself at a disadvantage simply because heās too nice. he can try and deny it all he wants (just like how he denies heās gay- cāmon sy everyone can tell you are not straight) but his sense of justice would only burden him if he were to work for the Family. not to mention his sense of self preservation is absolute shit and they donāt want to have to babysit him his whole life- and he probably doesnāt want that either!
so they send him off to college, help him find an apartment, and basically do everything they can to help him start off on his own, away from the Family. his siblings had to do a whole lot of convincing to let this happen btw- this kind of thing usually isnāt allowed, but sy doesnāt know anything that could be used against the Family, so they make an exception in his case. better for them to not have a deadweight sticking around either is what they say but they all dote on him anyways and refuse to admit they care about him. sy definitely picked up this line of reasoning from them btw.
shen yuan is a little upset and confused that his Family seems eager to send him off (itās not like they canāt afford for him to live with them after all- both of his older brothers still live in the Familyās massive house and even his aunts and uncles are living there??). he manages to recover quickly though. at least now he can read his web novels in piece without prompting any dick jokes (his cousins had a field day when they found his account with all of his pidw commentsā¦). now he just needs to figure out how to live by himself.
itās not that sy is incapable of taking care of himself- itās just that heās so used to having other people with him that he never understood how much they were doing for him until they were no longer around. but thatās fine, living on your own is just another learning curve and sy is willing to rise up to the challenge. which he did, by the way! he found a job and pays his taxes and even though that isnāt much he still gives himself a mental pat on the back for it. he is still in contact with his siblings, he never misses an update for pidw which he totally doesnāt get excited for and his life is going great.
ā¦ā¦until he accidentally eats some expired food and dies.
#āļø#and the Family thinks that someone assassinated him#but his siblings know that he rlly was just too careless TT#not sure if someone has done this already but here#shen yuan mafia au#except its not??? technically????#imagine sqq and sqh are forced back into the modern world and airplane is like wtf. wdym you were this rich this whole time.#and it clicks for him immediately that syās family is involved in organized crime#sketchy recognizes sketchy. airplane was never a fan of commiting felonies but living another life as sqh gave him that sixth sense#or smth like that idfk lol#something something sy/sqq has always needed a chaperone cause hes so fucking reckless#first it was his siblings and now its lbh lqg mf yqy and that doctor guy i forgot his acronyms rip#svsss#svsss au#scum villian self saving system#scumbag self saving system#scum villain's self saving system#scum villain#scumbag system#ren zha fanpai zijiu xitong#shen qingqiu#shen yuan#airplane shooting towards the sky#mxtx svsss#svsss ideas#svsss shitpost#also i keep seeing different things about how sy died..?#because when i first read svsss i thought he died in a fit of rage#but then ppl said that he choked on his food while finishing pidw#and then i heard other things about how he ate expired food???? like a bao bun or a dumpling or ramen idk
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It's @starberry-cupcake's first time reading Gideon the Ninth and I'm getting the most incredible live commentary
(No spoilers in the tags/comments/reblogs!)
#i can't read gtn for the first time again but i CAN vicariously experience it through my friends that i force it upon#and now so can you š#the locked tomb#gideon the ninth#tlt#gtn#tlt live commentary
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what other silly little antics do you think charles and erik got up to in that cube besides play chess because my money's on book discussions. like them book clubs with suburban moms where you drink wine and talk about books you read except theres no wine i dont think thats permitted in the plastic cube prison and theres not even a club its just two old men
#xmen#x2: x men united#cherik#charles xavier#erik lehnsherr#professor x#magneto#snap chats#living up to my username hey#born to think about silly cherik ideas forced to '''''Legally Purchase''''' and read college textbooks this SUCKS#i mean i got my book at an ''''Extremely Great' Discount'''' this week but still. let me think of old people#anyway i think they should do book discussions ... i dont remember if there was an established timeline between the first and second movies#but ive decided theres a decent amount of time until i decide to rewatch the movies. which will be thursday probably vajVLAKJ#ANYWAY MY THEORY VALID erik allowed to read while he in there ... who givin him books .. did he bring those ...#or did charles drop it off ....... please im gonna throw up ik erik gon make a crack about 'professor x' giving him assigned reading#well listen here king at least it isnt about Organizational Behavior In The Workplaceš©#ok thats all for tonight#whenever i say my 'nightly cherik ramblings' im usually joking but at this point i am being routine about this vjaeLVKJAEKJ#and i say this as if its a bad thing ... the opposite i reckon ...#i cant wait until i can actually draw them jvareLK#alight bye i have to mentally prepare for my first day of the semester. later <- it is 1AM šššš
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I am once again thinking about how odysseus who witnessed the horrors that the captured women went through (one of his main duties in the iliad was taking the women back home and making sure they were as comfortable as possible and safe because he was the only one trusted not to violate them further due to his devotion to penelope. And in the odyssey part of the reason circe sent him to the underworld was so that he'd have to listen to all these women's stories (before he could talk to the prophet) ). Who was one of the few that saw women as people and respected their space and opinions. And was then put in those exact same situations. I don't have the motivation right now to do a full literary analysis of this (I'll site the sources too) but oh man one day I'm going to write a full essay on this.
