#handling disappointment

[sparklebuds]

Bounce Back Stronger: How to Help Kids Handle Rejection Without Losing Their Shine

Rejection stings at any age. But for kids and teens? It can feel earth-shattering. The team they didn’t make The friend group that “un-included” them The audition they poured their heart into… only to hear “thanks, but no thanks” But here’s the truth: Rejection doesn’t have to extinguish their light. With the right support, kids can learn to weather “no’s” without losing their confidence,…

[bloodysparklez]

i'm obsessed with nikki's completely disproportionate response to this situation lmao

giovanni: mansplain manipulate manslaughter

nikki "gentle parenting is always the solution" lastname: how about MANNERS

[jagadishbirajdar]

It's Easy Sometimes to Plan a Sweet Spot | Embrace Our Judas

[blgblue]

world’s finest

[divorcedfiddleford]

hold shifty gentle like hamburger

[sirjo-esque]

Tbh love how Telemachus has the last line in every song he's in (with the exception of Odysseus, which is fair enough) because to me it really reinforces that yes, HE is the better future we're looking towards

[tectco]

Some forehead kisses and a couple redraws for season four!

[glindauplland]

When you got that call, the three-star call... I don't know. How did it feel?

THE BEAR | 2.02: PASTA

[sweetsourbelt]

[unicornblossom13]

Starscream: You’re mad at me.

Jetfire: I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.

Starscream: Oh, come on! Everyone knows that’s worse!

[asingularshieldmaiden]

this might be controversial but low key Eragon being disabled because of his injury from the battle of Farthen Dûr was the most interesting plot line of the whole series and I kind of wish it had gone for longer

[starkrebellion]

this parallel was a personal attack against me and if we don't get a proper scene between just Robby and Johnny in part 3 I will go insane

[old-desert]

Inktobertale 2024 Day 3: Coffee

It's not that I think Ink can't handle a coffee, I just think whatever Dream drinks is its own kind of radioactive

[uldren-sov]

touchstarved update thoughts (spoilers ahead)

aka how did Redspring think that springing a deletion of an origin people already enjoyed with this new one, was a good idea?

Because I cannot see this as being the step to make the third route more popular. That would be one of the only thoughts I have to completely remove an origin from the story.

Does anyone have any insight from Patreon maybe? Discord?

Not only did it seem to be a move out of nowhere, in all of the dev updates, I don't recall there being any kind of notice to any of the kickstarter backers that there would be a complete removal and overhaul of one of the backgrounds. It was also upsetting to learn this as soon as the update went live.

Especially for an origin that does not seem to fit with the setting in the slightest.

Somehow, we're expected to believe that someone who has been living in some forests, who just had a single person to rely on, has skills that are relevant in an urban environment? Or has any kind of context for this environment? Or even how to deal with others?

The Exile has lived away from civilization (like the bustling and most cutthroat city, Eridia the game takes place in) long enough to know all about Soulless behaviors (not that it helps when actually confronted with Soulless or gives any kind of insight) but somehow knows multiple languages (????) and can get a gut feeling on certain dangers (like that isn't a common skill.)

The other routes have clear lines of relation to major points in the story, the Hound seemed to at least know how to navigate the environment we would be dealing with and the monsters (Monsters, Soulless, and people) we would be interacting with in Eridia.

In comparison, nothing about the Exile synergizes with the setting, none of the skills seem applicable as written, and even worse, I do not believe for a second the Exile's competency or capacity in dealing with a city let alone The City, Eridia.

And the one time that the Exile's skills may come into play, trying to fight the Soulless, it's a bad end and a game over (I guess the death scene that was traded for Vere's former bad end.) The Exile seems to have no applicable skills for them to help themselves in the story, is somehow the MOST sheltered of the origins, and least suited to the current setting.

Was the Hound too savvy for the world? Did their skills overlap too much with Mhin's (even though that could have been corrected if not for now the Exile taking Mhin's specialization on Soulless) or Ais'/Leander's? Were they not sheltered enough?

I'm just so disappointed in being ambushed by the loss of my favorite origin and doubly so when in its place is something that should probably be avoided instead.

[fulcrums501st]

I have seen some critique of peoples Caitlyn critiques cuz many people hating on Cait also like Silco. Cuz how can you hate one but like the other when they both have some similar themes about being driven to do unjust things for just reasons? And I do see the hypocrisy that comes across by disliking Cait’s character in s2 and then liking Silco. I think there is a valid critique there.

However, there is a difference between the way the narratives of s1 and s2 respectively handle these characters and their actions.

We actively see the harm Silco’s actions cause and we see the benefits (almost getting Zaun independence) and the audience is left to interpret to what extent Silco was justified or not. The narrative in s2 does let us contemplate how much of Caitlyn’s actions were justified, however we are not rlly shown the harms of her actions (gassing Zaun and hitting Vi) and these actions literally have no affect on the plot, indirectly implying that they rlly weren’t a big deal. Also, cuz of fast pacing we don’t have a lot of time to even sit with the fact that these things occurred (especially cuz they have no impact on the plot).

The most important difference tho is that s1 never tries to portray Silco as “redeemed”, or that he is even capable of redemption. His “you’re perfect” line isn’t supposed to make us think that all he did is forgiven. We see his character. We understand his logic and thinking and why he does what he does, and we are left to our own conclusions about how much of a villain he was.

But by the end of s2 we are clearly supposed to have forgiven Caitlyn because she gets with Vi in the end. Because Vi has forgiven Caitlyn the audience clearly is supposed to as well despite the narrative not doing enough to make this arc and development feel cohesive and earned.

The narrative of s2 purposely leads you to a certain opinion of Caitlyn in a way that I’d argue s2 rlly doesn’t do with Silco. Yes, they are both characters that are motivated by revenge and hatred to do unjust things for the right reasons. But s2 clearly wants us to forgive one character, while s1 never asks us to.

(And in my opinion s2 rlly doesn’t do enough for me to understand why Vi and her would reconcile, cuz they don’t let Vi rlly hold a justified grudge against Caitlyn so that their reunion and reconciliation can be simple and quick).

In the end, like most of my issues with s2, it doesn’t let us explore these nuances enough for me to feel the themes they are going for were cohesive amongst all that was happening and thus nuanced redemption arcs like Caitlyn’s feel unearned. Which is a major problem if the final happy ending of the show is a couple getting together when their resolution to their issues feels cheap, unearned, and unexplored in many ways.

[sayakxmi]

Shindou: Coach Kuroiwa, can you do some coaching?

Coach Kuroiwa: