#Passive Approach

[a-contemplative-soul]

Sometimes it's complicated to find the balance between having a passive and an active approach, because in a passive approach you keep analysing and observing, you assess the whole scenario, in an attempt to don't miss any factor, which can make you end up over-analysing endlessly and never go to any action, in constrast, within an active approach, you don't think, you just go right into action, which can put you at a risky situation or not, when you don't analyse, anything can happens, you allow your luck to define the outcomes. Hence, my point is, when is the right moment to go to action? It can be really complex to determine it, sometimes even with a lot of observation, an unpredictable factor appears and put you at a risky situation. Overall, on my experience, I always try to analyse for a while and when I feel it's the right time, in the right place, in the right condition, I just go and put myself to action. In certain cases risks are unavoidable and you have to be brave and accept them, I think sometimes life requires us to accept risks and go to action, maybe it's the universe attempting to teach a maturity lesson, because it's not about having zero risks, there will always be risks, it's about having manageable risks, that's the way to find the balance.

[wickedzeevyln]

Stroke of Luck

There are two types of people pursuing success. One pursuing luck, the other opportunity. One is cursing the heavens for bad luck, the other thanking the above for the lessons that failure teaches. One attributes success to good luck, the other with a sense of fulfillment for whatever was won, was earned. —e.d. maramat Luck is so unreliable. Don’t count on it. Yes, it shows up when you least…

[glimblshanks]

For Mariner to be happy and fulfilled she needs a stable group of friends, a good relationship with her mom, a settled and supportive work/living situation, and plenty of time to process her war trauma. Meanwhile all Ransom needs to be happy and fulfilled is a bunch of stairs and some decon slime, so all that's to say that opposites attract, and they're actually perfect for each other.

[samuelwilsonbarnes]

I've really always felt that bucky hated when raynor wrote psych notes in their meetings because it felt like an extension of the log of the Winter Soldier being updated in real time in front of him

I just cant help but see it as significant, especially considering the importance of notebooks in the WS arc canon (steve's notebook use for relearning the world. bucky's notebook use for amends, the HYDRA winter soldier book's importance both on a character level and to the arching plot of civil war, maybe even more I'm forgetting)

[agentlove]

copper is already setting in as hymns for the roads' Ollie-Guy(tm) i like them so much

(ft glass because this bit scared the shit outta me)

[komsomolka]

the thing with levi baskerville is that he's such ridiculously heartless person who is so numb to everything he is always in the state of boredom. i believe he legit views all people around him as npcs to amuse him. yet. yet there's such incredible rage at the violent status quo of his own house behind all his actions. which makes me think he used to feel and hurt so deeply to warrant this willingness to do ANYTHING to end glens/children of ill omen cycles of abuse and all this total indifference as inner defense mechanism.

[starakex]

I realized something last night when, scrolling Youtube for entertainment, I got recommended a penguin video from 13 years ago. Just a guy sitting around observing penguins in the wild. I was kind of struck by how long it has been since I last just watched a nature documentary. Most animals I see today are, like, funny pet videos or passing-bys "storytime" clickbaits with added music and robot voiceovers. I just, genuinely, hadn't seen a nature documentary in years. Or I guess the term would be "given", considering our algorithm-centric web. As a kid, I'd get my hands on every animal show and book I could find. I'd look up animal facts online and ask my parents to go to zoos or museums. I remember getting really mad when the nature channel kept putting up other programming like dog training stories or extreme vet visits. I'd been taught about the concept of TV Reality shows, and the most I got from it at the time was "it's boring shows for adults with made up stories" and, more importantly, it didn't have the wildlife footage I wanted to see. But I guess I got caught up in it, in the end. I only have the subscription page active on youtube, but here I am clicking on whatever looks entertaining to fill in space instead of impatiently waiting for shark week or whatever upcoming channel animal special was announced. New age media content online basically turned into the "popular filler shows" that was getting in the way of my "animal tv" and I stopped choosing what I wanted to watch. It was kind of a sobering discovery. I looked up a bit online, picked up a David Attenborough-narrated nature documentary, and just. Man. At first it felt a little slow and silent until I realized that was always the case, quiet time to let the footage take center stage, before the internet pivoted to creating a whole business around fast-paced, short videos with aggressive audio and quick cuts and automatic skips to keep you stimulated. Took a few minutes of focused watching at first, but then I was engrossed in it for the rest of its hour long runtime. Anyways, here I am doing a huge clear of my youtube subs and carefully picking out a few good documentary channels on specific interests so "watching something" can return to being an active, curated activity again.

