#Embracing Control

[theesotericecho]

Stuck in Traffic & Smiling: How Stoicism Teaches Us to Chill Out and Control What We Can

Caption: “Finding Serenity in the Midst of Chaos: Embracing Stoicism in Daily Commutes” – A visualization of calm amidst the hustle, inspired by the principles of stoicism.Credit: Image created by DALL·E, envisioned by David Sawin for The Esoteric Echo. You find yourself in a seemingly endless sea of cars, with the clock becoming a frequent focal point as your stress levels soar. Welcome to the…

[uncanny-tranny]

Whenever people who are entrenched in diet culture talk about how terrible chemicals are, I just want to whip out this:

[loveyourlovelysoul]

sometimes while healing or being triggered or even just being in pain, we focus so much on what is causing our problem, that we forgot that we're not just that. we're much more than anxiety, adhd, our cptsd or anything else. we're more than our pain. we don't start not stop there. the more we focus on our issue and what we lack, the less we pay attention to what we already are and have, and let it slid away from us. being present and taking breaks from healing, is also about this, about coming back to your whole self.

[positivelypresent]

Let it fall apart. 💫

[whump-captain]

it's a beautiful day in the unethical lab and you are a horrible test subject

[cori-randomstuff]

[originalaccountname]

Dazai literally broke character there because Chuuya decided to shoot him for fun. Incredible.

[a-small-writer-in-a-big-world]

Being a woman is inherently monstrous and I think we as a society should lean more into that

[starbuck]

we talk a lot about “escaping the narrative,” but keep in mind that the frightening thing about escape is the chance you might end up someplace worse.

[p0cket-watch]

well @eli719

thank you for being the first (and only) person to respond!

You asked for my favorite tropes, and honestly, these are just a few. I didn't feel like drawing tentacles or the nasty things they do. But what I want to say is my favorite tropes are just the most fantasticals. The villain hypnotizing the hero to surrender to her will, or the TV/Computer that picked up the wrong signal, and of course the classic pendulum.

Thanks for the req!

[mtsodie]

been trying to figure out how to draw like this but everytime i try my lines come out too straight 😭

[notsosecretlyalesbian]

"I'm so tough, brass knuckles wear me to a fight."

Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa Schemmenti in Abbott Elementary | 02×03: Story Samurai

+bonus, we all feel you Barbara

[loveyourlovelysoul]

Be careful cause at times it's just your fears and past experiences (something that your mind has connected to pain) that make you think you are not in control of yourself (and therefore you try to control others/future events), but you are.

You are always in control of your decisions, of your emotions and your life. You are always in control of your reactions and of what you make those past experiences mean about you, even if they weren't exactly about you (and ofc you didn't know so please forgive yourself for it: you did your best with what you knew). Remind yourself that now you have the power to change how you perceive them. You have the power and hold the control on how and when to move on from something that happened in your past, and if and how/when to accept the chance that it can change. It's all in your hands. And it's indeed very scary to think it this way too (especially if you were used to others taking control of you and deciding for you), but it's all up to you and nobody else. And you can do it (slowly, you will learn how to if you take little risks and allow yourself to try). Best of lucks, my friend.

[gangrel-pride]

The Addams Curse should be a thing in the show cause, like, you just know Burton, Gouch and Millar would not be able to fucking resist having Bianca say something like “oh my god, your stupid ‘curse’ is just simping!” as soon as she hears Wednesday wax poetic about Enid. And I, for one, think it would be fucking hilarious to hear those words coming out of an actual human’s mouth

[dykedvonte]

An independent Courier would actually hate being in charge or enforcing standards in New Vegas. At least in my mind.

They made Vegas independent but I feel like that playthrough/style so clearly makes it apparent it isn't for them. They are making Vegas a place where people can live freely, like how House genuinely didn't care what people did but without the behind-the-scenes Big Brother surveillance he did. Having every family, faction, and other influence group or person comes to them about alliances or rules would be draining, and boring, one note.

In an independent Vegas, The Courier is also Independent. They like getting rid of lines and borders that impede freedom, they like to help give people the tool but I don't believe they want to be the one to shape it.

[ikemenomegas]

in the spirit of really easy trope subversion in the "we're all in hell (the akatsuki)" poly au, Itachi tops Kisame. He controls the pace, when Kisame gets him, how far they go and how fast. It's not due to necessity even though you might think so (Kisame is big and... a shark, I did the dirty googling now go away), but because Kisame likes to make Itachi take ownership of his desires.

While Alpha gets to baby Itachi and let Itachi play escapism, Kisame wants Itachi saying what he wants, wants him to lose that self-conscious, overly analytical streak. In a way, this is Kisame pulling dom moves on Alpha too because it wrests control from Alpha, makes you stop thinking about how to please Itachi and just let him be pleased. Kisame wants Itachi to blow off steam, he doesn't mind if it takes Itachi getting irritated to ask or take what he wants.

Kisame loves to watch Itachi sinking down on him, taking his time, refusing to consider anyone else's desires, refusing even to let Kisame make him go faster. And you? When it's time, Kisame lets you know Itachi needs you to lend him some strength, to hold his hips and let Itachi lean against you, to take his weight. That's usually around the point Itachi is starting to be gone, mouth falling open, lost to how full he is. That's when Kisame likes to listen to you whisper soft things in Itachi's ears or run your nails on his thighs, although you do nothing else to pull direction of Itachi's focus.

Kisame actually stumbles the first time you ask him to describe Itachi's expression, since you can't see his face while holding him from behind. Kisame taunts, he sneers, but he's no chatterbox and he's never made much small talk with his very few previous bedmates, but Itachi is trapping Kisame face up and he won't throw the omega off. So slowly, voice quiet and precise, he does, cheeks blazing, too enraptured by Itachi's face to glare at you and risk disrupting Itachi's moment of quiet.