#assertion of heart

[mayasaura]

To be clear, I do ship Marcille and Falin!! I just ship them as.... complicated, you know? They have dyke drama. Marcille is deluding herself that Falin hasn't grown up and she's not going to age, and she's not going to die no matter what Marcille does, and Marcille isn't going to have to live most of her life having lost her. Meanwhile poor Falin would like a step by step written explanation of how to convince her very good elf friend that she is an adult, and has some potentially adult feelings about getting wet and naked and crawling into bed together

#their relationship so much funnier and more complicated than 'they're girlfriends!' if you let it be #there's the dramatic tragedy of elven lifespans there's the hilarity of mixed signals and stubborn miscommunication #there's the potential for character growth in Falin learning to assert herself and to process her own desires #and sure there are platonic explanations—dunmeshi is at its heart about friendship not romance #but I am a dyke with a documented weakness for necromantic acts of devotion so #dungeon meshi #dunmeshi spoilers #falin touden #marcille donato #facille

[jakkenpoy]

#icepaulie #one piece #swapped out “jealous” for “possessive” bc i think iceburg is very secure about his place in paulie's heart— #he just really likes to assert that claim ehe #and tbf if mr. mayor gave me that heated glare i would have shut up right away instead of try to defy him...mhmm anything you say beautiful #also this is one of my favorite redraw memes if not my favorite ever...it's so fucking funny. the FACE #one piece memes #my art #opfanart

[onii-onahole]

Gyunja x RubberBPA

#Let’s Hang Out from Today #An assertive and kind man will have my heart in a fuckin’ VICE like~ marry meeeee

[vickyvicarious]

I had to tear down wrappings and ransack a number of boxes and drawers, but at last I managed to turn out what I sought; the box label called them lambswool pants, and lambswool vests. Then socks, a thick comforter, and then I went to the clothing place and got trousers, a lounge jacket, an overcoat and a slouch hat—a clerical sort of hat with the brim turned down. I began to feel a human being again, and my next thought was food.

I know this is like, a fairly common expression, but still... there's something to be said for the way Griffin doesn't feel human again till he is dressed.

His initial feeling of being a seeing man in a world of the blind, during his his invisible flight from his rooms, lasted only a few minutes. And then first he was struggling in the crowd, before he fairly quickly became prey on the run. The rest of his experience before he took shelter in the mall is pretty nightmarish.

He spends such a good chunk of the book described only as a stranger, and in a way that clearly reflects the testimonies of those who resented and didn't respect him. But also, for all that he is paranoid about being seen (being unseen) by them, he doesn't want to be identified or to socialize at all, so he never gives them a name. Mr. Marvel, of course, never knows him by any name either - he's the first person who (doesn't) see him for what he is right from the start of their acquaintance, and to him Griffin is only ever "the Voice" or "the Invisible Man."

We don't learn his name at all until chapter 17, when he identifies himself to Kemp. And even then, even after a whole back-and-forth repeating his name, he's still called either "the Voice" or "the Invisible Man", once "the Unseen", throughout the rest of that chapter. In chapter 18, he's described by name just once, when his reply to a final question of what else Kemp can get him indicates a surprising vulnerability/desire for comfort: "“Only bid me good-night,” said Griffin." Again, in chapter 19, Griffin is back to initially being only "the Invisible Man" when he's having his fit of temper. He gets his name back when sits down to eat and when he and Kemp are conversing about science. But when he begins describing his money trouble and how he robbed his father, he becomes "the Invisible Man" again at the close of the chapter. In chapter 20, it's mostly Griffin's story, but there's a little switch at the start of the chapter. Kemp takes "the Invisible Man's arm" to bring him away from the window when he's worried he'll see police approaching, and then puts himself "between Griffin and the nearest window" - when he feels more sure he's managing the situation, Griffin gets his name back. Again, at the end of chapter 21, he's back to his title while we see Kemp glancing out the window nervously and clearly distracted... his thoughts more on the help he sent for than on the story being confided to him.

With Kemp, the only person who knows his name, there is a clear pattern to call him by some title when he is afraid of his violence. At least so far. His name is only ever used when he is being more 'civilized'. Not even just whenever he is being open and vulnerable, because he does that a surprising amount throughout his story, but as Kemp's mind wanders, Griffin goes back to being titled once more.