[elinciarune]

Houseki no Kuni spoilers

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I cannot help but return to those panels when Phos got Lapis’s head.

His immediate reaction:

Cairngorm shocked but not really:

Then Phos proving Cairngorm right by making this face:

Extra footage of Cairngorm wanting to retire:

[fisheito]

Your crimson phantom Yaku post is such a good read but the entire time I was thinking how it's lowkey formatted like a disco elysium dialogue lolol

geuss i got that disco'leez in me (has never played it)

[mosaic-briar]

Hello Kitty Island Adventure is so much fun it is actually unreal. Obviously it's pretty easy to get information about the game but here is the info I wish I knew when I started:

Give Hello Kitty her fav item exclusively once unlocked (this is worth any amount of resource collecting)

Bring her with you for all other gift giving to level her up faster

Level her up first since her passive ability improves how fast the other characters level up

If you are picking up this game, please enjoy! This is the best method to getting access to larger plot points and map locations that I've found! Basically, it's the Hello Kitty Gift Club (members 2) but if you make that girl run around the island when you do it adds up fast!

Every time I tried to figure out what the best approach was some previous thread just said stuff like :"maybe go play other games HMMM" or "go outside!" and I was like okay but why aren't we allowed to discuss the most effective approach I don't get it. Why is the assumption that I'm like addicted to "the game" like sometimes people play games in their free time and when their free time is up they stop so if twenty minutes into the game their games says hehe no more game wait until tomorrow they might them hmm how can I get the most out of my free time. Like I promise you Hello Kitty isn't what is keeping me from touching grass, mostly it's my allergies.

[centipedve]

using memory techniques designed for people with bad memory as someone who. doesnt need that. makes us feel like we're on smthn. like we fully didnt need the buff but we're taking it anyways and now its just like well it truly comes down to how much time we have each day to add new things to connor memoryworld less so how much we can store without getting exhausted/overwhelmed/mixing things up. guys it was all so simple. just remember

[kyliafanfiction]

I know I've talked about this before, but since it's in my head, I'm gonna talk about it some more.

It is remarkable to me, how often in fanficdom, how many people prize absolute canon compliance.

It's one thing to write a canon compliant fic. And I definitely do generally strive to have the characters be recognizable as their canon selves, rather than In Name Only (though, of course 'In Name Only' is highly subjective') but there is a degree of over-respect for canon that I just can't grok with, where canon compliance is prized merely for it's own sake.

And even more, what really baffles me, is when the canon will come out with a new season, or a new installment or whatever that introduces some new element about the setting or a character or whatever that may technically - technically - not be a retcon, but is such a radical shift in presentation or tone or thematic approach that it sure seems like one and completely changes how a thing or character/etc is presented... and then so many people will just... eat it up and say thank you sir can I have another? And then every fanfic they like and every fanfic they write must have that new thing, because that's what the canon gave them.

I just don't get that.

It's fanfic. You can ignore what you want to ignore. I don't really grasp why some people just... take what's shoveled at them like that.

[meowdei]

have sent numerous asks Abt how much I love ur work and how it moves me but u constantly ignore it... like ok.

Not sure what this means bc I have answered every ask unless it’s a thirst or something that I plan to reply with a drabble but I assume that an ask of that nature probably doesn’t have a detailed thirst along with it so idk what to say if I’m being honest besides I’m a bit confused

Edit: answered everything with the exception of todays asks bc I’ve been at work today

[lacefuneral]

just remembered how terribly katy perry flopped with her pop-feminist "satire" music video a few months ago:

artists that did it better this year:

[humanitys-strongest-bamf]

i have had a single day of class and am ready for the semester to be over

[dracolunae]

I gotta start actively interacting with people more, I keep feeling like I’m just outside of everyone’s relationships as just a passive observer and it’s not fair to expect friendships from just other people approaching me to interact