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canisalbus · 8 months

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Ok ok hear me out: it could end in tragedy,, AND have a happy ending. The attempt(s) on Machete’s life force him to flee, he doesn’t even have the chance to find Vasco. Cue gay longing for at least a few years while Machete despairs over the loss of his love, his life, his status. He and Vasco only reunite (again) in their later years. Their relationship is forever flavored with loss and loneliness, but that only means they savor every moment that much more

I also I would like to see them as old men. Vasco would be so droopy :)

You gave me such old dog brainworms.

#Vasco would go white and gray in the face like an old golden retriever and get wrinklier #his golden fur would get shaggy and gradually lose it's shine #at some point he wouldn't be allowed to ride horses anymore which would upset him greatly #he'd get rheumatism and bad back and his hearing would worsen but he'd be an active and jolly type of grandpa #Machete would mellow out considerably if he managed to retire #I'd like to believe he'd be able to find some sort of inner peace in his later years #even in his prime his eyesight was bad and he spent his entire life fearing going blind so if he eventually got cataracts and lost most of #his remaining vision he'd probably be relatively fine with it as it was something he knew to expect #and he would have Vasco to look after him #his left ear had trouble staying upright when he was a pup so it would be kind of funny if it started drooping again #answered #anonymous #Vasco #Machete #own art #own characters #this isn't canon or anything I'm just musing

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aq2003 · 3 months

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my verdict on the day of the doctor novelization is that the plot is still so stupid to me but at least i can live my life knowing moffat can write ten marginally correctly but he only keeps it in a novelization where nobody is going to see it. (my personal highlights under the cut)

him. aroace

this is a really good take on the ten and river dynamic, they're acquaintances and ten purposefully keeps it that way. the "time can be rewritten maybe her horrible death that happened in front of me can be prevented if i stay away from her" really goes well with how he's left after the events of journey's end

"he had to stop thinking before it tore him apart!" is THE most ten narration i've seen in my life. i need to eat rocks

this part just makes me really really sad. the dissociation between the tone and what's actually happening (him getting tortured. for months). how he's so clearly not acknowledging what's happening to him (he won't describe the screaming as his own). how he latches onto the only other presence there and focuses on charming her and making her laugh??? this also makes the hinting at a romance between ten and elizabeth that moffat does, extremely fucking upsetting because you can see how ten is just so fucking lonely and on instinct attaching himself to anyone who has any amount of regular presence to him. even if. well. you know. the torture.

like this. see. i need to be shot

you will hear from my lawyers steven.

[coughs up blood]

the "over and over". i need to be put in a blender

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

#i say marginally. it's not perfect. but he manages to get ten's general vibe down well and wow i didnt know u had it in u dude #manic and melodramatic. talking himself hoarse. pacing everywhere. repeating what he's saying over and over #simultaneously fearing and embracing death. full of so much love and anger and grief. like yeah .. thats my boy... he is here..#but the queen elizabeth marriage plotline is still. Annoying ! (i can see v clearly that moffat is trying to do like #a madame de pompadour 2.0 re: queen elizabeth in the novelization and it's like. steven he's aroace we've established this)#and i still. dont like what this overall story is trying to accomplish! but this is the fault of the episode the novelization cant fix that #but besides the expected gripes i have it was much more enjoyable to read than watching the actual episode #the structure of it was fun and does a lot in making use of the written medium that u couldnt do in tv live action #dr who #10 era #11 era #aspec doc tag #also realizing all my highlights are a singular aroace ten moment followed by ten being the saddest wettest beast you'll ever see. lord

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diluc33rpm · 4 months

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the romance/relationship system in bg3 is genuinely some of the worst designed shit i've ever seen in any game with that feature but at least the memes we get out of it are funny. once saw someone comment something along the lines of 'patch note: waving at gale will no longer cause him to buy a house for the two of you to retire in' and i've never recovered since

