#Perception of Value

[vaguely-concerned]

I think it says almost everything you need to know about varric that his reaction to the blackwall reveal is like... 'oh thank GOD you're a child murderer. for a hot second there I thought you were something much much worse' '.......like what' 'boring to me personally'

[clfixationstation]

idk if this is a hot take but I don't think Armin is friendly. I think people find him generally off-putting. Like, people think he looks sweet, but also find him strange; for the topics that interest him, the way he didn't stray far from Eren (& Mikasa) socially, and his general demeanor.

I think that as Armin established himself more as he grew up, he developed better interpersonal skills that compliment his rhetorical prowess. I think he's the type of person who sees value in life and in minimizing harm. He offers kindness to his friends and understanding to all. But I don't see him as particularly "friendly"

[in-asterism]

wheee

[brbgensokyo]

a few years ago i had a rep amongst my friends for being knowledgeable about shinto myths by virtue of being into touhou and then i started doing some serious reading and now i see shit like this

and I instinctually start holding my breath.

[scoobydoodean]

Oh, I see. You and all your little friends are just too DUMB to understand. Too low IQ. The arguments sure is convincing.

I’m not kidding they really are saying somewhere out there that Kripke couldn’t possibly understand what it means to be blue collar because to do that, you’d have to have read about the value of a linen coat (which is not directly related to any of this btw) from Marx’s Das Kapital. Kripke of course couldn’t possibly have read it, and if you haven’t read it, you can’t possibly understand anything about class. You have to have read Theory™️ to understand what it means to be *looks down my nose at people who I assume Have Not Read All The Books That I Did* blue collar *sips from tea cup with my pinky out, chortling*

[bfdifan26]

started thinking really hard about one the other day for some reason

[grapecaseschoices]

tell me you've never played with wyll or gale in your party without tell me you've never played with wyll or gale.

i'm not gonna main tag this

i just wanted to complain.

[snobgoblin]

LMAO got curious on the replies on that poll... "no i dont like it bc i dont like the word 'rizz'" "I dont like gen alpha slang" ok you sound like a crybaby boomer you're scared of new words right now you look so silly. sorry

[mikeyfuckinway]

do we think chandler is the first time jd killed anyone. i think it is. i think he tried to come off as a guy who knows whats what but before that he never really had the opportunity, and then he did and realized he was pretty emotionally ok with it. i think when hes comprehending what he and veronica just did, when hes pacing looking at chandler is realizing the gravity of it, his cocktail of maladjustment and untreated mental afflictions and general ego spiraled into a worldview of it being righteous and viewing veronica as his partner in crime whose now bound to him forever. otherwise i think hed freak out. if he couldnt come up with a reason and a worldview then i think hed freak, his ego and view of the world demands rational but it also demands absolutes and severity, and if you do something like this on your own then youre just a singular wackjob, but if someone else is doing it with you suddenly it has rational because 2 people cant both be nuts in the exact same way, theres gotta be some reason there, theres gotta be something that makes sense. he needs something outside himself to justify it because also hes wildly insecure in that way that doesnt make him come off as mega insecure, but it leads to him seeking justification for things outside of himself. jd could never kill on his own, he NEEDED an accomplice. an accomplice gave him a reason and a reason was all he needed for the egocentric righteousness to kick in to make things make sense. and when veronica started freaking out, he got to be the guy who knows what to do because he loves veronica. he loves her and knows her and so he knows what she needs and what she wants, and so when shes freaking out he'll take care of things, dont worry, hes got it all figured out

[daddy-long-legssss]

I think one of the great problems that faces people who are in the industry – within which they have to express themselves – is learning to ignore entirely anyone else’s opinion, especially complimentary opinions because the luxury with being assaulted is that you know instinctively that you’re not to take that onboard because that would affect – in a negative way – what you’re doing. But the same thing could be said for compliments, but they come in sheep's clothing. They invite you to give your sense of self-esteem to someone else because as soon as you start relying upon compliments, then you are giving away your own... I can’t think of the word, but you should be the crux of your own opinion. –Grian Chatten from Fontaines D.C. on Live with KEXP [x]

[just-to-kill-time]

my dear fellow ghesties who went to the other skeletour shows - i need to ask you about something!!

SPOILERS FOR SKELETOUR UNDER THE CUT I GUESS

okay so i just need to know: did they play Miserere 13 min before the start of the show in other cities as well? or was it just Poland? cause i am so emotional about this.

[philosophybits]

When I talk about having no feelings, I mean that a man doesn’t allow likes or dislikes to get in and do him harm. He just lets things be the way they are and doesn’t try to help life along.

Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Zhuangzi, Watson tr. (Ch 5)

[crowttore]

Dottore and Anaxa are painfully similar in a multitude of ways but their 'fate' was changed by the environment they grew up in, in this essay I'll-

[murdocktm]

what are you seeking? HOME.

"i wish i could say i am a light that never goes out, but i flicker from time to time."

oh, little one, you have burned for so quietly for so long, haven't you? burnt yourself out trying to give others light? wishing, desperately, that they would notice the way your hands shake or the wildflower bruises under your tired eyes. but they never have, have they? and so, it obviously wasn't bad? right? you had more to give, didn't you? how much could you pour yourself out before they noticed? it is all you've ever known, after all. help, help, help, help. (are you providing it, or begging for it?) but you've given too much, spread yourself too thin, didn't you? you are so heavy, so tired. you have spent your life carrying for others the way you wished someone would care for you. but you're worried, aren't you? that if you can't be what they need, if you can't be the pillar for others to lean on, they'll leave you. what you seek is home, a safe place to rest and be taken care of. and little light, you deserve it. you have earned it. you are worth more than what you can provide for others: you deserve the same care you so freely give out. they will love you all the same, honey. set down the world, and rest that weary heart of yours

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[wisteriagoesvroom]

ojp bahrain 2024 karting pics... someone explain to me why he looked so hot there... what was in the water that night

[a-couple-of-notes]

hey sorry i wanna talk some more about no one mourns the wicked.

when glinda's introduced, her first celebratory lines slide into a question:

Isn't it nice to know that good will conquer evil, the truth we all believe'll by and by outlive a lie for you and - [I]?

and in a song full of double meanings, glinda isn't asking that question (only) to the ozians. she's asking it to elphaba, who has always been that other half of "you and i." even though glinda has promised not to reveal the truth, she's still hoping that it will come to light someday for her and elphaba. and it's also a heartbreaking call-forward to defying gravity, because just like that moment where glinda almost gets on the broom, there can't be a "you and i" here--it's cut off by the world they exist in.