#What Is a SMART Goal

[fromtheseventhhell]

When people describe Arya being forced into situations where she literally has to fight for her life as her "choosing violence"

#arya stark #asoiaf #valyrianscrolls #then when they praise a character who has never been in a comparable situation for /keeping their morals/ #like oh? not being in a tough situation without any protection is a virtue now? 😭 #this idea where people treat politicking as the ultimate skill that can get you out of any situation if you're smart enough needs to end #and it truly comes from nowhere cause Varys + LF (arguably the most political characters) both rely on violence to achieve their goals #this fandom's /nuanced/ takes are literally just them dumbing down the story and sucking out any complexity and it's so boring #but that's what happens when you create theories to center a specific character instead of them coming organically from the story 🤷🏾‍♀️ #their dislike of Arya is so obvious because they obsessively erase the traits they covet from her character😭 #meanwhile a majority of the male leaders in asoiaf are also warriors but somehow Arya being considered a warrior (which she isn't) #means she can't be political or a leader...smells like misogyny

[lotus-pear]

hear me out for genshin x bsd-

atsushi would be a cryo claymore that scales off atk (since the tiger is shown as extremely powerful and can even cut through space) and optimizes physical dmg

dazai would be a geo sword support that increases elemental res, acting as a debuffer (as no longer human works in the bsd universe) he would also scale off em

kunikida would also be geo but catalyst that deals physical aoe dmg.. he'd be an in-slot dps but not an optimal one imao his talents are much better suited to make him a battery unit

akutagawa would be pyro polearm?? or sword?? and he's obviously a heavy dps that scales off crit rate/dmg and tenma tengai could be similar to cyno's burst when, once activated, increases def while simultaneously raising rashomon's atk

chuuya would be an anemo catalyst dps similar to wanderer bc of his gravity manipulation and he would have a melee stance where he atks from the ground and an elevated state where he uses gravity manipulation to be able to atk off-ground. his ult would be corruption obviously and would parallel xiao's where his atk and crit rate/dmg are sharply increased but he undergoes continuous dmg until the duration of his burst ends (in this state he is vulnerable as his def is lowered and he isn't able to accumulate energy meaning he needs a team built around him, preferably with a healer and a shielder)

how does it feel to be the sexiest person on this site w absolutely the most correct and banger takes anon??.. why are u correct on literally everything

#DAZAI BEING GEO IS A SMART MOVE I LIKE THAT. i would've seen him as cryo (bc nlh is blue and also bc cryo is the element of contradiction) #(much like how dazai lashes out against his inherently selfish nature to help atsushi) #(and how he does not see himself as human and feels alienated from human society bc of it yet he is written to be the most relatable- #-character in the show?? or at least i think so) #BUT GEO MAKES SENSE.. GEO REPRESENTS DETERMINATION AND PERSEVERANCE #GEO VISION HOLDERS HAVE MINDS OF STONE AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS #WHILE THIS CAN BE SEEN AS A NOBLE AND DILIGENT TRAIT.. DAZAIS MORALLY GRAY CHARACTERIZATION PUTS A WHOLE NEW TWIST ON WHAT THIS ENTAILS #HE IS MACHIAVELLIAN INTRINSICALLY. ITS WHO HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN. HE BELIEVES THE ENDS JUSTIFY THE MEANS #AND WHETHER HE ACHIEVES THAT THROUGH MANIPULATION OR THROWING AWAY HIS OWN HUMANITY.. HE WILL DO IT IF IT SEES HIS PLAN THROUGH #also kunikida would be dendro imao bc of his adherence and passion for his ideals #which parallels dendro users highly valuing and pursuing knowledge above all #anyway sry for rambling in the tags again those are just my thoughts feel free to disagree <33 #lotus’s asks

[muzzleroars]

[2001 aso x ihnmaims]

i would say choose your fighter BUT. they’re on a team.

