#attitude and effort

[laidbackmarco]

Trains, Travel, Lacrosse, and Love in Japan

Laidback Log: April 13, 2025 Two things you can control in life are attitude and effort. I forgot that. It’s easy to forget about a lot of things in life until something reminds you about it. 0600 A Step Away From Existence I woke up with the guilt of feeling like I had wasted the night before. The feeling of not walking toward or building any skills that might lead to a better life ate away…

[xskyll]

After Rei is hospitalized, Endeavor realizes he needs someone to take care of Shouto. Also, the house needs cleaning. Fuyumi helps, but she can't drive or take Shouto to doctor's appointments or things like that. He especially wants someone who can drive to take care of him because he doesn't like the idea of people gawking at his scar on public transport and spreading gossip about what happened. So he decided to hire a nanny.

Meanwhile, Midoriya Hisashi has stopped sending money to his family. Inko wants a divorce, but he won't return to Japan, so it's a drawn-out legal process for the separation to happen, and the lawyer fees are costing money. Even once they're separated, she knows Hisashi won't pay child support. As long as he stays in America, it'll be next to impossible to hold him accountable. She needs money, so when she hears the Endeavor Agency is hiring, she applies, fully expecting not to get it. She does.

Option A: She can now afford her apartment, and she drives to work every day in time to take Shouto to school. However, Izuku has come home a few times now with burns. He lies and says there's a disgruntled salaryman on the train that singes people with his fire quirk when they don't give up their spot. Concerned, she starts driving him to school. This is easy because his school is on the way to Shouto's private school. The boys just have to ride together. For nine years, Shouto and Izuku share twenty-minutes a day together in the back of Inko's car, driving to and from school. They become hesitant friends, and by UA are both in love and both just as certain it's unrequited.

Option B: Endeavor wants a 24/7 nanny. If Inko agrees to move in, he'll allow her to bring her son with her. They'll even both get their own room, and he'll pay for their food, provided Inko does the shopping and cooking. And thus, Izuku finds himself living with Shouto when they're both six. They become hesitant friends, and by UA are both in love and both just as certain it's unrequited.

[lilydrafts]

Don't downgrade your dream to fit in your present reality. Upgrade your attitude, discipline, and skills to match your goals.

[pyrepostings]

Whumpee who goes in a slightly different direction mentally than 'caretaker is new master. New master won't give rules. Means punishment is around every corner, landmine of unsaid rules.'

It initially go through that phase, but quickly realize caretaker isn't punishing it for following whumper's old rules. Which obviously means they want it to continue following those rules.

So it does. It keeps calling them sir, keeps it's eyes down, doesn't eat without asking. Clearly caretaker wants this, and what they want is all that matters, right? If they didn't want whumpee to continue, they would have made that painfully obvious.

Just, a whumpee who is so sure of its ability to follow the rules, the habit. It's easier to follow the rules it knows than to find out they were lying, or testing it by telling it that its free.

[simandy]

Ableists in psychology project group what will they achieve

[basil-does-arttt]

so we all know how Bury The Light as a theme song represents Vergil and subsequently his story and themes within DMC 5??

Well obviously that means Subhuman is the same for Dante. So i did some thinking (wow big surprise there shocking i know)

The TLDR of this is my conclusion that Dante is reckless and overconfident because of his half-devil nature and as a result disregards his life and safety. Also, that Dante has mixed feelings about his demon side.

Specifically what got me to this thought was the line we all know if you've listened to subhuman:

"You cannot kill me, i am subhuman."

And,

I mean come on, the message couldn't have been written any clearer here. Because he's part demon, because he's - as Dante puts it, assumably the writing of this song is from his POV much like i assume Bury the Light is from Vergil's POV - sub-human, he believes he cant die. That whatever is thrown at him, no matter what or how dangerous the situation is, he naively believes he will come out the other end unscathed.

And to be honest, he kinda has reason to believe that thus far. If being stabbed at least 5 times throughout your life and brushing each one off as if it were a mere scratch wasn't enough to convince him, defeating so many different great demonic beasts including Mundus himself definitely would. I mean, who wouldnt? Whatever hell throws at Dante, surely cant be any worse than the actual fucking demon king or his own brother post-DMC 5. In a sense, he believes he is immortal.

But that way of thinking is shallow, its naive and leaves him open to danger because it makes him cocky. He thinks he's untouchable, and that way of thinking could get him seriously hurt or worse if he isnt careful. (As we see in the beginning of DMC 5 actually. He thinks "eh, ive fought worse, how bad could this actually be?" That "Its only Vergil, and ive fought him before." Only to have his shit kicked in and end up in a coma for a month. Imagine if that happened with a different demon that wasn't so merciful as to keep him alive for all that time, who would've jumped at the opportunity to rip him to shreds in an instant.)

I also want to go into how the song reflects Dante's (poor) mental health and his thoughts on being a half-demon.

Its kinda hard to catch unless you really think about it but the song is clearly negative in tone when it comes to describing Dante's own devil form. "As i call upon the dark gift to erupt" is one line that sticks out to me and i think is the best example of this. I also believe from the song that Dante views his DT as a seperate entity from himself; "I feel the devil in me, we're coming right for you".

