#letting go of comparison

[ourlittlehouseinthecountry]

Earlier this week, I shared a little reel: “10 Things I’m Letting Go of This Summer”—and your responses made me realise just how many of us are craving a different kind of season. One with less pressure. Less guilt. Less doing. So I turned those thoughts into a blog post—one I’ve been writing quietly behind the scenes. And it’s live now. “10 Things I’m Letting Go of This Summer (So I Can Actually Enjoy It)” is for anyone who’s tired of the noise, the expectations, the Instagram-perfect summer that never quite matches real life. It’s for anyone who just wants to sit in the sun, eat a sandwich with sandy hands, and call that enough. I’m letting go of the pressure to make every meal Pinterest-worthy. I’m stepping back from the trap of comparison. I’m reminding myself (again and again) that rest doesn’t need to be earned. You can read the full blog post now—link in stories and link in bio. I’d love to know: What’s one thing you’re letting go of this summer? Is it the pressure to say yes to every invite? The scrolling? The spotless house? Tell me below—I’ll be reading every single one. And what’s your take on summer online? Do you feel the pressure to make it “count”? Or are you, like me, just trying to catch your breath between the busy? Let’s talk. Let’s be honest. Let’s slow down—together. #LettingGoThisSummer #SlowSummerLiving #IntentionalSummer #SimpleSummerJoys #RealLifeSummer #SlowLivingMama #DownToEarthSummer #EmbracingSlow #SummerWithoutPressure #MindfulMotherhood #SlowAndSeasonal #LessButBetter #EverydayMoments #MessyBeautifulSummer #PeaceOverPerfection #ThisIsSlowLiving #CalmSummerDays #RealOverPerfect #HonestMotherhood #UnfilteredLife #OrdinaryMagic (This blog post includes affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you—if you choose to buy through them. Thank you for supporting my writing!)

[a-s-levynn]

dripping like gold on a ruin of a soul

[utilitycaster]

For what it's worth, I think Campaign 3 suffers when compared to, to put it bluntly, pretty much anything else Critical Role has ever put out, as well as most actual play that I've watched/listened to. But I think it uniquely suffers when juxtaposed with a narrative that says "if you do not make rapid decisions you and others around you will die; if you spend too much time whining about how it's unfair that you are called to make these decisions, including ones that might challenge you, you and others around you will die; and if you do not above all prioritize community and deal with threats to that community - and expand your understanding of community to be a very broad one - you will be destroyed." It was jarring and hypocritical to watch Campaign 3's defenders who had been calling for the gods to be slaughtered for much of the campaign suddenly spin around and praise Bells Hells for finding [having handed to them] the nonviolent option because that's actually always the best one, don't you know; and I think EXU Divergence challenges not just that ideal but the concept that there's a universal solution. Sometimes the right thing is to hide; sometimes it's necessary to commit violence to prevent further violence. Sometimes the right thing is to secretly eat some of the cheese yourself to prevent you from dying; sometimes it's to be on the lookout for someone trying to take more of their share in a resource-limited community and to stop them. Sometimes the right thing is to carry others; sometimes it's to give them to someone stronger and more able. And above all, many of these choices will be extremely unfair and difficult and put you at risk, and you do still have to make them, and soon.

[elizzsush]

The Mask | Jason Todd X Reader

Red Hood X Villain Reader

— in which you, a shy nerdy vigilante/Wayne family obsessed barista- is actually a villain that torments the Red Hood at night.

AU: Soulmate (bc I can)

Rating: Sfw

Note: Y/N is based off of Furina from Genshin bc I thought this would be fun and I saw a prompt somewhere, I think? It’s just my interpretation of it as to not step on anyone's toes!

Also, this isn't really a imagine. It's more of an Idea I was thinking of and needed to get out of my head! So that's why it's kind of not finished? Most of my stuff is WIPs anyway so this isn't really new.

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You were a popular villain.

People loved you. Maybe not the theft and distraction you caused but hey- we all have flaws? “I will teach this city the true meaning of Justice!” You’d boldly claim standing on the stage that was Gotham city’s tallest building- scarily close to the edge. “Join me- and together we’ll cleanse this city of its evil and corrupt ways!” You’d state so boldly.

You loved for the attention, the lights- cameras and reporters. That’s why the red hood could only shake his head. Another psychopath spewing their ideology like it should be praised- like it was the absolute truth.

Spoiler alert, it wasn’t.

The world wasn’t black and white enough for an ideology to trump all the others and ‘cleanse this city’. Fuck, not this city- not even close. Gotham was just in too deep. Too much crime, too much of a drug problem or a poverty problem- too much of everything. The joker was a prime example of that. The evil of this city boiled up into one twisted person… Anyway, you were an attention seeker, classic villain profile. Does it for attention- maybe mommy or daddy didn’t give you enough love? It didn’t matter. What happened was you were breaking the law and Jason was still on Bruce’s keep an eye on list. So, he’d keep his hands off the bigger more horrible criminals.

