#'we are all just fragile things'

[gumm1defloor]

Vox can understand Velvette just fine. They don't necessarily need to get along all the time, but they have a mutually beneficial contract that guarantees her support in the most efficient way possible, just how they both like it, short and strict and to the point. Vox does not understand Valentino. It drives him unimaginably, disgustingly insane. He knows how to handle him, make no mistake. Valentino is a never-ending powerhouse that wrangles out content from his employees like there is no tomorrow. He's proven himself to be Vox's most lucrative investment yet. He is resourceful, well-connected and most importantly predictable enough to rein in. Because he listens to you, because he needs you.

He is also, undeniably, out of his goddamn mind. Yet you've already invested too much in the corporate empire you've built together and there is no point turning back now that you have him so close to your side. It's OK however! He couldn't possibly be stupid enough to throw away the best partnership deal he's ever had just for the sake of something petty cause -oh, wait - he genuinely might just be that stupid and you never would've guessed because he's so cocksure of his bullshit that 80% of the time it ends up working in his favor anyway.

Fuck his life indeed. The kicker for this of course is that Valentino, genuinely does believe he has struck gold with Vox. Valentino is a clingy, possessive, immature, perverted, sadistic, egotistical man-child with severe rage issues and zero impulse control. No he is not aware of this at all. No he does not know why nobody is able to tolerate him and why every single person he gets close to hates his guts with every inch of their burning rotting souls. All he knows is that hell has now given him a flat faced prince in shining liquid crystal armour, riding on a cash filled horse with promises of power and luxury, who's practically handing him success on a silver platter. Doesn't mean that Val trusts him, doesn't mean he doesn't enjoy seeing him lose his shit. But at the end of the day vox has his back, and as long as Val keeps calling for him, he'll eventually turn up and make everything better. Cause hey if Vox hasn't left him yet for this long he must be doing something right. Right?

#for those of y'all new to the tag yes these two have been technically canon for a long while #and yes we still have no exact idea why #I am still of the opinion that Vox clocked Val first in terms of the alliance (for whatever reason known to man) #And Val still till this day has no fuckin clue how he managed to score him and is just winging shit as he goes along #this is until proven otherwise by canon ofc but still #No I do not know why I am doing a character analysis of Hazbin Hotel of all things but here we are #still sincerely curious as to where their bond came from though #yknow outside of physical attraction and shared business ideals #the only semi logical explanation I have currently is that Valentino still unapologetically thinks of himself as hot shit despite being #yknow #Valentino #which makes him the antithesis of Vox's fragile ego and blatant insecurities #(and therefor invertedly gives Vox personal gratification for being able to dominate him and control him) #The other possibility was narcissism but that theory is mostly scrapped now the more I watch his interactions with Val in ep2 #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel valentino #hazbin hotel vox #voxval #staticmoth #hazbin hotel shitposts #anyone willing to respond to please feel free to do so btw been thinking abt this pairing for quite a while #I think they work very interestingly as a villain couple #I want Valentino to light vox on fire and dance with him while they burn

[chainofclovers]

Being a human is literally like this weird combo of being okay and not okay that goes on forever except there is also death