When he's naked and totally invisible, Griffin himself feels like something outside of humanity. And while briefly freeing, this soon became a horrible feeling, something othering and scary. It's why his first instinct is to get clothes, before he even thinks about food. It's why he tries so hard to escape in the clothes he's stolen, before he's finally forced to abandon them. Sure, there's the practical reasons of not wanting to get sick and cold, and so on, but that's not the main drive. Except then he has to give that up in order to get away safely. And even when he does acquire clothes and money and his research and gets away somewhere safer (where the story begins), it's never enough. He's always othered to various degrees, which in general just keep increasing over time. By the time he gets to Kemp, his first request is no longer for clothes - something which again could just be put down to practicalities (he hasn't eaten in much longer this time, he's more used to running about naked and the weather is better) but also showcases much more of a willingness to leave them behind at the first sign of danger, in order to free himself to fight or flee. More certainty that he will need to. And he's right about that - after all, wearing clothes may make Griffin feel more human, but it's not the determining factor for Kemp here.

#the invisible mail #griffin #my meta #idk i'm not saying it well but. all the themes of being othered and dehumanized #and his reaction over time being to more and more act in ways that make the fear worse #except here with kemp. he's really pouring his heart out but it's mostly just not getting through at all #and griffin's hatred of vulnerability paired with how vulnerable he knows he is like this and #there's lots #just. a lot #and like. griffin introduced himself to kemp first as an invisible man. yes. #he's trying to assert his humanity is still there even if it's different just as he initially did with marvel #but it only sticks so much. because even if he's no ghost he's still not fully *human* to them. the Invisible Man is not just another Man #he's a threat

[seraphdreams]

thigh riding wif daddy ran is very much been on my head today alllllllll day 🥺🥺 need him so bad

thigh riding is something so personal to me. his hands on your waist, better yet—his fingers, clad in those expensive rings, gripping the flesh of your hips so tight it could leave an indent as you rut up n down his toned thigh. making a mess all over his slacks that he’s for sure going to have to take to the cleaners but right now that doesn’t matter, what matters is keeping up the continuous string of praises flowing from his lips. when you’re kissing down his jaw and his neck, lips taking extra care of that inked spot on his adams apple. he can’t help but tell you how good you are, how you’re doing it so well, and make a mess for daddy.. he really can’t help it. his smooth, deep voice like honey to your ears encourages you to make him proud — to keep him proud.

poor man’s probably so hard in his slacks too, trying his best to feign unaffected, but it gets the better of him, his head tipping back and thighs tensing while he just so slightly jerks his hips up to chase friction. you got him falling apart :( and maybe then once you cum, he’ll really show you how much you affected him, pin you down so you can’t wiggle away, and fuck you… no, make love to you, so well you’ll be dizzy n dumb by the time he’s done with you. that’s just how daddy is.

#thinking about getting praised by ran #or cooed at like a little thing :(( #idk i just need to hear his voice and bad #he’s so assertive and dominating in a gentle way (depends on his mood) #he doesn’t even have to make you submit #you just willingly do #heart eyes #absolute heart eyes for him #god i love him that’s daddy <3 #ran smut #ran haitani smut #ran x reader #ran x reader smut #seraph.replies!

[gaymersasuke]

Lips

#narusasu #sasuke #my art #draws sasuke as the assertive and bossy one #just gets on top of his boyfren so he will get the xxxxxxxxx he wants 😌 #this is directly post-war so both of them are one handed #they make it work 😤 porking with only half their hands available??? and those are their non-dominant hands????? theres nothing N&S cant do #also after this S sits on N's face or smth i know this in my heart

[surrealedits]

gilbert nightray icons+headers for anon! more here :)

#gilbert nightray #gil (pandora hearts) #gil nightray #pandora hearts #i tried to pick pictures people don't usually use ! maidgil is my personal favorite ofc (assertive nod) #gil icons #gilbert icons #gilbert nightray icons #pandora hearts icons #icons #edits #colorful #anime icons #anime boy icons #black hair #gold eyes #wavy hair

[systemrestart]

