#and her motivations are strong

[imissjensi]

the juline is squall reveal is my fave reveal of the series i don’t care that it’s not dramatic or super relevant but it is my favorite part of lodestar and so fun to reread.

#like kesler and dex’s reactions to it are so good! #and her motivations are strong #and we didn’t even know her ability until a few pages before the reveal #ugh it’s so good #i’m rereading it now and have a huge smile on my face bc of how much i love it #like she only spoke once (i think) as juline before this and the lost cities overlooks her #but she’s a powerful leader of a rebel organization that FREEZED OFF SOMEONES FINGERNAILS #that’s literally so slay of her she’s a girlboss! #this is the only reveal of the series that genuinely surprised me #and like i already said it’s such a fun one too!! #lodestar is not my favorite but it does have one of my favorite scenes in the series which is this one #it’s just so iconic #kotlc #kotlc fandom #keeper of the lost cities #AND WHEN SHE SAYS SHE SLAPPED FORKLE FOR LEAVING SOPHIE AND DEX IN PARIS #SHE SLAYS SO FUCKING HARD BEAT HIS ASS BITCH ITS WHAT HE DESERVES

[simplykorra]

endless alba 62/∞

#alba baptista #warrior nun #albabaptistaedit #ava silva #avatrice #her athletic ability melts my brain #it's also super motivational #like she is SO fit and so strong #in such a small package fjklasfjasl #she's a wonder #myedits

[ladykyriaa]

Why is she literally the tiniest thing ever

#she is literally so baby girl just with a tad bit of insanity mixed in #LOOK AT HOW SHE RUND #HOW IS THAT NOT ADORABLE #i squeal everytime i see her tiny hop seriously #the apothecary diaries #oh look at me making mediocre gifs when I've never bothered to before #hyperfixation is such a strong motivation istg

[waywardsunlight]

Raine, Eber, and Darius are the most obvious rebels ever but it’s so funny how Terra was like. Raine and Eber make sense. DARIUS?? I AM SHOCKED. Darius, who suspiciously hangs out with unsurprising rebel Eberwolf 24/7. Darius, who’s moody and has beef with the primary weapons designer for the Emperor’s Coven. Darius, who started being affectionate to Hunter right before he went AWOL and fought Adrian.

#the owl house #darius deamonne #I think what saved him was the fact that he could act suspicious because he had multiple motives #Raine wasn’t hiding their rebel opinions they had already gotten in trouble for asking questions #Eberwolf I think is obvious because he has strong opinions about demons and if he knew about the baskilisks I think that woulda come up a lo #versus Darius who appears pretty self centered and is rich and #was indoctrinated way younger than Raine was #and also he wasn’t blasting his connection to Eda like Raine was 💀😭 #it’s less obvious Darius was her friend 😔

[irradiatedrosegarden]

sometimes you just gotta lick the homies

#(and blatantly admit your dishonesty to them. yknow. normal friendship things) #friendship is a really strong word tho. at least for these guys #purposely gonna be vague about their relationship for now but i will say that they both consider killing the other on multiple occasions :) #and also they slow dance and kiss but that's unrelated #oh oh oh i should say for those who don't know - daisy (my courier) is a trans woman and uses she/her pronouns #she's got a bit of a beard here but that's bc the only sharp things in the sierra madre are knives #and lies #but those aren't great for shaving #:) #new vegas #dead money #fallout new vegas #fnv #dean domino #daisy correa #courier six #irradiated art #i loveeeeeeeee dead money so much i am kissing the entire dlc on the mouth #dead money <33333333 #forced cooperation between a group whose only motive to help the others (at least initially) is that if they don't they die <3333333 #a fuckn casino heist <333 !!!!! hello. insane dlc concept. insane execution (/pos). i love it to bits it makes me so sad and so so so hyped

[tanjir0se]

Ok another thing that stands out to me in ATLA is the s3 episode The Beach. Zuko is sitting on the porch of their family’s vacation home. Azula invites him down to the beach. He responds, holding a childhood memento, that their vacations there feel so long ago. Azula responds by repeating her invitation and saying: “come on. This place is depressing.”

Like. Pretty much up until that point, the audience has never considered her human side. She agrees with her father and follows his every command. Why would memories of him be “depressing?” This moment makes the viewer realize: she grew up in that house, too. She grew up in that palace, too. On some level, just for a moment, she knows how fucked up it is.

