#learning lessons left and right—

[bestworstcase]

man jaune is not a reliable source of information is he

“you’re the one who gives afterans to the tree” “i help them return to the ever after, yes”—this is not new information the cat literally told them exactly this like an hour ago. “i’m not taking you there to ascend, i’m taking you there because you all have such delightful information for me!”—which is what their entire plan was, feed the cat information in exchange for being led to the tree, because they decided they needed to get to the tree. “you pretended like you’d never heard of the story”—the cat didn’t know that alyx wrote a book but does know why ascension isn’t in the story; it’s still entirely unclear whether they understand that these two things are the same thing as far as the girls are concerned

“what happened when you took alyx and lewis to the tree” “i… i don’t know. she told me she would take me with her, through the door to remnant, but… she tricked me”—the cat says they didn’t share any of this because they never asked, and when ruby asks directly they give an honest answer. “just like all of you… you only want to use me in the same way i’ve only seen others as sources for knowledge and entertainment; well, at least now i know what not to do”—the cat isn’t angry or even particularly upset with them, and their acknowledgment of how the girls hurt them goes hand in hand with acknowledgment of how they hurt the girls, and then they just—not only leave but they take the crossroads with them. (“i thought there was more to the story,” they thought this storm was an opportunity to clear the air and get the whole story out there, but these three have already made up their minds, and the cat recognizes that they messed up, so they’re not going to leave the girls just stuck here if that’s not where they want to be)

“thank you for this lesson, ruby. rose, huntress. i’ll be on my way now.” <- truly insatiable hunger for knowledge, huh. but also grabs them by the scruff why did you phrase it like that what are your secrets

meanwhile yang and blake don’t have this particular baggage so they get split off from the rest and, with no real reason not to, figure out and then commit to playing by the ever after’s rules—okay, we make progress when we say stuff about each other that we’ve never said before, let’s be brave and completely honest with each other so we can get where we want to go—with the result that they solve the riddle and make it out of the storm on their own.

it’s interesting too that Yet Again ruby has been interrupted before she can answer one of the ever after’s challenges—the herbalist’s trial, the blacksmith’s offer, now this. (the cat was the one who interrupted, each time.) (and now the cat has left them.) and jaune + weiss + ruby are all given the same crossroads because they all have the same problem, which is festering guilt about the things they couldn’t save (penny for jaune, atlas for weiss) or couldn’t be (summer for ruby)

ruby did NOT want crescent rose back holy shit

neither jaune nor the cat knows what actually happened to lewis (and i mean. his name is lewis. so. question mark. if these kids were real which one of them really made it home to tell the story, and if these kids were fictional—stares hard at “like this whole world was simply make-believe and the rules didn’t apply to her” don’t think i missed THAT—then alyx/lewis being split halves of the singular character who made it into the book is really. hmmm. one is kind and clever and the other thinks the world is her personal fairytale, huh.) also “she lost all trust in us, started accusing us of things, the more i tried to get the story back on track the more she distrusted me” well yeah. funny how that happens when you treat someone like a storybook character you need to railroad into a specific path? jaune’s belief that that’s what the cat does is exactly why he hates the cat!

i want to know why jaune is so sure that alyx returned to remnant but lewis never made it home

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 740: Sugimoto driven in a corner

Pag 1

3: Pinch and crush him, Danchiku!! Crush Sugimoto-san!!

Pag 2

1: As easy as crushing dry leaves!!

Yeah, Issaa!!

Pag 4

3: You're slow

Pag 5

1: You're slow, Sugimoto-san – Bamboo Hop Shot!!

2: He's fast!!

4: He got even faster.... than the second day...

But

5: But!!

Pag 6

1: It's not so easy to crush my heart, Danchiku!!

Kuaaaaagh

Pag 7

2: The battle between those two has started!!

3: The last battle of the training camp's fourth day!! The rule is simple, whoever crosses the sensor line first wins!!

4: The serious battle between Danchiku and Sugimoto, betting the spot in the Inter High!!

5: Sugimoto....!!

6: Danchiku!!

7: But.... this battle....

