#where he thinks he has the solution and he's confident about it but he doesnt have all the context

[youngpettyqueen]

I love this argument that Julian and Garak are having about Earth vs Cardassia political styles and I especially love that Garak is like. shocked at how impassioned he is about this topic

[cringelordofchaos]

craig is so fucking emotionally repressed and afraid of being vulnerable and open about his feelings and bottles them up way too much until he cant handle it and it never gets resolved i love him

he thinks he "is in control of his emotions", but in reality it seems like he's moreso blocking them out or ignoring them, or trying to rationalize the situation. (at least that's what it seems to be the case judging by the fact that's how he tried to help tweek feel better in Put It Down.) But it's literally canon that his primary weakness is communication so its definitely moredifficult for him to express his emotions unless he burts them out (like in his argument with tweek in put it down.)

love his relationship with tweek, it really forces him to confront an important part of life he is shown avoiding - emotions. and by talos it is difficult for him but he's learning.

though at the same time he's overwhelmed and overburdened, since tweek is pretty emotional and sometimes potentially clingy (due to him being naturally insecure of himself and somewhat relying on craig for encouragement), this might be perceived as a threat for craig who's practically afraid of emotions or vulnerability, and probably doesnt know how to manage them the best.

this is best shown (but not resolved) in Buddha Box where Cartman says the buddha box can help him block out anxiety or other people that may overburden him. he begins to talkabout tweek and feeling like hes always asking for his attention. so he just tries blocking everything out instead of confronting this or communicating this to tweek. its pretty interesting how they practically made it canon that he actually struggles with anxiety, despite him being the monotone, deadpan and calm one, especially when compared to tweek. im pretty disappointed they didnt resolve this by the end, but boy am i glad they showed the part of him that struggles as much as others. from what we know, craig is really not that close to many people, or much things, besides stripe, his guinea pig... so given his difficulties with communicating and accepting his feelings accompanied by the fact that he isnt and never was close to that many people, i dont blame him for finding it difficult to exactly manage his relationshiip with tweek, especially as tweek is really emotional himself. and craig does care, a lot, and does want tweek to be happy, and he tries helping him by simply being logical and coming up with solutions, rather than thinking emotionally, but sometimes that's simply not enough. and he does learn that in put it down but sort of starts struggling again in buddha box, except this time instead of learning to be emotinally vulnerable for tweek, he shuts himself off from everyone. though hopefully one day he learns to be more open, because that's pretty important in general but especially in a relationship, i think.

eurghhhh they complete each other so well. they are so different which does prove itself to be an obstacle but also is important for both of them, because they learn soo much from each other. Tweek learned how to be more confident in himself 'in a way he never has before' thanks to craig. and tweek is helping craig learn how to manage emotional relationships and life better and understand emotions in general.

Im not sure where exactly his emotional suppression comes from. It could be due to his family being more closed off. it could be due to him possibly being autistic. it could be due to both. it could be due to neither. but i love him nonetheless.

anyway sorry for small rant. the post was initially just gonna be one sentence but i felt like elaborating on what i meant. i love craig tucker soooo much. he makes me soooo happy.

[the-s1lly-corner]

Hello, I saw that this account can write for creepypastas so can I please have some headcanons for characters such as Laughing Jack, Eyeless jack and slenderman (and maybe Jason the toymaker) with a S/O who often holds their emotions and anger in and gets easily annoyed and frustrated but they dislike telling them the problem (like out of fear of being humiliated or lack of trust)

Laughing Jack, Eyeless Jack and Slenderman x reader who bottles up emotions but becomes irritable!

not at all confident in my writing for jason since i never really got into him </3 hope thats okay !! runs around ehehehehehe another creepypasta request (chews) AND its with my favorites unrelated to this post but ik i said i was gonna get on that grind but admin hasnt ate yet today and he hungers for sammy so me thinks im going to knock out this request then take a quick break then come back!!

LAUGHING JACK:

honestly as much as i love this clown, hes a clown at the end of the day. he doesnt take many things seriously, and when he does hes still giggling and treating it lightly. so arguably, between these three he might be the worst.. unless having this goofy fuck trying relentlessly to get a smile on your face is helpful to you, at least in the short-term.. he DOES notice that youre tense and upset, but hes more likely to try to cheer you up or get you to laugh or smile instead of actually asking whats wrong with you. though, if youre crying.. i think thats where hed drop everything and ask if theres something going on. its that little caretaker bit in him thats still lingering from before he got all twisted, you know?

does not have much to say or any solutions, but he does offer to hold you while you cry or yell, hell he would even let you hit him around if it makes you feel better; though hes a little touched that the offer gives you pause.. clown physics be damned, you dont want to do that. crying/yelling into his chest it is then.. hes pretty soft and warm, i think.. might even start purring to try to soothe you during the tail end of your whole thing.. i know i just said that he doesnt have much to say but i think theres like. a tiny chance he would drop the most profound and effective reassurance.. so you know what maybe hes not the WORST, its just getting him to stop being silly can be a little tough...

dont snap at him, hes either going to keep riling you up or hes going to legitimately get angry, theres no in-between and it depends on the day and jack doesnt have the sense or thought to step away to let you guys cool down

EYELESS JACK:

doing ej first, but i think between the three hes the worst with you. not because he cant relate to you or that he doesnt care about you; but out of... him not being able to understand. which is a little funny since a lot of my hcs for him and his whole deal has to deal with suppressing himself but i think emotions and eating flesh are two different things. shrugs... every blunt with just telling you to talk to him, which can sometimes come off as cold and uninterested but rest assured thats not really his intention. he DOES care about you, but hes not exactly the softest person in this situation... rare that hes around when youre out and about doing things, given hes a hermit and is very careful about not getting seen... but when you do come to visit and he notices something is up with you he does ask if you need to talk. will snap back if youre being short with him, though, so both of you guys are going to need to take a few minutes before continuing the conversation to try to find a solution... if one can be found; he studied to be a doctor, not a therapist

though... i think overtime he would pick up on cues and things that make you untense just a tiny bit, and i just know he would utilize it. massages? hes already working the tension in your shoulders down. favorite food? sure hes not the best cook and he might have to go raid your pantry if hes visiting, but hes going to try his best to make you some food! just want to sit in the quiet? jacks already a pretty quiet guy, not too chatty, so youre set there already... wanna talk? he will listen, but a lot of his advice and solutions are more logical and straight forward rather than emotionally driven..