That moment fucks me up because it’s the first time they’ve actually felt like siblings. Like, siblings that went through the same horrible abuse at the hands of the same person. There’s no twist to her invitation down to the beach to get away from the memories. That might be the only time in the entire show she does something genuinely nice to him, for no ulterior self-serving purpose.

For a brief moment Azula can admit what the viewer, what Zuko has known all along. All those memories of their family’s happiest times are collecting dust in an abandoned home that now is only meaningful as firewood:

Is fucking depressing.

#I’m so fucked up about Azula right now #atla #Azula #like fuck dude #she understands. for this one moment she kind of gets it #but the validation of her fathers approval is so strong a motivator that she just .. can’t get there #I love that in the comics Zuko doesn’t give up on her #I JUST THINK THAT SIBLINGS—

[anthyies]

cass is blunt and perceptive and well-deservedly cocky and stubborn and perfectionist and self-punishing. and yet people love to put on their racism goggles when talking about her and say she’s the perfect emotional support and perfect daughter and sibling and always supports people perfectly like do you hear yourselves. she’s her own character with so much interiority and so many problems and also she wouldn’t fucking say that

#esha.txt #cass #dc #saw a reply that pissed me off sorry. #like. cass is not going to go up to steph and say you are strong!!! cass and steph’s relationships has tensions that are infinitely more #interesting. srry im stephcasspilled rn but cass knocks steph out to protect her And to just do things herself. and this exacerbates Steph’s #own issues. and isn’t that tension fun isn’t that conflict interesting isn’t that something to explore #PLZ let her have her own emotions and motivations!!!

[bumblingbabooshka]

MOM WILL YOU WASH MY BACK THIS ONCE AND THEN WE CAN FORGET AND I'LL LEAVE WHAT I'M CHASING

#snw #strange new worlds #T'Pring #T'Pring art #bea art tag #how are people not going gaga over T'Pring....mother issues reveal??????????? #Vulcan girl mother issues isn't enough for you people??? <- extremely light hearted #I literally think part of why she sticks by Spock so hard and so often is because her mother hates him and will lord the failure #of that relationship over her literally forever (her dad also wants them to make it work) #not wanting to hear 'I told you so' from someone who already thinks you're lacking and that they know best is a strong motivator #Spock daddy issues and T'Pring mommy issues what will they do (divorce)

[luvbug724]

obsessed w jeanee Actually. she drove hours in the middle of the night for him. she organised a heist for him. she blackmails a university for him. she was willing to break into the nest w brute force for him. she was willing to rob a hardware store to do it. she seriously contemplates climbing over barbed wire fences to get to him. she handles diversions and distractions with grace for him. she has the invasive curiosity to want to know all abt his little knick knacks. she resorts to violence when someone tries to stop her from getting to him. she prays for him. she talks to him softly when the only feeling in the room is rage. she pushes his hair out of his face. she checks his pulse obsessively. YEAH………… are we all seeing this rn

its so wonderful to me too because like this is RENEE. renee, who is a bad person trying very hard to be good. there was a post going around maybe a month ago how empathy for everyone circles back around into empathy for no one i can't remember any of the specifics but it rlly did something for how i see renee because shes a protector. its defensive. its safe. she knows the limits, she knows the point of no return because shes been to rock bottom and clawed her way up but she's willing to do whatever she needs to to get jean out of the nest.

there is a big difference between cradling allison when andrew hurts her vs actively threatening eau, going on the offense to make sure jean leaves safe with her. there's something insane to me abt how a few months of texting and calling jean could push her to that point, the point where she needed to be talked down off the ledge before the plan was more natalie than renee because this was something she absolutely could not fuck up. she knew that her efforts would be worthless if she didn't create a plan that couldn't backfire, because the punishment for jean trying to leave and failing (and i'm sure that message to renee would be used against him) or leaving and coming back would be 1000x worse than whatever they could do to him from a distance.

and then when she has him in his arms and she knows he's going to be safe, he'll be okay as long as she can get him to abby, she can let herself be kind again.

