#Self-assured

[themandalalady]

24-018 Confidence

“a feeling of self-assurance arising from one’s appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities” I’ve learned that confidence is something that’s built over time as we allow ourselves to try new things, explore new avenues, tip our toes into the proverbial waters of the ocean (pool, river, pond, tub, etc). And as the decades have passed for me, I have also come to learn that it almost doesn’t…

[howifeltabouthim]

I was always going around wondering where everyone got their self-assurance.

Lisa Taddeo, from Animal

[w-armansky-blog]

Juliette Binoche, the most celebrated contemporary French actresses

source: @distractedfilm

[nasikasakura]

Self-Assured.

Miley Cyrus - Flowers: https://youtu.be/G7KNmW9a75Y (TW: sensual visuals)

[rebelxr]

[bloginspiringilango]

[aroaceleovaldez]

One of the most important things to know with Nico’s character is he is, in this order:

1.) An extrovert who cares SO MUCH about EVERYTHING, ALL OF THE TIME and thinks so highly of his friends and gets sad and lonely when he’s not around people and doesn’t want anyone else to feel sad and lonely. When he’s not around people he talks to the dead to fill in that gap. He’s surprisingly self-assured but is sensitive to what other people think about him (ex: has no qualms against murder and doesn’t regret it at all but is concerned he scared Reyna and Coach/made them uncomfortable by killing somebody in front of them).

2.) The world’s most awkward nerd. He loves card games and struggles to not infodump about his special interests at inopportune times and wanted to be a greek hero/pirate/possibly an aviator growing up, but also that was like Two Years Ago and he doesn’t wanna talk about it.

3.) Thinks of himself as judge, jury, and executioner on both a metaphorical sense but also he is literally that. Like, that’s literally his job position as Ghost King/son of Hades and he takes it very seriously and he will straight up murder somebody if they are breaking the laws of the Underworld (unless he's giving somebody a pass because they’re his friend/family because see: bullet point 1 <3). And it directly ties into his powers (seemingly being able to judge people’s souls while they’re still alive and then also like. just. rip people’s souls out or turn them into skeletons).

So do with that information what you will.

[firefox-official]

what are your adjectives? mine are loud/weird

sardonic/conceited

[bishy437]

tgcf au where everything is the exact same except HC loses his Cool Guy persona in front of XL and becomes a stuttering Mess

[vebokki]

i'll be unclean, i'll be obscene, you'll be the rest

[godofstory]

look who's finally here🙄

[let-roman-bite-someone]

well this aged like milk.

[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: nightmares / trauma / ]

Post-invasion, Mikey sneaks into Leo’s room and when asked by Leo what the problem was, Mikey just smiles and says since he’s awake and knew Leo would be too, he didn’t want either of them alone. Leo laughs and lets Mikey stick around, both of them clumped together on Leo’s bed, watching grainy compilations of old Lou Jitsu commercials on Leo’s phone.

Technically, Mikey didn’t lie. He just didn’t explain everything that led him to Leo’s room. He didn’t explain the nightmare of his arms burning up too bright, too fast, destroyed before Raph and Donnie have a chance to help. He didn’t explain how he woke up with a wail caught in his throat, phantom pain in his arms and chest alike chasing away any semblance of exhaustion. He didn’t explain how his mind made sure he knew, vividly, that if one thing went wrong with his portal, then he would have never seen Leo again.

He didn’t explain, and he didn’t have to. Leo knows his brothers better than he knows himself, and Mikey has always been easy to read. So it’s no trouble to let Mikey know that he’s still with them, that Leo is here and alive with everyone else. And when Mikey finally regains his exhaustion and falls asleep leaning against Leo, Leo simply maneuvers him into a more comfortable position and stays by his side.

He doesn’t move, doesn’t go to sleep - not that he could, anyway. He just mindlessly scrolls on his phone, the soft snores of his little brother filling the room. He stays in place, awake, because he wants to be sure that when Mikey wakes up again it’s to the immediate sight that Leo is alive and well and home.

And, if Leo’s bring honest, that’s a reminder not just for Mikey’s sake.

[captainhysunstuff]

@lawlightweek2024 Day 1: Firsts

A kiss on the cheek out of nowhere from a detective sends a serial killer's mind into overdrive, and a new plan is hatched!

A bonus "scolding" below:

[cruelplatonic]

the funny thing about writing valentino as the narrator is that sometimes a truly demented sentence tumbles out and when you ask "would he really say that?" the options are

without a doubt

no, he would find a worse thing and say that instead

[procrastinationaccount]

Nothing better than Camilla Hect just chilling. Zoning out while her necromancer argues with the Reverend Daughter. Beating Judith and Corona at chess because she likes playing games all the way out. Reading paperback novels while Nona goes for a swim. Want that for her.