#The odyssey#iliad#Odysseus#Tw: rape#Tw: sex slaves#Tw: camp slaves#Tw: That one time Calypso kept odysseus as a sex slave for 7 years#circe#Something about the inherent trauma of witnessing how your friends treat women#Watching them keep sex slaves#Then having to bring these girls home hearing about their stories seeing the aftermath#Then living in a situation where you have to let a powerful witch use you as she pleases half in payment for lives/food/medicine#Half because she has the equivalent of a gun to your best friends head and if you don't keep her happy then youre all dead#And then that witch sends you on a quest to the underworld where granted you'll benefit too but first#You have to listen to every single captured women from the Trojan war that you didn't Shepard home tell you their stories#Tell you that you're a horrible person while you are living in a disturbingly similar situation#And then later finding yourself trapped as a sex slave for seven years to an immortal nymph#And then being labeled as a horrible cheater for the rest of history#And none of this well historically everybody cheated or it's up to interpretation bullshit#Because it fucking isn't and granted a lot of abridged versions skip this shit#But if you read the full original stories and still think odysseus cheated then you just have an issue with men being victims#Or weren't paying attention i guess#Where's that meme where's it like the text was up to interpretation cut to the text where it very bluntly states what's happening#And I'm not saying odysseus was a good person or that he didn't have slaves because he did. And he wasnt#But first off nobody deserves to suffer that violation#Second they weren't sex slaves they were all nurses/maids/spys and I'm not getting into the ancient culture slavery issues rn#Third there's a lot you can pick to hate odysseus for but cheating/disrespecting women wasn't one of them#They literally invented a new word to describe his and penelopes love and it means to be so in love that you think the exact same way#Also forcing this narrative of odysseus cheating and penelope leaving to be a single girl boss is#Just the fake feminist mindset that stay at home moms are weak and wrong and live awful lives
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men can and will talk abt wnba players' looks first and make it sound like they're models and not athletes, but immediately scrutinize and deride women for being fans of men's sports bcs they think they're only in it for the handsome looks and don't value a person's skill outside that, and that's a valid reason for alienating and rejecting their opinion because that's a bad thing to do objectively
#everybodys always 'opinions dont matter' until its their own#' oh but mens sports is ACTUALLY entertaining'#men can play golf and a bunch of ppl will still watch that shit#just say the only form of entertainment u can associate women with is an adult entertainment club#'women arent funny' or is it u think women cant BE funny bcs they can only be the things that suit ur needs best and thats sex#they cant be comedians bcs a guy's already got there first bcs men have made it that way and so it will stay#and so u will say men have filled that need the best and the only need women need to fill involves rooms in the house#'well if it's not broken dont fix it' it's only not broken to u bcs ure the only one allowed in the giant mansion taking up 99% of the worl#and everyone else is forced to live in crumbled infrastructure with no where else to feasibly roam thanks to ur needless expansion demands#like if ure sexist just say that so we can kill u cus u clearly show no qualm to killing innocent women who have shown no evidence of#Ur same ill will#and definitely not to Ur power most certainly. as ur power is the whole cause of this and continues to be#sorry but like. so u admit. u admit that's not a good thing? and yet u continue to contribute? bcs it contributes to u?#ok! thanks for ur confession <3 (Death Approaches)#'female rappers nowadays only succeed off of success' omg it's like that's the only way they think they CAN#omg men say they cant support female rap bcs it's always abt sex omg it's almost like ure the ones who set that up in the first place!#say yall never happy or say yall just hate women having any sort of power or say without yalls loud & just plain wrong voices buttin in#uncalled for and unwanted and unasked. ALWAYS#anyways. i will now read a book#*SEX SONG SUCCESS*** bruh
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so the scene where elzar gave avar her new diadem? yeah..........