#hal is the small fast smart one #am is just a giant wall and deals ridiculous damage #what's their goal???? i have no clue lol #but i want them to work together #they're so mismatched and i LOVE their dynamic!!!!!! #hal has to like...find a way for am to move with those banks tho... #first mission!! #anyway i listened to snailchan adventure and this is the result #2001 aso #ihnmaims #hal 9000 #am #doodle tag

[chushanye]

"my interpretation is more meaningful than yours" this "___ piece of media is objectively bad" that. yeah, well have you considered I'm having fun? 🤨 have you considered that I strive to be joyful rather than striving to prove the worth of my opinions? 🙄

#analysis of meaning is great but dont let art elitism/perfectionism convince you you need to have the ultimate and perfect #reading or interpretation #or that the joy and entertainment you derive from a piece of media is directly correlated with how intellectual you can be about it #sometimes the goal is just entertainment #and thats okay #this is not to discourage media literacy or criticism of any kind #but it is to discourage people making others feel bad for not being #'smart enough to understand the TRUE interpretation of xyz' #like some of you are starting to sound like rick and morty 'you need a high IQ for this show' dudebros #esp when you say shit like 'cant ppl do better analysis then a 3rd grader' for shit that literally comes down to personal opinion #like ik some ppl miss the entire point of a piece very often and i find that frustrating too #but lets be real some of yall just attack other peoples interpretations cause they contradict your own #and not cause theyre actually problematic or misinterpretations #'a nihilist reading of this character is much more meaningful than an autistic reading' what if i killed you #both is good. jesus i thought yall liked bisexuals. #I AM SLAPPING A COEXIST STICKER ON YOUR FOREHEAD but instead of religious symbols its fandom #multiple readings can exist at once please ppl for gods sake #fandom #long notes #important

[mushed-kid]

i have to figure out what i wanna study so i can get into university and get a job and a future and stuff😭

#rip #girl what do i do #wwjd what would jesus do #idk why i said that i dont believe in jesus #im thinking biology or chemistry because im a nerd okay fine #im not good at it. i like it #but theres a lot that i cant get into bcus i havent taken the classes i need so in that case id have to wait a year and take them b4 applyin #but some i can actually get into without taking a year off to take classes first #and at first i really wnated to go to this one university that ive dreamt of since i was toung #but. you have to be Smart #and im not. that #so yeah unfortunately im not gonna reach that goal but its fine cus ive kinda changed my min #now i wanna go to another universtiy thats further away from home #but yeah

[subaerial-dweller]

look mate, i know we're trying to stick to the theme and all, but showing me how to do "show not tell" doesn't seem to be working. please, tell me how to write.

in a coherent form. like, "tips n tricks" buzzfeed style.

i think i'm only half joking at this point.

#writing #writers #i be trying my best over here #but #how much showing is enough #when do i come out and tell my readers what's happening #i cannot get the balance #how smart are readers #are they picking up what i'm putting down #or do they just go #“hmm what the fuck is he doing over there?” #and i go #“well clearly he has this goal but this is hindering him” #and they might just be like #“bro what” #“when did you tell us this” #“what is this story about”

[freebooter4ever]

i send my friend suggestions of tourist places to see in his new country (his contract was extended, lucky him!) or messages about friend of friends i have living there that he could maybe meet for fellow americans to talk to, and his response is always that he doesnt have time. and not in that exaggerated way that people do to seem busy. but in that bone tired way i recognize from him here in LA, that i recognize in myself.

#jrnlsht #i watch the lives of my friends who have Made It on social media and its like looking through glass into another world i cant relate to #theyre so happy and confident and successful and its beautiful #you know whats a funny thing about LA #so many people on the on*line da*ting apps put *successful* on their list of requirements in the people they want to date #like theres a bar of entry and if you haven't reached a certain goal post like... blue check marks on your social media or a level of wealt #then they arent even going to want to get to know you #and its so antithetical to how i was raised i cant even comprehend #and yet i see it happening to my own relationships #in pittsburgh i had friends from literally ALL walks of life from people who made even less money than me to comfortable to fairly wealthy #here my friends are almost entirely of one professional class #and i have been observing how my hyper wealthy friends self select in who they interact with to maintain this wealthy bubble around them #i dont think it's entirely intentional but its also not not intentional if you know what i mean #anyway its one of the reasons i fucking loved the talk on saturday oh my god those two were a breath of fresh air i needed so much #these smart genius dudes built their own life and instead of constantly looking up for more and more personal gain #they paused and looked at the people still desperately trying to rise #and were like if i have gotten this far why cant i help you do it too and then they DID IT they actually started helping #i think that is the true meaning of success

[gxlden-angels]

Hey, I just saw your most recent post and am curious about the irrelevant part - what do you mean by the ''religions abstaining from pork because it was unsafe to eat at the time'' thing? I've never heard that before and I am genuinely intrigued to know about it.

