#Perception Is Your Reality

[boyczar]

[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'

[arielluva]

everlasting

[rocketbirdie]

it looks and sounds just like you, but,

[stripedstarsblueflags]

if you expect a driver to be world champion material (ruthless, ravenously ambitious, selfish, psychologically manipulative, killer instinct, able to be cold hearted to hypothermic extremes, competitive to the point of aggression, values winning more than anything and anyone in their lives) and also be a completely likeable person that is entirely a you problem

[universetalkz]

The ego has a negativity bias-

“It tends to focus on what is missing rather than celebrating what you already have. When we do not understand this nature of the ego mind we are always hungry for more, never truly enjoying what we have already accomplished. Learn to appreciate where you are and through that you will snap out of the ego’s grip. Seeking more without focusing on what you already have will always leave you feeling like you have nothing. Always be grateful.”

~Pawan Nair | The Higher Self

[spiritualseeker777]

[nenoname]

it really does seem like bill's version of possessing bodies requires the host soul to be either unconscious (ie ford and blendin) or gone (him kicking dipper out of his own body, possessing silas and other corpses), but honestly the type of possession that has the victim aware and trapped in their own body is probably the scariest to me

[somecunttookmyurl]

oh my god i finally found someone who shares my view on pronouns/gender. i'm cis i just don't care but *sniffles* you are all so fucking boring

depending on the day my gender is either "cis, but not paid enough to care about it" or "cis, but committed to the bit"

[bowiestarzzz]

God I genuinely don’t get why people hate Nightheart so much. Every reason they have is they’re actually just angry at the authors not at Nightheart lol. Like you’re allowed to hate whatever character u want but I just saw a comment saying the fandom should scalp every Nightheart fan alive and it’s like woah okay. Jesus he’s just a cat dude

[taraxippos]

There's a LOT of things people do wrong when constructing fantasy beliefs in pantheons of gods, but one of the more specific is having only one god related to fertility and it kind of being just a horny sex thing.

Like you'll have one in the entire bunch whose sphere is listed as fertility and it's basically like Yeah this is the sex one. She's always depicted naked (but not TOO naked because censorship and/or the writer's own skittishness). She's going to have the exact body type epitomized in contemporary western beauty standards and there's usually no chance in hell that she's gonna be fat (unless MAYBE they're referencing 'venus' figurines). Her thing is fertility, which means having sex and making babies. Might be a goddess of beauty or love or marriage too, because these are kinda sex things, but that's probably it. And yeah that sort of thing is virtually nonexistent in real life.

Like the concept of fertility is so fundamentally important to the function of most societies in human history in ways that it is just Not in industrialized imperial core countries. Most people are getting food from stores, and not having to worry about harvesting crops or breeding livestock or foraging for food or having enough animals to hunt, so fertility only really comes up as a concern if you're trying to have kids (and there is certainly societal pressure to have children, but your wellbeing and survival is rarely going to Depend on it). And I think writing only from that perspective and not even trying to learn about WHY fertility is so conceptually important is why you see this trend.

There's no absolute universal statement about how people believe in gods but it's broadly accurate that systems with many deities will Usually have more than one deity associated with fertility, and these associations will certainly include human reproduction but also the fertility of livestock/hunted animals, plants, the land itself.

Some fertility deities may also be heavily associated with seasonal changes or environmental factors that agriculture or foraging is dependent on (spring/summer/fall, seasonal rains, seasonal flooding, rain itself, sunlight, good soil, rivers, wetlands, etc). Some certainly might be related to love, marriage, sex, and beauty, but that's VERY RARELY going to be the sole way the concept of fertility is embodied. And they'll often will have other associations not directly about fertility, or related to fertility in culturally specific ways.

[onceinawhilemoon]

sure, sherry. your brother would just let M walk free after he literally checked every single box under Ways to Antagonize Mycroft Holmes by: killing his agents, actively fucking with intelligence and national security operations, being a literal threat to the nation, and committing the cardinal sin of stalking and threatening to hurt an overprotective mama bear’s cub (aka YOU), a crime easily punished by imprisonment, death, or worse (see: otto richter). but sure… 

[honeygrahambitch]

Came across a poll regarding who the best therapist in Hannibal nbc is and I just want to ask if the people who voted for Alana Bloom are talking about the Alana Bloom in the series

[overelias]

It is my personal opinion that people should stop diagnosing/labeling fictional characters with mental illnesses and then calling people ableist when they disagree. You have forced a label on someone else’s artistic creation. Yes, you have the right to armchair-expert “diagnose” a FICTIONAL CHARACTER; but that means others have the equal right to say what they want about said FICTIONAL CHARACTER, even if that contradicts your own opinions. You do not own this character, therefore, you cannot canonize whatever you want.

Obviously, this conversation changes when a character is confirmed to have a mental/physical illness. Then yes, one should respect the artist’s portrayal of their character. But until then, it is up to interpretation, and you cannot go around accusing random people on the internet of being “ableist” just because they disagree with you.

Much love <3

[universetalkz]

“The only way to improve the world is by improving ourselves, because the only thing we can experience is ourselves.”

~Immanuel Kant

[xerospaced]

Neurotypicals have ZERO fucken idea just how much grace we give you.

Absolutely clueless as to how many things you do that offend, or are dismissive, or ableist. We endure all the bullshit of being made to feel small, or wrong, or being made to be the problem time and time again.

You have no idea how often we tell ourselves that y'all "probably didn't mean it that way" or put it down to a lack of sensitivity, or not sharing the same experience.

You have no idea how dismissive you can be of our challenges and how unwilling y'all are to actually TRY to understand our mannerisms, means of communication, or intent.

You have your perceptions and that's all that matters.

But we have to adjust ours CONSTANTLY.

Y'all can really be such arseholes without even trying and at the end of the day the only thing that comes of it is one of us trying to adjust, for the nth time, to finally get it right for y'all.