#IT DRIVES ME INSANE #like helloooooo?????? #i genuinely am not sure if this makes sense or if its just wordvomit but DO YOU GET IT #it may not be love yet but it IS something worthwhile. you know #they havent even known each other for that long!!!!!!!! #i said a few tags back that renee's actions arent lesser if theyre based on romance and like i know its been maybe 2 hours since i said it #but i still agree!!!! renee i think doesnt get her due diligence for her motivations. in the pursuit of like the strong independent #woman archetype i think we've neglected the fact that you know. a woman can be motivated by romantic feelings and it doesn't make her any #less strong or liberated #having a connection with a person isn't a weakness #feminism is so nuanced! there is no one size fits all! restating this idea for the third time this post but there is no weakness in love #even though misogyny has made it so easy to get reactionary with it and claim that any show of strength isn't motivated by it at all! #do u catch my drift. i can say it a different way a fourth time if necessary i dont think i can verbalize my thoughts well #hm ok thoughts to chew on! #back to my shitty hockey novels while i wait for tsc to drop! #jeanee #asks

[yurki-posts]

lil doodle I did

#hehe small gremlin #it has been a while since I drew Penny #I want to practice her more #specially since now i've got the strong need to make Penball fanart #i'm very tired from school tho #also sorry I haven't posted as much #I didn't had many ideas to make and I had lack of motivation to do anything #the amazing world of gumball #tawog #tawog rob #rob tawog #tawog gumball #tawog penny

[fjordfolk]

i always say that shelties and j-spitz are very similar to live with. but one significant difference turning up now, that i used to see as a lunaism but also rings true for melis, is this v spitz vs herder thing? where when one of the spitzes get An Idea they strongly believe in it and it becomes fact to them. versus i feel that the shelties also get Ideas, but are much more open to outside input and can be reasoned with to change their minds

#in the sense that both luna and melis. once they have decided something is scary or uncomfortable. will simply not do it #making counter conditioning w luna esp challenging because there is no positive motivation in the world strong enough #to offset a deterrent shes put her mind to #vs the shelties where you can sorta. they wont just throw themselves into the thing but theyve got enough biddability #and enough space between the 'no thanks' and the 'heck nah' to work in a compromise #im sticking to my breed for now lol

[moe-broey]

@hulloitsdani I HAD TO. ROTATE THIS. IN MY MIND. SO MUCH. CAUSE HERE'S THE THING I think on the surface it COULD make sense and has SO much potential writing-wise and I have hardly thought about that before -- but!!!!

While I have been goofing on Ratatoskr and how she's just a poor little thang, upon meeting she DID tell Alfonse this:

Which gives you SO much information actually. Like. She knows a lot more than she lets on -- not because she's lying outright or even putting up a front, but because she's just. So overwhelmed and emotional and sensitive (LOUDLY so) that may be the only thing you notice, maybe even underestimating her. But I feel Alfonse took this information and did the opposite -- it's an odd position to be in, to be known presumably very well by someone who's a stranger to you. But I think he takes this in, and takes his first impression of her and her personality, motives, the conflict within her, and decides to put his faith in her.

I think ALSO he could be viewing her as a valuable ally, acknowledging:

I think, he sees she has potential, if he can win her over and have her fight on his side. I THINK. Primarily his motivation is practical. Making a quick judgement of her, coming to the conclusion she could be a valuable asset and could help the Heroes even more (going back to, him saying "She can even tell them I asked her to get us more information on the assassination plot" and "If our enemy thinks like I do... they'll see a similar opportunity in front of them.")

AUGH INTERRUPTING THAT THOUGHT THOUGH!!!!!! I FEEL LIKE!!!!!! PART OF THE GAMBIT IS "She would be a valuable ally" AND on the flipside "She could pose a considerable threat if she changed her mind and strengthened her resolve in the opposite direction (to kill me)" so winning her over is part of defusing the threat. AND it's an extra win to have all that information if she does choose the Heroes. AND it's an extra LOSS if she does leave, since she takes all that information with her AND has the advantage while the Order is left scrambling in the dark. Plus also!!!!!! Her having that intimate knowledge of his routines!!!!!! If he loses Ratatoskr, he Knows he's gonna suffer severe consequences.

ALSO. ALSO!!!!!!!! I FEEL LIKE!!!!!!!!!! That is WHY him letting her go and EMPHASIZING she can do whatever she deems necessary, EVEN giving her sisters inside knowledge on the Heroes. I FEEL LIKE. THIS IS ACTUALLY. VERY MUCH (on a much smaller scale!!!!) another Letizia moment. HEAR ME OUT

Right before The Moment, he's judging Letizia's character, what he knows to be true about her, her PERSONALITY and the way she thinks. Which leads him to go sicko mode on her (because! That Was the course of action to take with her!!!!)

THIS TIME. He's met with a very emotional, very distressed and conflicted assassin who seems to have a moral compass and is conflicted about what she's been ordered to do. In one way, she's almost like a bomb that has to be defused -- she Does pose a threat, and the threat needs to be addressed before it goes off/is out of his hands. And in this case, appealing to her emotions IS the answer!