"Funny how the mind tries to sink me deeper, as the evil tries to turn me around." The evil could be in reference to other demons, yes, but it also could be referencing his own "demon"; "i must not forget that i have bled, from no respect to the demons in my head". Wether that line means he's gotten himself hurt because of his own recklessness or self-harm i cant tell, and i wont assume one or the other specifically.

Throughout the song too, the lines "i cannot erupt, i must control, i cannot erupt, i must explode" to me also seems like Dante struggles with control of his DT, and is scared of losing himself when triggered. The whole tone of the song seems like a rampage of sorts too, its very aggresive and almost violent. "Something save me, put me out of my destiny, and drop me safely in this hell"; yet at the same time as his fears toward his own DT, it feels natural to him, this kind of "bloodlust" he feels in his triggered form is something he doesnt want but he knows he cant keep from happening entirely, so as a result the most comfortable place for him is in danger. He can let loose and he doesnt have to worry when all he's killing is demons. One last thing, "i see right past me, the eyes are flashing" to me sounds like Dante becomes almost dissociated when triggered, he's not really present in his mind and body and is acting on pure instinct alone.

All in all, Subhuman (like i said earlier) at first just sounded like an epic battle theme for Dante, but when i really listen to it, it becomes much sadder. Of course all of this could just be me bullshitting so id love to hear other's takes on this.

i also wanna analyze Bury the Light too. So i might do that later.

[thepersonalwords]

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don’t prove that you shouldn’t try again.

Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

[dramashii]

"If you choose a job that you love, it won’t feel like work."

This is the scene where Seok Ryu realizes that a career path can be both fulfilling and professionally rewarding. Although Seung Hyo finds himself in long hours as an architect, he is genuinely passionate about his work. In fact in the previous episode, he said that even if he could swim again, he would still choose to be an architect.

Seung Hyo's dedication to his profession serves as a stark contrast to Seok Ryu's previous experiences. While in Greip, she was overworked and because of it probably hated her job.

As the drama progresses, I think Seokryu will begin to question her previous assumptions about work as a mere means to an end and starts to consider the possibility of finding a career that aligns to her passions and interests.

[felineandhustle]

[every-sanji]

[majimaisms]

its so tempting to do one of those "anonymously send me your opinion of me" ask games bc on one hand i am NEVER sure of my footing with even the ppl who are choosing to willingly expose themselves to my takes but at the same time if i start Officially worrying about how im coming across i will never be able to post anything. like even more than i already am unable

[off-mozzarella]

I'm sorry I don't usually get into this sorta stuff because I feel like more than solving anything it's just making it bigger

But the tag is f i l l e d, and it's so sad to see the way some people see the situation

The whole "not being able to play the games is not an excuse"... Excuse for what? Wether I've played the games or not I don't owe absolutely nothing to some random people online, if I don't go outside of the things that are frequently represented, that's my problem, that's how I choose to express my love for this media

If you want to expand and incorporate new things into your work, please do, be the first to implement the change you want to see, but you can't demand other people to do it

You see, yes, I do think it would be nice for people to do more research to create and tell more interesting stories, but it's the way it's said, you can invite people to do this, but you can't treat people who don't do it like they're in the wrong

We all deal with more important shit in our real lives just to come here and see people telling us how to approach something that is meant to be for our enjoyment

Creating for a fandom is supposed to be a fun distraction yet you're treating it like it's people's job

[soullxsss13]

directed at my classmate <3

girl you are not funny. girl you are not funny for repeatedly exclaiming, "let's punch hasini!" and then punching me twice. your lack of respect or understanding of personal bubble, something that should have been drilled into you in the first grade, is not my fucking problem. i know i shouldn't have continously reminded you of how you only read twelve out of a hundred pages of our book, didn't complete your notes, and didn't do your job (which was literally writing a summary), but why the hell are you yelling "hasini is so dumb!" every second while simultaneously copying off of me every other second and leaving me as the only one who actually did her job? why the fuck are you walking up to my locker every morning and slamming it shut like tf?? its 8 am i haven't even said a word to you yet. you talk about how you hate me every single second, how i'm your enemy for "existing" and how i should die, but also rely on me for everything in english. fucking pick one choose one already. you purposefully rub it into my face saying "oh, [other friend] is my favorite! i think [another friend] is better than you!" okay so what?? does it look like i care enough to try and fit your standards? 'cause no matter what i do you're going to treat me like rocks on the pavement and admit to it too

[mrkmciver]

#Control Everyday

[thepersonalwords]

Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don’t prove that you shouldn’t try again.

Gina Greenlee, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road

[4lph4kidz]

i think i'll probably elaborate on this eventually because i'm not sure how well i can word this right now, but essentially one reason i keep coming back to homestuck is that to some degree it's also an excercise in self examination? i enjoy it as a work, but i also feel compelled to dissect my response to it, for a variety of reasons. if you think that sounds like a nightmarish ouroborous of OCD-fueled pointlessly mastubatory overthinking then you'd be right