#the writing is mature & developed

[cobra-wives]

ngl i dont like complaining but i’m a bit upset about how quickly we jumped over from tory’s mom dying to… keenry relationship drama. im seriously peeved about how many people are boiling tory and robby’s characters down to being romantic partners, and i don’t think the writers understand how leaning so heavily on keenry weakens both the individual journeys robby and tory go on — robby with his father/role as miyagi do’s captain/brotherhood with miguel/running in 2nd place, and tory with her mother/role as ck’s captain/relationship with kreese/betrayal of her friends. they CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT be each other’s personal saviors; they HAVE TO SAVE THEMSELVES.

[official-lucifers-child]

new fanfic pet peeve is when people are writing children and clearly don’t know the difference between a 3-year-old, a 7-year-old, and a 13-year-old. this newborn isn’t saying words, this teenager is learning emotional intelligence, this child is literally not capable of comprehending that complex topic. please, it takes 2 minutes to look up “how should a 9-year-old be speaking” and “how developed is a 4-year-old’s mind”

you could even take it a half step further and look up the various stages of development in people. piaget, kohlberg, erikson, all those psychologists created these stages because we all followed such strict patterns when growing. you don’t need to go into the moral development of your oc’s child but at least make sure they’re speaking and acting like a child would at that age.

also when in doubt, for older children just go for more mature. it’s far better than treating teenagers like they don’t know what an emotion is lol

[al-luviec]

still haven't moved on from zane in this episode (aka I hit tag limit again and am unhappy about it)

[jils-things]

this feels too soon to say because its still not well over a month that i started uni but like...

im quite happy by how things are going now- it doesn't feel all too restrained unlike my past school years. and apart from that, i feel a lot more independent being able to travel miles away from my home which has been my biggest anxiety as i got older. just the fear of getting lost spooks me a whole lot! even if i'm travelling through a planned route, going all by myself is probably the bravest thing i did this year and i say this as an introvert who doesn't go out all too often

[roobylavender]

parroting off of that post but it’s truly a fascinating phenomenon that wally is so thoroughly developed a character in his own runs and arguably miles more mature and possessive of the accountability to deal with certain emotional situations that the other members of the fab five continue to flail at and yet every time he’s in a titans book the greatest extent to his characterization is dumbass dickhead who doesn’t know how to do his job without someone (dick) telling him how to do it

[so-bitya]

So yeah I actually think Otona Precure is retconning Coco and Natts ages

Their ages were always vague (at least to me!) and never outright confirmed. I always thought they were 16 and 17 respectively since I was a kid. Partly out of spite, partly because I was used to older-looking love interests??

Like the trends in the early 2000s to 90s, etc was the impossibly mature hot guy, the ikemen. Yknow, the model-like senpai who always gets mistaken as an an adult even though he's only a year older than the heroine. So IDK I always doubted Coco's age as a kid :/

And yeah I know one producer referred to them as "adult men", but to me that's just a producer and not the writing/animation team who presented the characters (this is where the spite kicks in...💀)

I thought Coco faked his age into being a teacher the same way Natts became a business owner somehow??? The teacher part is gross, but I know it was for Coco to in an all girls school and set up Nozomi's dream of being a teacher....

(LAME EXCUSE THO!!! He could have been a tutor, or joined a boys school across from the girls, or SUMTHN!!! Teacher x student always losing)

BUT BACK TO OTONA!!! I think Otona is taking advantage of their ambiguous age and is soft retconning that they were "adults". Like look at the Nozomi's flashback!! Coco looks ridiculously young in that picture, like he barely reaches Karen's height.

Does this look like an adult man???

And Otona is presenting Coco and Natts differently for there to be a clear distinction between them in the Yes Precure 5 and their adult versions now (mature features, lowered voice acting, height change)

So POINT BEING, I think we can consider them as teenagers aka children in the Yes Precure 5 and adults in Otona, because of the way the writers are presenting them now (thank GOD)

[randomtheidiot]

I think it would’ve been nice if all the later incarnations of Ash gave him a similar personality to what he had in Advanced.

[fruitfulodyssey]

I've become intentional

With every step I take.

Understanding how to reclaim

My life by calling demons by their name

& Being bold in the presence of my

Oppressor as we stand face to face.

I AM not bound to emotional swings,

I AM not induced by the song of sirens

I AM stronger than the limited words of affirmations

I HAVE battled with my mind long enough

To know I Am the master of this ship.

I HAVE crumpled and rebuilt,

I HAVE glorified my ruins and learned i can only live beyond the ashes if i die to my former state.

I KNOW some days the war feels lost

But as long as I'm breathing I can fight another day.

A wise man once told me

"its easy to remain a victim of internal pains.

Because healing is strict,

it exposes Self to self,

demanding a recognition of afflictions worn as a necklace.

Giving you the illusion you’ve tried

Everything instead remain consistent.

Because going through the emotions perpetually is familiar than making a difficult decision.

For what will meet you is unknown and foriegn

So why step in a realm requiring faith to carry you. When you already carry you.

Listen son focusing on excitment and immediate gratification is a fantasy painted in movies,

The process is tedious and grueling, conforming is Metamorphosis for nothing new

Holds on to the image that carried all its misfortune.

Be picky of what thoughts influences you,

You must remain aware of what speaks to the heart, cause from the heart flows all of lifes issues."

I've become intentional

With every step I take.

Understanding how to reclaim

My life by calling demons by their name

Depression, anxiety, confusion

You all think the same,

Offering me something I am not

When I AM what the heavens say i am.

Abundant

[lemedy]

Finished my first playthrough of Oxenfree: Lost Signals and gun pointed at me, I'd still choose the first as my favourite.

But still very much liked Lost Signals and you know what, it was a little bit refreshing to be a tired 30 something trying to fix shit instead of following a group of (beloved to me) teens with their teen drama.

[br1ghtestlight]

biggest changes over the years have been tina becoming a lot more confident and less anxious about performing or having attention on her, louise getting a lot more mature/empathetic towards other people and gene getting a lot less mean and aggressive for no reason

[dreamofbecoming]

hmmm i’ve got an emotional confrontation ficlet (as if i ever write anything else) brewing in my brain about steve and dustin and boundaries and how it’s offensive and a little hurtful that dustin refuses to drop the robin thing, like it doesn’t matter what steve says or wants, dustin always knows best, and he doesn’t think steve’s capable of love and affection without sex

[persephoneflouwers]

What do you mean by 'i will be set free'? Are you unstanning or something?

In a scenario like that? I’d be like

[noxtivagus]

i love final fantasy.

[scripturient-roleplay]

OTP Interview #1

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[real-life-cloud]

hhhhh.

[ectoplasmer]

sudden overwhelming urge to completely revamp ghostie