AND. I THINK. PART of that appeal WAS to place That Much trust in her. ESPECIALLY communicating to her, she's not Required to remain loyal to the Heroes. Giving her a choice, between them and her sisters. He's heavily relying on Ratatoskr's internal conflict and also (surely it hasn't been missed on him) her attachment to him, or at very least her respect for him as a person she's come to admire. It's an extreme chance to take, but I think he knows if Ratatoskr can 1) Feel like she made the choice herself, and 2) He can catch her on another emotionally driven motivation (When she requests a favor in return, which is for the Heroes to Save her Sisters) -- I think he's fully confident he can win her over without forcing her to do anything.

WHICH. ALSO. HELPS WIN HER OVER BC her MAIN conflict she's struggling with is Being Forced To Do Something She Doesn't Want To. By NOT being forceful with her, by EMPHASIZING she can take any action she deems fit, he's set up a situation WHERE the Order of Heroes is the preferable option. He leaves her with the impression that her feelings matter, that she has agency, and ultimately it's up to her.

I FEEL LIKE........ I am talking in circles LMFAOOO BUT. I think Another thing (before thought interruption) was Alfonse's lines saying, "It's a gamble on our part, but if our enemy thinks like I do... they will see a similar opportunity in front of them." ESPECIALLY into:

WHICH stood out to me SO much because I think it really captures how practically motivated he IS here. He is using her. He's acknowledging, that if their enemy is Like Him, they're using her, too. He's creating a situation with a desired outcome, making the Order of Heroes the more desirable option to align with, giving her the feeling that she Can choose -- and, this is true! He's entirely put the choice in her hands. But in DOING that, it strengthens the possibility of her seeing the Heroes AS the desirable option. Which is the goal. Which is what he wants. He Is prepared, most likely, for the event this backfires, but also he's fully confident Ratatoskr Will choose them. (Also, as I say he was "most likely prepared for backfire"..... honestly that may not even be the case. Alfonse bluffs and bullshits his way around and out of things so much it would make Phoenix Wright blush).

WHICH ALSO LIKE..... AAAUGHGHHHH rotating him in my mind forever. You can See his traits and tendencies, see how he uses them for the benefit of his allies and those he cares about, but also SO clearly you can see. How A Lot of That is deeply rooted in his own moral compass (which is good!) and his own perspective (which is limited and sometimes flawed) and you can see. EXACTLY how these things can twist and turn and get really ugly LMFAOO

And man I haven't even gotten to Alear yet but I have THOUGHTS about his interactions w her too I need to make a separate post about LMFAOO 😅 (hit image limit and also feels like another topic entirely 🫡)

#fire emblem #feh #THIS FEELS. v rambley and all over the place but i hope it's coherent. #also like my thoughts about reginn (i don't even know if i've elaborated) and how he acted towards her #LIKE. HONESTLY. it drives me so insane like i'm imagining all of this they way he treated reginn #(which a harshness motivated by wanting to guide her to do what must be done) and how he treats veronica (friend or foe) #and how he's been handling ratatoskr. SO STRONGLY. i just feel like the root of it all is sharena. #how i think it's EXTREMELY likely he did Not escape parentfication and how he must have had to raise her #more than their actual parents did (ALL GUESSWORK cause we don't know for sure) #but i think there IS a strong sense of it was just the two of them. for a very long time. #and i think about how he's the one who taught her how to fight (alongside bruno ofc but likely before then too!!!) #I THINK ABOUT IT. ALL OF THE TIME. HOW IT SEEPS INTO SO MANY ASPECTS OF HIM. #AND THE. THE FUCMING. THE FYCKING CHANGELING -- *gets shot* #like in my head he devoted so much to her and. and. it's still so strongly present in him to this day and. and #what if i cried about it forwver. what then #fe alfonse #ratatoskr

[fireyartccoon]

Prismatic Parallel shenanigans

this is probably going to become its own little thing

this was for no particular reason, just felt like posting

#(additional info #the same friend that helped me with the Val and Raggedy thing also suggested the New Yoke Surge and Kit #their names are Voltage and petrol #they were drawn before the rest so that might explain if they look a little wonky) #the urge to ramble is strong but the lack of motivation is stronger #just realized Nine has the least drawings #Noooooooooooo #this is why you don’t skip bedtime kids #/j #Orquidea gets to be a menace #as a treat #girl will go from giving inter dimensional gods therapy to knocking out her sleep deprived brother by any means necessary #this time? Baseball bat. #Chaos and AG do NOT get along #Nine will leave for two minutes and these idiots will almost kill eachother #that’s enough rambling for now #time for regular tags #sonic prime au #prismatic parallel au #miles nine prower #nine the fox #Orquidea the rabbit #surge the tenrec #Voltage the tenrec #kitsunami the fennec #Petrol the fennec #chaos sonic #alpha grim sonic #Sidus the hedgehog #shhh you didn’t see that

[spacegoathours]

What were Lard Nar's thoughts when Callie's PAK ended up in his lap?