Hi !! There's a lot of religious rituals and rules that people continue today out of tradition and respect that were started (or thought to have been started) for safety/health reasons, with one big one being how meat can be handled and what meat is safe to consume! Pork is the main one that I know of since I have some friends that keep kosher or only eat halal meats

Essentially, pigs are honestly pretty gross animals if you let them be. They're opportunistic omnivores, so they'll essentially eat whatever they can get their teeth on. That includes rotting/spoiled food, fecal matter, and even people if they sit still long enough. Pigs can also carry some gnarly diseases that can easily be passed on to people. It's why you'll often hear people refer to them as "unclean" in both a religious and hygienic sense, despite their cleanliness on the outside. You might not know what Trichinella parasites are, but if your cousin shits himself to death after eating porkchops, you're gonna assume that's a sign from someone above not to eat anymore pigs

We now have modern medicine, biologists, food scientists, meat storage/serving regulations, etc. etc. that have made the risk of catching anything from pork less than minimal as long as you store and cook it properly and there hasn't been a new outbreak of something. A lot of people keep the tradition out of respect for their ancestors/culture. A lot of people also keep it because they know that pigs are still kinda gross, even with modern interventions. I've met people that no longer follow pig-based rules at all, while others adjust it so they're only eating pork if they know where it came from and what that pig ate from birth to bacon

Basically, eating a pig before the creation of antibiotics and vaccines was the peak form of fucking around and finding out. Whether you found out because of salmonella or the wrath of every deity out there (or both!) is up to you

#There's some rules that are region specific (gotta have native pigs to have pork) #While others are more widespread (Don't piss off the gods or they'll fuck up your village with lightning) #Things like traditional religious clothes are based on the climate of the region #Meditation and prayer are good for your mental health as a general concept #Of course not every single religious tradition has a purely material purpose #Some are just fun or respectful or reflective #Some give people a higher purpose or goal #But pigs WILL eat you if you let them and well I wouldn't question it either if my local spiritual guide said the Heavens #told them that pigs are unclean unholy and not to be trusted or eaten #I love a good bacon cheeseburger as much as the next guy but you will not know peace after seeing a pig eat Slop #I genuinely love pigs they're very smart and well-behaved lil guys. They just also eat Everything. I cannot emphasize that enough #Like they're extremely clean animals on the outside. They groom themselves fairly often. The main thing is just what they eat #They will eat you. shit you out. then eat the shit you that they just shat #I only eat pork because I know we limit their people and shit-consumption now #I'm exaggerating a bit but just barely #neonsnailcity

[katyspersonal]

2, 15, and 25 for Logarius!!

(Asks from this ( x ) meme)

2. Favorite canon thing about this character?

The bitter irony of him being glorified and admired as a martyr that "holds back the evil" with statue and fanatics like Alfred, whereas poor Ludwig got accursed and then forgotten, although Ludwig started the Church Hunters thing and Logarius just reposted it (credit to the original artist) 🤦‍♂️ MFer strategically fought the right enemies for the right amount of time and left the scene at the right moment.... What an asshole.

15. What is your favorite ship for this character? (Doesn't matter if it's canon or not.)

Hmmmm... I actually have been considering him and Ludwig for quite a while! They are both 💫radiant🌛 warriors of the Church! Logarius quite feels like "evil Ludwig" for me, too x) I think Logarius would be one of the very few people Ludwig could show the true form of his Moonlight Sword, whereas Logarius might reveal the true meaning of the vision that led to discovery of Radiance Rune. They might be a bit too "holy" to act openly horny and their bonding would be almost exclusively discussion about how much they love the Healing Church and Laurence, but they share that intimate trust. I also enjoy the idea that they could have compensated for each other's "flaws": Logarius could have helped Ludwig to stay more grounded and remember with mind and not simply faith who is good and who is evil, whereas Ludwig could help Logarius to connect more with his intuition and heart to break from dogmas (seeing that Maria is a good gal, for example). Logarius is too trapped in his own ideas, Ludwig is too trapped in the ideas of someone else (Moon Presence)...

