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I'm currently rewatching season 5 and the episode where Riley leaves just happened. The ending annoys me so much (even if does make sense). If Riley would just glimpse down, he would see Buffy there, doing exactly what he wanted: trying to give him a reason to stay.
Buffy isn't a perfect girlfriend but it's clear that she loves Riley and, more importantly, trusts him. Maybe she doesn't need to rely on him in a physical fight but she obviously believes that he's going to be there when she needs him (at least most of the time). She can't always lean on him, even when she wants to, but that has more to do with her own issues than her relationship with Riley.
The real problem is Riley's deeply rooted insecurity. He wants to be the one to protect her, especially in a physical sense, and feels weak, unimportant and emasculated if he can't do that. After meeting Angel, his insecurities really ramp up and he compares himself to him constantly. In his mind Buffy thinks he's inferior to Angel. When Buffy doesn't tell him everything or come to him with all of her emotional needs, he can't handle it.
Istead of addressing his issues, Riley blames Buffy. Buffy doesn't love him, Buffy doesn't need him, Buffy doesn't care about him, when really that's what he thinks and feels. He takes his feelings as fact rather than a reflection of his own insecurities. Even when presented with evidence of Buffy's feelings, he ignores it or twists it into further proof of his beliefs. He can betray Buffy's trust because he's convinced himself that Buffy doesn't really care about him.
From Buffy's side this is tragic: She's had to take care of her family and be strong for them, so she's had to hide her fears and pain. She's trying to keep Dawn safe. She has a lot on her plate and, understandably, hasn't really been able to spare much of her time or energy on Riley. She believes he understands and still will be there once things calm down. Then she finds out how wrong she was.
No matter what he says, Riley tries to put the blame for his actions on Buffy. He's so convinced Buffy doesn't love him that he isn't capable of listening to Buffy when she's telling him how she feels. He brings up his need to take care of her but, as Buffy kind of points out, it would really be her taking care of him by trying to fulfill that need. She's the Slayer and that's why she can't fully rely on anyone else. Riley wants something that Buffy can't give.
He then gives her an ultimatum: If she wants him to stay, she needs to give him a reason to do so. (Again, it's on her to save the relationship even though he's the one who broke her trust.) In reality, she can't give him a good enough reason to stay. This is all rooted in Riley's insecurity and Buffy can't fix that for him, no one can. Even if she showered him in love for the rest of eternity, it wouldn't change anything. It certainly hasn't before.
Still, she tries once again to prove to Riley that she loves him. She rushes to stop him from leaving but it's too late. No matter how hard she tries to yell, he can't hear her. And he doesn't look back.
I think Riley doesn't look back because he's certain that Buffy isn't there. He doesn't even glance back because that would mean he still has hope that Buffy loves him. The fact that she's there is proof that she does love him. Riley is blind to Buffy's love for him, so he can't see her.
#buffy the vampire slayer#btvs#buffy#riley finn#could their relationship be salvaged? a solid no#but this is heartbreaking for buffy#she tries so hard but it doesn't change anything#is it realistic? yeah#is it awful? absolutely#also angel leaving buffy because he thought she loved him too much#and riley leaving because he felt she didn't love him enough#somehow buffy's feelings are always wrong#and nobody actually listens to how she feels when she's trying to tell them#it fills me with rage :)#i've thought about this way too much#i wrote this so that i could stop thinking about riley#please i need to forget his existence#i ramble about btvs
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I JUST THINK THAT. THEY.