#(i'm fine) #(personally) (mostly) (really) #this has just been an absolutely terrible year for our planet and its people and animals #and it's fucking insane that as an american living in relative safety and comfort and experiencing the pleasures and guilt of that... #...i can experience this horrible yet ENTIRELY SURVIVABLE blend of acute pain over so many things at once #including war and genocide and the utter hopelessness of that #and also things like being really really sad that matthew perry's life was so hard and he died #and also so many bad and weird things have happened to family members this year but we mostly have the resources to come together and deal #which is amazing and bolstering and exhausting #and my brain still has space to be excited about writing and numb to writing and angry/impotent about writing #desperate for feedback yet private and retreat-y and weird #always hoping to hit upon The Perfect Thing :-/ #and i live in a place that basically is not a democracy any more and also the u.s. is so cursed we've never been what we said we were #so a lot of my own perceived safety is incredibly fragile #but still so much more solid than what the people i am mourning for had #and none of the comparisons make a lick of sense and are in and of themselves deeply unfair #to the point that it's humiliating to feel guilt (making it about me) and simultaneously humiliating that i don't feel guilt *constantly* #and i have therapy this week but also this deep sense that while my therapist will be a fine person to talk to it will feel unuseful #i've always been a muddle of optimism and pessimism and i am very adamant that life is super beautiful and this is precisely why... #...all the violence in the world is so brutally devastating #it's just that the casserole of all these thoughts feels increasingly horrible #and feeling that way is 100% sane #and even intersectional frameworks and intentional attempts at gentleness only get you so far in the grapple #for meaning and for ideas of what to do #so i end up contacting my reps about various awful things #and zooming in and out on my fixations and having excellent days and terrible days #often dependent on what feels like a camera setting i only partially control #and i'm sure i'm not alone in feeling embarrassed that deep empathy and grief for people i've not met somehow ends up being... #...at least a sliver about ME and my little world #about me

[writhe]

fun with the boys yesterday

#i hope we go back when it’s not 90 degrees #it was honestly a beautiful day all things considered #but i spent like all morning almost crying bc i was feeling fragile and it was my moms birthday #and then we all got sooo exhausted by like 5 from the heat #but i think we made it far in the day #i wanna commit to the bit more next time! like just be in character yknow #me #franklin tag

[daemonicdorset]

Do you ever just

#I've talked about the subject of this image before #but it's not going to stop me from talking about it again. #Because god FORBID we draw women anything other than size zero hourglass figure flawless skin delicate little nose right? #God forbid we draw characters who are buff as men the same way as women. #Because women fragile!!! Women dainty!!!! She can be holding weights and/or food but that's IT. She can't have MUSCLES wdym??????? #Everyone knows that all women (or AFAB people in general) have metabolisms faster than Usain fucking Bolt. We all know that. #Yeah we can give her pants and a smaller chest. BUT you have to trade it for her shirt showing off her Tiny Womanely Physique. #We can give her pants BUT she has to have a belt to show her Itty Bitty Little (Small) Femaile Waist. #How else are we going to know she's a girl?????????? #(sarcasm) #I'm aware that it's just fanart. But how you interpret the details of a character that are very cut-and-dry in canon does say things. #If you take a larger (even relatively for the media) character and slim them down it SAYS things about you. #Honestly. I don't know how I manage to forget how fandoms can be until I'm reminded by things like this. #Anyways. As I said before. If you're afraid to draw buff women and you make them stick-thin instead you're a coward. #daedor sundry

[dreampearls]

i really do enjoy nahida sooo much conceptually shes 100% my favorite archon i just wish she wasnt the lolibait oneeeeeeeeee

#LIKE MANNNNNNN #her depiction as a child isnt even bad in of itself its actually so thematically coherent &strong given her status as the goddess of wisdom #& how it works to subvert the cultural expectation of what intelligence is expected to look like in the first place #so much of her as a character subverts what a god is ''supposed'' to be what with her existing as a counterpart to #rukkhadevata who is in essence everyone's ideal version of a god #despite the fact that rukkhadevata has long been dead & the idea of her as a god is basically no longer attainable #nahida is a god who was neglected entirely By humanity a god who was forcibly isolated for so so many years #AND LIKE OUGHHH THE THING ABOUT HER WRT ISOLATION VERSUS CONNECTION #because wisdom is all about connection & community & linking each other hand in hand #and this is emulated literally all throughout nahidas Entire character right down to how her kit functions #these unspeakable voids that exist between people the way people isolate themselves #& nahida and her entire deal basically acting as a bridge between that #a facilitator for kindness and understanding #whether its through dreams or the Very Literally Mind Reading & Mind Speaking Ability She Has #& all of this really coming back full circle to how she was isolated and trapped in a birdcage for all those years #with nothing But those fragile connections keeping her attached to this world #a world that had forsaken her from the very moment she was born #i just really love the concept of ''god'' less as an authoritative figure on a throne and more as this intangible connection between people #god is in the way we hold hands with one another in the way we try to understand each other despite it all #SORRY. MY RAMBLINGS