#i love gale he doesn't deserve (most of) the incel slander #but it's painfully such a good riff because it really really does feel like that #the player choices being a b/w alternation between 'hey there' and 'YOU SHOULD KILL YOURSELF... NOW!' normally is already comical as is #the fact that it carries over into interactions with the party members who you're presumably trying to be close with is... something else #and what makes it worse is it ISN'T jokey hyperbole. anyone remember 'send a mental image of you kissing him or HIS HEAD ON A PIKE.' c'mon #trying to chat and vibe at the refugee camp celebration and the sum of conversation i get is one (1) line asking how they're doing #because going any further than that elicits marking you down for the path of boning take it or leave it #it's genuinely so hard to get to feel like you can deepen a relationship with the characters in ways that aren't trying to pursue them #yes! halsin! i really want to know you better! i just don't want the ass!! why is trying to hit the only option other than up and leaving!!#99% of the time i expect nothing from media creators in terms of writing interactive relationships #larian are beyond parody in that they've somehow managed to do worse than the already suboptimal majority #we're just going to impose the roadblock of do you want to fuck y/n right off the bat. good luck finding a way to talk around that if not #the obscuration surrounding where exactly the checks are really does not help at all either #when the shit's got even the allos complaining about it you know it's BAD #shame because i was excited for character scenes given that's a lot of what's hyped up about the game #but no it's all just the romances. 'what if i'd like to breathe in someone's general direction-' well now have you heard of our romances?#fish fear them party members fear them and tav is going to have to walk alone on this sinful earth #conservative bigoted relative at the family reunion withers era was a fucking time before they tweaked that line speaking of #just so crazy they can get away with this shit #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 liveblog

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dutybcrne · 2 months

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Thunderings are happening, my brain has funneled off into hcs mode

#//Aka; guess who am I gonna ramble on abt rn lol #☆ ┆ ( .ooc. );#hc; kaeya #//That's right; babes!#//Anywho; Kae is NOT a fan of thunder #//If it's not tales of the Electro Archon from his father; then it's the circumstances in which they'd parted #//The moment the storm rolled in; he was terrified esp of the sound and ran himself ragged trying to find a place to escape it #//Damn near ran himself off a cliff had a strike of lightning not made him stumble back from it #//Managed to find his way to the winery where he hid for a bit before Tunner found him and Crepus managed to persuade him to stay #//After damn near running the man winded bc he thought he was trying to chase him off or worse #//The fear lingered and festered more the longer he stayed in the Land of the Anemo Archon; out of guilt for 'deceiving' the Ragnvindrs #//For letting him stay there; for not telling them why he was here. Grew up half expecting to get Smote or smth at any time #//Esp whenever Luc dragged him into mischief or he went to the Church with them for whatever reason #//Mostly the former; but bc it was Luc asking him to clown; he didn't mind the 'potential risk'#//Even as a knight; he tended to get extremely skittish and quicker-tempered when it came to patrol during storms. Still does #//Tho at that time; thinly veiling the fact that he very much felt like a cornered animal every time he had to go and couldn't get out of i #//Esp if Luc was the one who asked him to come with; bc like before; he really didn't ever want nor like to say no to him #//The aversion got worse bc thundered the night of his Confrontation with Diluc too; absolutely increased how much he hated it #//His aversion tends to manifest in a drop in temperatures or frost formation; as well as him pausing and quickly glancing about #//As if he's half expecting a threat of some sort; really he's quickly locating things to distract himself with #//If he's with a trusted person; he'll tend to wordlessly press against their side; then either brush it off like he just wanted to #//Or mutter a quick 'thunder' and Not Elaborate whatsoever. Either they get it or they don't #//He WILL get annoyed if he's teased about it. And it will take him AWHILE before he lets the person comfort him during bc of it #//Bc from that point; he will assume it's done mockingly or bc they feel they HAVE to; and he hates that #//If they let him be or even support him more instead; he will make a passing mention abt how much he hates thunder to start cuing them in #//They just gotta show they are a Safe person--bonus is this opens up a LOT of doors when it comes to trust later #//It doesn't help that he already hates dealing with loud sounds as is; even the blasts from Klee Jumpy Dumpties set him on edge #//But the bad memories he has to thunder make it the worse by far to him

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ephemeral-winter · 7 months

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i am trying hard to prepare for an in-person interview tomorrow for what would be my first full-time job but unfortunately i am getting hung up on crafting an answer for the five-year-plan question because i keep just thinking "fuck it we ball" and "if normal, start podcast" in an alternating loop

#have no fear older and wiser tumblr mutuals i am reading every word about interviewing on the ask a manager website #due to the pandemic and the nature of my previous work experience this will be the first IRL interview i've had since i was 19 lmao?#simply no idea what to expect if anyone knows what i should wear dm me #rare pic of me in the wild

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labyrynth · 11 months

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man jc antis really are something else

like imagine a 16yo telling you “my dad doesn’t like me” and your response for some reason is “well maybe he’d like you if you weren’t such an awful person”