#nimona#nimona 2023#nimona movie#ballister boldheart#ballister blackheart#nimona and ballister#LISTEN THEYRE FAMILYYY#I don’t care if nimona is 1000 years older than him#and wouldn’t realistically call him dad#ive decided that she would because when I was in middle school I called one of my teachers dad occasionally (he was basically just like#my dad and we got along super well)#SO YEAH. HES HER FUCKING DAD AND IM CRYING ABOUT IT#finley cannot draw
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george rexstrew deserves awards for many things but i have to say. edwin’s bloodcurdling scream as niko gets killed deserves a whole award unto itself. like. that scream did not feel at all like a tv show scream. to a somewhat jarring degree. and i can’t express how much I respect that
#he has a number of very convincing screams and suffering noises which I imagine was an important prerequisite for the role#but this one is just especially chilling and again. jarring. not saying that the other actors are bad or anything but no one even comes#close to competing with george and its stark in moments like this#another screaming moment that I thought he did really well in particular is far easier to gloss over and that’s#when he and charles are escaping hell and he almost gets dragged down into lust#when he’s screaming out for charles he borderline SCREECHES#throughout that arc in general it’s just incredible but yeah#I think part of what makes it so convincing is that he isn’t afraid to be high pitched and genuinely Scream rather than yell#like. he is clearly immune to being put off by ‘you scream like a girl’ rhetoric#I think a lot of male actors avoid screaming and screeching like that for that internalized reason when. if you wanna be as realistic as#possible. a scream is high pitched. if you’re scared for your fucking life it’s just involuntary#I can also see it being uncommon due to difficulties getting that sound adequately recorded but yeah anyway you get my point#tldr: george rexstrew is great at disturbingly realistic screaming and I applaud him for that#I really hope he didn’t have to retake that part too many times..#his poor throat……….#george rexstrew#edwin#edwin payne#dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives spoilers
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Love triangle? More like FUMBLE triangle
Because Bill fumbled Ford, who fumbled Fiddleford, who fumbled his wife
#gravity falls#billford#fiddauthor#ford squared#ford pines#stanford pines#fiddleford mcgucket#bill cipher#if you think about it realistically we can make a falsettos au using Ford and Fiddleford#guy has a wife and kid and moves in with his lover and then the 80s#so#uh yeah
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Good luck babe
#Ed’s pfp was supposed to fully show him holding mei like a fish#but it reads better zoomed in on his face#HOWEVER. I do not regret drweing thwt full image at all#realistically speaking ed would have thwt full image as his pfp#alfur would probably have his passport photo#and Kaisa would either have the default or some aesthetic photo she found off Pinterest#but their faces make it more readble so#SO YEAH THIS IS WHAT THE YELLOW TINTED ART WAS ALL FOR. PRPFILE PICTURES!!!#hilda#hilda the series#netflix hilda#hilda netflix#art#my art#digital art#fanart#doodle#drawing#Johanna hilda#Hilda johanna#<- I got to draw her…arms …….wowah#kaisa Hilda#Hilda kaisa#the bellkeeper#Hilda the bellkeeper#the bellkeeper hilda#alfur aldric#sketchbook#meme#kaisanna
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Typhlosions again, now with bonus Quilava and Cyndaquil! Their shapes are just SO satisfying to draw. Hope ya enjoy my more realistic take on these Pokemon :D
#typhlosion#hisuian typhlosion#quilava#cyndaquil#johto starters#pokemon legends arceus#realistic pokemon#avanii#avanii's art#fanart#pokemon#fire type#Added a bit more bear in the standing Typhlosions face#I tend to take honey badgers and wolverines as main inspiration for typhlosion#yeah drawing these was so much fun I just love them so much#can't believe this burst of pokemon hyperfixation has lasted for over 6 months and counting haha it usually ebbs and flows
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wayne boys do it best
#hes like 17 or so here#i like drawing him with a fat little face but realistically he'd probs grow out of it pretty quick when u look at the al ghul genes 😔😔#but yeah i feel like he would vibe w a sorta simple techwear style tbh#sry for taking so long to post smth new but i hope u enjoy!!!!#damian wayne#robin#dc comics#fanart#batfam#illust#dibujo#my art#also hc but rather than being built like a literal truck like bruce he def just gets a lil lanky#doubt hes ever gonna make it past like 5'3 tho#bros little as hell ‼️‼️
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I don't know what fucks me up more, the fact that Constructs just have a Secret Ribcage Pocket for storage or the fact that it's so underutilized that MB forgets an entire FutureTech WiFi Extender in there for an absurd amount of time. You're telling me it's not jostling in there??? Is the construct equivalent of a Glove Compartment lined with velvet??? The company would never. Thunk thunk bitch your secret best friend ham radio is audible whenever you run but no one's brave enough to make smalltalk with you about it.
#tmbd#murderbot diaries#the murderbot diaries#i have a hard time imagining it as anything smaller than say#a case for wireless earbuds#even if it were something closer to an airtag in size and construction itd still be like. jostle jostle.#realistically if it was making any noise MB could just wrap it in like. a scrap of shirt and then forget about it but its funnier like this#MB really went Yeah that secret storage i have in my chest and elaborated no further#this artifact my friend gave me can go in THE LUNG STORAGE#tbf if it stashed it in its pocket it would be prone to getting lost or misplaced with how often MB fucks up or needs to replace clothes#secunit your thought process is fascinating to me
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I was working on a new fic that I was really looking forward to, but in light of recent revelations, I'm gonna be taking a step back I think
also i removed him from the member masterlist and all of his fics, excluding things like YIMA and the poly series which I'm considering re-editing to get rid of him
#because honestly i'm disgusted and shocked#and i know my fics are entirely irrelevant in the scheme of things#but i kinda want to go through all of them and edit him out#which is easy (and already done by the time i'm posting this) for him as a background character in#some of the other members fics i've written but in others it's more complicated#like in yima and the poly series#as well as anything i've ever written that directly involved him#i also.... like was thinking about some of the stuff i included in yima with hc watching cameras#and now i..... i really want to change that bc when i was writing it i was like ah yeah this is pretty like gross#but now i'm like actually thinking realistically about that and it's fucking foul#so i'm definitely taking a step back#and i may quietly re-edit some stuff or i may just not be able to bring myself to do that#i have removed his masterlist from my member masterlist and all of his fics
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Sooo NONE of you want to fall deeply unhealthily in love with me rn……?
