#Potential Barriers

[ithrivehere]

Getting Out Of A Life Rut: Five Effective Strategies - Breaking Free: Escaping a Life Rut (Part IV)

In today’s chaotic and fast-paced world, it’s all too easy to find ourselves trapped in a monotonous routine, yearning for an escape from the daily grind. We long for a break from the stress and responsibilities that seem to consume our lives. While traditional beach vacations and visits to popular tourist destinations can provide temporary relief, they often fall short of delivering the…

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#Accumulated Vacation Time #Assessing Your Situation #Being Fully Present #Break from Daily Grind #Curiosity #Destination Choices #Digital Age #Disconnecting #Embracing Culture #Embracing Spontaneity #Engaging with the World #finances #Imagination #Indulging in New Experiences #life rut #Making Plans #Memories #Perspective #Potential Barriers #Practical Aspects #Real Vacation #Savoring Local Cuisine #Self-discovery #Serendipitous Experiences #Setting a Budget #Smooth and Stress-free Experience #Stepping Outside Comfort Zone #Stress and Responsibilities #Temporary Relief #Transformative Experiences

[geminison]

didn’t your mother teach you not to play with fire, Corvo?

Daud had successfully dealt with a bunch of street kids turned assassins for years, he can manage one more. By inflicting some nap time on him probably

#dishonored #daud #corvo attano #art tag #drunk Corvo loses his brain-tongue barrier and starts taking shit that would potentially end up backfiring in his face. literally #*talking #Daud…endures #also. first drawing of the 2024?! huh

[rescuehumans-runtotherescue]

Kade & Graham Both Crushing On You Headcanons

🧯Kade is very confident and will likely take to flirting with you right away

📊Graham on the other hand is more shy and will pine after you without making a move for a while

🧯Kade will make a point to show off when you’re around, especially if it’s right after a rescue and he’s still in uniform (he might be taking credit for someone else’s work though)

📊After some encouragement (likely from Boulder) Graham would probably try to talk with you about his job to make conversation, figuratively dipping his toes in the water to see if you have any interest in him and what he does

🧯Kade takes any little compliment as him winning you over

📊Whereas Graham is always second guessing if you like him just as a friend or if there is something more

If Graham found out first that both he and Kade like you:

📊Graham would back off, not wanting to compete with his brother and already feeling like he has no chance

📊He’d never tell anyone he likes/liked you too, that would be embarrassing

📊He would be a little sad every time you come over and Kade flirts with you, but wouldn’t let on to this and still enjoy your company

📊At least he still gets to keep you in his life, even if things are awkward for a while

If Kade found out first that both he and Graham like you:

🧯Kade would be extremely conflicted. He never thought anything like this would happen, he didn’t think Graham and him had the same taste in romantic partners

🧯I think Kade would back off from flirting with you, feeling odd about ‘competing’ with his lil bro about something like this

🧯He wouldn’t encourage or discourage Graham from talking to you or even let on that he knows that they both like you

🧯Kade’s putting this in your hands, really. He’s not gonna ask you out now, but if you asked him, he’d say yes. If you ask Graham out, he’ll try his best to be happy for his brother, even if he needs to keep some distance for a while so he can get over it

#both of them figuring out they both have a crush on you: 😬 #they wouldn’t let a potential romantic partner put a barrier in their relationship with each other #kade burns #graham burns #graham burns x reader #kade burns x reader #kade x reader x graham #graham x reader x kade #graham x reader #kade x reader #transformers rescue humans #tfrb #trb #tfrb headcanons #rescue humans headcanons

[mx-legend-of-faye]

Language Barriers!

Personally I don’t think enough people recognize the possibilities behind the chain having to work through language barriers. They’re from different times. Languages evolve over time. (I have read a couple good fics that explore some of the possibilities of the chain having to deal with language differences, but I don’t remember their names, or the authors of them…)

Now of course, many of them might not have too many differences in their languages, or have a way to easily translate. Either because they’re not too far apart in the timeline, or they have their history well documented.

But where, you might be asking, does that leave Wild? The answer is completely unable to understand the chain or be understood by the chain. Wild is, what, canonically more than 10,000 years in the future from the last known hero if I remember correctly? So with all the language changes, and so much history being lost to the calamity and then possibly further with the upheaval, (although that revealed the history of the zonai so maybe not…) how difficult will it be for Wild to be understood by the chain? My guess is very difficult.