#GENUINELY WAS IN SHAMBLES#CRIED A LOT ABOUT IT#stellan and elzar getting her first diadem made for her#and when elzar got this second one made..even though stellan isn't with them he's still a part of it bc there are three gems#for the three firebrands. their constellation of three#actually going to be sick#STELLAN IS SO PRESENT IN THEIR LIVES STILL AND I'M JUST-- ššš#elzar mann#avar kriss#elvar#firebrands#a constellation of three#temptation of the force spoilers#temptation of the force#thr spoilers#the high republic#mik reads the high republic
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tagged by ko @tofumilanesa for wip wednesday! big shout out to writevember for making me feel like i can actually call any of these works in progressā¦ your guide to my emoji code under the cut
wip!
šŖ»šāā¬ - the doc title is still just. YOWLING but i am like 7/8 of the way done with omega yamo fic and hopefully salem isnāt reading this so i can just drop it over a year later with no warning <3
š«2ļøā£ - DEWEY^2 P2!!!! she is almost done (i am lying) but she is so close i can almost taste it. sorry to my pwp that grew its own feelings baby
šš¤ (š -> š) - rip iām not telling you about this one until itās posted but it IS complete aside from being ao3 formatted and the eight billion edits i inevitably do right before full-sending it
āļøš§ - cloud petey fic, which exists mostly as an embarrassingly large tag on a different blog and is condensing into a narrative about as well as water at 30Ā° N/S. the time loop fic also falls under this description
eternally in progress (short list)
šš - tyler borzoituzzi existsā¦ there is an index of scenes/plot pointsā¦ it plays like a movie in my headā¦
šÆā- fantastic! āverse
šļøš» - stevie brandon seeing ghosts au, which has eight different (now nine i guess but you haven't seen the mustache adam post yet) plots. sorry
just. rotating like a microwave
š - because they didnāt have a pomegranate emoji, this is what i used for the fic that feels like it should be a 50k connor bedard character study hanif abdurraqib/cathal kelly thesis about legends and mythmaking in sports and eating your young. yes i know pomegranates arenāt actually pomes and apples are but itās fine
š¦ - the one cat da fuck they doing over there meme but about the sharks just like. in general. more on this at five
tagging @colap1nto, @songsandswords, @whitenikes, @gordiemeow, @acheronist, and anybody else who wants to share!!
#i regret to inform the public (beloved mutuals who read my tags) that we have hit the doldrums re: creativity.#got SO excited because i had no prep for tomorrow and got out unreasonably early and proceeded to do nothing š¤© zero motivation/inspiration#anyway. being a big baby. have looked at dewey^2 for too long and now hate it which makes me sad because i was on SUCH a roll solving plot#and really i just need to pick something else from my (looks at smudged hand) 10000 other documents but none of them are calling my nameeee#maybe iāll ao3 format š -> š or maybe iāll read wandering stars (did finish a book this morning) and then hope something strikes me#preferably very aggressively like with the force of a train? OHHHHHH YOU GUYS MAYBE I COULD MAKE SOMETHING FOR HOLY JUMPING MACKEREL FEST#because you know what DID hit me upside the head like a 2x world champ coming from behind with the steel chair WAS BERGY & JOE GUESS WHO#joey first of all did not deserve to lose those games and second of all i am SO immensely delighted i donāt know if itās on here yet i am#so sure at least one of my beloved drw moots (beth and nik are likely culprits but all of u would) has it on here yet BUT THEREāS SO MUCH#BERGY VERY BLATANTLY CALLING JOE A NERD BC HE KNOWS ALL ABT HIS TEAMMATES &LOVES THEM!! BERGY NOT KNOWING A SINGLE FUCKIN THING ABT ANYONE!#the absolute unsurprised yet still heartbroken disbelief & disappointment of joe saying āhe uses black tape!ā oh thatās rent-free forever#anyway.#liv in the replies#p.s. it's fic friday now don't worry about how late i am#as always ask away ask about anything in post tags y'all know i love to yap u are always welcome in the inbox or dms#i was trying to be slightly less mysterious about all of these but i am a secret-keeper sorry and also you need to live inside my brain#in order to understand half of what i'm referencing sometimes. sorry.#also there are some un-hockey fic projects i want to do but i have. so little time in my life for anything sometimes that we will make do
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we need more runs with damian and his friends. and donāt say teen titans- not team, his actual friends. all the other batbros have gotten HUNDREDS of comics featured around them and their friends- why canāt we let damian have his friends back and let them interact? just have fun adventures and live like in the other batbrosā stories?? i just think it would be such a fun concept and that the writers r missing out by giving damian angst and forcing him into relationships and forcing him to make friends all over again. i would just like a run were damian has fun with his pre-established friends. is that so much to ask for?