#mdzs talk #moi #salt is salt #literally just saw a post where someone was trying to argue #no jfm doesn’t dislike jc and favor wwx #jc is just a hateful and jealous person #but if jfm DID dislike jc it would be jc’s own fault for always being rude and never listening to his father #like what the FUCK #where’s that tweet about ‘what if the kids vibes were bad’#the fact that they expect jc to have like. compete and total omniscience.#they’re also really fixated on saying he did things for reasons they make up #like there might be a smidgen of basis but there’s also a much more likely and reasonable explanation #like ‘jc HUNTED DOWN and TORTURED people who reminded him of wwx!’#or…he hunted down people using demonic cultivation (most likely to hurt people bc how would he know about them otherwise)#or people using the image of the Yiling Patriarch (the one who razes fields and eats babies bc that became the Public Image)#and we’re using that image to inspire fear or to scam or hurt people #bc again: if word of a demonic cultivator or yllz impersonator manages to get to jc?#it’s probably not because they’re saving puppies or performing miracles!#to most common folk: demonic cultivation is any cultivation scary or causing harm. they don’t know the specifics!#but they’re the ones passing these rumors #if a cultivator comes through & is helpful: that’s normal cultivator activity! they wouldn’t know if they were using demonic cultivation!#if a cultivator comes through and does something scary and people get hurt—they’re gonna call it demonic cultivation.#someone doing spooky shit that isn’t even cultivation at all? Demonic Cultivation.#i get that antis have terminal protagonism but like. are they actually under the impression that regular people are fine with necromancy?#like you can try to argue that jc was doing it out of personal spite #but in all likelihood: any time the names ‘demonic cultivation’ or ‘wwx’ came up #the situation was probably already bad!#‘well they were probably innocent/harmless!’ THEN WHY WERE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THEM?#PEOPLE DONT GOSSIP ABOUT HOW NICE SOMEONE IS OR HOW ORDINARY THEY ARE #anyway this has been: a rant

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moenmomentsthemoe-en · 6 months

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depression . anxiety. and social needs. these were the ingredients chosen to create the most stressed out fuck

#vent #SORRY AGH #SORRY ONCE AGAIN IF I HAVENT REPLIED OR TALKED MUCH AGAIN #apologising both to those i havent replied and for my sanity #i want to be in the company of my friends but alas. the existential dread and incredible fear.#also talking to people and interacting on its own does not stress me out!!! i enjoy it very much and crave it on a day to day basis #its more of me being scared im not doing it right or properly or wondering if i even matter enough which. is not great of me to think!!#my friends are all very kind and niceys these fears are Irrational and I Trust My Friends. I Am Going To Delete Anxiety From Existence #one day i won't be stressed out every day #one day #I hope to be better at managing myself before I fuck up my life too far agh #thes are expectations I've set upon myself that were once helping but are now killing me im going to explode the neurons

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favroitecrime · 8 months

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What do you think she meant by this

#this is where the ‘girl xyz’ convo has gone to on twitter #we’re so screwed i can’t #‘not everything is about men it’s a joke!!’ what’s the punchline babe quick #see someone offered a nice explanation which is that it’s just a silly thing they do because girls are expected to justify unnecessary #purchases vs boys who don’t need to and sure! fair enough! but i’m gonna need u to be sooo serious #90% of the girls making these jokes do not think like this😭#also you still are leaning on a very heavy and negative stereotype & u (as a woman) are still the punchline #you being bad at math is the punchline #you being unable to manage finances is the punchline #have your jokes but denying the danger that exists when you constantly repeat you are stupid is crazy #ESPECIALLY when there are so many impressionable young girls out there who WILL believe they are #the girls have lost it i fear i think we need to ban tiktok and have the app erased forever #bring back vine or smthn #tag: i speakth

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fecto-forgo · 8 months

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last thing i expected from a abandoned by disney series documentary was getting out an inverted mickey apologist

#thats so fucked up.being born out of peoples fear but not knowing that #not understanding why it couldnt do as the mascots are expected to #from birth to death it still couldnt understand itself.thats so sad i love you weird mouse mascot suit #analiceoriginal.txt #idk man its just.its not evil.its doing things that make it seem like its trying to be creepy and disturbing #but the twist its actually desperately trying to understand itself and the world.something itll never manage #until it mutilates itself to death.my god!!! my god #sorry i love creepypasta it gives me autism

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theheadlessgroom · 8 months

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@beatingheart-bride

"Ah, a little hot water and makeup remover can go a long way," Beau chuckled-while there was no particular rush to get it off (as Mrs. Gracey was off tending to something else and wasn't likely to return to her boudoir just yet, nor go looking for her son), he still wished to be thorough, and so he got to work, sitting the pair down with a couple of washcloths and a bowl of hot water, alternating between the water and a few dabs of makeup remover to clean them up.