So we’ve got all the other Links who, once they’ve been on this adventure together for a little while, have most of their language barriers worked out and can communicate pretty clearly. Then they arrive in a hyrule that’s in ruins and consumed by beautiful nature as far as the eye can see. And it’s so far in the future and so much history was lost that they’ve basically gotta play charades to get beds at a stable.

Now one of the fics I read had the hilarity of this issue eventually resolved by having Wild know really ancient sheikah. I don’t remember the fic or the author but I remember that much about it and it was a really fun solution!

I’m not saying everyone should utilize language barriers between the chain, I’m just saying that there’s a lot of possibilities it opens up if someone chooses to utilize it and I don’t see it very often

#lu chain #lu wild #language barrier #the potential for shenanigans is vast #the potential for angst with this exists too i’m sure #consider the hilarity of some of the links teaching the rest of the chain swears in their eras language #also wild using this adventure as an opportunity to regain all the history their world has lost #legend of zelda #linked universe #they’re my silly little guys #oh and not to mention the difference in sign language between the eras #lets not forget to include that

[mantisgodsdomain]

The part of art that sucks is that sometimes you actually do need Product to properly do an effect. Sometimes people will say "oh you need (blank) to make GOOD ART" and no, fancy products don't really MAKE you make good art, they just offer nice shortcuts that make it EASIER for you to make good art, and knowing the difference between the Fancy Thing and the Not Fancy Thing just helps you make more informed decisions.

Hell, sometimes the Fancy Thing is WORSE for a purpose - we've been refusing to use Fancy Brushes for washes for a While now because we think that really flat washes look super boring! They're different materials with subtly different properties, and you can do art with Fucking Anything if you want to. There is no reason to absolutely shell out for anything if something Less Expensive will do the job fine! We try to avoid recommending anything too Expensive because we know personally that "like ten bucks" can be really hard to afford in some situations!

Unfortunately sometimes the Expensive Thing genuinely is the best thing for the job and it's ungodly difficult to create the same effect without it which means that we do, regrettably, have to recommend a $20 brush for this effect because we've Tried with less expensive brushes and it simply didn't work the same.

#we speak #potentially necessary context: we categorize anything over $5 as Fucking Expensive because we're stingy #the princeton snap brush is Really Good and really fun to paint with it just cost fucking. $20. #what are we. rich. recommending twenty dollar things. we could afford like three days of food with that if we're careful #money is a wretched invention and we dislike that the barrier to entry is twenty dollars #presumably this is different with digital artists but we refuse to wrangle the Digital Beast unless forced to

[silverloreley]

Death (or lack thereof) on the Isle of the Lost

The Descendants wave is still on for me and I have to take this thing out of my mind so I can (hopefully) go back to do irl things I actually have to do.

So, the Isle of the Lost. We (the fandom) already talked about many things, but there is one that always makes me ponder, aka the supposed mortality rate.

A lot of fanwriters/headcanoners and so forth insert the death of parents for many Isle kids, but how is it possible, I wonder, that Villains were brought back to life, only to die again? Then why bringing them back to begin with? Let them stay dead!

Unless there was a reason for it. Unless the Villains had already escaped death in the first place (like they did in the webseries Villain’s Lair) OR there was a concrete chance someone on their side could bring them back (and here I call back to Nasira, she’s been the culprit in my top tier headcanon until some time ago).

I already mentioned the Auradon Handbook hints that the Villains briefly ruled the world and there was a Heroes’ revolt to defeat them again, so it’s likely the Beast was elected King in one of the most ancient ways, aka for prowess on the battlefield.

And, if the Heroes had already killed their Villains in the past, and had to fight them again, then it’s likely there was a lot of fear going around it could happen again. Another war, more fights in the lands, more chances of the Villains taking control.

The Isle was made for this, to keep everyone in with no way out, not even death. Because death, for some Villains, is reversible. Because them being alive in seclusion was safer than having them dead.

What does it have to do with the Isle’s mortality rate, you ask? Everything. It means the Barrier very likely doesn’t allow Villains to die, hence no mortality rate in there, not for them.