[robinsteve]

“lucas, i’m scared. i’m so scared. i’m so scared. i don't wanna die. i’m not ready. i don't wanna go! i’m not ready.” if the duffers kill max in s5 after that we will be having words.

#not only would it destroy the message of hope and perseverance in the face of personal struggles- the message that’s been a consistent #thread through all four seasons- it would make max’s first “death” scene incredibly pointless when it could have been #so impactful had it been real #obviously i very much want max alive and healthy and happy but there’s something so cinematic and so awe-inspiring about that #shot of max in lucas’ arms with el by her side and the blue light bouncing off their blood-and-tear-soaked faces #before the camera draws back and begins to spin over them... anyway. my point is: #i will be very angry if they end up killing max via coma when they had OPTIONS. well. one option. but it was a really extraordinary option. #her death in s5 despite /everything/ would cheapen the final season immensely and would come off as almost laughably #desperate- but above all so so CRUEL to max and her friends #if she can't live and she can't just die in the attic don't prolong her and her friends' suffering for a far less impactful departure #and furthermore if she can’t live don’t purposefully degrade the meaning and remove the consequences #of a visually and emotionally stunning moment to string along viewers who want to know if max is going to be okay either!!!! #they're already on thin ice from the whole 'el revives max' thing (which i will expand upon in another post) but i've made my peace with it #because it kept max alive and it would actually tear me in two if she died for real but even so. thin fucking ice. to drag max over to #another season after all of that fragile ice walking- only to pass on resolving her arc in a careful way- would be devastating. #in terms of emotional and visual impact we have ‘max actually dying in the creel attic’ up /here/ #(imagine my hand hovering slightly above my hairline) #‘max pulling through the coma and learning to survive and thrive’ right /here/ (hand at eyeline) #and ‘max dying at the hospital’ allllll the way down /here/ (hand at stomach) #which would really fucking SUCK #to be clear i think she’s going to pull through the coma (thank god) because a) the duffers are cowarddddds and b) narrative reasons that #i don’t have enough time energy or tag space to elaborate on #but i also have trust issues from this season so i can envision a scenario in which they metaphorically pull the rug out from under #us and we all riot at dawn together <3 #max mayfield #stranger things #s4 spoilers #** #millie talks #st 4

[barbieaiden]

today i dreamt that my i found my hamster now, a year later, and that she was somehow still alive and absolutely thriving on her own

#she'd bitten a hole in her enclosure to get food #she'd be three years old at this point i have a hard time imagining her #being very energetic lmao #i've been thinking about getting a new hamster but #them having such short lifespans was way harder to deal with than i thought #like she reached like 1 and 1.5 and all i could think about was that she could die at any moment #she didn't die unexpectedly though which like. doesn't sound good lmao but #my siblings' two hamsters died very suddenly of illnesses and they both died at the vet #but my hamster probably just kind of died of old age tbh #she was 2 years old and she'd been visibly aging #i don't think she was suffering too much the weeks before though she was just less mobile #i literally hate how people joke about hamsters never dying in normal ways because like. #we've had three hamsters and they've died of illness. and of age #because we actually TOOK CARE OF THEM #i refuse to believe that even half of the hamsters that have died under abnormal circumstances #didn't die because the human taking care of them did so pretty poorly #i mean hamsters are really fragile escape artists so i get that #sometimes things just happen right but............