Still sometimes, only sometimes, he'd find himself listening a little too closely to your ideals- Like you believed in the death penalty for Gotham hardest to kill roach: The joker.

So, while Red Hood was chasing you... Well, it'd started off small, you’d steal from the rich of Gotham- sometimes even Bruce Wayne himself. -Those days Jason found himself chasing after you slower, not that he’d admit that. It was a classic Robin Hood situation and Jason… didn’t know how to feel about it. On one hand you were breaking the law, in the other, power to the people. Eat the rich.

Jason knew how it felt to grow up struggling so too see you helping people? It was almost nice.

What annoyed him though was your loud, for the people persona. “I will judge all of Gotham! Batman himself can’t escape my judgment!” Okay, slow down… you were fast and agile, but Batman would be able to catch you. And if Jason really put his back into it, he could too. Still, that never stopped you from making bold claims. It garnered attention, it was bold and daring and just what the people wanted. Your ideal matched up with what so many people were fed up with the batman for.

Eventually your behavior began to escalate. He didn’t know how much longer he could keep the Bats eyes from you. “This is a cult...” He muttered while he hides away on the roof of an abandoned building you holed your followers up in for a speech.

“My loyal follower!” You’d greet them with a smile and a bow. You’d put in stage performances. Sometimes with Jason, except he never knew, and the performance was just you and him fighting on the stage. Most days, some days it seemed it was just you acting and being alive on that large stage. Others you were preaching your words to the cult your loyal followers. You were building an empire and catching the attention of other criminals.

An empire that while he agreed with, went against the bats no kill rule. The longer you stood on that stage the less safe from the bat you were.

And no matter how much he wanted to agree with you, a small part of him still wanted... something from batman. You would be an issue.

“How much longer do I have to do this…?”

Red hood was no detective, but he was raised by the greatest one. So, while he was lacking in that department compared to the rest of his family (Even if it was just by a smidge.) He still noticed how after a speech or a fight- your smile, no, your persona dropped.

It was a persona you probably garnered for attention.

but still...

So how…

…That just didn’t make sense.

“Can I have your autograph…? Please?” A civilian would ask shyly, hiding behind a Batman themed phone case with a Robin themed charm hanging from that same phone.

The worst part of it all? You didn’t ask for the Red Hoods autograph. You asked for Jason Todd’s autograph, you were a fan of the Wayne’s. Gotham's golden family. No actually, it was the way you jumped up and down eagerly when you thought he was far enough way and did a dumb victory dance.

He sighed and leaned against the alleys stone wall as he watched you leave. A sense of worry invaded his mind as he watched you in your nerdy and totally lame Superman shirt walking away. All while staring at your phone.

He was surprised you recognized him. He was never in the public spotlight- maybe here and there when he was younger. Not now, not anymore. His death and how vague it was left question. Ones people didn’t ask when he wasn’t there, dangling in front of them like bait to a fish, they’d ask why and how and while they had a cover up: One the bat, the world's greatest detective made up. It still was messy. You must be a real fan.

He wasn’t even sure if that was really you…

It had to be though, there was no mistaking it. So, with your civilian name in his head, he walked back home.

“…so… lonely…” `

[santners]

01/11/19 || 23/06/24

[in-tua-deep]

I’ve seen critique of the way show!murderbot said it felt good after killing leebeebee (thank goodness, I really disliked her - though at the same time I actually think that it’s interesting for the preservation team to have someone very blatantly objectify murderbot right in front of them and show them how other humans likely treated it)

but,, I didn’t really read it as it feeling good about killing someone so much as feeling good that it has made the team realize that it isn’t some little robot that wants to be human, and it doesn’t want to be assimilated into their group because it isn’t human. It’s a construct. They cannot and should not assume that it wants to be like them - it shouldn’t have to change or be human to be accepted

So I thought it was more of a “it feels good that this is making them rethink their little uwu poor little meow meow narrative when that’s kind of condescending and I am way more familiar with how fucked up my situation is than they are?”

Idk, any thoughts?

[xbomboi]

Husband of Snow White, Father of Apple White… Heroic “Hero” Charming

adult design:

teen design:

everyone who knows him personally calls him “Hero” but it’s pronounced like the word arrow. do you feel me.

[cologona]

I’m certain this is supposed to be Nuance and Realism. Bruce is supposed to come off like he’s ridiculous and wrong for prescribing vigilantism for Jason’s issues. He means well sure, but Alfred is here to keep the audience’s perspective grounded.

Alfred making Jason out to be beyond their help to the point of suggesting “other arrangements” is laying it on pretty thick, but I suspect that’s because the story is setting Bruce up to validate his desire to redeem Jason. I foresee an “Oh Brucie 🥺” moment. The tragedy will then be that although Bruce’s idealism is right, Jason still dies because This Life Isn’t For Everyone. (He can’t be fixed)

This is my gripe with the gotcha that Jason may have been troubled, but it was Bruce who made him Robin. Yes it’s a step above DC’s classic shameless victim-blaming, and fun in light of that, but it’s ultimately unsatisfying because Jason still isn’t allowed to be a hero. As soon as he becomes Robin, the position immediately becomes one of victimization rather than empowerment— despite the fact that out of all Robins, Jason seems built specifically for that angle.