#:(#wlw#wlw mood#sapphic#sapphism#lesbian#sorry i watched too much Media™️ again#the insanely (literally) in love trope got to me#you could just like become a little deranged about me#as a treat#no yeah you’re right realistically that would suck#i GUESS we’ll have to settle for you falling healthily and normally in love with me rn#👀#im gay and i like sleeping#scheduling my 2am feeling insane posts for my feeling chill era time of the day#nothing could go wrong
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BG3 needed a fancy gala mission for very important plot reasons and not just because
Florrick in gown
#Counsellor Desire ‘6’5’’ in Heels’ Florrick#so real to me#+3 charisma and she uses it all to stunt on these hoes#admittedly a little bland for Florrick’s style but shh#realistically without overhauling all of act 3 I think the only way it would make sense#for there to be a gala quest and for Florrick to attend#would be if my ‘Lady Mizora’ hypnosis thing were happening#which is so tasty#big ass fight in the ballroom#yeah#bg3#counsellor florrick#linka's fanart
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huh. there's something on my face
#i kinda hate this#dont look at it too long lol#the silt verses#tsv#tsv 39#tsv fanart#the silt verses fanart#tsv angel#glass angel#the silt verses glass angel#perspective#mirror#mirror art#podcast fanart#tsv podcast#lineless art#lineless#pale#semirealism#semi realistic#blood#a little#tw blood#sure yeah ill trigger tag that#art#my art#fanart#digital art#digital painting#medibang
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“Max Caulfield will have new love interests”
Don’t look so sad, I’m never leaving you.
Max…I’ll always be with you.
I wanted to live an adventure…but not without you.
You make me feel like I know what I’m doing.
And you make me feel like I have a reason to stay in Arcadia Bay.
My powers might not last, Chloe.
That’s okay, we will. Forever.
I’m so glad you’re my partner in crime.
As long as you’re my partner in time.
And, Max Caulfield…don’t you forget about me.
Never.
Oh, okay.
#life is strange#lis#life is strange double exposure#lis de#max caulfield#chloe price#pricefield#yeah that’s so realistic guys they would so drift apart /j#max would so get with new ppl /j#ANYWAY.
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To me the joy and beauty of vocal synthesizers has always been that they don't sound real and exploring that to create artistic expression that can't be achieved by human voices, so seeing them become more and more realistic is disheartening, almost? Especially since a lot of artists make the same voice banks sound so different and have their own personal charm. I'm glad that people will be able to make things that sound realistic, but I'm worried that songs that intentionally play out of sounding as realistic as possible will be sidelined, discouraged, no longer created, impossible to find, or unsupported by fans of vocal synthesizers. I don't want things to just push towards being as realistic as possible. There is beauty in how everyone's usage of the same voice banks sound different. There is beauty in the lack of realistic sounding vocals in vocal synthesizers.
#vocaloid#utauloid#vocal synth#book of kells#edit: i think some people are misunderstanding (and im not saying this upset or madly at all)#i absolutely have no ill will towards realistic tuning#i think it's cool as fuck and wonderful#this post was meant to be a personal post that bordered on venty and I didn't expect anyone to reblog it 😅#however people are enjoying it so i wont turn rbs off#but yeah i was moreso trying to express ''im scared that non realistic tuning and creativity in vocal synth will trickle away''#rather than ''i think realistic tuning is bad''#i dont think that at all#:}#also i recognize this likely wont happen but im still worried—hence the post#im expressing a worry#and also expressing my love for non realistic tuning#this post is not a criticism realistic tuning whatsoever!#and again the tone for all of that is kind/neutral—i dont want to sound mad at all ^w^
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#danny phantom#dp#danny phantom fanart#dp fanart#danny fenton#medibang#practice#art practice#a piece i forgot to post#did it the other day#half as practice for a different angle#half for warm up#think the colors and lighting are fun on this one#loving messing around with that kinda ztuff#hope to do it more tbh#oh yeah also#i was too lazy to do them but he was originally looking at the stars#you know#cause its danny#buttttt i knew id end up trying to make the constalations and all that too realist#so i decided not to do them#didnt want to go down that path#lmao#anyways#going to bed now#😗✌️#cool color palette#cool colors
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pretty sure that candle needs to be open if you really wanna smell it frank~🎃
#he’s dumb and i love him#realistically if it’s a good candle yeah you can smell it a little with the lid on#but like#frank cmon#open the goddamn candle and smell the lid#he’s so pretty#jfc#frnkiebby#frank iero#mcr#mcrmy#my chemical romance#frnkiero#my chem#frnkie#mcr5#ilhsm
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