#defining self

[remembertheplunge]

Note: the “ I don’t come from the past, I come from Now” is a Paul Monette quote . He was a gay activist author who died of AIDS in 1995. He wrote about gay life and the devastating impact AIDS had on it.

The following quotes are included in the journal entries above:

4/4/2019 "I could lose my social identity, my physical configuration and my personal history, yet, something will remain the same, outlasting radical vicissitudes." Force of Charachter, by James Hillman

My responding December 18, 2019 margin note:

"My Mission Statement:

I am the family.

I am the government.

I am the employer.

I am the body.

I self define.

I don't come from the past, I come from now.

I self define, period."

[chloesimaginationthings]

FNAF movie William and Springtrap are petty,,

[disgracefulthings]

Shen Qingqiu: Airplane, something happened!

Shang Qinghua: Who died? Please tell me it wasn't you again

Shen Qingqiu: No no, I just recently realized that I have feelings... For Binghe...

Shang Qinghua: Luo Binghe, you husband?

Shen Qingqiu: Yes.

Shang Qinghua: Okay. Have you tried talking about these feelings to Luo Binghe, your husband, the man you married

Shen Qingqiu: Of course not, I rather die

Shang Qinghua: I really prefer it if you don't

[faronmckenzie]

Don’t let their energy change yours.

[fallofthecelestial]

Okay. Since we're going over all the takes on Mr. X at this point.. What if his powers really don't have a backside. What if (the state of) his normal life is the backside.

What if his normal life is akin to that of heroes where he has to pretend to be something he's not and follow rules that the people who control his life came up with to further their own goals. What if he can only be free of other people's beliefs and expectations when he's a hero.

What if in reality he truly is like everyone else. The other heroes. The ordinary people. All those who work themselves to the bone, who are tired and overworked and sick of all the exploitation...

What if when he's in the form of the number one hero.. when he becomes the most sought after product on the hero market..

Is when he gains the freedom to truly be himself

[soybean-official]

Compiled the Disco Elysium style MGS2 portraits into 1 post!

[jahdefender]

So I found this posted to reddit and I wanted to share it here because I'm sure there are some fans who haven't seen the Adventures Bible stuff. (I had not so this is just referencing myself)

[icantdothistodaybruh]

[thereweredragonshere]

I would so fucking love it if the cast of httyd could react to in universe moments on some massive magical stone or whatever. For example, imagine Berk’s reaction to their future chief standing in a pile of fish, pouting. Imagine said future chief’s reaction to their reaction. ‘Why are you stood in a pile of fish?’ ‘SHUT UP!!!’

[kat1nkulta]

I can’t stop thinking about Loop. Imagine doing everything, anything, to get out of a traumatic situation but the price is you. Your body is gone, your name is gone, your family doesn’t recognize you, you feel like most of your memories of them are gone too anyway. Suddenly you’re denied your identity. It’s like YOU never existed… and someone else took your place. You, whose biggest fears are forgetting and being forgotten in turn. You, who’s hesitant to change and now you’re forced to. You can’t even really blame anyone else because you did get your wish, right?

It’s explained clearly in the game, but the implications of it just hit me extra hard sometimes. Siffrin is as much of a study of Loop as Loop is of Siffrin. They share(d) their fears too so mal du pays words essentially becoming the truth to Loop is just… 🪨🪨🪨🙁🙁🙁💥💥💥💥

What do you do when all you have is ripped from you, all your worst fears come true, and youre forced to just… come to terms with it?

[succulentsiren]

Stop giving away your power by letting what others think of you, define you. People’s perceptions of you hold no value unless you allow it. If you don’t agree with how others see you, create you own narrative and start defining yourself.

Shift your mindset from needing validation, to knowing who you are. Don’t walk into the room thinking “I wonder what they think of me.” Walk into the room thinking “I don’t mind what they think of me. I know who I am. I am the best.”

And sure, this mindset may seem like arrogance but it is far better than craving approval or trying to explain yourself to others.

You can either give your power away by depending on the approval of others or you can free yourself, become the main character and perceive yourself the way you desire.

[xfreischutz]

I don't comment on fics. idc if this is a "community" I will not leave a comment. it's the whole REBLOGS DO NOTHING all over again.

fwiw while i'm not a fic writer, it really means a lot to me when people leave their thoughts in tags and it also counters the usual 'lol why even bother it's not like anyone cares' thought -- which is not something you're responsible for fixing, of course, but if you specifically enjoy someone's work then maybe you do owe them something small at least for the enjoyment their work brought to you? i don't have an ao3 account but sometimes i leave anonymous comments or kudos on stuff i enjoyed because i want to thank the author for a good time. you didn't say you didn't leave kudos, so i'm hoping you do at least that.

in general, i think it's important for everyone to be aware that fandom has a community aspect and some of the things that i enjoyed the most in fandom was building stuff WITH other people and discussing things WITH other people, and if you take that away you just have like...content creators that you don't engage with? that's a very passive position to take in a fandom space and imo that's a void rather than a presence (lurking is/was a thing of course but i think lurkers still saw creators as People that they shared a space with, because the framing of fandoms was still a Community)

i'm not saying you must leave a comment or be publicly drawn and quartered, i'd just like people to think about how they engage with fandom and if they do at all. i'd also like to avoid any kind of implication that comments/reactions are 'owed' or 'non-creators pulling their weight/paying their dues' because that's transactional and also Not Community, i just want people to think about if and how they share the love and enjoyment of the media in common with others with sincerity.

[vaggieslefteye]

ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴄʜᴏᴏꜱᴇ ↳ anonymous asked: HUSK and ALASTOR or angel and valentino?

[lunarcloak]

Not enough people are talking about this. No, I don't mean the Rinsagi breakup or Rivalry breakup or whatever.

I mean this.

All those jokes about Rin and Isagi being the same... Because their expressions, when confronted with such a sheer, impossibly high gap in ability are the exact same. Really, this particular football maneuver is not rare. It has happened plenty of times.

But only Rin and Isagi have reacted this way to bring overthrown in such a callous, effortless manner.

And not to mention, Rin himself. The words he's heard come from Sae, every time this happens to him. "What have you been doing in Japan? You'll never be able to surpass me. "

"With such a lukewarm existence... You're a failure of a rival. "

Even when he's trying to beat Sae, he cannot help but be Sae. Learn from Sae. Acknowledge Sae. And he sees himself in Isagi, just as Isagi sees himself in Rin. The pages after this are of Isagi acknowledging that, while their drives and reasons may be different, they are both MORE than willing to put everything. EVERYTHING. On the line.

The same blood runs in their veins. And Isagi and Rin are absolutely delightful rivals.

[milfygerard]

man remember when that nyt interview w gerard dropped in 2014 and gerard stated directly that they identify heavily with woman and didnt and never could relate to men and the main reaction was people freaking out at gerard using "straight" as shorthand for "attracted to women" while discussing how that attraction was impacted by their struggle with their gender identity

[valtsv]

one of these days someone is going to ask me to name a woman who inspires me and i'll be just not mentally engaged enough to say james fitzjames and only realise what i've done when they pull out their phone, look something up, and then look back at me with a baffled expression and say "the 19th century naval officer?"