"Randall was very well-behaved about getting cleaned up-if very, very apologetic," the majordomo continued, remembering soothing the boy as he profusely apologized (and asked him not to tell his mother, which Beau promised to do), before saying, "Dorian, on the other hand, was a bit fussier-he wanted to play at being a clown a little longer."

At this, Dorian didn't deny it, instead smiling bashfully, saying, "For my birthday that year, Beau bought me a small makeup kit that would allow me to properly be a clown-which I immediately shared with Randall, of course, we took turns making each other up before doing tricks on the lawn, trying to do all the pratfalls and handstands and other bits of physical comedy, like at the circus...I remember Mother looking a bit sour at that gift."

"Yes, she did not approve," Beau admitted with a small sigh-neither Gracey parent seemed to approve of anything the head butler gave their son as a gift-whether it was because he was encouraging him to be anything but a straight-laced heir or because they were bitter that Dorian liked Beau's gifts (which were more tailored to his actual interests) more than others, Beau could never decide. At any rate, their silent disapproval never stopped him, and Dorian was glad for it-at least someone paid attention to him.

#((it is! celiac; i found out; is something you can develop at any point in your life))#((so i went a little over twenty years being able to eat gluten; and now it makes me horribly sick))#((AND i found out it's in SO many things! things i NEVER would've expected it to be in; honestly!))#((i've had to do a lot of rethinking of my diet; i've learned a lot since i got my diagnosis))#((and although there's still challenges-eating out really IS a nightmare; i won't lie-))#((but i've managed and found work-arounds and substitutes!))#((still; small world that your mom's got a gluten allergy!))#((and i get it! tattoos are a huge commitment; and i know i would only want one))#((if i knew i was very serious about it; and in the case of the one i want to get; i am))#((and i know i wouldn't regret it! i'd like to get a tattoo of the symbol of the white tree of gondor))#((from 'the lord of the rings'! considering that series-both the books and the films-))#((are such a much-beloved part of my life that means a lot to me))#((i'd love to have a tattoo relating to it!))#((so that's what i'd like to get! it wouldn't be a super-big tattoo; it'd just be on my arm/bicep))#((so hopefully my fear of needles wouldn't get the better of me that way!))#outofhatboxes #beatingheart-bride #V:Days of Future Past

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sysig · 9 months

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Doug started it, naturally (Patreon)

#Doodles #Barbie meme #Meme #Way late to the party - it's LAC it's fitting lol #Law Abiding Citizen #LAC #LAC Russ #Doug Peterson #I wasn't planning to do the Barbie meme but I was quietly circling it and stumbled onto ''But who would even be arrested in the first place'#''Oh'' lol #Russ' consequences never stuck! Even in Episode 1 his hospital and prison visits - or in Korea - he just quick-jumps out!#Hmm ♪ What might it look like for Doug to follow him into a situation he actually has to experience hehe #Solitary confinement? >.> He'd never Actually be alone but being shunned/feared by the other inmates for his weird powers #Gets out Changed but not in the way you'd expect #Anyway lol ♪ That's all just speculation they're just barely getting their mugshots!#How did Doug show up on camera? He's visiting <3 #Monopoly jail lol #I don't know why I always misspell Russ' last name with a C heck >:0 I even ran out of space but I managed to get in that extra incorrection #Maybe that's the difference been Russ (person) and Russ (character) - no that's just an excuse lol #It did end up being a fun and silly haha ♪ It suits them ♥#Cute lads

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basictutor · 1 year

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Causes of Academic Pressure and Stress Among Students

Academic pressure and stress are common among college students. The root causes of this stress can be attributed to a variety of factors, including high expectations from family and society, fear of failure, poor time management, and the overwhelming amou

Academic pressure and stress are common among college students. The root causes of this stress can be attributed to a variety of factors, including high expectations from family and society, fear of failure, poor time management, and the overwhelming amount of information students are expected to learn. Students often feel like they’re drowning in work and can’t keep up with the demands placed…

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#Academic performance #Academic pressure #Academic workload #College student #Coping strategies #Fear of failure #Financial stability #Job prospects #Mental health #Self-care #Societal expectations #Student stress #study habits #Support services #Time management