SLENDERMAN:

oh you dont think he would notice that you bottle your feelings up and shove them down? get real, he may not be the best with reading humans and understanding them but hes not clueless with your feelings. but do i think he would ask you to talk and open up? its hard to say... because on one hand i love the idea of slenderman just minding his own business, but i also enjoy the fatherly energy the old fandom have assigned him to... and finding a middle ground here is a little... hard... shrugs. he does take you away from situations that have you stressing out very quickly, though.. if youre alone? its as easy as just taking you and dipping.. but if youre around people (with slenderman standing off to the side out of sight, of course) hes going to wait until everyone is looking away. side note but to others it has definitely looked like you disappeared when a bus passed LMAO

rather than straight up asking you whats wrong and trying to coax you into speaking, i think he would give you journals so you can get your emotions out in some way... but if you want to talk to him, hes not going to stop you. centuries of living but not interacting much with others does offer some interesting advice, typically in the form of self care and meditation rather than trying to express your discomforts to others before they have the chance to stomp all over you... shrugs.. but if youre being irritable around him, similar to ej i think hes going to have to detach for a moment to avoid any conflict, though i dont think he would snap back at you unless you do something that REALLY gets under his skin.. buuuuut simple snark isnt going to do shit

[ludinusdaleth]

do you think asmodeous is full of crap when he tells braius to listen to the archheart and let predathos free so only he and the betrayers will exist? do you think he wants to die or he has so much hubris he thinks predathos will only go after them and not him?

i saw a post earlier that was like "asmodeus talks big for someone who's going to have a tantrum breakdown an hour after he loses his family" and i generally agree with that lol

what defines asmo for me is even if he doesnt love them well, he is in a way the glue of the gods as a family, and his love is intense enough that he most believes in them one day reuniting more than anyone else in the entire pantheon. i think he thinks if he ran them off, he could have his cake (destroying mortality) and eat it too (humble his family enough they became one again in their fear, as they did before). if he "cleansed" exandria and met them again one day, he could be smug & Right, and yet they would also have a blank slate.

i also have to assume that over 1,000 years he has grown & changed in some ways, just as corellon now thinks chasing the gods off is a good option when they destroyed aeor. im confident hes leading the push to the second calamity option, but he is probably just as exhausted as the others are with this cycle. it's just that where corellon & the matron may see ending their own reign as the solution to the circle, asmodeus has never stopped seeing mortals as the problem. i think even as his opinion of the fate of his brethren may shift, the betrayers always Got that this needed to end far before the primes ever did; it's just about different opinions on how to end it. compound eons of this neverending loop with a chance to finally end it and i think it's going to drive him to act like never before.

[sparklecareforrealjustice]

why is marco's insomnia caused by the cometparents having earth shattering gay sex every single night instead of genetic or caused by medication or his narcolepsy or something. literally why

honestly bro i thought for a long time marcos insomnia was supposed to be tied to anxiety which would have been a cool plot point to pull with and work with but with kc just saying its gay sex then in the next couple pages ignoring this drop.... cuz we see marco is now confiding in the dog person about having a nightmare and feeling stressed by his home life and it feels like that instead of building off the preexisting plot point about possibly tackling marcos issues related to hearing his parents fuck every night it immediatly swaps back to this weird alien thing and marco feeling pressured to fulfill a role in the family it makes it come across as kc realizing she wants to fix marcos sleep issues and instead of seeing him get help or therapy or figuring out the solution it just turns out its noise pollution every night not even a subtly building an arc where its dropped and he tries to find a solution, such as sleeping during the day and going out at night instead the only way for it to be relevant is a random drop where in the next scene hes just sleeping at howies parents home it feels like it could have been an arc but in the moment kittycorn didnt wish to subtly build kits character instead so desperately wanting to rush to this next key plot point and if she just wanted marco out of the house then it still would have worked with marco escaping to someone elses house at night and slowly realizing he wants to leave but instead howies parent has to be a mouth piece to just tell marco to leave because of the nightmare he had this should have been treated as a heavy plot point or something serious but instead its denoted to a lil side gag and isntead this arc has to be about this particular point related to marco instead of the many other things and with deciding that the cause for his insomnia was the parents fucking that also means that kc can just... have him leave and suddenly hes completely cured of all his issues which is wholeheartedly and genuinely frustrating to think about and downplaying the struggles of insomniacs who have genetic or biological issues especially when just earlier i was thinking the marcos insomnia seemed for once well written and well handled without it being unnecesarily cured and it just being an aspect that marco is learning to deal with i genuinely thought based on earlier dialogue we could see him develope and learn to cope but we dont get this learning phase it can just be cleansed by him moving out and leaving plus i feel nervous that maybe we arent really gonna get this arc about marco realizing how fucked up these orgies are also most folks that have kids and in their 50s to 60s with several kids tend to calm down on all the sex anyways as libido with age calms so it just feels like an ass pull that this is the excuse but yeah also unrelated nickpicks why is his allotopun narcolepsy yet it doesnt seem relevant and why is his image on the toyhouse have him twink i fied -uni

[immortaltale]

the quality of my life right now inherently depends on thinking about two old men kissing so here is my rough ideas on how a relationship between them would start

i feel like. when pep realizes he has feelings he starts trying to hang around jurgen more and talk to him more, and just generally be closer to him

despite this though pep doesn't want to make the "first move", and he kind of hints at wanting jurgen to take that step (see: suggesting the idea of going out to dinner in the future but never outright asking jurgen / telling the media that "he could have asked me")

maybe part of this is because pep is just that type of person when it comes to relationships, but also i think that jurgen is just so friendly and touchy with basically everyone that pep isn't really sure where he himself stands i.e. pep doesn't know if jurgen sees him as someone special or not. chronic overthinker

as for jurgen, i think he's the type to act affectionately towards people but doesn't really stop and think about what it Means or how he Feels about the other person since it's so commonplace for him. that is to say when he starts developing feelings towards pep he doesn't even realize it at first

in fact he probably doesnt realize it until a moment where his emotions take over and are at a high — while facing against pep in a match

he gets very passionate during matches ofc so when the full-time whistle blows and they have their customary hug, jurgen is overwhelmed by this feeling and suddenly realizes that his passion is currently directed not so much at the match (which has now ended) but at pep himself

so now jurgen understands the extent of his feelings, i don't think he'd say anything right away but instead he invites pep to that dinner that they've both been waiting for

when they meet again, pep who is so brilliant at working out solutions and jurgen who wears his heart on his sleeve, it's obvious. pep notices the change in jurgen's eyes and jurgen finally understands what's been lying beneath pep's for all this time

i think now that pep is confident about how jurgen feels, he's probably the one to initiate a first kiss, to which jurgen of course responds

honestly after this i feel like. they both think they're too old to care about nonsense discussions and labels, i really wouldn't put it past them to just not talk about the details of their relationship lmfao. and they're content just keeping it how it is. are they rivals? of course. friends? maybe, maybe not. lovers? who knows. but they're pep guardiola and jurgen klopp, two of the best managers in the world so does it really matter?

[videoessaypolls]

Confession: I want Jack Saint to do something cringe. On purpose. With no irony or self-hating humor.

After seeing his review of Dan Olsen's "I don't know james rolph", it has become clear to me how incredibly insecure he is. The piece of cardboard that says "fun prop", the insistance that video essays aren't art - and that it should be obvious because he doesn't consider his own work art, him projecting onto James and taking it personally when Dan Olsen asks questions like "James knows how to film professionally, so why did he film this in a way that made it harder on himself?".

"I am not confident in my research", "I have filmed entire videos out of shot", "I don't know how to use a green screen".

Jack, you are so insecure that you tried to argue that Dan Olsen's video was a lolcow rather than an empathetic, compassionate exploration of James Rolph. He recreated the camera conditions not to mock James, but to understand where James was coming from. And he did end the video understanding where James came from. He goes on a monologue about how difficult it must have been filming in such a cramped room and so now he understands why building an odd contraption to film with was probably the only solution.

"Dan kinda explores how he sees himself in the angry videogame nerd but then that doesnt go anywhere, he just drops it" no, Jack, he did go somewhere with it. He continues on with this commentary using the visual metaphors that you mocked for being pretentious.

You don't have to defend the right to post mediocrity, Jack. There will always be a place for that. But also, because you are not mediocre, Jack. You make some great stuff. But you're so scared of being sincere that you've wrapped yourselves in so many layers of irony and, as a result, accidentally have shown your sincere insecurities.

