❛❛   it’s  pathetic  —  someone  of  your  power  being  held  back  by  this  brat.  ❜❜   the  vessel’s  memories  were  within  his  grasp ; he  could   witness  everything  through  the  kids  eyes , if  he  so  desired. the  notion  disgusted  him. sukuna  had  never  allowed  himself  a  weakness , a  lesson  learned  long before  when  he  was  but  a  child.  there  was  no  point  to  having  a  family , especially  if  they  were  weaker , held  no  value ; they  were  merely  a  problem , a  nuisance.

 ❛❛   perhaps  i’ll  need  to  invest  more  effort  in  breaking  this  vessel  apart .  .  .  ❜❜  his  hand  reached  up  absently , plucking  something  off  his  shoulder , a  gesture  tinged  with  casual  disdain. he  harbored  no  intention  of  lingering  much  longer. having  consumed  a  mere  five  fingers , he  acknowledged  that  it  wasn’t  enough  to  pose  a  substantial  challenge. yet , soon , he  contemplated , a  smirk  forming  on  his  lips. soon , he  would  have  the  six  eyes  lying  lifeless  at  his  feet — a  vision  that  brought  a  sinister  satisfaction.   ❛❛  .  .  .  quite  entertaining  isn’t  it ?  'the  strongest'  can’t  even  save  his  own  child  from  being  mentally  torn  to  shreds.  ❜❜ / @nvictive

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

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This is the way you are supposed to play this game.

aro/ace themed valentine's day teddy bears ^^ because i just recently found out i might be arospec but also just cuz like..... why not

I don't know what this is all I know is that LimL Joel makes me really emotional

so, would you?

nothing important under the cut, you don't need to look haha

izzy getting adopted by them is EVERYTHING to me. fuck you youre part of our found family now, whether you like it or not. we have claimed you.

bonus: the way jim defends him here. theyre So mad:

I think a lot about Leo’s tendency to push his way into the spotlight despite clearly being a natural in the shadows. Hell, you could argue that his worst moments are when he’s forcing himself onstage, and his best are when he does things no one notices until it’s already been done.

amazing episode EASILY one of my most favorite battle episodes of all time. How Ever is it insane of me to wish it went Just a little bit worse than it did. for the plot

“peeta is bisexual” you guys are losing the vision. peeta isn’t even straight. katniss INVENTED sexuality for him. whatever katniss identifies as, he’s like “yeah, i’ll take that one” no questions asked

Haha

Price plays poker properly only when Ghost is involved

(I don't remember how to play poker so they're also playing wrong now)

Idk what to tell you, they are so boyfriends🤷🏻‍♀️

Tysm @freetobeeyouandme for helping me with the dialogue🥰🫶🏻🫶🏻

Close up of the bulletin board✌🏻 I spent time on those details, I even wrote a letter!

@mcyt-yuri-week Day 5, Rose/Thorns I never stop thinking about SL episode 8 never ever

did a little something something to this base game hair

i can't believe the show about characters being gay and problematic won't let the characters be gay and problematic