Pag 8

1: That's right, Onoda

4: He.... Sugimoto understands everything

And he's fighting upon understanding that

6: He's running with that resolution

And he has no intention whatsoever of stepping aside!!

Pag 9

2: What....

I really settled this with one attack

3: It was easy

5: Kuaaagh

8: Kuaaaagh

9: …. no

Pag 10

1: Kuaaaaagh

He's still chasing after me!!

Pag 11

1: Sugimoto-san

2: Dan.... chikuu!!

3: I wonder what's this feeling

I was thinking I could win against you, and it's true that I said I could defeat you with one attack

4: But, I don't know why, but my heart is beating fast

And for some reason the corners of my mouth are pulling up

5: Maybe it's because I know we've practiced and desperately ran together until now, but when earlier I turned back and I didn't see you, I though “ah of course”, but there was also another feeling....

Pag 12

1: I thought- there's no way that that Sugimoto-san was beaten by just one attack!!

Pag 13

1: Ha

2: Kuaaagh

3: He chased me and kept going until he passed me!!

5: Dammit, even though I couldn't defeat him in one blow, right now I feel so good!!

6: I'm thinking that this is the spirit!!

Pag 14

1: Sugimoto-san!!

2: It's so hard....!!

Danchiku really got stronger than on the second day

3: But this is the basis of road racing: don't let your opponent understand how it is for you!!

4: Looks like you're having a hard time, Sugimoto-san

Pag 15

1: He noticed!!

2: But there's no way I'm giving up the lead position

Until my breath calms down, I'll keep just the right pace....

3: He jumped ahead!!

4: Can you follow!?

6: Mh

7: Easily!!

Pag 16

2: Well you're so reliable!!

Danchiku used his “Hop Shot” again

Pag 17

1: Garuaah!!

2: He left me behind!!

3: Kuaaaaagh

Keep up, Sugimoto Terufumi!!

4: Sugimoto-san, you followed!! I'm happy that we're clashing seriously now

5: Issa told me not to tell you

But I'll tell you, Sugimoto-san

6: There's another secret to my special technique “Panda Shout”

Panda Shout is....

Pag 18

1: A breathing technique

2: When humans breathe, oxygen weaves into their lungs

3: And when they work out, they need a lot of fresh oxygen

And they become conscious of their “inhaling”

4: But if they do it too much, their breathing becomes uneven and shallow, and they inhale the oxygen around their mouth that it's not “fresh air”

5: Exhaling is more important than inhaling!!

“Actively pushing out the air in your lungs”!!

6: That way, you can naturally take in a lot of “fresh air”!!

Panda Shout uses the abdominal pressure to squeeze out all the air from my lungs

Pag 19

1: It's the ultimate technique to intake oxygen!!

3: Technique to intake....!!

4: If he can accelerate even more....!!

5: I'll use it right away

Ah, and there's one more thing

Huh

6: When I use this

Pag 20

1: My acceleration with Hop Shot becomes twice as fast!!

2: Two.... ice

Please hold on tight and follow me, Sugimoto-san!!

[lvstharmony]

​beyond grateful for the people that are surrounding me in my life, just as i am grateful for the people i’ve parted ways with, for without them, i would not be the person i am today.

[sandeewithtwoe]

I WANNA GO HOME AND DRAW MYSELF WEARING A CHRISTMAS SWEATERRRRRRRRRRR!!!!

[itspileofgoodthings]

Gosh not to whine because there is so much that is good and so much that was/is necessary and there’s so much that is right on the cusp of blooming but … I am still grieving not living at home. And that’s exactly what it is that I miss, without wanting to undo this move or regretting it because I wouldn’t undo it and I don’t regret it. I don’t live there anymore. The deep patterns of life that were a part of the home when we did live there are gone, broken irrevocably even though there is nothing at all tragic about what has happened and even though the breaking was probably (is) a step forward. And I just have to let that exist and let it be and just be sad about it sometimes. And just look the grief in the face and let it sit at my kitchen table, metaphorically. Because it’s there and it hurts.

[thecapturedafrique]

Reminder: being upset or traumatized doesn’t give you license to take it out on the people around you.