Now, that would poise a problem, aka the Villains believing themselves invincible. “How to force them to keep each other in check?” someone must have been thinking during the planning.

Through the single thing more dangerous than despair: hope.

Follow me: some of the princesses (and perhaps a certain Fairy) likely thought that if Villains had their own kids to care for, their flesh and blood to protect and nurture, they’d learn love and the value of life and compassion (”even Villains love their kids” echoes very strong here, no?). Very nice, I guess, although a tad too idealistic. Someone with a bit more, uh, common sense may think that as a harsher punishment, not as a chance for redemption. Someone a bit less kind may say: you made us suffer, now watch as the one you may love suffers too, with the little inkling of hope they one day could break you out just to escape the misery. Learn compassion through pain.

Therefore the possibility geriatric characters had children. And one may argue men’s fertility has phases during their lives and older men can still procreate, but women? Once menopause hits, it’s done, no more babies. And yet! Yzma, arguably the oldest of the oldest female villains - biologically - has not one but two children. TWO! I always found it so very weird and the only explanation is that the Barrier’s system is even more cruel than it seemed at first sight, that it kept the Villains in good enough health to allow this for a precise aim.

Because adults can’t die, children can. Children did. All the deaths on the Isle are in the second generation.

Let that sink in. It’s impossible that children are equally immune to death because, otherwise Mal would have known she couldn’t drown when she and Uma were little, or the kids would be a lot more reckless than they are, therefore children can face death, that’s a fact. Perhaps the Barrier keeps them in better health than the living conditions would realistically allow, but death is still a real possibilty for Isle kids.

At the same time, adults can’t die, we said, but how to make sure they won’t ignore the need to protect their perspective progeny (especially before it existed) and go on bloody sprees against each other?

And here comes my idea. Adults can’t die on the Isle, but they can feel the wounds, suffer from the illnesses, feel the pain just as strongly and, in case of lethal situations, since they can’t die, they suffer a thing a few princesses did: a sleeping spell, or rather, a coma-like living death, with some perception of the outside, but no real consciousness nor ability to act. Fear of that would be enough to restrain even the most calloused Villains, especially the ones who are obsessed with control because what can be worse than not having control on their own selves for them?

There’s one more thing I headcanon the Barrier does, and it’s that it mellows the Villains’ minds. I already talked a bit about in the post mentioned above, so I won’t delve into this again, the point is that the weakening of the Villains from a mental point of view can be the Barrier’s doing. Why? It’s possibly the only measure put forth to prevent a too high body count for the kids, other than prevention in the remote possibility they might get out. Because, if the Villains are scatterbrained and uncaring and less evil overall, the kids have better chances of survival, and if they are less cunning they are easier to defeat (evidence of this? I’ll give you one that speaks for itself: Maleficent mistaking the fridge for a safe and being unable to open it).

OR it ould be that every time they should have had a death, they wake up from their coma a little less than they were. A little less smart, a little less quick, a little less elegant, less fearsome, less anything. The more time they “die“ the more is taken from them. As an unpredicted aftereffect of cheating death.

And, ooops, this is a lot darker than I anticipated when I eleborated the idea in my head.

#disney descendants #descendants #mostly headcanons #or meta #whatever #this has the potential to turn into horror but please don't do this to me #I can't stand horror my heart is too weak #the last idea is from that movie the OG!Loki fandom references when we speak about how he was watered down more with every apparition in mcu #I prefer the barrier theory though #I mean how many times Maleficent must have died to turn like that?

[tmae3114]

currently Many Thoughts, Head Full about the Guardian Tower dialogues re: the Rose

something something the Rose as an organisation views itself as the only solution to their view of the problem something something the way they actively drive out competition fundamentally undercuts their ostensible goal of “protecting people” and reveals that their anti-magic attitude takes precedence (nobody is surprised) something something the Rose have been repeatedly picking fights with Falconreach’s guardian patrols and thus testing Falconreach’s defences something something is it any wonder that these people showing up and offering to help rebuild the town post-Calamity almost incited a riot?