#heaven will be mine #hwbm #remi plays heaven will be mine #this scene was genuinely harrowing #i felt Pluto's emotions. her desperation #thought about saving this for a long piece about Pluto in connection to another mission with LT and #LT's line 'your heart is full of everyone but i cant watch you fight for the universe knowing how little youre thinking of yourself in it' #but this moment is striking enough on its own too i think #LT's assertion cuts the tension like a knife. allowing Pluto's grief and frustration to flow out #one of my favorite missions #will be revisiting it probably if i decide to write something on what im thinking wiht LT and Pluto #(also Oxygen Ocean was utilized perfectly as the backing track in this mission)

[stone-stars]

for a song about breaking up with sub-zero from mortal kombat that emily wrote in 2013, spring thaw really feels like a callie/glen song

We were what we were but we were never what we could have been and now the spring melts frostbitten hearts

I was who I was but I was never who I really am and now the spring melts frostbitten hearts (x2)

You are what I want but I guess I don’t want what’s best for me now the spring melts frostbitten hearts

#naddpod #hanbles #look i have a Vision about changing the meaning of 'now the spring melts frostbitten hearts' across the song #so the end it's like 'now the spring melts [away]' as in spring is gone #and then frostbitten hearts as an assertion that that's all that's left #the vibes are vague but they sure are fuckin there

[fellhellion]

apologies for yosukeposting and especially incoherently but slowboiling in my brain whatever the hell was going on w him in kanji’s dungeon. guy who slingshots between some kinda fraught observation that this is so much worse for kanji because it’s happening in front of an audience (over like. freaking out about it), furiously asserting that he’s heterosexual, insinuating danger but then also being the one who volunteers to take kanji home afterwards.

It’s sooooooooooooooo.

#I’m naurt. #conveying it well. #but there’s some kinda something about which elements prickle his unease #exposure to the wider community #the topic of sexuality that falls outside of what is normative being introduced AT ALL #but he’s. not scared of kanji. he never has been tbh #I don’t think he would volunteered to take him home and essentially make sure he got there safely if he was #imo it’s more that like. kanji doesn’t reject the shadow’s assertions where yosuke would #and there isn’t a world in his sixteen (?) year old brain where you SHOULDNT do that lmao #if you’re a guy you like girls and you don’t get hugged when you’re sobbing your heart out etc etc #a guy’s a guy and when that doesn’t mean what he thinks it has to mean anymore that’s deeply uncomfortable for him to unpack #it brings to the forefront his own doubts and insecurities #and kanji accepts that in himself where Yosuke can’t I don’t think #doesn’t question a lot of time and builds his identity around it #but he can’t erase the questions people like kanji and naoto raise because like. it’s intimately relevant to HIM lmao #and it’s how he understands a core part of himself #even if that’s built on sand #congrats! you’ve discovered the patriarchal and heteronormative hegemony! #tunes talks persona #I think it goes largely unspoken and deliberately avoided with him but what kanji wrestles w in regards to conciling his sense of identity #to wider society is like. that’s him too lmao

[miutonium]

Umm ok yeah uh so the weird stalker that made me left IG found my twitter account 🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️🧍‍♀️

#asuka speaks #dw i blocked them lol #but like ngl i had a mini heart attack when i see their name again zzzx #i just hope I dont get constantly bombarded by messages or like spam for attention #like dont get me wrong i usually dont mind spam as much as I used to and if I do I usually block spammers #but like theres just something so off whenever there's actually people out there that keeps track of me #and i dont even know them #look i have mentioned multiple times and even put it on my pinned that I am absolutely and totally okay with sharing f/os #but dont go around trying to put my ship down or assert your ship on me thats just fucking weird #okay off rant hsksksks

[inkykeiji]

after chapter 419 all i want to do is finish my flawless!tomura series, purely for my own comfort. i am so, so, so disappointed. like, beyond words disappointed. i can’t even adequately express it—it simply and completely transcends language.

#i’m trying not to be dramatic since the series isn’t over *yet* but #my heart is broken #what an absolutely awful thing to do #what a way to entirely ruin a fucking character #ugh ._. #horikoshi!!!!! i fought for u!!! i defended you!!!!!! #repeatedly asserted how incredible you were at creating characters!!! just to have you do THIS #oh i’m so upset #i’m so so so upset #now all i can hope for is that dabi gets a decent ending #i have completely lost hope that he’s going to get a GOOD ending #the ending his tragic story truly deserved #so please #just give him something mediocre #don’t ruin him too #me: i’m trying not to be dramatic #also me: proceeds to be extremely dramatic #clari chatters #bnha spoilers #bnha manga spoilers

[dedahblog]

Look I am all for Rukia getting soft over Ichigo's open display of affection especially since she never had anyone tell her frankly how much she means to him /her.