Make something cringe, Jack. Make it with sincerety. Research despite not being good at it, use new filming techniques despite not knowing what you're doing. It will be messy and it will be cringe and it will be beautiful and it will be you. Whether you'd like you think so or not, your work is art.

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[carma-bis]

Deleted cause I fact checked myself. An anti-depressant and gabapentin will be prescribed for phantom pain, but it seems like we're trying to lesson as much opioid prescription for phantom pain from phantom limbs as much as possible. Also I'm unsure how much actual pain there is where opioids would be necessary and whether that pain is nerve pain or *actual* phantom pain ur brain creating fake signals because it's so *used* to something being there. I think we're conflating your personal experience with a phantom limb with the concept that something chemically triggering in ur brain that causes some people to develop phantom limbs and others not to, rather than it being a side effect of mental/physical trauma. And I do not say this to just keep countering ur points, boobs are incredibly unsensitive, they're developed to have babies munch on them. Porn culture has hyper-sexualized woman's breasts to the point where it IS becoming a kink in and of itself. It is no different from groping any other part of the body but I'm specifically comparing it to probably the inner thigh area, in my own experience lol. Freud literally invented the concept of penis-envy so the idea that a penis phantom limb is, if we're trusting his admittance of some sort of patriarchal system at play impacting how babies develop intimately with their sex, still just social is pretty solid, considering the impact Freud's psychology has had on the social world. With a history of sexual abuse in our family, my sister and I, one of my earliest memories, is comparing clit sizes with her and the bigger the better. It was male-centric, penis-centric. It starts early.

To give sustenance to your hypothesis, that MAYBE SOMEONE might have a genetic/dna reason to develop phantom limbs, detatched from sexual implications so even cancer patients having phantom limbs from removed limbs, vs people who lost limbs when they were incredibly young, vs people born without those limbs in the first place, you'd have to find correlation between everyone who's had phantom pain and run testing on their genes to maybe find ANY implication of it being genetic/predisposed. This is what they're doing with autism currently, and the results are surprisingly muddy as hell. Sure, maybe. I wouldn't bet your mental health on it though. I agree that some brains will react to stressors worse than other brains and this can cause a multitude of mental disorders to spawn. Thus, some brains just fuck up. I literally cannot agree more. That doesn't mean the solution is conforming to a brain fuck up, it's cognitive therapy to align how you are interpreting reality vs the actual reality. We've known this for a hot minute, which is where my argument for it being so socially ingrained comes from. Because no structural system benefits from a disabled dude thinking he has a limb he doesnt, and it's mental illness when you want a limb gone that's perfectly healthy. So why is the concept of genitals so ground breaking on this front? Boobs, penis, uterus. Literally the prime example of schizophrenia is self-genital mutilation. Who benefits from these entrenched gender roles, that this is where we will deem it moral to apply cosmetic surgery to phantom limb concepts? Why was this where the line was erased suddenly?

Like the confidence u have to say it has NOTHING to do with social conditioning when there is literally no proof that phantom limbs can be a genetic defect in the brain rather than, like I said, a result of mental/physical trauma, is distressing. lol. P.S. I will always want to say something that triggers someone to think twice about getting permanent surgery. Just the concept of being put under for frivolous reasons rubs me the wrong way from watching kids blue code for circumcisions in a children's ER. I don't consider this bad, especially since I consider cosmetic surgery to be an incredibly predatory practice based in nothing but solidifying people's perceived flaws. Actual medical grafting/injury recovery cosmetic surgeries are a given if consented.

Hello radical feminist community. I am a dysphoric person who has seen a lot of differing opinions on here. I'm looking for some people to host a civil discussion about radical feminism, dysphoria, and the trans community.

I don't know much about the radical feminist community, but this seems like a good start. If you're interested in politely educating me, message or comment, or even reblog with a comment.

I will engage with anyone who comes to this post in good taste

[plunnies-n-shit]

Anyway is christmas eve and im drunk and tired and thinking about a blind ichigo au

Like hes been blind for as long as he can remember and has largely navigated the world through his sense of reiatsu and while not perfect and complete solution by any means he can get around fine. The other students think its a little uncanny that he can always recognize whos approaching him, can tell who is or isnt in class today, but theyve also seen him training with Tatsuki, and hes friends with Sado whos grandmother is also blind, so its not like. THAT weird?

And its honestly a boon when hes a subshinigami, because consciously or not hollows and shinigami both use their reiatsu to bolster their bodies as they move and strike, to give them speed and strength, and by refining his reiatsu sense ichigo knows where an attack is going to be before the motion even really begins. Which isnt perfect either: he actually fights kenpachi better after kenpachi removes the eyepatch, because with the eyepatch on kenpachi earned all of his strength and speed the proper way, through training and training and physical training.

And byakuya is more than a little overwhelming, because when he releases his shikai he's everywhere, all at once, and tracking each and every petal of reiatsu is next to impossible

But then Aizen is dead and Ichigo is perfectly, normally human again, and the world is big and unknown and scary, compounded on top of his ptsd from the winter war, and it just. Sucks big time.

And after about a month of too little sleep and falling behind in school and flinching every time one of his sisters so much as accidentally brush up against him, ichigo is home alone because he cant force himself to go to school where there are people and obstacles and his exfriends and an ocean of pity, and theres a knock on the door.

Kisuke sweeps his way into the kurosaki house with all his usual arrogant confidence, and ichigo is annoyed, of course he is, its been a month of no contact. But hes also comfortable, with kisuke nearby, relaxing by inches, and he cant figure out why until hes sitting at the kitchen table with the lunch kisuke brought

Because kisuke is chattering mindlessly, like he always does, but now it always gives ichigo a sense of where kisuke is. And ichigo knows this space, he can navigate it fine, so kisuke doesnt bother guiding him there. But when the food is plated and their at the table, kisuke's touch is a gentle guide on his wrist: here is his plate, his chopsticks, his drink. But it doesnt feel like pity, it just feels. Natural. Like this is what ichigo needs, and kisuke would be an asshole if he didnt do these things

And before Kisuke leaves, he wrapps ichigos fingers around the curved handle of a cane, and. Its not a guide cane, but its more than even isshin has offered him, and ichigo feels his breath all caught up in his chest, tangled up with the gratefulness that he cant choke out.

(He assumes its just a replica, because the alternative is too crazy for ichigo to even comprehend. But then he has his powers back and he can feel Benihime beneath his hand, all of Kisukes carefully-cultivated bloodlust, and, a Zanpakuto is the extension of the soul, Kisuke has to be fucking insane)

(kisuke must be insane, because the alternative is too crazy for ichigo to even comprehend)

Definitely dont think about kisuke losing his goddamn little mind becaise ichigo is out there, powerless and vulnerable,and the stress is part guilt part... attachment

And he comes to ichigo with the intent to give him lunch and a guide cane. Its very modern. Foldable. Ichigo could probably beat a hollow to death with it, if it came to that, with the amount of augments and enhancements kisuke made to it.

But instead kisuke finds himself wrapping ichigos fingers around his cane, his Zanpakuto. Its already in motion, and he cant find an elegant way of walking this back, and he finds that he doesnt want to.

