#empathetic boy!!!!

[somewhereincairparavel]

Gentle reminder that every time Jason Grace gave his offering to Jupiter, he prayed for his dad to help Nico. Just saying.

[carlyraejepsans]

papyrus is a good man, but i wish more people realized that he's just as low-empathy autistic as flowey and THAT'S why they fw each other so much

[mamanbou]

i joke about ociel thinking he's his dad's age a lot but like really he does. something so heartbreaking about the fact that whenever ciel references his own age it's like he's making an inside joke- dryly reminding the dinner party in book of murder that children have early bedtimes, for example. as if his age is a mere technicality, it's inaccurate on some level but is still a loophole he can exploit when convenient. Feigned innocence.

Because in kuro youth primarily functions as an axis of powerlessness. Ciel can't act his age or he's delegitimized. It's just another wall he's built between his persona and his actual self. To be Earl Ciel Phantomhive The Queen's Guard Dog he buries his age, his name, his illnesses........ idk it just always gets me that he isn't only borrowing from his brother, but his father as well. Anybody but himself. He really believes it, too, that any lie can become the truth with enough dedication and hard work.. He's so good at deluding himself. But he's not a grizzled 34 year old detective :( hes just a baby :(

[jtownraindancer]

they did an update video!

Highlights:

Deep and sincere apologies for the way they announced the transition, and for underestimating how much of an impact it would have on the fans.

If you want to watch shows early and ad-free, they will be available on the streaming site a month prior to their release on YouTube.

Willing to issue full refunds to anyone who has already made a subscription, in light of the new change.

All Patreon members will get a free subscription code to the Watcher Platform.

[dreamerinthemoonlight]

Genshin Guys with an S/O Dealing with Sensory Overload: Part 2 (Kaveh, Baizhu)

To anon: I can't much more for Wriothesley and Alhaitham, but I can do Kaveh, and I'll tac on Baizhu since I didn;t have the energy to write for him last night

cw: hurt/comfort-ish, neurodivergent reader

Kaveh x gn!reader. Baizhu x gn! reader

Kaveh

Kaveh is so damn empathetic, he absolutely dotes on you, and that's on a normal day

On days when you're sensory overloaded, he's doing his absolute best to provide you with everything you need

Quiet? Soft things? Consider it done. Him night bickering with Alhaitham? he and 'Haitham have decided that in order to not make you miserable, they'll call a truce when you're overwhelmed

Sometimes Kaveh can get a little overwhelming (and anxious) himself in his attempts to make sure you have everything you need, so a "Kaveh, I'm fine. I just need some time alone" goes a long way

But otherwise he's really, really sweet and you love him for it

Baizhu

Bubu Pharmacy is a safe haven when you're overloaded

Baizhu gave you permission to use a back room any time you needed to get away from the hustle and bustle of Liyue Harbor

He also makes sure that you have something to take the edge off of any headaches

If you're not at the pharmacy and he finds you overwhelmed, he's one to gently but firmly shoo off any people around you before taking you somewhere more conducive to your mental health

His steady presence always helps ground you, making it easier to handle

On a side note, he's definitely using your issues to study issues like yours. After spending so much time with you and seeing you get overwhelmed and burnt out, he doesn't want anyone else to suffer from the same thing

[alternis]

the thing about tim drake is fanon wants him to be either a 'sad shivering purse dog' or a 'wacky mad scientist', and then you read him in the actual comics and you discover that well he is a little bit both of those things and, also, willingly runs into army blockades and dodges literal bullets because a girl asked him nicely, and is also somehow able to talk people into doing what he thinks is best whilst committing social blunders that make you need to stop reading and stare into space for five minutes, and by trying to make him Super Relatable the collective of tim writers have instead created a character so riddled with contradictions that the only reasonable response is for you, as a fan, to go entirely insane.

[oddberryshortcake]

NOOOOO BABY NOOOOO

[pearlcaddy]

lockwood reacting to lucy's pain

LOCKWOOD & CO. 1.02

[books-books-smolderinglooks]

Never over Wille's "Can you see me?" Really delineates his whole relationship with them. They don't see him, they don't know him. Peak devastation. 💔💔

[omegalomania]

hey gang what time is it its time for another joe trohman podcast. this actually came out like a month ago but i missed it until isa linked it to me and because i like doing these heres a highlights reel

the host says he appreciates that joe opened the book with the question of whether or not satan fucked his wife to which joe replies "well you know, when you have kids, sometimes you wonder that. you truly wonder what are these demons. i love my children btw they're phenomenal."