What was your first impression of this character? How about now?

Ohoh boy... I first saw him when my friend was streaming Bloodborne for me to get acquainted to (didn't have PS4 yet), and I was surprised by how he felt a bit...... not fitting in? What some average warlock-coded guy forgot in the setting about beasts and aliens in Victorian Czechia? I thought it had to be some sort of obligatory reference to other games from the studio xD

Well, now I am aware that his Pthumerian ass fits in the setting just fine! And apparently he had quite a history with Church and all... As cool as concept design of the King was, I think it was a way more interesting decision to replace the King boss battle with the religious fanatic that murdered him. And I sure think that Logarius using the "cursed" magic like skull wrathful spirits or canceling out blood vial healing was something he desperately wanted to avoid, but killing the King made him inherit his Blood Echoes, so... well, if anything, being perceived as a "martyr" has its merit, save for irony that blood rituals of Vilebloods and blood communion of Clerics are both risky garbage 🤦‍♂️

Thank you for an ask!

#bloodborne #martyr logarius #what a character huh #ask replies #yes I do think that unless you have Paleblood protection you better NOT kill a royal vileblood #like thats why I think Alfred took his life #not only he no longer had a goal but also he got 'cursed' #(what IS a curse in understanding of the clerics) #(clerics are not very smart smh)

[fragmentedblade]

Blade compared the relief from pain death brought him to the moments spent with his friends drinking together.

His desire for death as both a release from pain and from the condition of existence in which he finds himself now, so similar to that which he most hated (hated so much as to dedicate his entire life and self to fight, up to the point of crossing unthinkable barriers for shortlife species); but death also almost like a returning to the time that was, the joy and pride it brought him, and the friends and self he lost

#I have my qualms with this quest. I have them #But man. Man. I love him #They didn't have to make him such a good character. It could have gone wrong so easily with what they were doing #But I do love him very much #Yingxing the arrogant man the bashful teen and the stuttering kid. But haughty and determined and defiant at every stage #How smart and skilled and proud. How ambitious and revengeful too #I was going to talk about Jingliu and Dan Feng but I won't haha I may do later on #I don't know... I feel my chest so warm and so cold at the same time. I guess it's the fondness and the grief haha #I'm rambling though and I actually want to find this idea #Fragments and scraps #Yingxing #Blade #I've been told I can set the blog to private and that way I won't have the problem of throwing my posts in the general tag unwillingly #There's only one post I've wanted people to interact with and to this day no one has answered my question anyway #So I should consider that. It may be the best choice before half the HSR blogs block me for being annoying #I want to he able to find art and gifs haha #When I say 'life and self' I mean that not only did he dedicate his entire life to it on a temporal dimension #but he forged himself initially for this goal. Everything he was able to achieve he did by means of the skills he developed for this end #And that is what gave him the chance to craft a position for himself in the Xianzhou culture that looks down on shortlife species #His position as Huaiyan's apprentice‚ as a craftsman of the Zhuming‚ the Furnace Master‚ a legendary blacksmith and a hero‚ #and thus even I imagine his position as a civilian human man living in the Xianzhou without being looked down‚ all comes from that goal #With all that weighting on the matter the fact that he became that which he hated and lost his ability to craft #because of the chance to bring someone back from the death becomes even more poignant especially if we take Baiheng to be #the condition of possibility of that being he crafted taking place‚ due to little Yingxing not losing his drive and hope #And Jingliu asked them why they committed such a sin. He doesn't know what to say and knows she doesn't care #'I longed to be able to accept it‚ and I do not say I have not tried'‚ from Ovid. As Hozier puts it‚ 'the choiceless hope in grief' #I'm running out of space but I adore that these three people unmade themselves because of this. I think in Dan Feng's case there's also #a longing for a making in the unmaking process‚ that breaking free from the High Elder cycle that so tormented him and robbed him #from himself. The parallels both in similarities and oppositions between Jingliu‚ Blade (or Yingxing) and Dan Feng are so good #But I've run out of space and I wanted to save my thoughts on that somewhere else anyway. The Jingliu/Blade/Jing Yuan/Yanqing ones too