#dragonfable #honestly how did ANYONE in the Rose think that would go well #why would the town with a huge population of PEOPLE YOU MADE REFUGEES accept your aid on /that/ kind of level #help in battle because better an untrustworthy ally than dead? sure #letting you INTIMATELY know the details of their homes & streets & safety measures? #why would they ever view that as anything but a threat? #anyways look on paper an additional force helping protect people the way the guardians/paladins/dragonslayers do #with a lower barrier to entry and ability to provide basic skills to a large amount of the population #WOULD actually be a good idea and potentially reduce the level of danger of the MANY disasters that happen on Lore and in Greenguard #HOWEVER. regardless of how they like to present themselves. the Rose are. Not That.

[athetos]

Okay this is something that has taken me years to come to terms with and I just need to get off my chest especially since im not in therapy anymore and honestly only a few close friends know this but talking about it is still hard and I want to be able to better forgive myself and get rid of some of the internalized shame that plagues me because of this, and like, just be more comfortable admitting this fact to myself so I can better heal from it. And I know it’s also triggering to a lot of people so I never feel like it’s ever appropriate to discuss I should have a therapist again maybe sometime. But I’m gonna just say it and maybe delete this later. But I’m a rape + abuse survivor and it’s took me years to even “unlock” this trauma and properly process it. I’ve come a long way but idk I just wanted to get this off my chest because it’s been aching to come out but I also don’t wanna burden people.

#I want to ‘move on’ from this but I’m always gonna have ptsd and complicated triggers and. trying to make peace with that. #idk why it’s been at the forefront of my mind the past couple weeks #maybe because I’m yearning for a long term relationship rn and this is barriers I need to break through #like oh man if I wanna love someone and marry them I have to learn to trust them and take that leap #and the fact that I’m afraid of falling into an abusive relationship again #because as much as I tell myself I’d recognize the warning signs and would leave immediately #I truly will never know what I would do until it actually happens #and I think just the fear of falling for someone and having them turn out to be a scumbag is alone too much #I need to vet potential partners through multiple friend groups or something #my therapist always told me that the reason toxic and/or abusive people try to enter my life is because they can tell I’m vulnerable #like that I’m some sort of easy target because I was a people pleaser and empathize easily #and people realize they can get away with some shitty stuff and take advantage of me since I’m loyal and forgiving #I don’t think I’m like that anymore. I feel like I’m a lot more assertive and like. cognizant of red flags now. #but again… it’s a fear I have #idk what I’m even saying anymore.

[northern-passage]

Is sign language something the Order teaches?

After asking that, I realise that it's much more likely that Handlers learn it as part of their education (being the one who engages with the common folk out of the duo).

But what if a Hunter wanted to learn it? Would they have to request being taught as well?

And outside of the Order, how is sign language treated in the overall world?

it is, actually! sign language is pretty widely taught as a second language in Adrania. that's not to say that everyone is fluent, though, and there are different dialects just like in real life (ie ASL vs BASL) if someone is fortunate enough to receive schooling they will typically study common sign language (which is mainly used for trade and is very formal), but whether or not they retain it and can still understand it varies from person to person, and again there are variations that will differ from the basic common version taught in a school. with the class divide in Adrania, i also imagine there would be a drastic difference between the culture and sign of lower classes (who most likely will not have received any kind of education) and the upper classes.

and you're right, Lea is the one that is more proficient in it between the two, mainly because they are the one doing most of the talking. the hunter has a basic understanding and can typically interpret signs, but isn't the best at signing themself. if you go with Merry in Blackwater, you can see her, Mal, and Branwen all sign to each other, with Branwen actually being hoh. the hunter recognizes that Branwen calls Merry a bastard, but for the most part the three sign too fast for the hunter to understand. Merry and Mal will continue to use sign throughout the story, and they actually use a variation that neither the hunter nor Lea will recognize, even if they were signing slower; think of it like the thieves cant, but in sign.