[averysaurus]

Ohmygod, oh my god, oh mygod ohhhmy godddddd 

#this is so important #because it's the raw and unpleasant truth #which is that yes while their relationship is tender and fragile and all those wonderful things we root for and want to exist #it's also an unhealthy relationship because at the bottom of it is arthur's fear of loss #his unwillingness to experience grief once again #losing john would not just be loss of a beloved person to arthur it would also be a failure #his failure. #to a grieving person all loss is failure #he failed when he lost his parents #in his mind. #he won't fail again #he will fight god and the devil to keep this person by his side #not just because he cares for him but because he's arthur #UGH my heart ugh #malevolent

[cookinguptales]

just saw a person online talking about how they have EDS and that's why they get "cigarette paper scars" and I googled and like

do you mean to tell me that everyone doesn't have these

#I feel like I'm constantly learning about my own symptoms from the internet ;; #I have those all over ;; #usually from like small things #cuts or tears or blisters #I get those from blisters fairly often I'd say #and I get the blisters just from my clothes rubbing up against me #'velvet skin' sounds so much nicer than it actually is #that shit's fragile #cw: #chronic illness #eds #I don't think my dad realized how easily my skin blisters until we were in Japan #he saw me bandaging my feet after walking a fair amount one of the days and he was kind of horrified #once I got a bad one (about and inch and a half long) on my stomach just by wearing leggings on a hot day lmao #I carry bandages with me everywhere in my purse #(but that's also partially bc I need latex-free ones and you never know)

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

trying to lay out my interpretation of why brad and judy are simultaneously awful and really goddamn sad, beyond just having lost their baby under traumatic circumstances as already-traumatized autistic young adults with zero support system left but each other, is wild because it includes in full seriousness the word 'sheepnado'

#sdmi #scooby doo: mystery incorporated #brad chiles #judy reeves #tl;dr they are Like That in large part because pericles fucked them up in a very particular way #that made them dependent on him to give them cues for what to do and validation for the results #and when they suddenly had that ripped away they dealt with it by just making a closed loop where they follow each other in circles #in order to make one semi-functioning adult with a semi-functioning ability to actually choose to set out and do things #nothing else really *matters* to them outside of that fragile closed loop (and christ it is fragile); they set up a steady source of income #and then just fuck off to go effectively be alone together for 20 years; amassing and perfecting a bunch of random skills #because they are both very intelligent in some ways and Need to Stay Occupied; but what else are we gonna do #just aimlessly follow each other in circles and there's no room to actually choose a direction from there #and if anything breaks the closed loop; or doesn't fit into a hesitantly expanded version of it they had in mind #they freak out and they lash out at it even when they're pretending to be cheerful and unaffected #and the only real reason they *did* have to act on caring about something outside that feedback loop before--fred #ended up *being 'sit on your hands and do nothing for 20 years'*; when they are border collies climbing the walls without things to pursue #then suddenly that's gone and they can go care about fred again! except Oops now there is a force influencing them whose entire thing is #'induce artificial craving for Thing.' they try to love fred but they also resent him for being why they spent 20 years with nothing to Do #especially when things are Different now and he's his own person who doesn't really mesh into a closed loop with them; instead of the baby #they could have imagined whatever they wanted about all that time. they are desperately exhausted with caring about fred #and deeply traumatized by having done it; & at this point when a ball is waved in front of them to go fetch that they aren't burned out on #they go 'fuck it sorry kid you come second this time.' and then he *very purposely* cuts ties w/them & therefore any possibility of a loop #and they stop caring completely and lash out instead; especially because the person who fucked them up like this in the first place #has waltzed back into their life and snapped his fingers for them to heel. now they're great tools for his agenda including abusing ricky #'he's a genius right brad' 'my loyal brad and judy' siding w/pericles despite ricky having been a more reliable choice who explicitly treat #them as equals and doesn't constantly insult them and talk to them like pets. and then when something as small as Looking Different breaks #that one last most supposedly dependable loop they had they break down and start lashing out at each other. they 'behave like children.' #there's so much here man. they suck so goddamn bad and they fuck me up. thinking about the oldgang for the rest of my life