#actually as a damian fan i guess it is#also theyād probably make damian an ahole for no reason and make a his friends hate him/be bitchy for no reason#they r FRIENDS not ppl forced on a team who hate each other!!!!#i will not live thro another tt nope nada!!!#and by tt i mean the one (2016??) where damian was on the team and they made everyone hate him/him evil(??)#i read the first one and it hurt my heart so much i couldnāt do it bc i was like āwtf?!!ā#and also i just donāt have access to comics#damian wayne#damian al ghul#let damian have friends 2k23#damian has friends#jon kent#maya ducard#colin wilkes#maps mizoguchi#mia mizoguchi#he has more friends but i just canāt remember their names!!!!#suren darga
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Me normally: Let people love what they love
Me, after a Test Match Special commentator expresses their belief that the new All Creatures Great and Small is somehow "better" than the 1978 version: This is pure insanity and TMS can no longer be trusted on anything, how can they even be trusted to know about cricket, do they have no TASTE
#Look it's fine that this show exists and people will watch it and like it and that's ok maybe it's just not for me#But that was like a statement purely designed to piss me off#There were lots of issues with the 1978 adaptation! I still vastly preferred the books any day!#And I actually initially had high hopes for the new one because they at least cast a Scot (albeit a Highlander not a Clydesider) as James#And the actors at least looked a little bit younger than Christopher Timothy and Robert Hardy#And thank god Helen actually sounds like she's a farmer's daughter and doesn't speak RP!#But from the half hour I've seen of it I've had to write off this new adaptation#For two major reasons#First of all there's Siegfried#Siegfried is one of the key central aspects of the vibe of the books and therefore key to any adaptation#Robert Hardy was too short and too old for the part but he lived and breathed the character#The twinkle in the eye bouncing off the walls and in and out of rooms followed by half a dozen dogs utterly full of life even when angry#But this new Siegfried is just sort of... Eeyore-esque; he comes into a room and you can see the flowers droop and the set turn grey#Siegfried was angry Siegfried was happy and the historical character he was based on was no stranger to melancholy#Since Donald Sinclair did commit suicide or rather self-euthanasia after Alf Wight and his own wife Audrey died#But this slow grumbly figure in the new adaptation is not Siegfried Farnon- the book character didn't grumble more often he exploded#And why did the adaptation give him a dead wife that's so weird? What could that possibly add to the source material?#And this brings me onto my second problem which is to do with women and age#Firstly I have no idea why they aged down Mrs Hall or at least made her look younger than a woman her age would have back then#But what really drove me mad was when Heriot goes out to see some old woman hill farmer in the episode I saw#And this woman is far too clean and young-looking and you can see that she's wearing 'natural' look make-up#And a perfect set of clothes that looked like they were straight out of the House of Bruar autumn collection catalogue#Say what you like about the 1978 adaptation but old women looked like old women regardless of whether or not they wore make-up#It may be that the better quality of television screens means that the 'natural look' shows up on screen more clearly than it would have#But natural look make-up was not really a thing in the 1930s and for old women Yorkshire hill farmers I doubt they'd have much on at all#They just don't seem to be capable of allowing people to look old and wrinkled and real or have bad teeth or unattractive clothes#And everything is far too tidy- everybody looks far too perfectly country and quaint#Anyway the moral of this story is of course that I always recommend reading the books because they're much better#than any tv adaptation; but if forced to choose at least the 1970s one felt real and yet didn't have to be grim either#Ok that's my rant over please do feel free to enjoy the show I just got annoyed because the opinion was expressed on TMS
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The Living Force live-Tumbl
Is that an acceptable equivalent of live-tweet? Maybe Tumbl-Along? IDK
Anyway my partner and I are listening to The Living Force together because he was 1st in line on Libby so I can't just binge it, which gives me time to write down my thoughts along the way!
We listened to chapters 1-6 last night.