And never think about the guilty satisfaction kisuke takes in knowing ichigo is carrying around a piece of his soul, arguably his better half. Because this is his fault, and hes fixing it, and that should feel guitily good enough in its own right, but

dont think about why else he would be pleased and smug

anyways merr chirstymas

[starssoblue]

responding to this here because i don't have anyone but my sister to rant about nancy drew stuff and i find that twitter and tumblr and reddit all have such weird takes that clash with each other and my own thoughts and i like discussions.

so someone made this strange post on reddit that ace this season (which you have to understand has been 11 episodes so far!!) doesn't feel like himself anymore, but idk as a big fan of alex saxon (i've seen him as supporting characters in tv shows for years!) and a nace shipper since season 1 when it was my fun little crack ship i didn't expect to ever happen, i disagree.

i'm actually very confused what this person is trying to say. season 1 ace was a very minor character until the last few episodes when we started seeing him pair up with nancy. yeah, he had one or two fun quirks in some episodes but the overall tone of the season was different, as was what ace was going through. he has done tech things the entire time - that and out of the box solutions were his specialty and he still has a gift for thinking outside the obvious, and the group relies on his intellect a lot. he was less open as a character, less used to confiding in anyone, if you see how he took a while to feel like part of the group and how he isn't always the best at expressing deep emotions, the way he used anger to hide from the attachment he feels to his new group of friends and how in season 2 you could tell he was already deeply respecting and admiring nancy but conflicted because he had just started to feel like he has a purpose, which was actually an important part of who he was since the beginning. he wanted to belong somewhere. that said, season 2 focused on bess, george, and nancy's personal conflicts, more heavily about nancy's feelings of inadequacy, so i see season 3 as ace's own journey since he actually hasn't had one. but the hints of these conflicts have always been there. in seasons 1 and 2, you see tense interactions with his father, despite loving him dearly, so that conflict eventually erupting, as things tend to do when you put them off and push them within, made perfect sense. throw in his own struggle with wanting to find his own place and his father shouting insecurities at him that he's always had, his sad mood half this 11 episodes so far season makes perfect sense. we had a lot more episodes to balance some of the other characters going through their own conflicts but ace's has had less time to be buried in the midst of talking to florence and saying funny jokes or whatever you want from him. also, as i said, the tones of the seasons as well as the stakes are so different. in season 1 a murder had already happened but there was more of a "figure out what happened and save carson's life" focus than a we are all going to die focus. ace isn't mr fun and sunshine the first few episodes of season 2 because their lives are at stake. most of season 2, nancy was the one surrounded by a dark cloud as characters like ace could "be in bloom," unaware to her struggles. season 3 places ace at the forefront in a way that he wasn't before. he has plots away from the crew and nancy, he almost ends up in jail, he has amanda shout to him that he's not the good guy he thinks he is and you see this literally go through his head and make him question everything. this on top of his father shouting his deepest insecurities at him and him not wanting to lose the drew crew, multiple people telling him his feelings for nancy are obvious and you know he doesnt want to lose her either...this poor guy is going through so much. and they have bigger stakes than they've ever had so the atmosphere is already different. that said, he still had moments early on in this season where he was bess's escape from bad dates or that entire episode of him babysitting carson and ryan. i just think overall the season has less time for silliness and ace himself is dealing with a lot so his behavior makes sense.

i'd also like to add that the grant story always seemed limited though i doubt is the last we hear from the road back, and idk what he's meant to do about grant when he's such a taboo topic in his family and also in witness protection. i don't see any strain with ryan at all minus that one fun scene where his personal insecurities led him to snap at ryan and he called him out for it. it wasn't because of a bad relationship with ryan but rather that ace is stressed and self deprecating, and ryan just happened to be there. additionally, it makes no sense for ace to seek his father while trapped in liminal space. his dad doesnt deal with the supernatural, would not be able to read any of the signs he would try to give him, and it would be a waste of time when they had no time they could waste. i didn't find that ooc at all.

ace didn't have much of a life outside of the drew clew since season 1, and even then it was nothing. he literally does a whole speech about how it was the first time he felt like he had a real crew, and other than secret police work or when he was with laura i haven't seen him have much of an outside life at all. even while he was dating amanda we rarely saw them alone since nancy was almost always around.

anyway i find it strange this is even a complaint for this season's ace because he has VERY MUCH been on his own this season in a way he wasn't last season or in the first. his errands for mr bobbsey, doing investigative work for carson, that stuff with the cipher, having to defend himself with carson, a whole episode he spent with amanda trying to find her dad, babysitting ryan and carson, working at the historical society with ryan... he has had so many solo plots all season. despite this season being so short they've focused a lot on ace, and we are getting more insight into his feelings than we ever have. sorry that his actual thoughts aren't just fluff and he has insecurities like all humans but i personally like this. all the great characters that seem happy go lucky and carefree seem to be haunted by self doubt and are afraid, and it adds a lot of depth to his character for there to be more to ace than meets the eye.

nancy has already seen this by realizing he isn't just a vapid pretty boy but an intellectual equal too. there is a reason she seeks out his company when she would have once preferred to go alone.

this is actually SO unfair idek what to say. nancy put herself on the line in all of season 1 that the crew had to tell her to stop doing things alone. in season 2 she sacrificed herself for everyone re: the wraith. not to mention her taking it personally when he was in that coma in season 1, or her literally sacrificing her own safety by acquiring the help of celia to save his life. ace and nancy have both sacrificed themselves for each other a few times and nancy is constantly trying to save everyone. i personally don't think either owe each other this and would like their relationship to start not with personal sacrifice but just a sincere heart to heart. idk i don't think it's necessary for love to begin out of pain. and personally think nancy and ace don't deserve more of it.

that said, i am terrified for these last two episodes. but my theory isn't that nace are sacrificed and i am more worried for ryan....which is a whole other thing.

[timefospookies]

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@tinitortellini

HELEN AND JEFF WENT TO MIDDLE+HIGH SCHOOL TOGETHER AND THEY WERE BEST FRIENDS

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Bro okay so Jeff (13) moved to Helen’s town after him and Liu (16) had been taken away from their parents and placed in an orphanage. Jeff, up until this point, had always been weak and helpless. Always relying on his brother for protection. That was going to change in this new town. He took up this cocky, aggressive confident persona, and he began to care a lot about his looks. Never would any of his peers think of him as a poor little kid. No, they would respect him. Perhaps even fear him

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Meanwhile, Helen (13) is completely apathetic and resents everyone because everyone resents him. He was made the target of bullying when a girl’s new watch was found stuffed in his bag, allegedly stolen. And though Helen had done nothing, all his peers began harassing him, calling him a freak and a thief, some even beating him up. Tom, the previous target of bullying, offered his sympathy to Helen, and the two became friends. Helen never really had friends before and he really got along with Tom. He trusted him with everything. His art, his troubles, his happiest moments. And Tom listened and validated him. But at the same time it seemed like the more he was with Tom, the worse the bullying got from his peers, and the more Tom started to drift away. One night, Helen got a message from Tom asking him to meet up in the school roof. He had something important to tell him. Helen went the next morning and Tom confessed that he had planted that girl’s watch into his bag and framed him. That he had been sharing some of Helen’s secrets with the others. That he was tried of being bullied all the time, so the best solution was to set a new target, but that he felt guilty about it because he thought Helen was a good kid. Helen didn’t take this well. A fight broke out and Tom slipped. Helen tried to save him, but Tom let go of his hand and fell to his death.