[sk3l3t0n444]

just watched a show that just made me realize just how fragile life is

#like FUCKKKKKK #like the conditions of earth are perfect for us #if one thing was off we would have a totally different life #like if most people arent even a footnote in the history of the world then just make the most out of it all #the meaning of life is to live! #if we hold ourselves back we are denying the point of life itself! #yeah one day we will all die but thats not the point of life! #the point of everything is to live! #live despite all the shit we go through! #live to make others lives better! #we are meant to live with the cards we a dealt! #we exist to be part of a whole! #and not in a depressing way! #remove one person from the world and things change a lot! #life is the most precious thing in the world! #more precious than power or money! #life is about whatever we want! #death isnt the opposite of life! its what makes it worth living! #if life wasnt fragile nobody would care! #death is not the enemy but the reason for existence! #the meaning of life is to realize what has been given to you and embrace it for what it is! even if it might suck sometimes! #if life didnt suck sometimes we wouldnt appreciate the good times!

[chaddicus]

see the longer I play with my understanding of my transmasc experience and dysphoria, the more I grapple with the conflict between mocking fragile masculinity for refusing to allow the use of 'feminine' things vs knowing more and more keenly how much dysphoria I would and do get whenever someone associates something I do or use or wear with femininity. and no amount of people insisting that using "feminine" things doesn't invalidate someone's gender, man or otherwise, seems to have any impact on that dysphoria

we do need to untangle cultural perceptions of masculine vs feminine and respect for a person's gender, manhood in particular in this discussion, but I almost feel like knowing that means it's my responsibility to refuse to engage with those ideas for my own gender — and the problem is that knowing this is not the common understanding means knowing that other people *will* associate my use of feminine things as some sort of contradiction with any masculinity I may wish to express or identify with, and no amount of understanding the concepts and holding the principles can erase the revulsion and pain and fear I feel at the thought of people associating me with some concept of womanhood that I adamantly *do not experience or identify with.* fuck.

#I don't think I can be free of the trappings of fragile masculinity #until such a time that flouting them *won't* directly result in my transmasc identity & experience being disrespected #and especially as I cannot medically transition the way I want to #my expression and presentation is the *only* way to give people any impression of masculinity about me #and so choosing to incorporate things consider unmasculine into those just. fucks me up I guess #all this brought about bc I've decided I want some sort of bag to carry a notebook +pencils etc around in #but I am not willing to carry a purse. and so the thought occurred to me to look up masculine messenger bags or something #immediately triggering a mocking thought about fragile masculinity #followed by. all of this. #this sucks. I hate it here. #can we fix masculinity so I don't have to be afraid of people misgendering me more for carrying a purse or something #tbh making it alt has allowed me to feel comfortable with stuff like makeup & jewelry bc alt fashion is often tied to gender nonconformity #but for the life of me I can't figure out how to make a purse definitively alt. so I want to look up stupid masculine bags #the thing is I don't *want* a huge backpack! a mid-sized purse type would suit the practical need! #I just will throw up if people see me carrying a purse and form any sort of association with nonmasculinity because of it!! fuck!!! #x: axel talks #I'm sorry y'all I just keep having more and more feelings about this and I have no fucking clue where else to go with it #well I guess I have my queer support group this week actually that might be the perfect place for it #I just. need to excise it sooner than that. I will burst if I have to suppress it much longer

[steriotypicaloutlaw]

Have I been having a bit of an existential crisis lately? Yes, yes I have.

Did I then take it out on Ethan? Yes, yes I did.

Do I regret the product of such? No, not in the slightest.

Art under the cut

The phrase is from Centaur World, because I think it fits and also I enjoy the song.