He feels guilty in some way. It’s not his fault she died, but he feels like he should have been there to intervene, or something. Callie saved him years ago, so to some degree he feels like he failed her by not doing the same in return. Even though it doesn’t make any sense. They are living much different lives at this point. They split ways and even before they split ways they weren’t any more than acquaintances at best. But when someone is responsible for you being alive today…

The second he has the PAK in hand, Lard Nar swears he’ll bring Callie back. somehow. and then he’ll ask her to help the Resisty make some headway on their mission.

also someone needs to tell him not to hold an irken PAK anywhere near him please put that down nar….

#asks #lard nar #mina arts #ghostie I had soooo many doodles for this but they are all bad ugh #regardless really wanted to answer this one #the motivation at this stage is primarily Callie Strong Get Her To Join Resisty #but naturally I gotta throw some angst in there

[my-current-obsession]

Dunno if it's a hot take, but I think the "platonic" path for Chihiro (as in making the "wrong" choices early on so she doesn't even confess, not just rejecting her when she does) was actually WAY better than her romantic rank 9.

Instead of getting insanely jealous of the thought of Mitsuru and MC spending time together (for the sake of HELPING HER), she's actually totally fine with that and begins to leave before stopping because she's upset AT HERSELF for continuing to rely on others. Her motivation to confront the teacher is entirely about taking action herself rather than it being centered on a desperate attempt to fix things quickly to keep the guy she likes away from another girl.

The way she celebrates with MC on the rooftop afterwards is really cute too. She acknowledges her growth in being able to confront an adult male by herself while also recognizing she still has a ways to go and this is kind of just the beginning. It's just really good character development and very wholesome, how her FRIENDSHIP with MC helped her become more confident and capable. Meanwhile her romance has that character "development" tied entirely to her being very jealous/possessive. She was only able to confront the teacher because she was terrified to let MC be alone with Mitsuru. That's not really growth, and it's certainly not a healthy foundation for romance.

#persona #p3 #persona 3 reload #for the record i LIKE chihiro as a character and even find her appealing romantically. but her actual romance arc is... bad. #honestly when she came on strong in this version at rank 5 i swerved IMMEDIATELY towards 'she's jumping to conclusions' #because it just feels true? she BARELY knows you at this point. it's way too soon to say she's in love IMO. #and narratively i think this ended up being more satisfying. she was quick to agree that it probably WASN'T love. and that was that. #after that we had a very wholesome and lovely friendship and she learned to stand up for herself #WITHOUT needing the motivation of potentially 'losing' her crush to another guy. but rather just because she WANTED to grow & change. #anyway sidenote i'm like 2 days away from january and despite my best efforts i'm not going to max every social link #i might've been able to do it if not for the 2 weeks of winter vacation too. brutal. #i'll be close though! only two links undone - keisuke and either mitsuru or aigis. thinking i'll leave mitsuru. #i've no intention of dating mitsuru so gotta try and max aigis since she's so... relevant to the ending. as it were.

[thehappiestgolucky]

Motivation hella died for a bit and I’ve also managed to get myself roped into Baldurs Gate during it and realised I cannot make a smart character to play as for the life of me

OC of all time Odessa? Dumbass child going ehehehehe and throwing adults

Ellunar? Elden Ring gave me the power to make a dumb butch lesbian and give her a wife

Agama? the only one with positive intelligence (10) how the fuck have they made it so far in Baldurs Gate

The blue crew. Half a braincell rattling in the dragons brain and the dragons brain only

#doodles #my ocs #baldur's gate 3 #elden ring #odessa #ellunar #oc: agama #none of them are in the same universe but i would be lying if i didn’t say i think them interacting would be the funniest fucking thing ever #the dragonborn bard and the two strong ass girls #agama and ellunar are like a theycle(they uncle) and a lesbian aunt to odessa to me #me? oc posting. it’s more likely than you think #i actually do have a save file with the three of them in it ellunar is constantly getting fucking yeeted #odessa messing rucker’s up with her two blades: ehehehehehe #will i spam doodle them more? absolutely #my ocs make me happy and i need the motivation back again