#I appear competent

[theadhdgoblin]

#actually autistic #goblin things #being autistic #autistic burnout #it’s funny #but not haha funny #because I’m about to have my PIP Tribunal #personal independence payment #because the uk government don’t Support people like me #late diagnosed autistic #with a spikey profile #I appear competent #but really I cannot cope with basic things #and have learned to work around and hide the bits of my brain that don’t work as well #pray for me #I’ve had 3 meltdowns already this week #and I’ve not changed my clothes or showered for 5 days #I’m about to take on the dwp #the root of all evil

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

#misc #I encourage anyone dyslexic to try rotating him in your mind. I can’t do that; which is why I’m asking you to. #also: a bunch of tags are surprised this isn’t ‘shopped #it’s the lighting. backlit by the sun (which is diffused through the water) but also forelit artificially #the artificial light - a flash pack or something - casts a hard shadow under the creatures arm #which normally wouldn’t be possible if backlit by the SUN; you’d see a less-hard/more-fragmented shadow above water #as light sources ‘compete’ in a sense - and since there aren’t any light sources which can outshine the literal sun #it looks a bit weird when the darkest shadow is being cast from any other origin point - which is what’s essentially happening here #I don’t know the mechanics of how light travels through water; but I know the effect is substantial even with relatively short distances #also: it’s been balanced and color corrected by the author of the photo - who made deliberate choices to bring out the full potential #so it’s not like it’s a fresh and untouched export #but the kind of ‘tacked on’ appearance of the creature is a result of the lighting conditions within the image

[markantonys]

THE WHEEL OF TIME | Lanfear's outfits in season 2

#wotedit #wot #the wheel of time #wot on prime #lanfear #mine #wot show spoilers #she slayed she served etc etc #my favorite has to be the matnapping black jumpsuit even though it only appeared for 30 seconds #well my favorite aside from *that* TAR outfit which is in its own category because it's too iconic to compete with anything else #also i deeply love how many of her outfits have pockets!!!

[trans-queen-administrator]

Taylor's use of fear tactics is like, just consistently so fucking funny. She tries so hard to appear menacing and scary and because of it she just becomes a one woman horror movie and I love her for it. Like that one fight with the merchants in 11.3, she surrounded a group of people with swarm clones that slowly approached them and closed the distance, and one by one the people tried to run through and collapsed under the bugs, and then she purposefully let the last guy go. And then for no reason other than being a dramatic dumbass, she herded him into alleyways and had him run until she had a swarm clone materialize at the end of the alleyway he was in, and then another one behind him when he turned around, and then she had them both slowly move towards him while growing ominously with more bugs.

His head whipped around as he realized he had no escape routes left, and then he screamed, a primal, despairing sound.

C'mon Taylor, you fucking broke him. What the hell girl. She says its to send a message and have the fear build her reputation, standard stuff that she stole from Bakuda and justifies as ok because she's the one doing it so its fine, but still what the hell! Would it not be terrifying enough to just fucking drown them all in bugs? Why did you need to put them in the horror movie situation? She's so fucking deranged, she does this shit constantly too. Has her bugs ripple in her hair to make it fan out like wind is blowing, the swarm voice, everything she does is so dramatic because she thinks she needs to be scary to survive even when she's already incredibly terrifying without even trying. I swear to god no cape puts as much thought into their presentation as Taylor does.

Oh also that whole fight where she put the guy in Bug Clone Stalking Hell took place while she drank a cup of tea, and she cared more about the fact that the tea was bitter than the fact that she just broke some poor bastard's mental stability in half with bugs. So much wrong with her.

#worm #parahumans #taylor hebert #skitter #ramble #i wanna reread worm just to find every moment she was super extra to appear scarier or more competent

[actualsoyboy]

Luo Binghe takes over the world and builds his harem

#i have a new obsession! #svsss #luo binghe #luo bingge #love when bingge appears in vol 4 and sqq is like 'he's so sexually competent?!'

[elmoshipsbyler]

mike would daydream about kissing will, and stare at his lips and stuff, and still manage to convince himself it’s platonic

because, “well i’m not thinking about kissing will, i’m just thinking about kissing, and will’s face is just a placeholder until i find someone else i want to kiss”

and he would see no issue with that statement

“it’s not gay, i’m just thinking about it as a concept. no, i wouldn’t wanna kiss anyone other than will, because i haven’t found anyone yet. that’s the whole point of a placeholder”

#i’m speaking from experience #that’s the kind of denial i was in for like 5+ years #i had a whole ass crush and it only occurred to me 30 minutes ago that it was a crush #because i genuinely thought that that was a normal way to think #i’m in the mental gymnastics olympics competing against myself #and winning in every area #stranger things #byler #byler tumblr #will byers #mike wheeler #given the replies it appears as though im not the only one competing in the mental gymnastics olypics #welcome to the club #i have blankets and movies

[u5an5]

Theory: The Clone X was not Cody like some people think or even Fives (I know he's been dead for a very long time but so was Boba Fett and look where we are. Plus, Echo was supposed to be certainly dead too; making him Winter Soldier-esque storyline wouldn't be that surprising) or not even Slick.

