#Taking Control

[aprillikesthings]

Never gonna be over the fact that these are the same character

Looking at the same other character

Who is doing the same thing both times

And that the one on the right is older

[colebabey888]

Taking Control of Your Fears | IT GIRL DIARIES

Fear often shows up as a small, persistent voice in the back of our minds, whispering doubts and “what ifs.” This negative inner dialogue becomes a wall between us and our dreams. It might come from a fear of failure, judgment, or just feeling unsure of ourselves. That voice can hold us back from doing the things we truly want, whether it’s starting a business, switching careers, or chasing a passion project.

I’ve been there, letting that voice take over and dictate my actions—or worse, my inactions. It would tell me, “You’re going to mess this up” or “It’s not going to work.” Over time, I realized those weren’t just my own doubts but the opinions of others I’d let into my head. By having accepted their poison and allowing it to become a consistent habitual thought during doubtful times.

What if it goes wrong? So what? Even if things don’t work out perfectly, life doesn’t stop. The world keeps moving, and you can move with it. Controlling every outcome in life would be impossible, sure you can plan accordingly but you will never be certain of the result until it comes. Always choose to try, no matter what.

Truth is, we live in a world full of people with their own struggles and dreams. We have the power to shape our lives, but setbacks will happen, and that’s okay. Taking control of your fears means doing the thing, even if you’re scared, even if it doesn't work out. It means silencing the doubts and knowing that failure is just a lesson & a step forward, not the end.

So start that business, get that job, speak up in class, reach out, buy something you've always wanted to, go bungee jumping, sign up for that thing, go on that date, change your hair, go to the gym, take that cooking lesson, travel the world, take the leap. Embrace action over doubts.

With the new year approaching, take a chance, start it off doing something you've been holding back from. Begin fresh.

xoxo, colebabey888

[manic-sapphic]

initially, adora wasn't so much the wielder of a weapon as she was wielded by the weapon

^the blinding glint of the first one's she-ra, who catra felt adora left her to become

^the strong glow of adora's own she-ra, who she only became after risking everything to go back for catra

cause this she-ra doesn't fight for the first ones.

adora's she-ra was chosen by etheria. and she fights for her home, herself, & her friends.

<3

[livingdoll13]

understanding catra in taking control s5: ep 6

(lots of awesome people have already said some amazing things about this, but it’s been on my mind a lot especially since i’ve been seeing some anti catra bullshit lately)

first off, i want to say that i don’t think that catra is necessarily handling the situation well, but i often see people saying some crazy shit about how she’s so “ungrateful” to adora for rescuing her or whatever and just generally being incredibly insensitive to her.

you have to remember everything that catra has gone through up until the point. horde prime had just completely violated her body and mind, electrocuting her in the baptismal pool, cutting off her hair, and infiltrating her memories. catra, who is already deeply afraid of the losing control (namely to shadow weaver, who taught her that power and control were necessary to be safe from her abuse), just lost all of her autonomy in the most fucking disturbing, pseudo-religious way possible.

before this, catra fully expected to die. i’ve seen a lot of different takes and i’m relatively open-minded to about what it is that catra thinks specifically when she remembers that scene with her and adora’s younger selves in corridors, but i think that it’s something along these lines:

“all i’ve ever done is hurt adora, and all she ever tried to do was love me instead. i’ve loved her and wanted her more than anyone else, and still all i did was hurt her. adora finally gave up on me, like i deserved all along anyway. but maybe, just maybe, the last thing i do could be for her. maybe that last little piece of goodness in me could live on in her.”

hence the:

“all i do is hurt people. there’s no one left in the entire universe who cares about me.”

anyway, my point is that catra has been through fucking hell :(

adora rescues her, and in the moment, catra is (obviously) relieved, shocked, surprised, confused, even. (“why did you come back? we both know i don’t matter.”)

the confusion is the main thing i want to focus on. catra really truly believes that adora hates her (shadow weaver has conditioned her to believe that she has always been inherently worthless and unlovable), so catra can’t understand why adora would ever come back for her.

catra eventually comes to the conclusion that adora just wanted to feel like a hero. she just came back to rescue catra to prove her virtue or her moral superiority to catra.

so she lashes out. she feels so completely out of control, and bitter with adora for her actions, convinced that there is no way that adora came back for her out of love.

adora handles this like shit. the literal first thing she does is throw the mattress onto the floor, and later slams catra into the wall. adora lashes back at catra, hurt that catra doesn’t “appreciate” adora’s love for her. adora doesn’t even try for two fucking seconds to understand where catra is coming from.

(adora does have a consistent issue with only seeming to be able to empathize with catra’s emotions when catra is weak, vulnerable, and powerless throughout much of series honestly)

ugh and calling her a stubborn brat? like i love you adora, but that makes my blood fucking boil. it is SUCH condescending, shadow weaver-coded language to use toward catra. i understand, catra is being “difficult” or whatever, but god it’s so easy to see why catra is acting the way she is.

and ofc catra is scared of entrapta! obviously, catra wronged entrapta deeply, and catra has never lived in a world with grace and forgiveness. shadow weaver physically abused her all her life, and hordak suffocated her for losing shadow weaver and lying to him about it. catra knows that she hurt entrapta, so naturally she immediately assumes that entrapta is going to fucking kill her the minute she has a chance.

then adora’s reaction is to fucking shove her into the wall and tell her to “grow up”. catra just looks fucking terrified, backed into the corner in her little horde pjs :(

adora backs off for a moment and tells catra that she would respect her wish to drop her off somewhere, catra realizes that adora really could leave her, and immediately rushes to beg adora to stay, kneeling on the ground, reaching up for her hand. something about that whole scene just absolutely fucking breaks my heart.

it kills something in me when i hear people say that catra didn’t do enough for redemption. it’s never what her redemption was ever about. catra is genuinely so, so much more complicated than that. and so is adora! i’m still sad that adora never really made up to catra for some of her shitty behavior.

i don’t believe that their arcs are meant to be done at the end of the show. there’s still so much room for them to grow. and that is what the post canon fics are for lol

oops this ended up being wayyy more of a rant than i intended; i think about catradora all the time :)

[doctor2smoooth]

👑

Boss lady taking what she wants….🍆

[girl4music]

Oh my god. Just kiss. Just fucking kiss already!