Ever since then, many had claimed that he’d killed Tom, which only lead to more bullying from his peers. Completely heartbroken, confused and angry, Helen came to the conclusion that this was Tom’s final plan to sabotage him. That Tom had always hated him and this was his final “fuck you”. He could never trust anyone again because every person had bad intentions.

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And this is where Jeff comes in. He doesn’t care much for other people, but when others’ business interferes with his, that’s when he gets involved. Helen and Jeff had English and Science together in middle school. The teacher sat them together. It also happened to be that in Science class, Ban, Helen’s main attacker, was also there. He constantly came up to Helen to harass him, and to Jeff it was disruptive because Science was his favorite subject. So here’s Ban harassing Helen right and then Jeff goes

So Jeff has always been a little menace 😭

He’s the kind of kid who liked killing frogs for fun okay??? So if he was given the chance to fight someone, he would absolutely fucking take it. The teacher’s like “guys knock it off” but Ban is like “OKAY LETS FUCKING GO THEN” and wipes the floor with Jeff BDJSJ. BUT HE DOESNT GO DOWN EASILY OH NO. THIS KID BITES MAN. EVERYONE IN THE CLASS IS SCREAMING AND YELLING AND THE TEACHER IS CALLING SECURITY AND JEFF IS BITING PIECES OF FLESH OUT

And Helen is just sitting here absolutely petrified, freaking out internally. And boom Ban gains an advantage and Jeff is like losing and he makes eye contact with Helen. And Helen is overrun with the urge to do something. He’s like seeing himself in Jeff. He’s seeing Tom in Jeff and he never helped Tom when he needed it. So he grabs his binder and runs over, hitting Ban over the head. Hard. Security bursts in separates the 3 boys. Everyone is suspended for a week, and by the time they come back, everyone is afraid of both Jeff and Helen. And Jeff approaches Helen like “yo that was pretty cool of you man! You wanna be friends? :)”

And Helen is like “??!!1??” and doesn’t say anything so Jeff takes that as a yes and never leaves him alone after that. Helen thinks Jeff is annoying but at least he’s useful in terms of no one ever dares to approach them anymore when they’re together so. Tactical advantage. Jeff is really excitable and very interested in Helen’s art, and Helen tries his best not to like him. He could turn on him any moment, after all. But Jeff never seems to be anything but honest. Sure he’s a brute and an asshole, but he never lies. And he’s kind of. Nice? To him? As far as nice goes with Jeff anyway. He can’t help but feel like Jeff was slowly growing on him. He was nothing like Tom, but Helen somehow felt as comfortable as he did back then with him. It was curious. It really was. And as strange as it sounds, it was maybe the only true friendship he ever had.

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[bakugoulvr420]

comforting bakugou

OMG IM SO SORRY sometimes i leave requests unposted on draft form because i feel unsatisfied and think abt returning to them later once motivation flows in and i end up forgetting a lot of the times. im really sorry about this!!!

despite bakugou seeming like an egotistical son of a poop with his confidence over the roof, it’s honestly all just a play :(

even when he talks to midoriya about how he’s able to beat him despite midoriya possessing ofa is actually him reflecting his fear/insecurity of midoriya winning against him in the future

or whenever he makes fun of someone for not knowing something, it’s him not wanting to show that side of him where he actually doesnt know anything

so yeah, bakugou is actually a very insecure person and i feel like he’d open up to you mostly because he knows that you wouldnt leave him or judge him about his weaknesses

sometimes he’d go “fuck it up” whenever he experiences slumps during his training since he’s always trying to discover new techniques for his quirk

im sure that he has broken down a couple of times whenever his arm would begin hurting due to the pressure of his blasts

whenever his mood would worsen due to his insecurities, he’d go to bed much earlier. not because he wants to sleep but because he just wants to get away from everything

he’d just be staring at the ceiling with a frown on his face because he knows that sulking wont help him improve or fix things so then he begins feeling angry at himself for being unproductive

bakugou definitely needs you next to him to remind him that its okay to fail sometimes and its okay to take a moment to breathe properly

most of the times you’d cling onto his arm or hug him from the back if he’s lost in his thoughts and itd surprise him everytime

“how are you feeling?”

“what are you doing?”

“dont change the subject- i know there is something wrong. lets talk about it please?”

of course he’d refuse to talk at all and reassure you that he’s fine or just tired but you’d always break his shell because cmon. youre not some ordinary person- youre his s/o and that says a lot already

if things flow out nicely, he’d begin venting to you, sometimes (rarely) releasing the built up tears in his eyes

bakugou doesnt want advice. he has the solution to all of his problems but he needs a reminder to reassure him that he’s doing the right thing in the right pace. he just wants someone to talk to about whatever and share all of his feelings with no filter

[sevendeadlymorons]

Hey I’m that one anon from a while back that sent those long ass paragraphs about Lilith and Simeon, remember me? Anyway I know I’m very late to the party, but some of the boys are either getting to much hate or too much love over here (in my opinion) so I made a pros and cons list for all of them, I’m sorry- (I’m warning you now this will be long but I’ll put it in bullet points so it’s a bit easier to read, just read it whenever your mentally ready lol)

Lucifer (I hate this man.)

Pros

He’d help a lot with getting your life together wether that be finding a job, choosing the right college or other shit like that

He’d make sure your working hard and getting everything done, which is both a blessing and a curse tbh

He would be the one to take the most care of you whenever your ill psychically

Cons

He would probably overwork you

Doesnt have much time to spend on you and doesn’t make a effort to find more time unless your getting really sad about it

Probably wouldn’t be the best of help through issues with mental illness (he just doesn’t strike me as that type, feel free to disagree)

His pride would cause some serious problems in relationships :/

Mammon (I love this man.)

Pros

He’s the “if your sad, I’m sad” kind of guy so he does whatever he can to put a smile on your face

Makes his affection towards you known once he’s comfortable enough, mostly through things like hugs and head pats tho

He shows off anything you make, and I mean anything (you gave him a drawing? After showing it to everyone he puts it on the fridge. You wrote something? He reads it to everyone then puts it in his notebook to reread later, I think you get where I’m going with this)

Cons

There would probably be some communication issues due to his tsundere nature and habit of ignoring you when he’s mad

He’d get super mad at you when your trying to help him financially, maybe it’s a ego thing or maybe he’s just tired of hearing it

While his possessiveness is cute at times he’d definitely get way to overbearing if you don’t force him to cool it

Levi (I kin this man.)

Pros

He’d try to set up designated hangout times (like Friday is movie night, Tuesday is for RPGs etc)

Wanna spend time with him but aren’t very into what he’s into? While it will be harder to bond with him because of this I think if you REALLY wanted to hang with him he’d at least try to meet you in the middle (like if you like sports he’ll offer to play wii sports lol)

Insecurities getting you down again? Well never fear, levi is here! He’d find characters with flaws similar to those you see in yourself to prove that they don’t really matter (and since he struggles with insecurity himself he’d know how you feel and be one of the best at helping you through them)

Cons

Even if he makes an effort to meet you in the middle if you have different interests he’d refuse to get into “normie” stuff

He’ll guilt trip you constantly, even if it’s not on purpose (“Oh your hanging out with Asmo today? I get it, of course you’d wanna hang out with somebody cool and perfect like Asmo and not a gross yucky otaku like me”)

You have to initiate almost everything Hugs? You hug first. Handholding? You reach out to him. Confessions? You seriously thought he’d be the one to confess first??