[blaithnne]

Bro you reblogging the strugglewoman post with Kaisa reminded me of a Reflection I was having these days. You know how Hilda artists will make Kaisa fanart and say she’s a ‘woman kisser’? I’m pretty sure I’ve seen at least three fanarts like that. And I was thinking that it’s so funny because, yes, in theory they are right, she sure would kiss women. But have you seen her? Like actually seen her in all her season 2 glory? That woman is not pulling. You think she approaches women? You think she flirts like a well collected person? You think she actually goes out to meet people? Nah man I know a girlfailure when I see one and that’s what it looks like. We need more lesboloser Kaisa truthers because we are right

-📚💍

CRYING YES YOU’RE SO RIGHT. I think Kaisa’s life long goal is to some day hold another woman’s hand, she’s not got kissing a woman on her list of goals bc she doesn’t wanna set an unreasonable expectation for herself

#johanna meets her one time and fulfills that goal by just #grabbing her hand so she can drag her off to show something #and Kaisa just blue screens because what the fuck. life goal complete. now what #this is so much further than she ever thought she’d get #also ur fics that have Victoria and Kaisa as best friends have infested my brain and now they’re evrything to me. and now all I can imagine #is Kaisa jokingly describing herself as a girl kisser to Victoria #who looks her up and down and goes ‘you WISH you were a girl kisser’ #the only reason Kaisa seems cool is bc we’re seeing her from the perspective of a pre-teen girl. SHE IS A GIRLFAILURE!! #ALSO LESBOLOSER TOOK ME OUT AJDBSJFBSF #Johanna thinks she’s so cool and no one has the heart to tell her the truth #hilda the series #netflix hilda #hilda netflix #hilda #ask #smart-heart #hilda kaisa #Kaisa hilda

[spacecoffeeandcartoons]

oop its uni ranking time again

the time of the year when I remember that since age 14 ive basically spent my life in educational institutions that have been at some point ranked #1 on some of these lists. ugh. bleh. nothing intelligent to say just now, I just always need to remember the ways this limits or biases my experience in addition to the ways it broadens it. someday I will finally write the big article that's been brewing in my brain about the meritocracy fallacy.

#if you ever wonder where my impostor syndrome comes from this explains it #since I was 14 I have been surrounded by people smarter than me #its a real mixed bag bc it means I know that some of these people really are geniuses but also I know how rigged the system is #and how not smart some of them can be #this isn't gonna make any sense #sorry #if I get personal about it for a second its kind of nuts this has happened #bc this has never at any point been my goal #im not an elite institution chaser #for HS it happened to be near where I lived and I applied on a whim #and went with a well lets see! attitude #for uni it was the dream school of the girl who sat in front of me on the bus #and I googled it and it sounded neat and I toured it and liked the vibe #for grad school they had a scholarship avail that seemed tailor made for me I didn't care what school it was at #how has this happened #its almost funny #coming to Tumblr once again bc it feels safer to shout into the void here

[teafiend]

#jung eun chae #Yoon Seung Ah #Dr Frost #KDrama based on webtoon #I SHIP them Your Honour #not at all a remarkable or memorable show in any aspects #EXCEPT for Jung Eun Chae and her beautiful and adorable character #I simply live for the scenes where JEC attempted to act all ditzily smart and caring #she was not doing too well #but I LOVE HER all the same #since am watching this averagely mediocre drama solely because of her #and something easy and breezy is what the Dr ordered after the last few infuriating shows #those shows were superb but still… #but 10 hours of passable is worth it because of JUNG EUN CHAE #not a bad drama per se though #she made me squee with fangirl delight every time she graced my screen #fortunately she was quite a prominent character❣️ #and there IS A LOVELINE (sort of) #but YES #she was so pretty and just a cutie pie #with screen presence even if her performance was green #LOVE HER and HER CHARACTER (no buts) #no regrets at all in starting this drama #nearly halfway through #❤️‍🔥🥰😍🌸 #love the age gap and Professor/Assistant tropes #as well as the grumpy/stoic X sunshine dynamics #Dr Frost was so much more expressive with his unwanted assistant than anyone else #shipping goals #and I absolutely adore YSA’s mini-car 😍🤩