-Obi-Wan has never not been cheeky and I love this about him. He just can't help flirting even when he doesn't mean to.
-I read Padawan and Master and Apprentice already, and timeline-wise I think this takes place 3-5 years after those? Love seeing the difference in Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon's relationship in this book vs those.
-Gorse mention! Melting someone in acid that was going to Gorse! John Jackson Miller really said "remember how I wrote the first canon novel?"
-Heezo is here as a treat for all of us who read Inquisitor: Rise of the Red Blade!
-We don't have artwork of her but I just KNOW Zilastra is hot. That Nautolan cowgirl from Jedi: Survivor was hot. I also know that Kor Plouth was hot. therefore Zilastra must be hot. And she's a pirate queen. So there. (Also Marc Thompson's voice for her is similar to Xiri Albaran's)
-I love how distracted Adi Gallia is by Valorum's blue office. Girlie missed a career as an interior designer. Also Palpatine thinks it should be red WINK WINK
-Luke would have appreciated the boots.
-We lost our shit when the one pirate said Qui-Gon was a "brain doctor" because he misinterpreted "he was asked to be on the Jedi Council" as "he's a counselor." Does this mean the pirates have access to mental health care?
(Part 2 here)
#The Living Force first read#The Living Force#star wars#the living force spoilers#star wars: the living force#john jackson miller#star wars books#star wars novels
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Randomized Robins AU - Ages + Worst Trait Exercise:
Steph (25):
Says her worst trait is her murderous rages (she is exaggerating for dramatic/comedic effect, sheās killed 3 people tops and for very good reason)
Thinks her worst trait is her spitefulness (one of the few traits she definitely got from her father + one that prevents her from fixing her relationships and living her best possible life. Sheāll refuse to interact with someone she dearly loves after an argument (happens significantly less after Timās death) or will say things she knows are hurtful just for the sake of having the last word. This trait will worsen in some ways as the list of people who have wronged her and those she loves grows, but will also ease up as she matures and realizes the harm itās doing to her relationships with those she loves most.)
Her worst trait really is her spitefulness
Cass (26)
Says her worst trait is her self-righteousness (she believes that her goals are righteous and, as a result, she is righteous. Cass becomes very defensive whenever someone questions the mission and often does not second-guess herself. This is a trait she only develops later in life as she grows closer to Bruce/learns to understand herself more/starts to love herself more. But she knows she isnāt perfect and when somebody she trusts criticizes something she is doing she is willing to listen. She just usually isnāt the one to START the introspection.)Ā
Thinks her worst trait is her self-righteousness.Ā
Her worst trait actually is her obsessiveness (she gets it from Bruce and, while not as bad as him, she will easily become preoccupied with her night-life and the mission if someone isnāt there to pull her back. She will do this to the point of self-destruction and it hurts her relationships with the people she loves, especially Steph.)
Tim (24)
Says his worst trait is his spitefulness (he actively rejects the idea of mending his relationships with the older members of the family and this causes him to also lack good relationships with the younger ones)
Thinks his worst trait is his obsessiveness (similar to Cass, if he gets fixated on a task or idea he will neglect everything else in his life in order to dedicate more time to it. Unlike Cass, he will almost never be dragged away from it unless Pierrot snatches control of the body and forces them to take care of themself.)
His worst trait actually is how manipulative he is (the KING of guilt-tripping and using peopleās emotions against them. Heāll do whatever he needs to do to get what he wants, heās not above crocodile tears. And he will do it to whoever he needs (or wants) to with little care for how his actions impact others.)
Pierrot (Insists: āAge doesnāt apply to me! And even if it did, I'd probably be the oldest. Or the youngest! Iād never be a middle child, though.ā Mental assessments by the Bats have put him around 21, with a margin of error of 3 years. Pierrot has called this āblatant character assassination by my eternal rival!ā)
Says his worst trait is that he is an irredeemable psychopath without any regard for the wellbeing of others (this is a lie and everyone who's important to him understands this).Ā
Thinks his worst trait is his parasitic nature (he literally would not exist had Tim not suffered the way he did. Plus he is a living reminder of one of the worst things that happened to many of his loved ones. He is a parasite injected into a functional person's body and contributes to his continued suffering. This is also a largely incorrect judgement of himself, caused by his actual worst trait.)