However, I think that there's a limit to indulging Ichigo with his mushiness

Rukia's panel is from this by the way

Kaien and Ichigo being both corny sh1t and Rukia giving them judgy looks while they get embarrassed is one of my favorite headcanons.

#please indulge my crappy edit. #ichiruki #I know 'the man in my heart' speech was corny but at least she sounded assertive #while shameless Ichigo is basically saying ' Take me I'm yours' #ichiruki shitposting #ichiruki edit #this is the tag for my edits

[antihibikase-archive]

Most of my stuff is viewed through the lenses of the culture and religion I grew up with (even if I no longer practice as much), and this is kind of the basis for Slater's arc and one of the reasons for his lack of identity, even outside factors like The Heart and the legends.

He grew up being praised for being a quiet and polite child, who never causes trouble for anyone, who was always doing what he was told- he grew up mostly compliant to whatever was happening around him, because it never hurt him. The only time he seemed to deflect from anything was when he decided he didn't want to dress like Bianca anymore.

But he wanted to be something more than crybaby Cheri- the polite child from Nuvema Town, the child that hid behind Bianca when he was little.

He tried to be more assertive when their journey began- telling off Hilbert for his recklessness, calling out Bianca for her ditziness, occasionally arguing with Hilda due to finding her methods too different from what he was used to- and he dressed like Grimsley. In a way, he was rebelling from the image asserted onto him by the community that raised him.

They weren't inherently evil- they just could have done better in helping him shape his identity, instead of basing it around his "goodness".

But his pursuit of an idealized self and a sense of identity leads to him losing half his heart, and he's torn between wanting to go back to his truth, the person he used to be, or continuing to pursue his ideal even if he gets hurt.

He doesn't know if he wants to be compliant to how things are- or if he should brute force his way into the path he wants. To be kept safe in a locked cage, or to die trying to escape it.

In the end, he's a neutral presence, and he does not choose between his truths or ideals. He chooses not to abandon the values he grew up with, but it doesn't mean he's going to shy away from becoming a person that would be much different to who he was before.

He can't go back to his truth, to being pure, and he can't pursue an idealized self that would completely change who he is. But he can try to attain both; he does not abandon the person he used to be, nor does he try to go back to his roots. Its remembering who he was, and accepting who he can be.

#BW/BW2 Rewrite - Blur / Blight #((Just thinking about the inherent guilt that comes with growing up in a religious household and how that unintentionally bleeds into-)) #((-my writing.)) #((Like. Slater has existential issues because of The Heart yeah but even before that. In BW - Blight. He's already. Having issues.)) #((He dresses like his brother because he's his point of reference for someone who grew up not being as coddled as he is-)) #((-even if deep down. There's parts of him that STILL likes dressing in the same clothes as Bianca does.)) #((But he can't admit it at first because he wants to be different from the image he was letting out.)) #((So in BW. He's assertive. He's prickly. He tries to become someone he's not but he's also tempted by the apple.)) #((Falling into the same sin he grew up being warned about.))

[sneakystorms]

Appreciation of little women's genuinely feminist messaging for its time and place of writing vs disgust at the all too obvious lingering sexist undertones vs wanting jo to be the queer icon she was meant to be vs understanding her desire to be able to fall on love without having her independence questioned vs knowledge that her marrying was certainly motivated by the expectations of a sexist audience vs wanting her and Laurie to end up together because you want to see couples who are actual friends and also you want Jo to be with someone who unapologetically likes her gender nonconformity and independence vs appreciating the inclusion of a plotline where a woman refuses a man and isn't demonised for it vs acknowledging the truthfulness of Jo's claim that people who make good friends won't necessarily make good life partners vs agreeing with the moral that childhood must end and change must be accepted vs hating the way every girl's process of maturing conveniently brings her closer to the motherly American housewife ideal vs i love stories where authors aren't coy about their beliefs vs this particular story is so blatant and pushy with its messaging it almost feels insulting vs the messaging itself is a mixed bag vs it's especially frustrating to see the writer vicariously pat herself on the back for writing something neither overly preachy nor amorally sensational vs oh my god this book is so obnoxiously christian. Fight