Catra’s so repressed she’s sabotaging everything.

Adora’s so blind she’s doesn’t even see it at all.

They just need to kiss and get it over with. Nail down all the romantic tension and sexual frustration with a hammer. That’s what’s wrong with them. It’s obvious.

It’s certainly what’s wrong with Catra anyway. Adora…

I don’t know about Adora. I think she just doesn’t realize that Catra feels the same way for her back.

[writingsofwesteros]

Imagine Jace’s Valyrian looking sister being a snob and bratty wife. She loved her brothers, however, she blamed their stupid genetics for letting the Strong knight’s seed win over their Targaryen seed. She’s similar to Daemon very prideful of her Valyrian ancestry and took pity on her brothers from looking like bastards. After resolving, her quarrels with the Queen, Rhaenyra decided to keep the Valyrian tradition of wedding siblings to one another, much to her daughter’s disgust. She would’ve love to marry her uncle Aegon or Aemond, perhaps even wait for little Aegon or Viserys to grow up, any other true Valyrian man besides her plain featured brothers.

But none of her tantrums worked, even earning her a slap from her mother after calling her brothers brown-haired bastards. Instead the princess followed her mother’s steps, she was able to convince her uncle Aegon quickly to fuck her for the next couple of nights leading up to her wedding. As for her uncle Aemond, it took her few tries but she was able to get his approval after telling him, his seed could be the one that impregnates her with her first child, the thrones heir.

So for the next few years, the princess birthed a few silver-head babes, while many could argue it was due to the princess and her mother’s hair, their features said otherwise. Her first children were a set of twins, boy and girl, just like her and her brother. However, little Maegor and Visenya favored the looks of her uncle Aemond, having his sharp chin and tall-slender figure. As for her next child, it was a little boy named Aelor, who looked exactly like the dowager queen and her eldest son, Prince Aegon. A cheeky little mama’s boy who was very fond of Sunfrye The Golden. However, her last child, an unexpected pregnancy was a shy little boy who despite his features was very much loved by his mother due to his silver hair with small fading brown ends and bright violet eyes, named Rhaegar.

Her mother knew better, she knew the true parentage of her first three children but she couldn’t do anything. It would’ve been hypocritical of the Queen to question the paternity of her grandchildren. As for the dowager Queen, despite her uncertainties of bastards holding royal claims, she couldn’t hate the children as they were blood of her sons. She even found some fondness on little Aelor, imagining as if her son had been reborn and she could be a much better parent than when she was younger.

YES PLEASE

Bratty Princesses are always so delicious ;) poor Jace having to put up with it but its all his fault.

Daemon is enjoying watching all this from the side. It seemed he had rubbed off on at least one of Rhaenyra's children, thank the Gods.

Maegor being just like Aemond; strong, fierce and proud. He enjoys the history books too , which is what he bonds with Aemond on. His little face is always so serious.

Visenya was the one to look out for. Just like her father , she claimed a large dragon at a young age whilst her mother fought against the worry threatening to overwhelm her.

Aelor was just the sweetest little Prince imaginable. Chubby little boy who was the embodiment of happiness as he ran down the halls of the keep

[tippenfunkaport]

*Catra reverse Uno-ing Prime's mind control chip to see what he's up to through their connection*

Me, who's read Dracula: This happened to Mina Harker once.

[hersurvival]

He says "no."

Hard.

Tries to articulate his feelings -

It will ruin your body.

For my enjoyment.

And that is what I have become,

An object.

A pretty face with unmarked skin

For him.

Not a person, not in and of myself,

But something in relation to him.

And I am his.

But I am not for anyone's pleasure.

So I told him I was leaving -

I am done and I am gone.

@nosebleedclub May 14th - Taking Control

[manic-sapphic]

betcha wrong hordak be prankin these silly lil etherians before he even learned how to wink

[swan2swan]

Hey, hi, that scene where the neural implant takes control of the Brachiosaurus is messed up.

[lassie-farce]

this season of 911 lone star was brought to you by your therapist

[mycollectioncloud]

I Am Done.

Being a victim of my circumstances I hold the power I am capable of doing so And I'm thankfully in the position To be able to Do something about it That isn't temporary

[whoisalebb]

happy 2025.

hope your 2025 will be a year of understanding that things don’t just happen, you have to make things happen. and i encourage you to enjoy the process.. cause this is just one tiny little life we have, and we if don’t take advantage of what and how we do things, then how do we learn? how do we grow? how do we delve in a self-motivating self, but also a self-consistent self? i hope this year you try this, as i am also writing this for myself. let’s finally take charge and create the life that each one of us want.

there’s my 2 cents for a new year resolution + my vision board on top of<2

[ciaociaobeans]

today

i am done dreaming. I am so tired of dreaming but never actually getting closer to what I want. I am so disappointed in myself for allowing myself to continue on this way not really living, just meandering through life like a lifeless zombie. I am done being a burden and a waste. today is when my life begins.

...merry christmas