#i know this kind of breaks some of the potential customization for the hunter #but it's not really something that will come up besides with Mal and Merry (which the hunter cant understand anyways) #but dont take this as me saying you cant roleplay your hunter as hoh #just know that it's also not something im planning on writing into the story. if that makes sense #also i use the word 'common' here like the way it's used in dnd #ive had sign built into the world since i started hehe i always intended for it to kind of work as a common trade language #a very formal variation used in ports and markets to get around language barriers #which is how a lot of pirates ended up using their own variation that evolved into what is basically a secret language #this will come up in ch3 since mal and merry will use it to talk to each other in front of everyone else #ask #anonymous #lore

[lesbicastagna]

anyone else feels untouchable because of their youth or is it just a me thing. i know it isn't i just find it so fascinating cause i'm aware of it but also can't stop myself from feeling it. so weird and specific feeling

#its not even about all the time i have it's more. this also has to do with health obv. as a generally healthy and able bodied person #when i was younger i never understood what it meant when ppl talked about it. feeling invincibile full of potential etc i felt very trapped #as a kid and a teen. potential just hung over me heavily. but now i get it #i feel it watching my parents and grandparents get older and frailer like i feel worried etc but i cannot emphatize #the loss of loved ones hits me but not in the same way. its like death just brushes by like theres a barrier #just an inherent energy and will and hope for the future that i feel only comes from being so young still #a #its funny to me cause im not even someone who has a lot of plans or shit im just like yeah but i will vibe on. forever

[charmixpower]

Random but i have a hc that Musa is the fastest fairy in alfea, what with sound being the second fastest thing in the universe. Stella has the greatest potential to be extremely fast with her jurisdiction over light but she just. Doesn't like going that fast

Musa's a complete adrenaline junkie tho and can fly fast enough to cause major damage to anything she flies near due to immense pressure and her reaching terminal velocity when she flies.

Ohhh that's very cool!!

Actually part of the reason I like Musa and Stella as a battle pair so much is because I like to think that their the only ones that can keep up with eachother, speed wise. I've never thought about either of their base speed all that much, aside from Stella and Musa being notably faster than the others, but I do imagine Stella having a speed of light spell and Musa having a speed of sound spell to fly faster when they need to

Though I definitely see your point, Stella would probably prefer teleporting over actually going breakneck speeds 🤔🤔. What if she hit something and got an ugly bruise?? Horrible. She wouldn't be able to stand it

Plus her fear of heights is only mitigated because she can trust her wings but flying that fast would probably stress her tf out

I can see Musa just enjoying flying around stupid fast for as long as she can manage, before her magic stores are used up and she needs to get back lol

That would definitely contribute to her ending up the fastest because she's been accidentally doing speed training

Musa would probably hit "fastest at Alfea" in season 2? I feel like a senior would be faster than her until that point, then she'd claim her crown as fastest flier. Like Lolina, who has electricity powers, would probably be faster than season 1 Musa. Ohhh now I'm imagining them having a fake little rivalry to encourage both of them to try harder and fly faster 🥺🥺. Musa has a senior friend that she hangs out with during flight classes 🥺🥺

Ohhh Musa would ADORE the Enchantix wings the most then 🥺🥺 because then she'd be able to fly in high speed winds that would of blown her away before that 🥺🥺🥺

AHHHHH!!!! OMG!!!!! that's so cute!!!!

Imagine Musa grabbing Aisha to go flying with her 🥺🥰???? I am perfectly calm about this idea <- (lying) (they're so cute!!) (Ugh and Aisha would be so happy to fly with her so cute!!)

I can definitely see Musa as an adrenaline junkie, because she surrounds herself with adrenaline junkies dksksjskdn she's definitely one of them too

Musa being able to fly fast enough to break shit is super cool!!! I love that!!!

#winx club #winx musa #winx headcanons #rus chatters #asks #i my favorite thing about Stella is that most of the time you can say she has the greatest potential for x #because her powers cover SO MUCH STUFF #Stella has adhd and a fear of heights because shed be too powerful without it dkwkdnwms #i wonder if Musa could do a sonic boom when flying (at one of the really high levels) #or if her powers wouldn't let her break the sound barrier #i mean both make sense so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #Aisha who free hand rock climbs and Riven who is very safe eith his wind rider i promise are both enablers of her 💕 #on that note? #Musa and Stella are probably the fastest of the Winx #i think Bloom and Tecna would share a mid speed? because fire is enegry and electronics can work in nano seconds #while Aisha and Flora especially are the slowest. bc both of their sources are solids unlike the rest of the Winx #Plants esp cant move that fast #i also cant see Flora practicing flying all that much? shed definitely prefer to keep her feet on the ground #anyways thank you so much for sharing!!

[wheelercore]

I was today years old when I realized that Connie (as in Connie Frazier) was just another way of naming a character Rose in ST.