#little women #s #ok but genuinely the simultaneous desire for jo to #1. be the aro or lesbian icon i know she can be and end up happily single #2. have that childhood friends to lovers shit i love with laurie #(and btw i thought they were adorable since that scene where he was sick. THAT WAS SO DAMN CUTE) #(and double btw there's a world in my heart where jo is transmasc and laurie loves her as such) #3. be able to express her loneliness WHILE asserting the validity and value of singlehood #4. end up with her chosen man despite his unglamorousness... i guess..... #5. not end up with someone twice her age who's framed as her moral and literal TEACHER ugh ew bleh #more than anything... reading this in the middle of a 19th century ruslit marathon really brings the preachiness into sharp contrast #yknow. #and the idealised wholesome characters that too #mama march be out here assuring her daughters that if they pray hard enough they can repent for even the gravest of sins: complaining #while Dostoyevsky's characters scream murder rape each other and commit suicide in the bg

[notbecauseofvictories]

I'm in liquified disoriented tatters since the finale, but something I was meaning to say before this episode: I think Carpenter is like. 35, maybe 40, with a dash of "you look like shit" making people assume she's a bit older. the hunter siblings are absolutely teenagers as well.

also, a thought from the middle of the episode, before I was fully liquified:

At a certain point, Mercer wasn't much of a hunter anymore. She was just rabid.

[con't] Faulkner do you want to explain that thing you said to Mason. could you please. I don't. think I follow. faulkner

Incorrect! Carpenter is 45 at the bare minimum. I agree that at first (or second, or fifth) glance she looks older, but honestly she feels even older than that based on the fact that she has been keeping company with twenty somethings for the last two years. (Faulkner being max 22 and Paige being 28 at the outside.) Hayward is the only person in the whole cast who we might consider 'of an age' with Carpenter, and mostly because he's in his late thirties/early forties and prematurely aged by a steady diet of stress-smoked cigarettes, lies, deserved guilt, and paranoia.

"Mercer is rabid" fuck you that's a good line.

I do actually have reasoning for this! There's a great post in the silt verses tag calling out how nonsense it seems for Faulkner to snap at his faith no longer being illegal. Surely that's a good thing! Religious persecution is the reason Nana Glass is dead and Em drowned; the reason for Carpenter's parents being absent and Mason running his a private cult. Real religions have fought tooth and nail to be recognized by the state as legitimate; most modern people understand a lack of religious tolerance as bad and wrong. There's no reason to believe that this wouldn't color our readings of a podcast about fictional religions. What I think perspective ignores, is that---when it comes to TSV a religion's choice is not between "criminalization/persecution" and "recognition by the state/freedom." Instead, the existential question before every faith of the Peninsula and the Linger Straits is "criminalization" or "co-option". Your choices are either to be an enemy of the state, and operate under your own wild rules, however corrupt---or to throw your lot in with the government, and become yet another arm of the state trying to kill you. After all, it's the legitimate government tying sacrifices to trains, courting gods via test audience, letting dispassionate scientists discover your saints by scientific method with a body count. Stripping faith and narrative from your religion for the sake of power---like copper wire from the walls---is what the government does. And that's what I think Faulkner objects to. For good or ill, he is the most sincere believer in the Trawler-man that we know---his investment isn't in the Parish and its earthly power, the way Mason's is; he doesn't particularly care about its people, as Carpenter does. He believes in the absolutism of its god and his role as that god's prophet. No more, no less. Is this unreasonable, unhinged? Yes. But it does mean that Mason willing to sell out that divine absolutism for a seat at the Peninsulan table is an existential threat to Faulkner and everything he is. Hence: Murder.

#tsv spoilers #the silt verses #the one benefit of being immersed in catholic european history for a while #is reinforcing that ''this person genuinely in their heart believed this about god and they moved mountains for it'' is a valid motivation #you can in part explain historical motivations by power and control! that was there too. #but if you ignore how deadly seriously people took theological questions for large swathes of history #you will not understand history. #(......this probably applies to modern day too I just haven't read enough books to confidently assert as much)