His worst trait actually is his limited sense of self (he doesnāt really know who he is outside of āinheritor to the legacy of the Joker (a man he despises yet also views as a father)ā and āchip in Timās brain that became sentientā. He slowly develops an identity over the course of his life and relationships with other people, but he lacks the foundations of identity that most people have. Pierrot will often almost become a caricature of himself and what others perceive him to be because it's the only person he knows how to be. This causes wild swings in how he behaves and relates to others, sometimes to the detriment of himself and others.)
Dick (17)Ā
Says his worst trait is his clinginess (he is a very extraverted person who likes to be around others, which mixed with his fear of abandonment after his parents died means that if he goes a few days without seeing/talking to a friend he will get very anxious.)
Thinks his worst trait is his anger issues (he gets ticked off very easily and will explode on people. Heās kind at his core and is usually very nice, but he has a temper that can escalate significantly. Spoiler (and later Twist) help him channel this anger into something positive.)
His worst trait actually is his anger issues.
Barbara (18)
Says her worst trait is her disability (internalized ableism, she thinks of herself as less valuable than the other Bats because she cannot be out there in the capes like they can. She will grow out of this as she matures and as she learns how invaluable her support for the team is.)Ā Ā
Thinks her worst trait is her disabilityĀ
Her worst trait actually is her overly-independent nature (In an attempt to overcompensate for everything she can no longer do, she has resolved to do literally everything that she possibly can without any help from others. This results in many instances where she either takes on too much and winds up not being able to fully realize any of her tasks or where she makes her life and the lives of others significantly harder by refusing help when offered/not asking for it when she needs it.)
Damian (16)
Says his worst trait is his perfectionism (he is overly critical of both himself and others, taking any flaw or problem and amplifying it to an absurd degree. This is due in part to his life with the LoA (where even a brief misstep could lead to death), in part to how others treated him initially as Spoiler (any flaw was fixated on and used as a reason to either mistrust him or portray him as unworthy of the mantle), and in part due to the fact that he is Bruceās son (the only person with worse perfectionism problems than Damian). Gradually, Damian has improved in this regard but itās still a massive barrier to both his own happiness and his relationships with others.)
Thinks his worst trait is his perfectionismĀ
His worst trait actually is his perfectionism
Duke (16)
Says his worst trait is his definitely-real secret evil side (says this as a āmy dad is a villain so who knows??ā joke)
Thinks his worst trait is his impulsivity in his words (Sometimes he will crack a joke or say a remark without thinking it through, leading to a LOT of hurt feelings and drama. Heāll say something without thinking it through and wind up seeming insensitive. This isnāt done because of malice, rather because Duke is someone whoās quick to act and speak. But while the mantle of Insight and his awakening powers have helped him with his actions, they do not always help with his loose tongue. As such, Duke gains an unfair reputation in the media as an instigator and will accidentally cause family drama through what he says.)
His worst trait actually is his impulsivity in his words
Jason (14)
Says his worst trait is his bad manners (he grew up on the streets and has no idea how rich-people society works, which heās pretty insecure about considering heās now the youngest kid of Bruce freaking Wayne).Ā
Thinks his worst trait is his reactiveness (Jason never got the privilege of planning ahead for various events in his life, so he instead needed to rely on being swift and harsh in how he could react to situations. Itās saved his life on multiple occasions and helps significantly in his role as Spoiler, but it can also lead to extreme overreactions (accidentally causing kidnapping scare after Jason ran away following a fight with Dick) and a struggle to plan things out ahead of time. As he grows more secure in his place in the family and in life, this trait will lessen but never fully dissipate.)