Satan

Pros

Similar to Lucifer he’d be good at helping you get your life together and putting you on the right track

Unlike Lucifer, he’d actively make time for date nights and/or hangouts multiple times a week wether your going out for dinner or reading in front of the fireplace

While he himself might not be best at helping with comfort in the moment, he’d be great to turn to if you needed a long time treatment (you need a therapist? He’s got the best three in your area that you can afford and he found some helpful things you can do in this book)

Cons

As stated previously, he’s not the best with comfort, which can be an issue if you need a friend/partner who can be your biggest source of comfort (I’m not saying he’ll do nothing, it’ll just be kinda awkward ig)

If you vent to him about something he’ll always offer advice and while that can be good, sometimes all you want is someone to listen to you and getting advice can be annoying in the moment

I feel like hanging out with him you’d rarely ever get to talk about pointless things, everything would be serious you know? And while serious and deep conversations are good for bonding, some people (myself included) need to be able to talk about dumb things without having it turn philosophical

Asmo

Pros

He’s the best at boosting your confidence, there’s no competition

He’s more into spontaneous outings (he suddenly got the urge to go shopping, your coming with right?)

You can talk about just about anything with him, no judgment and he’ll never speak a word of it to anyone else if you don’t want him to (although he may brag to his brothers that you told him your secrets)

High emotional IQ

Cons

He has set things of things he’s interested in and his idea of trying the things your into is doing whatever it is for about 5 seconds then deciding it’s not for him

He cares a lot about looks, I don’t mean he’ll hate you or insult you cause he thinks your ugly, I mean he’ll constantly try to do your makeup, hair, and nails and he’ll always say things like “Your hair is a bit messy today, did you brush it? Yes? Well not good enough, let me do it” and “your wearing that out? There’s nothing wrong with it, I just think you’d look a lot cuter in this” and if your anything like me, that’ll get on your nerves a lot

While he’s great with emotional issues, if it’s a problem with anything like school or your job he’ll have no solution to offer, all you’ll get is a “You can do it!” and a good luck kiss

Narcissistic, need I say more?

Beel

Pros

He’s the best person to vent to, no judgment and tons of hugs and comfort food

He’s a mom friend, no explanation needed

Very supportive and always concerned for your health

Your in trouble? Call beel, he’ll help you and make sure your home safe before questioning you and will only lecture you out of love (unlike a certain older brother that will lecture you because “Your tarnishing Diavlo’s reputation by acting out like this. Your an exchange student, you must abide by the rules and behave yourself.”)

Cons

Food is his answer to everything (Sad?Food. Injured? Food. School’s stressful? Food plus a little help studying) and while food can be good for comfort, sometimes you need him to provide more than a snack

He’s the opposite of Satan in the sense that he’ll almost never offer advice when you rant to him, he just assumes getting it all out is help enough and won’t offer much more then a hug and food

Not getting along with one of his brothers? “They can be a handful, but they’re great people once you learn to handle the chaos” yeah he rarely thinks what his brothers did is a big deal so he gives you advice on how to apologize and get past it and he’ll give you food

Belphie (he really does attract the mentally ill people huh-)

Cons

I feel like he’d be good for certain people with social anxiety and people who have issues with always being scared about being a bad person (“you think your a bad person and are becoming more and more toxic by the day? Well your a better person than Lucifer that’s for sure, wether or not your toxic were going to cuddle now get in bed” or “your worried everyone is constantly staring and judging you for everything you do? Well I don’t really care about what your wearing or the way you walk so I doubt they do either, can we go home now?” ((Side note, I experience both of these issues and his uncaring personality would calm me, which is why I think this one of his pros))

He just wouldn’t care about whatever type of life style you lead and as someone who’s constantly scared of being judged for their lifestyle this would be amazing (“you sleep all the time? Same let’s nap together” “You don’t eat very healthy? Whatever, it’s fine, can we sleep now?” ((although it is a double edged sword))

He gets a burst of energy and just does the most random things (you see that tree? He’s already climbed half way up it. That petting zoo? He’s already feeding the lambs. That store? He’s already spent 30 grim)

Cons

Just like his twin he thinks every problem has one solution, but instead of food he thinks the solution is sleep (your sick? Sleep is the best medicine. A lot of homework? If you sleep you don’t have to think about it.)

At some point he just doesn’t care enough, if you come to him with a serious issue he’ll half listen to you rant then pull you down to sleep

He teases you a lot, which is fine teasing is fun, but he takes it too far. Maybe he touched on something your insecure about or he was too merciless, whatever it was, he won’t apologize for it, he just thinks your being sensitive. If he brought up some bad memories he’ll consider it, but his way of apologizing is cuddling

He doesn’t wanna do something? You guys aren’t gonna do it. You don’t wanna do something? Too bad, he wants to so your gonna.

I’m sorry this is so long- I tried to shorten it I swear- but anyway if you disagree I’m with anything, I wanna hear what you think

And even tho Beel doesn’t get much screen time and more serious moments, I think his character is way more then hunger

Random but I wanna add that other then Levi I kin Tamaki from mha and Ranpo from bsd

Dude do you just like torturing poor college students? This is so much to read, I’m about to cry 😭

I agree with the Lucifer part actually! Tho I do kinda thing he’s be good emotion support in some ways, for me, anyway. I feel like he may lack empathy that is needed in a stable relationship. Yes, he may be able to tell you with shit and honestly, he’d book my doctors appointments when I’m too anxious too so yknow. But yeah

Also agree with mammon. He’s a jackass when he wants to be, and I know he may not mean it, but his words are still hurtful in a lot of ways and he just can’t convey those emotions that’re needed in a loving relationship. But he’s so sweet and will show you off so it’s all good~

As much as I love Levi, I agree. He manipulates and guilt trips you throughout the entire game. It can’t be healthy in relationships but that don’t stop me from loving that sweet otaku boy 😔🖤

I agree with Satan too. I don’t have much to say but he’s avatar of wrath for a reason, for a start, and he honestly looks like he’d prefer talking about books than that funny thing that happened in class that made you laugh earlier

Agreed with Asmo too. Sometimes he may just get overbearing and the narcissism and the constant need to make you look better and improve you may get irritating

I agree with Beel. I don’t think he can comprehend that food isn’t an answer to everything and as a person who doesn’t cope with food and relatively hates it, he won’t be any help to me emotionally. He’s so sweet but he just won’t give you that proper support

I love Belphie so so much but I absolutely agree. He’s one of the most unbothered brothers who won’t care what you look like, yes, but that also means compliments may come rarely and like his twin, “sleep is the answer to everything” I can admit I like to sleep but I have a manic side that comes with insomnia and if he’s dragging me down and not letting me move and I just cannot sleep, I’m gonna get irritated and pissed off.

This got a bit long on my end too. I just really liked how you worded this and it was fun to see pros and cons of the ‘perfect’ brothers

I think Beel is more than food too, but I just don’t particularly like him either way cuz I’m not really a foodie so I can’t relate with him lmao

[bratz-kitten]

Hey girl, i need some advice and i hope you can help me. I don’t know if you’ve been through this but i guess so bc i saw some asks ago where you were talking about this and yeah

How do i deal with someone i love (ex partner) moving on so quickly and being with another girl?

