#this is like a 5 or 6 month difference

[applestruda]

Thought it could be fun to do a redraw of my first ever hermit art (of course its scar) to end the year.

[fromperdition4]

Kinn’s Startle Response

Okay, so we all know that waking Kinn up from a deep sleep is a bad idea, right? Porsche shows us this very clearly in episodes 5 and 6, where he suddenly had/would have had a gun pointed right in his face:

But, this isn’t the only times we see Kinn startled awake - first, later in episode 6, he’s woken by Porsche in the early morning:

And this is probably the most relaxed we’d seen Kinn, up to this point in the show - he isn’t scared, he doesn’t go into murder mode, he just looks over at Porsche with new affection.

I think this moment makes it clear that Kinn’s previous startle response is tied directly to his levels of anxiety/stress. He’d just spent a day away from being a mafia boss - learning to fish, joking around, bathing with Porsche - and he’d also just made his first apology to Porsche. He’s finally unburdened, so his subconscious is no longer on high alert.

And this extends to episode 11, when Tay and Time sneak in to surprise Kinn and Porsche on a sleepy morning in bed:

Kinn (and Porsche)’s first response is to open his eyes to look at what’s disturbing them, then after he realizes it’s just his asshole friends he kicks at them. It’s no more violent a response than any other guy with his friends, and that’s because his mind is settled - he’s relaxing in bed with his love, with his family’s approval and no more Tawan/mole to deal with. Life is good!

Besides being adorably awkward (poor Porsche 😂), I think this scene also gives us some extra insight into Kinn’s startle response - it seems like it was a recent development for him, maybe even after he took over for his dad (when I imagine the death threats ramped up). That’s because of Tay and Time, who we know have been Kinn’s friends for a while (since at least his relationship with Tawan) and are close enough to him that they’re let into his suite without being announced:

If Kinn’s startle response had always been to be instantly ready to murder someone, his best friends would have surely learned to avoid doing it a long time ago. Instead, I think we’re seeing that Porsche has brought Kinn back to his actual default state - a peaceful mind, and arms ready to snuggle

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[trash-bin-ary]

I bet some phycologist would have a field day with the weirdness that my brain does with how to converse with someone when I know the person looks at all my posts. Like okay brain can’t reply directly, but I can take it into my court (my blog) and into the corner (the tags) where I’m more comfortable and say it and know they’ll still hear my response

[icewindandboringhorror]

misc photo diary stuff.. also this unintentionally all matches sort of lol.. warm toned photos?

[livvyofthelake]

joel mchale in the american housewife finale btw. as cooper's dad that's crazy.... AND jim rash is still here playing that waiter who sucks at his job and is a huge cunt <3 i miss community....

[luvbug724]

while i am here i stayed up til 8am rereading icebreaker by a. l. graziadei yesterday for the first time since it came out & ive been offline because theres no fandom for it but i cant stop thinking abt mickey so ive been devouring any mindless book i can get my hands on. if u want a cute little YA romance abt sports & mental health it is probably up ur alley :) you :) read it :)

[marklikely]

we only have akira right now

[gamesucks]

runs around in a circle i mean it when i say everyone should play mysims... its just a silly little game about building up a town one furniture piece made of weird shit at a time with vague lore and a good soundtrack

[coveredinsweetpea]

I am this 🤏 close to giving up medicine and my dream to practice neurology, just so I can go into IT, get a remote job and move somewhere in the mountains where a 4 bedroom house with a big ass yard costs just about as much as a one bedroom apartment in the city I currently live in. Fuck it. Give me 5 dogs, clean air and no fucking traffic. No neighbours?? Fuck it, I want it NOW 😠

[kethabali]

very pleased with today's food choices

[silks-up-my-sleeve]

It's mid-August and I'm already starting to plan what Christmas cookies I'm baking... who am I?

[hornedcraft]

hey whats up witchblr its me ya gal(?) and i have. a lot of psychic energy i need to get out and nobody to use it on. if you want a free reading (probably a three-card pull just to see what’s up) just send me your question and i’ll pop one out. 

i got a bunch of different tarot decks, if you don’t pick one i’ll choose for you, but my list of them is posted here!

UPDATE: i’m closing these for the day, i’m about to Burn Out lol

[thegeminisage]

ok heres what i did. i went to 11pm likd a good law abiding citizen. i did not fall asleep until 1am. i was then woken at around 3am. and stayed awake until 5am. i fell asleep again and slept until about 615am and i kept sort of half waking up during that time. my alarm went off at 630. then i woke up and i drove to laurens to get blood drawn. then i came home and, realizing that i had less than an hour before i'd have to wake up, did not lie down. now i am driving again, and probably also going to hell, because driving sleep deprived is worse than driving drunk but i literally do not have a choice if ibdesire healthcare and also i promised to pick up my aunt from school

[birlwrites]

that reg(/?)giada thing sounds amazing. and he'd be a terrible/fantastic ADULT FIGURE(tm) to blaise. like, if giada's ex's wanted to live longer, they should have been more competent. she won because she was better at the game. it doesn't matter if she fooled them. they shouldn't have been fooled to begin with. you should be proud of your mother, blaise. (incidentally, i've always thought if regulus had been born a girl, there would have been so many black widow jokes)

i mean giada's ex husbands did not really stand a chance, like what were they going to do? not get murdered? that's the whole reason she married them

[absintheanflare]

very funny to me how i didnt realize a language-based job is entirely an option for me. how the hell didnt i notice it