Which makes the fact that Connie specifically questioned the wheeler parents on front of their rose wallpaper A Choice (which they didn't do for Brenner)

(for a better shot of wallpaper)

Guess another place we've seen pink roses?

Also very interesting is that I believe Connie's death and El pushing the Demogorgon back into the UD in s1 represented the "mothergate"- which isn't named until s4.

Connie is standing right on front of the Tiger paw print ("predator") on the wall when El kills her- that the Demogorgon then comes through later once Connie is out of the way/

As in, the mothergate (the barrier between the RSU and UD) is broken and the UD came through- just like exactly what happened in the end of S4. Instead of Jason dying, Brenner did in S1 when this happened (at least, he died for the first time).

(Connie is also wearing a light blue button down shirt like we see Nancy and Karen wear in s1).

Even more interesting, El is in her "rosemary" dress when she pushes the Demogorgan back into the UD.

The evil is defeated and sent back to where is came from, ie the mothergate is closed again.

Also notice the light, photosynthesis poster (plants need light to survive- "go into the light"), and the TV ("distraction") framed in between the Demogorgon and El. lol. lmao even.

Which I think definitely explains the absence of roses in the Wheeler home when the earthquake happens at the end of s4:

The mothergate is broke open. The "mothergate" being conformity/normalcy, as also symbolized by the fact that Mrs Cunningham (in white-pink in Chrissy's vecna vision) is the enforcer of Chrissy's popular cheerleader image, despite Chrissy being somewhat of a "freak" herself.

Anyways an extra fun fact!

"Holding the mirror up"- the rose wallpaper behind Virginia

Same bloody tears as Connie when she was killed.

#thinking about Here again (rose weaver) #rosemary isnt the UD she is the barrier between the UD and the RSU. #*insert soldier taking a barrage of knives for a sleeping child imager here* #but also that isnt necessarily a good thing since that symbolizes the denial of your shadow 'unpalatable' parts of yourself #rosegate #anyways the lesson here is that you need to kill your mother to reach your full horror potential #anyways watch st through the lense of rosegate youll never be the same. we are losing btw.

[spiraleyedlore]

As a huge dnd nerd and also a DM, i think hypno-dnd sessions would be amazing

Imagine all of the players already being willing (or already pre-hypnotized with triggers) to be hypnotized, the DM slowly taking them one by one. One player gets captured by a mindflayer, their brain melting just as quickly as their character's. Another, put under charms by a bard, being induced and dropping deep. The possibilities are endless.

#hrngggg also yes there's some monsterfucker potential there #and of course the dm is helping each player live out their fantasies #letting the barrier between the game and themselves become thinner and thinner #hypnokink #hypnosis #my writing

[starscelly]

opener for streetlight manifesto made me rllly wanna work on flying stars stuff but finals week.... i shrimply wont have any time or creative energy left.... woe is me

#at the barrier like. damn should i take reference photos rn #bitch... #also at the end of the show somebody threw a full water bottle at the side of my head and i hope they die slowly and painfully #didnt even rlly hurt #well if my nostril ring gets a bump it will #but it made my glasses fall off!!!! #ive been deep in pits and eaten shit and not had my glasses fall off! #and i wasnt in the pit for this show! i was literally on the outskirts! #die!! quickly!!!!! #concert etiquette was not etiquetting at its full potential i fear #yap yap yapping

[tendercoretroglodyke]

how to explain plato's allegory of the cave to your cat

#its 3am and i am in bed using the flashlight on my phone to make shadow puppets #to entertain my cat up in her tower #and i was just thinking. #i were good enough at shadow puppets to make semi realistic creatures #could i then potentially vault over the language barrier to share a story with my cat #and how much of it would she be able to understand #could i for example share with her the story of the scorpion and the toad? #and if i could what would she take from it? #and would she understand they werent real and only shadows? #probably not!! #but its still fun to watch her intently watch my little shadow bunny on the wall :)

[taxi-davis]

#quantum tunnelling #a quantum mechanical phenomenon in which an object such as an electron or atom passes through a potential energy barrier that #according to classical mechanics #the object does not have sufficient energy to enter or surmount. #-wikipedia #quantum physics #solid objects phasing through eachother #sisyphus #diagram #stick figure #science #theoretical physics