His worst trait actually is his reactiveness
#stephanie brown#cassandra cain#tim drake#dick grayson#barbara gordon#damian wayne#duke thomas#jason todd#batfamily#randomizedrobinsau#I'm debating whether I should tag this with the Joker Junior tag and those related to it for Pierrot#because like...it's not quite that. but it's also very close to that and is the direct result of that.#but Pierrot would fucking HATE to be tagged as that and sees it as an insult to his identity...which he already has problems with#so I don't think I'm gonna#anyways lmao I am totally projecting my younger self onto Barbara. How could I not? She's literally the reason I view my disability#the way that I do and she actively improved my mental health just by existing and saying some of the shit she did when I was in the#stages of accepting my own disability. So yeah I am projecting a lot onto her because I love her and see myself in her.#I'm mostly basing these characterizations on my favorite versions of them (ie Red Robin 2009 Tim and Birds of Prey Barbara).#so I'm taking the traits I like/think fit in this AU and discarding what I think either is bad or doesn't fit or if I just don't like it.#Damian's 'murder gremlin who is a meanie on purpose because he is a meanie' is entirely unappealing to me and also does not fit this AU#I prefer him when he's portrayed as a sympathetic kid (who is still an asshole) and not a demon child. So that's what I'm using.#same with Talia's 'abusive mother who is totally on-board with all of her father's bullshit and will kill someone for no reason' version#I have read enough comics to know what I like/what is most important and what I don't like/what is#BLATANT CHARACTER ASSASSINATION GRANT MORRISON YOU FUCK YOU SET TALIA BACK SO FUCKING FAR#I also decided to outline their WORST traits because I already know what I like about these characters/their best traits.#most people do. But what was a greater challenge was finding what would make their lives and those of others worse.#what would I hate about this person if I knew them IRL? What would I first suggest they get therapy for? What hurts them and why?#I found these questions really interesting in the context of this AU where some people are forced into completely different roles#the says/thinks/is was inspired by trying to answer that question for myself. I say my worst trait is my impulsiveness but when#I asked others in my life they answered 'oh so you said your weird thing where you don't ask for help right?'
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So now that I've figured out why Hira might go for Astarion ... I am now struggling to figure out why Astarion would go for them in the long run. Like, because he's barely his own person at this point, what are his preferences? Ya know? Beyond how they treat him, beyond the obvious, what about them is it that he likes? Ya know? "You were kind and patient and trusted me" is all well and good but that's still 1) related to him and 2) doesn't quite tap into the sense that he also wants them for himself for other reasons aside from wanting more of what they're doing for him. Ya know? Ya fucking know?
#bg3#worsties to lovers#this isn't me complaining btw this is just my process#but it is kinda difficult in this case ngl#cuz the poor guy hasn't figured himself out yet#i headcanon him as like ... demi or graysexual so he wouldn't be immediately attracted to them#which he basically confirms in game that he's not so#but basically i can't just say that he thinks they look hot and diesel even though they absolutely do#i do have some ideas mind you#the fact that they're a bard and clearly in love with music and poetry and the arts#like in a genuine way#i think he finds that attractive cuz he envies it on some level#to love a part of the shitty world he lives in and thus make it slightly less shitty in the process#i think he also likes that they can make him feel things without like ... touching him or really doing anything *for* him specifically#like by just performing something with their whole heart they are able to evoke emotion#and it's not pretentious or forced like the poetry his victims would read at him#in my head i think their first genuine kiss is right after hira reads him one of their fave poems and it makes astarion feel so weird#that his only response is 'hmm. i should kiss them on the mouth i think'#and it absolutely obliterates the nice platonic vibe and hira leaves and astairon can't figure out why tf he just did that for#god they're so cringefail
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Watching the newest season of "Make Some Noise," and a prompt reminded me of a story that came out about my paternal grandma's father (i.e. my great-grandpa) when that branch of the family gathered together for a funeral a few years back.
Great-Grandpa D worked for the railroads on coal trains during the Great Depression, but the demand for coal went down during the summer, when folks weren't using it for heating, and he'd take all sorts of odd jobs to fill the seasonal gap in order to support his family of 8 children (they were devout Catholics and Grandma, the eldest child and the only girl until sibling #8, wound up going to boarding school mostly because they literally did not have room for her at home). One of those jobs was working as a cooper to make barrels for a big name, major bourbon distillery.
Great-Grandpa would bring a flask to work in his lunchbox, which didn't phase anyone at that time and place, but the flask would be empty. He'd fill it up from one of the barrels at the distillery, and bring it home to fill up a barrel he'd made there. Once he had a full barrel of bourbon, he'd sell it off for a tidy sum, and then repeat the process.
I'd probably stan him more, except when Grandma was valedictorian of her boarding school graduating class and got a full ride scholarship to a local college, he said she couldn't take it since she needed to come home and help take care of her younger siblings.
#life outside the internet#i was so mad on grandma's behalf and still am#she's so smart#managed the family's finances for years at a level that impressed uncle who was an acual accountant#sharp as a tack with card games well into her 90s#if she'd been born 50 years later she'd have been a force to be reckconed with#as it is she's the beloved matriarch of 3 generations who gathered together to move her into her new assisted living apartment#in only a few hours#she still knows a terrifying amount about all the first ladies#having read basically every biography published on them
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Is it bad that I donāt want to give birth? Like, I told some of my friends and family that I donāt want to give birth and they told me that Iād change my mind and I told them I wouldnāt and they get mad at me. I told them that Iād adopt kids instead to give them a home and living family but they say that doesnāt matter and count because they wonāt be biological.