sometimes it does get tiring playing the same songs over and over. joe says that "thnks fr th mmrs" has a really good energy and tempo that keeps it exciting to play live

he talks about playing a really short iheartradio christmas show pre-pandemic and nobody in the crowd knew "sugar we're goin down" since they were only familiar with the more recent hits like "centuries" and "uma thurman" and joe said that it made him fall in love with sugar all over again in a weird way ldjfldkfd

he laments recently getting the chance to see wu-tang, nas, and busta rhymes at the hollywood bowl but he didn't go

his love language is giving gifts! he got his brother a custom drum set (which his mom attempted to throw out)

he reiterates that when writing the book he didn't want to be mean to any of his bandmates cause he likes them and thats not what the book is about! the host makes a joke: "like how you guys had that threesome with simple plan...i understand, you don't wanna get into that!" joe is offended that he clearly doesn't know how many guys are in simple plan. "there's more than three guys in there! the orgy was far larger than you give it credit!"

he doesnt remember any other names that the band could have been called but he does think fall out boy is a pretty terrible name for a band. "i can't believe i'm in a band called fall out boy."

discussions of the band origin and how joe funded it with his bar mitzvah money ("fall out boy, funded by judaism!") but when asked about financial gains from the band he says they all split everything evenly and it's one of the things that's helped them last this long

talking about scott ian and the damned things and he talks about how managing a supergroup is like herding cats because everyone is so busy with their respective groups. he says he'd LOVE to do a third damned things record though!

he talks about how weird it was to have this boy band aspect to them when they were at their peak pre-hiatus, because they were all hardcore kids and punk kids.

he recalls that around this time patrick asked their manager, with visible concern, "are we...the nsync to panic at the disco's backstreet boys?"

he's glad that they've outgrown that and kept pushing forward and looking forward, and by now they're no longer a boy band. "we're a man band!"

he thinks it's kind of neat to see the emo movement of the aughts become nostalgic and cool now ("it was not fucking cool when we were doing it [...] we stuck around for long enough to Not Be Lame"), but it's a big thing for fall out boy that they do not want to be a nostalgia act and they want to keep making new albums.

the host semi-jokingly says "so you and panic at the disco are not gonna go out on tour, is what you're saying." joe says "no" very flatly and i lose my shit.

he denies that fall out boy is working on any specific new music. he says they're just piecing things together organically and that no real album has coalesced. (note: this episode aired 11/12, ~2 weeks before the fob8 tribune ad)

he talks a bit about working with brian posehn on the axe and how much he loved doing it! he calls the whole story a metaphor for dealing with pain and trauma and the different ways there are to confront that stuff. he said the axe is coming out as a trade "soon" so people who don't have a subscription to heavy metal can read it

his first concert was tom petty and the heartbreakers when he was 10 or 11

he says the two things that matter most for a band's live show are the drummer and the singer. he then proceeds to be extremely sweet about patrick and andy.

"patrick, he's incredible, he's so gifted, and he's worked so hard with his voice lessons and figuring out how to sing from the diaphragm properly, and he really knows how to work through when he's sick and having real issues, so he's quite a trooper."

"and andy is just a great drummer. when he thinks he's had a bad day i'm like...yeah. sure. i don't think you know what that is."

he did not get laid in high school. first time was in a shared tour bus, listening to testament (a thrash metal band), when he was 19. (they never saw each other again)

since testament was the soundtrack the host asks if he ever gets a reaction whenever joe hears chuck billy (testament's lead vocalist). joe says without missing a beat, "when i see him i do, that's for sure."

he is an avid bowler. he has a wristguard and a spare ball and he used to take lessons. he calls it great stress relief!

[hawnks]

I think in all of jjk so far, yuuta is the only one who says thank you after someone affirms his orders.

[daylighteclipsed]

I will say, I do like the “What makes you think [Medusa] was a monster? Not everyone who looks like a hero is a hero. And not everyone who looks like a monster is a monster” angle the PJO show introduces

[adrift-in-thyme]

Hello! If you are still accepting fic requests... I saw your "Legend is a sympathetic crier" post and it grabbed hold of my brain. Could you try a fic of that with Legend/Fable or Legend & Sky? Either one would be fun, I think!

Hi! Thanks so much for the prompt!!

I really wanted to write this with Legend/Fable but I don’t feel confident writing Fable as a main character just yet (I’ve seriously gotta play the games Legend’s in so I can write those two). But I went with Sky instead! I hope you like it!

Fic under the cut (can also be read on Ao3)

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Wild’s latest memory is one of his worst.