Really, I dare you to come up with a better counterbalance to Batman, the guy whose ‘superpowers’ are hyperfixation and money, than a Robin who came from the streets. Both inextricably linked to Gotham, but from opposite ends of the social hierarchy. What better way to show that Batman isn’t just a rich guy that punches poor people? What better way to show that people want to be good, they just need the chance?

Lemire makes much out of Jason’s feelings of helplessness, but there’s not much acknowledgment of what helplessness is. Yeah it’s watching your mom overdose. It’s also stealing despite not wanting to hurt anyone. Putting up a tough front despite wanting to be kind. Picking your fights and deciding exactly how far you’re willing to go to survive.

Why is it that the word noble, meaning good and having integrity, is the same as the word for a noble- an aristocrat?

[ducktracy]

i hate how my particular investment in LT/these characters/history in general will have me sounding like some sort of "retvrn" bozo. or, maybe i just hate that saying "i wish things were more sincere again and that sometimes things that were older were in fact better" has been................... idek how to finish this thought Guys i'm getting overly emotional about LT kiddie records from the '50s. i'm getting emotional about how merchandising for these characters has sucked for the last 45+ years. i do not mean to sound like some sort of obnoxious "old stuff had SOUL to it new stuff is BAD we must RETURN" bozo. but guys. look at this

the appeal.. the whimsy

WHERE DID WE GO WRONG!!!!!!!!!

i legitimately get upset if i think about this for too long. what are we doing man

[coffins-and-marbles]

My dad is rewatching House and this time he plans to pinpoint the exact moment that Foreman goes bald. He will be tracking the hair loss and reporting back.

[bugswithmugs]

my hot take is that i kind of want mark and gemma to end badly, i want mark to dream of helly when he's in bed next to gemma, i want him to see hellynas face while he kisses gemma (like the ortbo), i want mark to become worse, i want him to have an alcohol fueled crashout where he hunts down helena. I want that man to suffer before he can get better

[ef-1]

If I think about the double standard and the disparity with which the media handled Daniel in comparison to everyone else I may lose my mind.

[harbingerofsoup]

i need y’all to walk with me and imagine having past DM in the show with this line from armand in mind. like in the book armand wants daniel to live a full life, but ultimately doesn’t have the option to let him go

in the show, however, he would have another option. and just like the idea of armand, who we know tends to cling to relationships and environments past the point of actual love and enjoyment, letting daniel go, erasing himself from his life, so he can live a full human life? literally destroys me. just… armand loving daniel to the point of selflessness

i have so many feelings about this line alone in relation to past DM theories

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

I have all of these extended thoughts on my head about the amazing way themes and character relationships are handled in Iruma-kun and the inclusion of queerness and the handling of the coming of age narrative in this shonen manga/anime

And every time all that comes out when I'm reccing it is "You should watch/read it"

Do it. Go watch/read Mairimashita! Iruma-kun/Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun

Please.

[indistinctchatt3r]

Sol and Jecki have the dynamic of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan if Qui-Gon mildly cared about the code and/or the wellbeing of children

[yuwuta]

Nanami ver of bsf upstaging bf?? ❤️

listen… i meant what i said when nanami is just as bad, if not worse when it comes to driving your boyfriend away/upstaging him... maybe his tact makes him a better man than satoru, but you could also argue that it doesn’t; you could argue that kento is is only as respectful as necessary and consciously pushes boundaries, whereas satoru just does!! he just IS!! satoru IS overbearing and knows no consequence, but kento is not and he is very aware that evert action has a consequence, but he weighs it, determines it’s worth it, or—arguably worse—determines that the threat of your boyfriend getting mad or figuring him out isn’t high enough. kento is premeditated murder, he is going to drive your boyfriend so insane, to a place where he fully believes he cannot compete where he cannot compares, and kento will not feel bad about it. so, i rest my case, vice president of the not shit club, and their children are NO better!! 

also, having been friends with kento sets a bar that your past and/or current boyfriend must quickly learn to meet, and more often than not, they don’t even come close. why go on random dating-app dates when kento sends food to your house just because he had an inkling you were sad (you texted him in a certain way that tipped him off). dates meeting you halfway at a restaurant/bar isn’t nearly as flattering when kento drives an hour in heavy rain and traffic after work to pick you up, just to make good on seeing a movie you told him you were excited about. expensive dinner dates and bar hopping becomes mundane when that’s the normal for you and kento, when he regularly takes you out to dinner, if not weekly, then at least bi-weekly, because he’s intentional about your friendship and having time to spend and catch-up with each other in between busy work days. it’s hard to be impressed with a boyfriend when your best-friend takes you on his twice-yearly vacations and pays for everything, citing that even though getting a proper vacation is hard, he loves the time spent with you, so it’s all worth it. kento doesn’t even have to wait for some guy to become your boyfriend, he puts any potential partners out of the running by the standards he’s already set for you.