The point of Ruby breaking down isn’t about her being right to lash out, it’s about her finally revealing just how fucked up she’s become so that everyone can take off the rose-colored glasses (ha!) to see that Ruby is Not Okay.

[gemkun]

anonymous said : Mr. Ratio, I have an embarrassing problem. My teacher told me I’m not allowed to take notes in class to study later. He said if I really pushed myself and cared about my studies I should be able to memorize the lesson without needing notes to review later. Is he right?

      ⸻       ❝   your   teacher   would   benefit   revisiting   the   education   system.   what   an   antediluvian   belief.   ❞   even   his   desk   ,   possesses   a   great   deal   of   notes   ,   bearing   a   myriad   of   annotations   towards   his   current   project.   ❝   revising   is   essential.   our   memories   atrophy   if   we   do   not   exercise   consistent   practice   ,   and   as   such   ,   topics   will   slip   from   our   grasp.   it   is   an   inevitable   fact   ,   that   from   this   point   onwards   ,   you   will   face   frustration   as   you   cannot   recall   what   was   said   earlier.   ❞   steepling   fingers   ,   alabaster   obscures   only   slightly   ,   where   empty   eyes   remain   fixed   on   the   asker.   granting   complete   and   utter   attention   ,   towards   a   raised   issue   that   concerns   him   vastly.

  ❝   individuals   each   have   their   varied   learning   approaches   ,   but   our   minds   are   a   tool   that   must   be   sharpened   and   polished   to   maintain   their   prime   condition.   dismiss   your   teacher   and   his   words   ,   he   clearly   fails   to   comprehend   this   critical   truth.   continue   to   review   where   necessary   ,   and   discover   the   best   technique   that   suits   you.   ❞

[axyer]

Ire and anger form the blocks within our veins

Tanking, ever-wrecking our powerful little brains

Destroying what makes the most of our lives

Just because destruction makes us feel a little more alive

Burning camps around us, blood wrapped on our hands

Ruining the folks surrounding thus we make a violent band

What pleasure does a man get for succumbing to so much hate?

What reward do we get handed to us for causing them to break?

Is revenge a will we seek, lest a primal evil instinct?

Or is it really blood in us to turn the world around us sick?

Do we really enjoying hurting all those around us in our tow?

Or is mankind just another animal to continue reaching another low?

Hate and rage that climbs my haze, not reasonably such

Fuming with loathing of the self, collapsing once it becomes too much

Mistakes around me like the bones of those I've chewed

Anger like poisonous alcohol that in my heart has brewed

Spite that consumes the better half of me, and yet I didn't let it hit

Time and time again I permitted, yet this time I did not submit

One thing that I'll always have on all the rest of you

Is that I didn't destroy the world around me once the anger grew

-The Poison of Primal Ire

[lunarflare64]

Dad has said talking to us is like walking on eggshells, but honestly the reverse is true too, when he steps on our toes we have to find a balance between not flying off the handle and actually making our anger clear, because anything less is basically no reaction in his mind so he doesn't even realise that something went wrong. We also have to make our point clear and stand our ground, something we're not good at when it comes to him. Fights between undiagnosed autistic parents and their early diagnosed more socially developed autistic adult kids are fucking rough.

[gaynfl]

when i die i want to be laid to rest with a piece of paper that's just the right where you left me lyrics

[variksel]

some wips of a new ref for my boy miska from my comic (unfamiliar hours on webtoons and tapas xo) !! yall why is anatomy so hard. i hate it soooo much also old refs of him there 👇 xo hes been around for 4+ years now and he mightve not changed a lot but my style sure has !

[splenderai]

[pulls up my chair again] what's up y'all how was your friday

[sweebat]

Tired

[melimuffinpie]

I just think he’s neat* and i want to gush about** him

*very attractive and cool and impressive

**follow him around like a second, less useful sparrow

[squeiky]

Gotta go fast? Went a little too fast..

So uhh.. mabye running down a hill while carrying heavy shit wasn't the best idea I've ever had.. then again I'm full of bad ideas.

Yeah so um.. don't follow my example and umm.. be careful? And don't follow my example.

[invasato]

someone ate my giant raspberry scone from the fancy bread place and nobody will tell me who ........ i wanted it for breakfast :-(