At least, Legend thinks it is. He isn’t usually around for the aftermath of these kinds of things. Warriors or Time are always quick to usher the group away as soon as that faraway look comes into the champion’s eyes. But today the memory had come and gone with uncharacteristic speed, and there had been no time for an escape.

Legend hadn’t minded too much at first. He’s handled worse things than the reminiscing of an amnesiac, after all. But that was before Wild had crumpled, falling to his knees with his hands pressed to his face. That was before the wailing had begun.

Even now, that an eternity has passed, the sounds of anguish still split the air. Twilight has drawn the champion into his arms, but his shoulder does little to muffle his heartbroken cries. And with each passing second Legend’s chest constricts further.

A lump situates itself painfully in his throat and he struggles to breathe past it. He won’t cry–he can’t—not here. Yet, the tears are coming anyway, burning his eyes and trickling down his cheeks.

He balls his hands into fists, fingernails digging into flesh. Even the stinging pain does nothing to keep back the emotions rising within him. And they’re not his own, not even close—for goodness sake, he doesn’t even know what the memory was about—but they come anyway, strong and suffocating. He fights not to crumble beneath their weight.

Still, the sobs wrack Wild’s body and still, he stands frozen in place, unable to tear his eyes from the sight.

Somewhere off to his side Time leads the others away, saying something about privacy. Somewhere even nearer Wind laments their helplessness. But Legend hears them as though they’re miles away.

When Wild speaks, however, he hears the anguished words plainly.

“I forgot her. How could I forget her?”

He doesn’t know who this mystery girl is (though he may have a terrible, terrifying inkling), but it doesn’t matter. The statement on top of everything else is just too much.

It takes everything he has to walk away instead of running.

Putting some distance between himself and the others helps a bit. As soon as he’s out of earshot, the emotions begin to subside and the tears along with them. But the mere thought of the champion–of how he’d looked and sounded–brings them roaring back.

Legend kicks viciously at a small pebble, sending it flying.

It was only a matter of time before this happened–before someone started bawling their eyes out and he just had to follow suit. But it’s stupid, horribly so. He isn’t the one who should be crying. He’s the one who should be standing strong, keeping his walls up, and letting no one, not a single person, see how the pain of others affects him.

He reaches a small cliff and, with a sigh, flops down onto it. It’s a dismal sort of day though, overhung with rain clouds and fog, and within a second of sitting down his tunic has sopped up half of Hyrule’s water supply. Cursing, he leaps back to his feet.

Wonderful. Even nature is trying to make him cry. Or scream. At this point, he feels more inclined to go that route.

Instead, he settles for glaring into the mist. It doesn’t provide any satisfaction, but it’s something.

Anger is better than sorrow any day.

“Legend?”

He jumps at the sound and whirls, reaching for his sword. Sky holds up a hand to stop him.

“It’s just me.”

Legend lets out an annoyed huff, sheathing his weapon. His thoughts are scattered now like seeds born on the wings of the wind.

“Yeah, I can see that now. Mind not sneaking up on me next time?”

Sky chuckles. “Sorry, I thought you’d hear me. I’m not usually all that stealthy.”

He comes to stand beside him, following the direction of Legend’s gaze from moments before.

“You were deep in thought though. I called you three times before you noticed I was standing there.”

Legend shifts, uncomfortably.

Three times? That’s a first. He’s usually much more attentive, often to a fault. “Bunny hearing” Fable jokingly calls it, and he can’t help thinking she’s onto something. Few sounds slip his notice.

“Well, what’re you doing here?” He asks, sitting down on the moist grass. Wetness be damned, he’s too tired to remain standing.

Sweet Hylia, why do emotions have to be so exhausting?

“Shouldn’t you be back there—” He jerks a thumb behind him— “comforting the person who’s actively breaking down?”

Sky settles down by his side and folds his hands in his lap.

“I can’t help Wild,” he says, quietly. “The fewer people around him right now, the better. Twilight and Time are with him and that’s enough.”

That’s good, Legend supposes. The champion is closer to the two heroes than he is to anyone else in their party. Still, he wishes something more could be done.

Well…what he wishes is that he could snap his fingers and all pain would just disappear—from him, from those he calls friends. That would be easier, much easier than sitting here and dealing with the whole lot of it.

…or watching it tear someone down into a sobbing, mess.

Hylia help him, his own problems are more than enough without him having to go and absorb everyone else’s. It’s like being a chu, oozing about, taking on any element they encounter, and spewing it out indiscriminately.

“It’s difficult watching something like that.”

Legend turns slightly so he can see the Skyloftian’s face. There’s something he can’t quite make out in his gaze, an emotion he thinks he should know yet can’t place.