#ethan winters #re8 #resident evil 8 #re8village #resident evil #re7 #resident evil 7 #ethan #we are all just fragile things #centaurworld #wammawink #existential crisis #cw: death #cw: ethan's death #cw: veins

[requiemofrebellion]

@deathfavor ⸻ unprompted.

    “ . . .  Don’t you dare laugh. I don’t see YOUR gingerbread house looking much better. “ Izana rests his chin against the palm of his hand, staring at the mess they’ve created in attempt of making two different gingerbread houses. Give the two of them a thousand men and they could beat them in a minute or two. Give them two gingerbread kits? Evidently, neither Izana nor Mikey could succeeded other than making a mess of frosting and collapsed walls.  (  For Manilla Izana & Mikey ! )

The smile on Mikey’s face was genuine, staring upon their gingerbread houses with fondness even if neither of them came out right. Honestly, Mikey’s gingerbread house was missing half the candy from him munching on them while he had attempted to put the walls of the house together. But seeing Izana do just as poorly as him, made him smile even more, a hint of laughter threatening to leave him. 

It wasn’t until Izana told him not to laugh, that Mikey let the laughter out, leaning back into his chair, letting his laughter fill the room. Though he wasn’t laughing at Izana, more like laughing at both of their failures. Still, he had fun doing this, getting Izana to help him make gingerbread houses really warmed his heart up and got him more into the spirit of christmas. 

“ Heh, sorry sorry! ” He stated, lifting a hand to poke at his own gingerbread house. “ Guess we both suck at making these huh? Still, it was fun right? ” Eyes moved from his gingerbread house to Izana and then down to the candies by Izana’s house. 

“ Since they collapsed... you don’t need those candies do you? ” He moved a hand slowly over to Izana’s side to see if the other would allow him to steal one. “ Maybe the key to a successful one is if we work together next time! Do we have another box? ”

#♠ what a shame we all became such fragile broken things. ♠ ⸻ ic : mikey #deathfavor #deathfavor ― izana #♠ Manila Verse ♠ #if they do a third one together it be even worse probably - mikey will be munching on the candies unless they are taken away from him lmao #but just picturing the table a complete disaster LMAO #someone teach these two how to make gingerbread houses dffddfh

[shannonsketches]

WAIT MY HAIR DOES THAT

I have dark hair that bleaches out to reddish-copper when I'm out in the sun for a really long time, I didn't realize that was A Thing?? I thought it was just a weird genetic rarity, that's awesome that it can happen with both horses and humans! Even cooler that it happens in two of nature's most poorly designed/destructible creatures!

Yes!! This is very common in humans!

I think dark hair is rarer and harder to do without product, so it might still be a genetic rarity! It's really common in brunettes and blondes who are outdoorsy. IIRC, mimicking the "Sunkissed" hair of Hollywood beachgoers is what originated the Balayage and Ombre and Frosted Tips style trends!

#we are all just fragile things soft and small and having fabulous hair

[bravevolunteer]

there is a LOT to be said about fanon michael and the misconceptions people have about his character but also............ i think saying "the logbook says he just wanted money and free pizza and a vacation, he's not there for some big goal" is. a little stupid..... the logbook characterizes him as overly sarcastic, exhausted, and prone to jokes........... He's Joking

#i do think that to a DEGREE he. straight up does want the money from the jobs #but like. the free pizza thing is a sarcastic joke.... he didn't say 'he tripped and fell on freddy's teeth. not our fault' bc he wouldn't #care if a child ACTUALLY GOT INJURED. it's dark humor??? #he is joking about how absolutely batshit the company is it's his earned right to complain i think LMAO #i do not think portraying him as overly fragile and without flaws is correct at ALL but also he's not. he isn't completely uncaring #and is VERY CLEARLY established to be here /primarily because of that bigger mission/ .. the sister location speech is right there #idk i just. nuance people we can have nuance! both of these things coexist! #⁂ ･ﾟ: i was looking for a job‚ and then i found a job‚ and heaven knows i’m miserable now ➛ ooc