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absentlyabbie · 2 years

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great way to deal with anxiety:

assume the worst will happen, contemplate and accept it, seek the alternative positives, even when small, and then if the worst does happen then you're prepared and not utterly crushed

and hey, if the good thing happens instead, then you get to be pleasantly surprised

#i have been told this is cynical/pessimism #i personally consider it more to be managing expectations to prevent my jackass adhd brain from going into a panic spiral #'WHAT IF X HAPPENS' says jackass adhd brain in screaming crying throwing up terror #'yes what IF x happens' i counterpunch and proceed to explore that avenue #until it dials down from paralyzing fear to copable disappointment

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void-tiger · 3 months

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…I just want to plant a bunch of flowers. Make a meadow fortress. You won’t find me unless you come looking for me between the petals. Oh, and my cat and bird have to like you.

#tiger’s roar #…I’m…yeah. what’s the point of trying to make irl friendships again?#wish I could Just be satisfied with aquaintanceships. people you only see for a Specified Time&Place. never outside that #but. I can’t #…it really shouldn’t be asking all that much #it shouldn’t have gotten me slapped down with ‘manage expectations’#…again. WHAT expectations. when I’ve repeatedly shrugged with ‘yeah? and? okay??’ to Not Ready To Date #(I’m not sure I am in General. nevermind You.)#…except. let a friendship die. and quit hoping it’ll actually…be a friendship #and all because I Suspect the problem isn’t so much my ‘expectations’#but. your fear of anything beyond an aquaintanceship #when. I’ve Seen You not want to let me go. figuratively and literally #so. why am I the one who can’t manage my ‘expectations’ again?#is it really THAT hard to compartimentalize attraction and stick to a friendship?#or. are you petrified of Actual Friendships too #or. is it just a friendship with me. so much for me being ‘easy to talk to’ IG

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teddybeirin · 1 year

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I cannot sleep at all ;w;

#it has not fully settled in but i think it will just take a long long time #i keep expecting something bad even though i am so comfortable here #it isnt even a present time feeling i dont think #i am afraid even though there is now distance.. the little one does not feel the distance maybe #does not realize. it has not fully sank in because not every part is aware of #the present. and then on top of that this is just so much #after everything i am okay only because other people made it so. and somehow it feels as if it could reach back #and touch the past. i am okay because other people made it so. a loop has finally been closed #that i didnt even realize was left open. i cant say i dont understand why i was so avoidant of asking #for help or needing help because 'if i need what i cant have im doomed either way why bother it hurts' was understandable #coming from that kind of nightmareish perfect storm. it feels like a nightmare now #that i have just woken up from. it doesnt feel real even though i am trying to hold onto at least #that i still need to go to therapy even if 'well *I* am not [part] so that never happened to me go away' is taking hold again #with more denial being even easier because now nothing bad is happening currently to me #what a trip. there was always fear and now its absence causes it somehow #there was always fear. and i was so obsessed with death because it was a comfort to at least get to know what i felt so close to me always #and now its breath is off my neck and only because people have been kind. it was not for any of my struggling on my own #all of that aside from what kept me alive was really fruitless. i have always needed others. it feels really strange #to say that now looking back at how i managed despite having no-one but it was not like the need was not there #it was even worse for being so totally unfulfilled. this is all so strange #some part of me feels afraid that the only way something this good could happen is if we are about to die #but i think that is a little silly. and it is so lovely to be able to say to the younger selves that it has gotten better #and they can be here with me where it is better. and nobody will hurt us anymore and it is safe and they are loved and every single wish #has been granted. it sounds so corny to say it that way but it really feels like it is so miraculous as to be impossible - if not for #experiencing it id have never believed this possible. that we can be safe at least from those harms #that time was all nothing.. it was nothing. 22 years full of barely anything worth living up til a few months that changed every single #thing. every single thing. how did i even live? it feels like breathing air for the first time #i have gone my whole life without feeling this and now i think i dont know how i ever made it through #but oh my god i am so glad i did #i am so glad i did.

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visceravalentines · 1 year

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Smile was an unexpectedly good movie and I really enjoyed watching it and it scared me for REAL I had nightmares dude

#it managed to nail a very specific vibe of fear that i really thought i had outgrown #the knowledge that Something is There and it's in your House and you just can't see it and everyone is telling you it's your imagination #not to make everything about religious trauma but thanks to a very overeager seminary teacher i spent many nights as a teen CONVINCED that #there was an evil spirit in my home that was going to possess me or my family members i just KNEW it i could FEEL it #smile is thematically more about mental illness and trauma of a different sort #but that feeling was exactly the same and wow i did not expect that

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