And like, when that happened to you did you compare yourself to that girl? Because that’s also a huge issue of mine, im always comparing myself to her and stalking them like ugh HELP

OKAY FUCKING PREPARE YOURSELF

the first thing you’re gonna do is, hear me out: you’re not gonna get involved with ANYONE. not for a good while, not until you’re ready. trust me when i say that the one who moves on the fastest after the breakup is the one that’ll suffer the most. even though it might not seem like it now, even though he might be experiencing happiness right now, in some months reality’s gonna hit and it’s gonna hit him hard. why? because he didn’t process the breakup. he didnt allow himself the time to get over you and just moved on so he wouldn’t have to deal with the bad feelings. literally a few months after what happened to me, his best friend texted me saying how he tried covering up a huge hole with a quick bandaid and now he was realizing how it had only been a temporary solution to a permanent problem.

the second reason why you’re not gonna get involved with anyone else is because that’s what he’s expecting you to do. he immediately moved on to someone else in part to hurt you — and he WANTS you to move on with someone else so that he can feel the satisfaction of you trying to replace him. it’ll boost his ego and it’ll make it easier for him to warp his perception of you into someone who he doesn’t respect.

if there’s one thing i know is that men always come back, no matter how toxic or healthy what you had was. they come back when they sense you getting over them, they come back when they see how amazing you’re doing, they come back when they realize how much they messed up.

so what you’re gonna do is focus on yourself. im not just talking about a physical glow up, im talking mental. when i went through that i couldnt stop comparing myself to her, i used to have an amazing confidence but i let myself shatter it, constantly feeling like i wasn’t enough, like i wasn’t loveable, like i was replaceable just because he replaced me. you know what helped? working on my individuality. right now im focusing so much on developing my style, wearing things out of my comfort zone, things that make me happy, things that make me feel so sexy and confident. unique things. working on my makeup skills too and how to express myself with makeup. skincare and haircare too, there’s something so healing about taking care of yourself and being gentle and dedicating all the love and care you deserve and start seeing results. go watch hyram on youtube if you want to learn about skincare! it’s so much fun. about the mental part: astrology has helped me so much. you gotta be infatuated with yourself, with learning more about you and your past and your traumas and unhealed shit that you need to acknowledge and work on. also manifestation and saying daily mantras to myself about how pretty and smart and interesting i feel, and listening to music that makes me feel sexy. i find exercise boring bc i need to be constantly stimulated so what i started doing was dancing to just dance videos on youtube and now i cant stop LOL ITS SO FUN, gets my blood pumping makes me feel sexy when im dancing to rihanna songs AHDJDJDJ and makes me feel more energized. and for the love of god: PLEASE get a hobbie. you don’t need to do a lot right now, just ONE. hobbies give you so much self-worth and make you feel so capable and like you’re art creating art - i dont want to be cheesy but it is true that interesting people have interests, this is the time for you to get into something you’ve always wanted to do or that you used to love doing as a child but stopped because life got in the way.

i also want you to allow yourself to feel. don’t repress - whenever you want to cry, cry. whenever you miss him, allow yourself to. whenever you remember all the amazing things he did, or all the terrible things he did, or that YOU did, allow yourself to feel all that. time heals nothing, it’s you who’s gotta put in the work to heal yourself.

also, this is the time to focus on your friendships. join an online community or talk with your current friends, talk with them through what happened, be with people who can make you laugh just as hard as he did. communicate all that you feel to them, about your past, about how much you love them, doesn’t matter.

a thing that i did that helped so much was that i’d imagine him coming back and begging me to get back together with him, and i’d imagine being at a point that i felt so good by myself, that i was so confident and so focused on my shit that i’d tell him no. and eventually i became that girl, who was over him and deserved so much more than some childish kid who thinks i’m replaceable, and that’s exactly when he came back. so, please remember that just because you feel like he replaced you, it doesnt mean he did. you are irreplaceable, unfuckwitable, unlinkable, way too good for ANYONE.

and PLEASE STOP WITH THE STALKING LMFAO THAT’S THE WORST PART OF ALL, IT’S SO HARD TO STOP STALKING AND TO NOT ANALYZE EVERY LITTLE THING THAT HE LIKES AND TWEETS AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE POSTS BUT YOU’RE GONNA STOP THAT RIGHT NOW. you dont need to block them, there’s an option on twitter that lets you silence them so you’ll never see them on your tl, if it’s on other social medias where you can’t silence, unfollow and block. know that it doesn’t matter who’s prettier or smarter or hotter, SHE’S NOT YOUR COMPETITION. know that as much as you’re comparing yourself to her, she’s comparing herself to you ten times worse. sending your pics to her friends asking them if they think you’re pretty and shit. she’s not your enemy and it’s not her fault he’s an asshole. so you’ll just let them completely out of your life. also, out of sight out of mind. avoid seeing him. if you have work together or school together or ride the bus together or whatever, avoid all the places where you know he’ll be. make an effort to never be around the same places as him.

i wish you good luck my love, know that you’re the shit, literally the hottest and smartest bitch alive and that’s something he’ll never be able to take away from you. this is what helped me through the worst times, so take it with a grain of salt pls im not an expert. I LOVE YOU

[more-than-a-gentleman]

How Nami acts depending on who she is with at the time...

To be honest, I had this as a draft for quite some time but with the release of the new chapter I decided to post it now. So, In honor of Nami’s magnificent moment in chapter 995, this post is Nami centric.

Nami has been a really interesting character since the start. Unlike characters like Luffy, Zoro or Ussop who are almost “Monotone”, pretty much act the same the whole time, she changes the way she acts or thinks depending on who she is with at the current moment.

Another main point to mention is that when it comes to the Captian, all strawhats are the same in terms of having absolute faith in him. Whether they think that from the start or during the situation, the absolute trust must be there.

Ussop in Alabasta, Zoro in Thriller Bark, Sanji in Zou and now Nami in Wano Chapter 995. There are more and many others already posted these moments. I will do one for Chapter 1000 pretty soon.

But when it comes to the crew members between themselves, things change... some are closer than the other and so on...

So I decided to analyze Nami’s behavior with members that she was in danger with to see how she acts and what her thought process/ emotions could be... and this time two characters stand out that bring the best out of her.

1- The Captian Luffy

When she is with Luffy, she tries to be the “brains” she knows Luffy is an idiot so she always tries to think of ways to give him an advantage for him to work with.

In skypiea, first he tells her to head back to the ship because she is in the way, and she does just that without thinking twice or looking back. But then in the Ark, she fails to find a solution to give Luffy an edge on Enel, and her whole thought process is how to escape. She could’ve held her clima tact and did something with it, but while Luffy was on board Oda decided to make Nami sit back and watch even against an extremely powerful opponent Enel (cuz if they were fodder then there is no need for her to fight to begin with).

In WCI, this time she was able to provide support to Luffy by making the biscuits wet and brittle, but she did not fight. She went into kingbaum’s mouth because it was a safe place.

In summary, Nami wants to provide support to Luffy by being smart and from afar, enough to stay out of the fight. Like the others, she knows Luffy is tough therefore she doesnt worry much about him (I am not saying at all, of course she does worry, but only in extreme conditions like any other member)

2- Zoro

With Zoro, she does her best not to be involved in any way. She does not hesitate to disappear.

In Whiskey Peak, she orders Zoro to do all the fighting for her while she does nothing.

In Alabasta, once the enemy appeared, even though there was a woman, she disappeared instantly. She left them for Zoro and ran away.

In Fishman Island, after hearing about Arlong and Jimbei from Hordy. She vanished leaving Ussop and Brook with Zoro to fight. Camie even asks if it was okay and Nami didnt mind at all.

