#of thoughts and phobias

[valtsv]

seeing the chernobyl fanfiction ask i got last month on my dash again and while i have never and will never write chernobyl fanfiction i feel like i might as well confess that i used to play littlest pet shop nuclear fallout disaster rp as a kid (nobody lives/everybody dies, graphic descriptions of radiation poisoning) so like anon wasn't that far off i guess

[bloodofgrapes]

So this is a comic I’ve wanted to do for a long time because it hits fairly close to home for me, but especially because I think this is foundational to Phoenix and Edgeworth’s relationship: trust. Throughout the games we see that they push and pull one another to get to the bottom of a situation, to discover the truth and do what’s right, even when it’s difficult. While obviously not canon, to me their relationship is so emblematic of kink it’s nearly unavoidable in my depictions of them--Edgeworth may always seem to be the ultimate string pulling master with a thousand tricks up his sleeve, but none of this could happen if he did not totally relinquish control via his unwavering trust in Phoenix.

[skunkes]

i have soooo much more i cld say abt him, and have explored more thru other doodles, but quick summary of talon's whole deal, which is subject to change still as he's only almost 2 yrs old as an oc

[teatitty]

leans into mic

Iruka developing a fear of foxes after the kyuubi attack. Thank you

[marc--chilton]

house says to wilson, "you can't be going out with cuddy because you're straight"

i'm going to be so honest i did not clock that as house insulting cuddy thru implying she's transfem (and that being a bad thing?) at first for a good little while there i thought that was him insulting wilson for being in the closet (you COULD be going out with cuddy, oh, but straight (cis) people only go for straight (cis) people, right? hmm how about that)

or it's the double edged sword of insults. "you're BOTH gay" wow he really is so smart at being a total cunt

[prettypupp]

they should invent a testosterone that, instead of making me horny 24/7, forces me to work through the reasons why im terrified of sex and being physically intimate with others.

[berryshipbasket]

To any self shippers who have really bad phobias (both common and uncommon) your F/O would do anything they can to help make sure you don't have to come in contact with something that triggers it! And if you do they'd be there to comfort you and tell you how brave you are : )

[bottombaron]

there really does need to be a queer person in the writers' room on every show with queer characters, if only to explain how to better describe 'profound' relationships.

bc this happens all the time with showrunners fumbling for ways to describe a not-necessarily-sexually-prioritized relationship between same-sex characters

it's like somewhere in our evolution 'straight' men forgot that you can express your Profound Emotions with sex or other physical ways just to experience closeness and love.

like sexual attraction can evolve from profound emotions. they aren't inherently mutually exclusive. you can have two people who aren't initially attracted to each other and then over the course of knowing each other attraction blooms from simply caring for that person.

it's wild that ppl don't get that. is it a straight person thing? Do you have to be horny for a person from the go or it doesn't count?

like i'm absolutely serious, there needs to be studies on this phenomenon. there's something here in the miscommunication of what love can look like that is fucking fascinating.

[sanctiphera]

Gaza is only about one-third the size of Greater London. If the IDF were killing Palestinians indiscriminately, it would not take them 8 plus months to eradicate Hamas. The battle for Berlin in 1945 only took 2 weeks and 2 days.

Do you seriously not think Israel could have taken the whole of Gaza now if they had no regard for Palestinian civilians?

[beware-the-water]

and just like with religious followers, TRAs spew out these overused, dismissive, sanctimonious statements to avoid having to actually explain their beliefs. otherwise they may begin to question them.

i think a lot of them don’t want to question their beliefs. they feel so strongly for what they believe and are so invested in that belief that the idea of questioning it or hearing a different perspective is immoral.

those who do face the truth and still remain in their beliefs either know they are wrong and don’t care, or would rather delude themselves into thinking this way instead of dealing with reality (and the shame that comes from being wrong).

[heartshattering]

/// health anxiety tw

when you know the best thing to do is "lay down in the dark with your eyes closed and wait for your meds to kick in" but you start getting paranoid because what if this time you just. die. (no it doesn't have to make sense)

[transfaguette]

I get very annoyed the way people talk about entomophobia and maybe I'M the weird one but my fear of bugs and my respect and understanding for nature and conservation are not influenced by each other at all??? I cannot help that when I see an insect or spider my armpits sweat and I freeze. It's not because I'm not educated about insects or don't understand their role in my household ecosystem or am not aware they are harmless to me or don't know what they're called. It's just my monkey brain.

[sighmurderbot]

So I love dropout and GameChanger and I love the weird lil arg they're playing but I will say I wish they tagged Deja Vu as unreality because it kinda high-key triggered my psychosis 😭

I can keep it under control as long as I'm aware ahead of time but static and distortion can really bother me

[foreverfitnesspositivity]

Facing your Fears - Is it Worth the Risk or the Regret

Being afraid and fearful is not always a bad thing? Sometimes our body needs an alert system to be cautious when approaching danger.

Avoiding your fears or telling yourself that you don't want to do something (hiding your fear), might initially make you feel comfortable, but in the long term will only bring regret or even resentment towards others that have succeeded where you have failed to even try.

Gradually facing your fears, in small steps, will decrease your unease and anxieties. This means breaking down your fears into small pieces and facing one piece at a time

[stressfulsloth]

I think that what the disco elysium people said about Harry and Kim was the best way to put it. "Somewhere in the multiverse, Kim and Harry kiss." Because they're both so full of *potential*, both for wonderful and terrible things, and you *know* that in some worlds they full on hate each other. Harry can be a full on fascist; he's definitely been aggressive/racist/homophobic before the amnesia, there's no way Kim's entertaining his bullshit in that kind of playthrough if he makes no effort to change. And on the other side, Kim can be an absolute terror despite his calm facade- repressed, unflexible, patient with Harry only because he's a fellow cop, a committed *ex-moralist*. There are so many potential outcomes, so many different ways for them to fuck up, so many new and unique ways for them to be terrible together.

But then there's the multiverse where everything works out and nobody says the awful things they're thinking and maybe instead of pushing beyond Kim's boundaries by trying to can-open him, Harry helps him work through the repression and fear of change, and on the other side maybe Kim doesn't get frustrated by Harry's sheer chaos and just tries to be some stability in his life instead. They have *fun* together. They're playing board games. They wear matching jackets and sit on swings together whistling. And in that universe, maybe they get to be happy.

[faithfromanewperspective]

on my way to pride (don’t ask why it’s in September) and my bus is. nowhere to be seen