((Also, now that we've seen his face devoid of any tattoos or scars I think first two takes are definitely not applicable anymore; they wouldn't put that much effort to make him unrecognizable))

Back to the point: In my opinion, The Clone X was none other than...

Fox.

Now let me explain.

Who else, other than X, was loyal to the law and justice dictated by it over any moral or ethic code?

Fox.

Who else was portrayed with such single-minded focus on hunting down traitors of the government he served, regardless of what it was?

Fox.

Who else could know not only Coruscant so well but also identify Rex like they knew each other?

He already was a remarkably successful tracker of traitors, why not make him more efficient by pointing them out for him?

Good soldiers follow orders, after all.

#clone assassin #commander fox #star wars tbb #i know that hes got killed really early after Order in comics but i would honestly prefer him to die this way #the bad batch spoilers #commander cody #arc trooper fives #tcw slick #cc 1010 #star wars #sw tbb #sw the bad batch #the bad batch season 3 #tbb theory #we dont even know for sure how he looks like cause in one moment we see corries without helmets all of them have standard paintjob #idk if its just animation error but because of it we cant be 100% sure fox ever regreted it without him being shown grieving with rest #hes just taking a breath when fives is dying and personaly i see it more as him rolling his eyes that rex is being mushy with traitor #but there are 3 clones behind fox when hes shown and then the one taking off his helmet stands beside 2 others so it may actualy be it??? #and if he DOES regret it imo is more in 'shame i had to do it' rather than 'shame i did it' way if you know what i mean #hes just doing his job and hes GOOD at it. not his fault that him being competent is bad for the good guys #my point is: outside of one page incomic that can be at any point made noncanon or recontextualized theres no evidence that it cant be him #they already retconed more important things. why not this? #i think its likely that in case im right we can assume that all named corries were made into CloneX #none of them appeared yet despite how much of action happens on coruscant #and only thorn died on screen; in a way preventing him from being viable option nonetheless #three hits point blank months before Order seem unlikely but theyve done weirder things so him returning wouldnt be THAT weird so uhh idk #but yeah cx-02 is tech #winter soldiering doesnt stop #i mean THIS could be fox/other corrie but it being tech is way too cliche oportunity to waste it on them (derogatory towards disney) #pls disney let corries hunt down traitors like they used to pls

[riickgrimes]

Yeah, I feel like people are gonna be like, “why isn’t it me?” You know? Sure. I mean, it could have been you, Rome. It could easily have been you. It’s just marginal presentation shit. [...] It’s just, you know, the optics. It’s dumb, but the stitches, they’re good stitches. They’re good.

#succession #successionedit #succession spoilers #roman roy #kieran culkin #tvedit #dailyflix #successiondaily #cinematv #mine and only mine #romannnnnn #i just feel like this was him saying #like im competent enough im well enough put together like i don't APPEAR broken #i may be a little dumb but im not completely broken #at least not on the outsside #so why isn't it me #why couldn't i be the one #what's wrong with me what am i missing #so when kendall breaks his stitches it brings his inside wounds to the outside #***

[bookwyrminspiration]

“I can’t compete in the trials!” Teo you are the main character of the novel The Sunbearer Trials

#the sunbearer trials #i know every characters gotta go through a denial and a ‘why me!’ phase because that’s realistic to life #people don’t just adapt and this makes them more fleshed out and real #but my GOD i always struggle to take it seriously like. of COURSE you will compete in the trials #there was no other option my guy #‘i didn’t understand why they were looking at me like that after a bright light appeared way to close and blinding’ #because you just got SELECTED #c’mon dude ​catch up

[fishyartist]

#valerie gray #danny fenton #danny phantom #grayghost #gray ghost #my art #fan art #taking that ''you have to draw horribly" advice to HEART and then slapping like 6 gradients over the mess to make it appear competent #idk i wanna revisit the concept of contact+their relationship evolving #like pinky swear->shaking hands->holding eachother i guess? #like despite the setbacks+hurt they both cause #it also has like joy+value. like the idea of knowing and trusting others depite lies and betrayal is worth the pain for the good or somethi #also i wanted 2 try the idea of the suit val gets from vlad looking like his. idk might b too on the nose tho... ill overthink it l8er #idk man its 4 am. my brain stopped being able to draw how i wanna weeks ago. (meds stoped working yippie! this wil b fixed soon <3) #wanna revisit this once i get my shit together but UNTIL THEN... #im going to bed and posting this and ur gonna looka t it and understand my vision through it all ok? ty!

[dogbunni]

do u guys think nendo is a 5-in-1 body wash shampoo kinda guy or a separate shampoo conditioner body wash face wash exfoliation king

#bc i can see it either way #knee jerk reaction hes a 5-in-1 guy bc by all appearances and stereotypes he SHOULD be #but also he goes against type canonically more than once #hes surprisingly competent in mutliple areas #also mama nendo would NOT let her boy be stinky #also his bleached hair would need some deep conditioning trust me ive been there with the bleached mohawk i did that shit for years #i think im team hygienic king #i also think nendo would LOVE a fruity lil face mask #nendo posting #saiki k #nendo riki #nendou riki #saiki kusuo no ψ nan

[age-of-moonknight]

“Case Number: 004 ‘Who Is Victor Shade?’” Avengers Inc. (Vol. 1/2023), #4.