“There’s nothing we can do,” Sky continues, almost as though reassuring himself. “But our hero’s spirits want so badly to take it all away. It just doesn’t sit right, leaving him with such a heavy burden.”

He meets Legend’s eyes now, a small, sad smile lifting his lips. “Especially when it feels like that burden has become yours.”

The tears spring back with a vengeance and Legend turns away quickly to avoid Sky catching sight of them. Not that it matters. He knows what the Skyloftian is doing, and he knows what it means. He saw him crying back there, he must have.

He slumps despite himself, curling in with his shoulders hunched. He feels very much like he did when Twilight and Sky saw him in his bunny form, caught in the trap of vulnerability and hating every second of it.

“I know it’s not my burden,” he mutters, testily. “I just…I can’t help it.”

Plucking a blade of grass he begins ripping it viciously into thin strands.

“It happens every damn time.”

Sky nods and there is a kind of comprehension in the movement. Somehow, it makes Legend feel worse.

First the tears, now an uncharacteristic outpouring of his heart. What on earth is wrong with him?

“It’s not a weakness you know.”

Legend gives a derisive snort. “I don’t see how it couldn’t be.”

“You’re such a kind, sensitive soul,” his uncle told him once, fondness in his eyes. But kindness and sensitivity are blatant invitations for hurt. That much has been drilled into his skull.

For a long moment, there is only suffocating silence. Then, Sky scoots closer. He’s warm, far more than the dreary chill of the wind or the bone-aching wet hanging in the air and seeping into his tunic. Still, Legend stiffens.

“I know it feels that way sometimes,” the Skyloftian continues. “But it’s what makes us heroes.”

Legend side eyes him. “Crying our eyes out makes us heroes?”

Sky chuckles. “Well, maybe not that specifically. You know what I mean, though.”

Legend sighs. He does, despite not really wanting to accept it.

“If only dealing with emotions was as easy as saving Hyrule,” he says, wryly, in a half-hearted attempt at bringing some humor into the conversation.

Sky’s face falls slightly. “Yeah…if only.” Then, he smiles, though it doesn’t quite reach his eyes. “Anyway, I guess the bunny form makes more sense now.”

“And what’s that supposed to mean?” Legend snaps, sending him a scowl.

“It’s just like the rancher said, you’ve got a soft, little bunny heart.”

“Hey, now! You’ve got no right!”

Sky laughs, completely unperturbed by Legend’s pout. And even the veteran has to admit the sound makes the air feel lighter. At the very least, it’s better than the sound of sobs.

“Oh!” The Skyloftian suddenly jolts, reaching into his pouch. “That reminds me. I have something for you.” He presses a small, wrapped object into Legend’s palm. “I’ve been meaning to give it to you, but I couldn’t find a good time. I guess now is as good as ever.”

Legend peers down at it, curiosity peeking. But before he can begin freeing it from the handkerchief that envelopes it, Sky rises.

“Well, I’m gonna head back. Open that whenever you want to. There’s no rush.”

“Okay,” Legend replies, slowly. He watches with narrowed eyes as the Skyloftian turns and starts in the opposite direction. If he wasn’t suspicious before, he certainly is now.

Nevertheless, he makes himself wait until Sky is out of sight to peel away the wrapping. And then he freezes, breath catching at the sight within.

It’s a tiny, ornate carving of a rabbit.

It stands on its hind legs, so alert and lifelike Legend half expects to see it twitch its nose. Gently, almost cautiously, he runs a finger over its little head, feeling the smoothness of the wood.

Something wet and warm drops onto the back of his hand, and he realizes with a streak of frustration that he’s crying again. Cursing Sky, he swipes at his eyes. There’s no stopping it now that it’s begun, however. In the end, he’s forced to let the sobs rip through him.

And as the tears pour down faster than he can wipe them away, he closes his fist around the precious object and clutches it to his chest.

[beachyserasims]

♡ Episode 17 | Re-coupling #5 | GENEVA ISLAND

♡ Autumn woke up and made breakfast for everyone alongside Darion. When she saw Sean kissing Judi, she didn’t mind as much because she is still furious with him for being a cheater and he is clearly not changing. When chatting with Rowan, they talked about how being friends is probably best. At the re-coupling, she had to choose between Darion and Sean and she picked Darion because her experience here has shown her that she needs to stick up for herself more and the things she wants and what she wants is this boy because he will respect their relationship as much as she does and because they are both strong-willed.