That's not bad at all!! I know a lot of people that feel the same way. Hell, I feel the same way. I don't want to give birth and I'm very against having children. I've known that pretty much my whole life since I was old enough to conceptualize children and parenthood (very young as a woman growing up in America), and I was always told I'd change my mind someday.
Well, it's been about 20 years and I haven't changed my mind at all. There's absolutely nothing wrong with it. The constant societal pressure that every generation has gone through of "you have to have children otherwise your life is meaningless" has very much been challenged as of late with plenty of people realizing your life doesn't end as soon as you're old enough to have children. A lot of those people pushing that narrative shouldn't have had kids in the first place. The world would probably be a lot better off if people that didn't want kids but were pressured into it by society just hadn't given into that pressure.
There's plenty of neglected, abandoned children, and children in foster care that deserve love and support. So yeah, if you don't want to give birth, then there's nothing to feel bad about. You've made that decision and anyone that tries to tell you otherwise is only recycling the same societal pressures that probably made them have children they didn't want.
And if anyone says adopted or fostered children don't count, then kindly say fuck them and don't speak to them again. Same with people that say IVF or children born of surrogates. Just because you didn't give birth to your child no matter the reason, that doesn't make them "not your child." Hell I know there's people out there that say C-sections aren't "giving birth" because it wasn't natural.
Yeah, fuck those people and do what you want. It's your body, it's your life and they can either get over it or get out of your life š¤·
#pregnancy is horrifying some of the things that can happen#I've read through that list that person made on TikTok#the fact that no one talks about the horrors of pregnancy and birth is very telling#your life isn't any less meaningful if you choose not to have children or if you choose to have them by other means#be it adoption or fostering or IVF or surrogacy#kindly tell your family to accept you as you are#or tell them to fuck off and live your life in peace how you want to live it#they can support you or they can kindly leave you alone#that's what families are supposed to do#families that don't support their kids are the ones that shouldn't have had them in the first place#I'm sorry but it's true#they probably regret having kids so they're trying to force everyone else into it because they suffered so it's only fair you suffer to#getting preachy again dear Lord#let me calm down#anyway do what you want that's what i'm trying to say#there's nothing wrong with it#I don't ever plan on having children at all#because I hate children#they're nice from a distance but do not bring them close to me#always been like that#it's never changed#answered#queue 06
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this man is pissing me off
#the ballad of songbirds and snakes#first it was with his annoying ass thoughts about the superiority of the capital and the dehumanisation of the districts#but now he's having like. NORMAL thoughts. that would be EXPECTED when living in a dystopia#he's seen two classmates die and realised it could've been him and that sejanus saying the capitol not protecting its citizens had merit#and he started acting like a decent human being about lucy gray's situation#forgetting about his own bullshit in the face of her suffering because it's clear that hers is more immediately concerning#the parallels between katniss and coryo drive me INSANE#they've both impoverished young adults who've been in survival mode trying to keep their families from starving to death#forced to actually acknowledge the real world and decide on their own sense of morality#with good influences trying to push them towards the right side#eg. katniss having gale and peeta's voices in her head when she makes a stand for rue#but i KNOW snow doesn't listen to lucy gray and sejanus#i KNOW he doesn't#i've seen the ending! so the possibility of him getting over himself and becoming better is pissing me off because i know he doesn't!!!!#it would be so much easier if he was pure evil. it would be so much less infuriating and so much less horrifying but he's not#he had the potential for goodness and instead he murdered countless people#including thousands of children and any political opponents who got in his way#AND ALSO LUCY GRAY AND SEJANUS#(lucy gray's fate is a mystery but he still chose to kill her and that at least changed HIM)#i hate this. these books are so good i HATE IT#but also some of these lines are so ironic#his tendency towards obsession is likely to kill him one day if he doesn't learn to outsmart it#almost like an obsession with the mockingjay#and calling dr. gaul crazy for her extreme measures to ensure he doesn't lie to her#when he ends up doing the exact same thing to katniss#maybe minus the overt show of violence but like. he doesn't have to. he's in her house threatening her loved ones#it's so fascinating#i want to eat it#but i won't cause i haven't finished reading yet
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