Writer: Al Ewing; Penciler and Inker: Leonard Kirk; Colorist: Alex Sinclair; Letterer: Cory Petit

#Marvel #Marvel comics #Marvel 616 #Avengers Inc. #Moon Knight comics #Moon Knight #Marc Spector #Hank Pym #just look at him back there lurking #he’d throw that man off a building again no hesitation #I don’t know how well it would fly for a full on solo comic or anything that would require much depth #but for a guest appearance the writing for Moon Knight here was a lot of fun #He skates that razor thin edge of incredibly undeniably competent but other people aren’t quite sure what to make of him #as well as deadly serious but with his incredibly dry sardonic humor intact

[onebizarrekai]

I cannot BELIEVE that grownass arthur von licht rescued someone from a hospital roof and then didn't think to himself, hm, maybe I should get their MEDICAL HISTORY so they can get the care they need and maybe we have access to something that could help them PLUS free jr health care

like isn't it literally a thing that he saw ani struggling with their health and they were like "nah it's fine it always be like this" and he just ACCEPTED THAT until it got so bad that he lost ani the day after he actually took them to a hospital

#jr appears to have the medical competence of the flashback hospital from morbius #I made the story I'm allowed to make fun of it #ds canon needs help #real talk ani spent like their whole life in a hospital #and associates it with lofty hospital bills and feeling unwanted #it's understandable that they wouldn't want to tell people #but I don't think anyone would just let that fly #dreamswap

[gloriousmonsters]

this has no basis in anything but i can't shake the idea of ganondorf just being an incredibly reticent teenager (going along with my now-stuck headcanon of him being very isolated as a kid) who spent a ton of time just sort of observing people and absorbing information, who then around the age of stepping up to more active/public kingship was like 'okay I've done that stage, time to sink all those skill points i accumulated into charisma, manipulation and theatrics' which he views as a perfectly normal progression but seemed kind of sudden and bizarre from the outside. what I'm saying is that the original form of Nabooru's 'i don't know you any more, you are not the man I knew' was 'dude what the fuck weren't you an introvert'

#he still is! it's just less obvious #joky phrasing but. i do genuinely revolve this in my head wrt the whole nabooru-ganondorf friends 2 enemies arc (also in my head) #it's a crucial story beat re: nabooru getting unnerved by ganondorf/questioning how well she actually knows him for the first time #bc nabooru is an incredibly honest person and just kind of assumed ganondorf was the same #he seemed straightforward with her! he wasn't super talkative but what he said came off as genuine! #but when he displays the *ability* to completely change the outward appearance of his personality #combined with showing that he's figured out how to manipulate people and situations to his advantage #it calls everything else into question #(which in turn kind of hurts ganondorf because he's just putting into action the kind of king he's decided to be + being Good At People #and of course he's been truthful with her (mostly) she's smart and competent and he likes her! what is the problem??) #nabooru #ganondorf #it's an old song and we're gonna sing it again

[skywalkervahnya]

I am once again asking DC to take Steph and Cass seriously and stop treating them like they’re 14

#yes this is about batgirls #it’s weird because in just about everything else they appear in they seem mature while still quippy and are about Tim’s age aka 17-19 #but in batgirls it’s like watching two middle schoolers figuring out how to hero #and it’s just painful because these two are such strong competent and clever characters #but they’re just pushed to the side to showcase babsgirl more #and I hate it!!! #let babs be Oracle and be a mentor but she is not the defining figure in their stories #they are #cassandra cain #stephanie brown #batgirls

[stupidsexpotflanders]

A meta on self-worth issues

Maybe it's just me,but Percy Jackson never seemed to be someone with a consistent low self-esteem problem. While he does have his "down on himself" moments,Percy doesn't seem to struggle much with that kind of negative thoughts and it doesn't cause much of a problem in his life(nor we see him doing much of an effort to control said thoughts). And it becomes glaring whenever I remember Leo,Luke and Nico.

Leo's POV shows consistent thoughts of worthlessness,Nico has self-preservation issues(namely,the lack of it),Luke's acidic envy towards Percy and need for validation. Percy had none of that,a moment where self-doubt got in the way of him getting shit done,nor some sort of "conditional self-worth". In fact,Percy's "self-consciousness" is kinda cute,as it makes him look humble and endearingly self-deprecating.

#pjo meta #percy jackson #rr crit #i guess #if percy was supposed to have self-loathing issues ricky totally botched it #but (accidentally?) nailed it when it came to the main demigod villain #and he used that knowledge to write nico and leo #the closest of percy being shown as having low self-esteem was him downplaying his skills and competence levels #but it appears to be more like erring on the side of caution and reminding many of his feats were ''skin of my teeth'' #since it doesn't affect any aspect of his life(relationships heroic stuff health) #nico di angelo #leo valdez #luke castellan #riordan critical #bad writing #perhaps #if percy was intended as shoddy self-worth rep the tag stays