[hacksawboy]

me watching marvel being boycotted for being zionists knowing that last year someone called me racist for liking south park cuz i said i didnt like marvel (i am right in a meaningless internet argument once again)

#idk tbh i think if you actually yhink south park is racist you lack media literacy #like if you ACTUALLy think were meant to be rooting for cartman than ur just as smart as the people who actually do root for him #anyways have fun w ur shitty zionist movies ig sp is anti racist and pro palestine lmao #once a marvel hater always a marvel hater I TOLD YALL NIGGAS them movies r ass #also how am i gonna be black and racist ?? do you think im doing friendly fire nigga what #one of my goals in life is literally to be friends with as many people as possible what am i going to be racist for #to scare the hoes?? like no what the fuck

[enbysiriusblack]

Lily starting an English literature and language club where she just teaches them all english lit and lang because why tf does this school NOT teach that?? they expect the kids to write ridiculously long essays with basic to absolutely ZERO knowledge on essay skills? vocabulary? spelling? GRAMMAR???

#james: wait the little dot is called a full stop? i thought it was a snitch you put it at the end of the argument to show it's all over #lily: that's actually pretty smart... but no you put it at the end of every sentence. a little like scoring a goal? #marlene: OHH. but what's a metaphor? I've never heard of that in my life #lily: like transfiguration. it's something disguised as something else but there's clues to what it actually is #marauders era #marauders #lily evans

[faithfromanewperspective]

I feel like a lot of discussion in worlds of how we do socialism and also people trying to (with varying levels of genuineness) do philanthropic or ethical versions of capitalism we talk about ‘the working class’ as if either they’re some people to empower or a human rights problem to fix. and yes there’s a struggle of power and for ownership of profit and yes we need to do that fairly and ethically but I think what people miss either deliberately or from trained and systemic invisibility of marginalised groups is that the working class have never been the lowest class. in fact the average person you could say is and has always been working class (don’t let the middle in middle class fool you). there are an entire diverse caste of people who have fallen out of the bottom of society due to inability to work or fit into a nice role in the system and when some of us don’t fit, none of the systems people think of to ‘help’ are going to work when they’re within the same narrative. disabled people can’t work the same as a abled people, so what is a fair share of the profits? neither can addicts, at least not without help. and this group of people often do actually require more capital to have their needs met in ways your average working class person doesn’t. like I don’t want to invalidate your working class plight but. do we not remember centuries of shame when something befalls a relative causing them to fall into that category, be it at birth or later? do we not remember the people we locked up away from society? to those of us who have always existed and exist now, I love you. you deserve to have your voices heard and your needs met and your value not tied to your productivity. you deserve to be centred and not sidelined in these discussions and you deserve a new conceptualisation of how we create an equitable society. and while I don’t see that in mainstream yet I want to normalise as able, working to meet our own needs and then some for those we love who we can feed into the ecosystem and invest in. I want to normalise celebrating the work of existing and being present and staying alive and caring for yourself more than working to feed the economy. that’s work we can all do. and I want to be careful in saying this, but I want to normalise the idea that there is no leisure until we can all have liberation and sustenance. there is rest and reminding ourselves we’ve done enough and we are enough. but there’s no sitting back in comfort, which many of us raised in middle class lifestyles might be used to. not while part of society is still invisible.

#this is mostly a critique of discussions of socialism tbh #and like. many of us are disabled I know what we define as leisure is well needed rest #many of us fall into multiple conflicting social classes #and I’d say for those of us it’s parts of us too who are invisible #but like. I really want to discuss socialism and look at possibilities but I find it very hard to take seriously rn #when often the lucky ones of us use our middle class privileges to survive our disabilities #and when talking about workers’ rights (important) quickly becomes You Must Work 40h/wk To Survive #I don’t mind working more. but I also have to be very accommodating of how I need to work in order to do it #and I am so aware of others for whom this isn’t the case #that tbh I don’t think I’ll ever stop working as hard and as smart as I sustainably can #at least not while peoples needs aren’t met #socialism #sustainable development goals #neurodivergent liberation #mad liberation #disability rights #disability liberation #punk christianity