♡ Judi woke up and had the pleasure of listening to Sean rant since Autumn and him had a falling out. In the kitchen after he made breakfast, they shared their first kiss together. She spent the rest of the day relaxing around the villa enjoying the pool and the music. In the evening, she flirted with Rowan. At the re-coupling, she picked Rowan because even though she is making more connections around the villa, she couldn’t imagine coupling up with any other boy here and it actually scares her to be falling in love but in a good way because he is so patient with her.

♡ Jasmine spent a lot of the day embarrassed because of the awkwardness of her situation with Justin, he says that he is not upset about her forming other connections, but clearly there is something he is not telling her. She spent her afternoon chilling around the villa enjoying the company of the other islanders. At the re-coupling, she picked Justin because so far he has allowed her the freedom to explore other connections while still showing her that he is interested in her, and she appreciates his good nature and is learning day after day that they have an undeniable magnetism keeping them together.

♡ Rowan spent most of the morning chatting with Darion and getting to know him better. When Judi and Sean were flirting, it made him upset with her for being a cheater, but he still likes her enough to look past it. He had a conversation with Autumn about how they are better off as best friends. Later, he flirted with Judi.

♡ Sean woke up and vented with Judi since he is so upset with Autumn for flirting with Darion the night before. He is still as tense as usual, but he is trying to work through it and connect with all the girls. He regrets the way that he acted when Autumn asked him to help cook breakfast yesterday and so today he willingly helped her with her cooking. He then had his first kiss with Judi, and proceeded to try to flirt with Autumn in front of Darion to get in between them, but she shut him down. Later, he chatted with Darion about his always tense mood regarding the villa. Unfortunately at the re-coupling, he was the last boy standing and had to leave the villa.

♡ Justin spent the day depressed again because Jasmine is still indulging other connections around the villa but he doesn't want to get in her way. He also became sad because Judi blew him off for Rowan and he is starting to feel like he is the only one who is taking the experience of finding and creating love seriously.

♡ Darion woke up and made breakfast for everyone with Autumn. Afterwards, he spent a lot of time chatting with Rowan. He became tense in the afternoon due to the drama unfolding and surprisingly he and Sean had a long chat about their stressed of being at the villa.

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[lizmindpalace]

I've been thinking about lessons 36 and 37 on Nightbringer.

Like it's painful, they were banished from home because of lack of tolerance, and they had to cope with the xenophobic behaviours of the Devildom citizens despite doing nothing wrong... And there's a whole bunch of powerful government demons blaming them of crimes they didn't commit (hijacking a train) just so they could imprison them! And in addition they have been facing their own inner problems and the pain that the situation has given them!

Give my boys a break!

[nateriverswife]

this may be unpopular, but I've always headcanon-ed (?) that Mello is quite insecure about his masculinity, especially if I take into account period of time (90s-2010s), his appearance and headcanons about region of origin (balkan/eastern europe) and sexuality (bisexual to me - but the label is not important, just the fact that likes boys).

And not in a "Andrew Tate - Alpha Male - Sigma, lash out against women and think of them as inferiors, and have to show off my money, and tell other men to act like asshole, because that's what girls want" way.

I strongly believe he only identifies as a male, so to me, he's part of that group of boys raised in toxic environments that do not allow them to experience certain things because they are deemed as "for girls/feminine", and if they do feel those things, it creates a cognitive dissonance between how they are supposed to be and how they truly are, so it gives them this complex.

In short, they prohibit themselves from enjoying what they actually like or to be who they are, because society tells them that it's not what a boy/man is supposed to do and they internalise this idea, until they realize that what they like or how they behave doesn't affect their gender identity.

Moving on to his appearance. I grew up in the 2010s, and I remember that boys who had longer hair were called "girls". Heck. I remember even in this fandom, people used to mistake him for a girl. Mello has also a very thin build, so I don't doubt that kids at the Wammy's House would call him a lady just to piss him off, not thinking too much about it, which in reality had a big impact on him, because you know, he had to be manly.

I don't know if I should even talk about his sexuality or headcanoned region of birth, because we all know about the gay man = effeminate = girl stereotype and how eastern europe still places great value on traditional strong men.

Lastly, in HTR13, it is said that Mello is someone who has a gentle heart (maybe not the exact words, but that is the message) and since he has also an inferiority complex, it's obvious that he is sensible to how he is perceived by others, so that is also why I think he is very insecure about this aspect of his person, because he's not the stereotypical man that he thinks he should be.

Long story short: he wants to be considered a man without having to conform to manhood societal standards.

To me, this insecurity of his was more prominent when he was 8-14 years old; then, he did some internal work, got in the mafia and understood that gender identity is something you decide for yourself, and can't and shouldn't let others tell you who you are.