In summary, Nami does not want any part to do with Zoro’s fights.

3- Ussop

Of course... our famous duo. With Ussop, they are always scared together. They expect things from each other at the same time. When in the clear, they succeed because they are comfortable and safe, but when in danger they fail because of fear.

In Little Garden, basically that moment explains everything. They want the other to be dependable.

In skypiea, we have the most famous duo fight, where they are both scared as hell and fail miserably against Enel.

In Punk Hazard, we have two moments where when they are alone they failed against Ceasar and Ussop was disappointed to see Nami who was in Sanji’s body. Then we have when they were far away and safe, so they were calm and collected and their teamwork worked.

In summary, Nami with Ussop will be comfortable and effective if they were safe and far but weak and scared when in the frontline.

The sad thing is... like I said I had this post before ch.995 but I wish they proved me wrong now😅.

4- Chopper

With Chopper, she acts in two ways. She tries to be the mature one and tell Chopper what to do, and other times in a pinch she acts like she does with Ussop.

In Enies Lobby and Water 7, their moments are not like the others (in term of danger level) but we can see she is telling him what to do.

In Punk Hazard and Dressrosa, she was terrified and metally weak. She was in no shape to fight.

In WCI, she is back to being the mature one by explaining to Chopper what to do.

In summary, Nami will try and keep her composure when she can, but loses it when things become dangerous.

5- Brook

With Brook, we didnt see much of Nami and Brook together a lot but basically he is a mixture of Luffy and Zoro. But Brook himself acts like Nami and Chopper when they are scared.

In Zou, she asks Brook to take care of the enemy. At first, he got rid of them but when they came back she sat back and watch. And she does mention that his company is more troublesome than his worth😂.

In summary, Nami would sit back and watch but will help if he get immobilized just like she would do with Luffy, Chopper and Robin because of DF abilities.

6- Franky

With Franky, I couldnt find a moment where she acts a specific way when he is around. I am aware of the moment she calls him “Big Bro” in Wano but it is not the same like being in frontline long enough with him for her to think or act a certain way.

Now, there is a reason I left these two characters to the end. This is what I mean when characters are closer to some than others.

7- Robin

With Robin, again we dont see them in the frontline much. Since back in Skypiea, they keep splitting up and Nami and Robin never stay in the same team.

There was the Davy back fight team, but it was a game not like the others.

In Wano, we can see that they depend on each other to keep watch of each other’s back.

In summary, this is expected since they are the only two women on the crew. Nami feels confident enough while depending on Robin for support and she would do the same.

9- Sanji

Unlike with Luffy, Nami never sat back and watched during major enemies. She always looked back and didnt want to leave. She knows Sanji uses his brain unlike Luffy so she never thought of using tricks and strategies. Whenever he was hurt or about to get hurt, she will pull out her clima tact without a second thought even if she was terrified seconds ago.

Unlike with Zoro, Nami never left Sanji behind on her own, he was always the one to tell her to go ahead. She forgets that she is on the frontline and doesnt run away. When he tells her to stay in a safe place she shows up anyway.

Unlike with Ussop, Nami never gets soo scared she becomes practically useless. She depends on Sanji but not entirely. She wants to but doesnt expect much from Ussop but she can count on Sanji everytime.

Unlike with Chopper, in dire situations she doesnt need to be the mature one since Sanji gets serious when he has to. She might ask for favors but it doesnt sound like an order like she does with Chopper, since she decided for him to be the temporary Captain of the small group when Luffy isnt around.

Unlike with Brook (Luffy, Chopper, Robin), she doesnt need to worry about him falling in the sea since he doesnt have DF powers. He doesnt cause her trouble during fights.

Similar to Robin, Nami always wants to stay side by side. She knows he will have her back and she wants to support him too. It never happened since HE never let it happen, since he doesnt want her to be in danger and get injured because of him.

We have seen time and time again that Nami considers herself weak and fragile. Yes, she does head to combat when she has to but she prefers not to. She wants to stay far, she wants the others to handle business.

But when it comes to anything to do with Sanji whether he is there or not... she somehow gets courage out of nowhere, she decides to head into the frontline on her own, she will claim that she is tough and strong. She forgets about far or close enemies

In summary, when Nami is with Sanji, she doesnt have to worry about anything except for ways to support him. She is at her strongest, bravest and most confident side.

What makes this interesting is when it comes to Robin, it is a given. As the only two women in the crew, that is to be expected, but why is Sanji the only one who is different in terms of bringing out the best of Nami? Why is he treated different than the other 2 monsters? Why is he treated different than all the other guys?

A quick note: I tried my best to include all Nami’s moments with the others (preferably alone) and re-read all of them but if I missed any then I am sorry about that😅. This here is why Nami is one of my favorite characters in One Piece, that is how I always saw Nami but if I made a mistake or overlooked something again I apologize but I doubt it will change what Nami’s character is about.

I dont know what will happen in the future (obviously) but until now, this has been the case. She might break one or maybe all the things I mentioned, but after 900+ of this right here, this has to mean something....

[gokubrain]

Just to be clear, there isn't much canon stuff that hints the short gay prince hates his dad right? I know his dad was more upset to still be under freeza's heel rather than give up his literal son and that was pretty shit of him but he still kinda cared such as when he was boasting how geta would be the super saiyan when he was a kid. Plus there's that beerus scene with king vegeta. I'm just trying to wrap my head around if he genuinely has daddy issues or if it was just the association with him being gay lol

i guess ur right tbh i cant recall vegeta like. even talking abt his dad at all really?? aside from the battle of gods flashback but its pretty universally accepted across the fandom that he has daddy issues and i think that just stems from implication lol like it makes a lot of sense given what we do know abt vegeta’s past and also his current behavior

king vegeta was pretty adamant about his son being the very best and being the super saiyan savior of legend that would save their race from the cruel clutches of a violent oppressor and whatnot, and thats a lot of weight to put on a child’s shoulders!! if you spent your childhood being told that the fate of your people rests on you being the absolute strongest, you’d end up with some issues as well LOL

seems a bit complex tho. having this idea that he’s some hero of prophesy drilled into his skull from birth would cause both inflated ego AND confidence issues. like vegeta in canon is very outwardly proud and boastful but inside he has this fear of failure and the idea of being left behind is simply not an option for him (hence why he’s so ridiculously deadset on besting goku lmfao) so i think that’s some strong evidence that his relationship with dad isn’t very good

but i digress, per usual LOL

i understand where ur coming from when u say that like. king vegeta seemingly rly cared abt his son bc he was constantly hyping him up but i have to imagine that this caused a ton of tension between prince vegeta and his dad. maybe i’m dipping into headcanon realm here but it makes sense that if king vegeta is this desperate for prince vegeta’s success, he’s gonna push his son to the limits at all times. maybe it’s well-intentioned and just accidentally inflicts trauma, or maybe its selfish and shows king vegeta only cares about ending freeza’s rule and is clinging to his son as a solution. i guess that’s up for interpretation!!

maybe it’s unfair to draw these conclusions seeing as how we know very little about king vegeta but to be fair i dont recall him ever being like. affectionate towards vegeta or anything like there is no indication that their relationship was loving at all in terms of canon interactions

but yeah personally i def think vegeta has daddy issues, maybe he doesnt hate the king but i’m sure there’s some resentment towards him, whether vegeta acknowledges it or not lol