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chuck-of-all-trades · 9 hours

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When I was a kid, I would lay on the floor and put my feet on the wall and sort of walk-slide myself forward; from that point of view I could pretend I was Spider-Man or a gecko or something like that. I can only assume that’s what he’s doing as well.

#cat #cats #cats of tumblr #cute cats #my cat #kitty #cats being cats #cats being weird little guys #spider cat #childhood dreams #but the weird kind

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angelunderheaven · 2 months

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samantabrzozowska · 4 months

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"Believe in true love so you will find for sure!"

~ Sam

#my art blog #child of paradise #childhood dreams #spirituality of the eternal child of paradise #my thoughts #disney love #beauty and the beast #cute art #i love you

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historyforfuture · 5 months

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Kids of Palestine who martyred through the israeli occupation genocides against families in gaza .

Don,t watch if u can,t .

أطفال شهداء ارتقوا في مجازر الاحتلال التي ارتكبها بحق العائلات في شمال قطاع غزة.

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urban-bog · 9 months

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#artcore #city art #urban art #urbancore #urban aesthetic #colorcore #happycore #kidcore #childhood memories #childhood dreams #childhood

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agentrouka-blog · 8 months

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I think anon wanted to say that we don't talk about Jon's desire to be a king much, as we believe his deepest wish is to become Lord of Winterfell and have a domestic and happy life. Which is absolutely true. Nothing would ever come close to his desire to have Winterfell and a family, he likens it to a sharp as dragonglass hunger deep inside him. Such a visceral choice of words, like it is ingrained deep in him, on the other hand, him idealizing the Young Dragon and the Dragonknight are just childhood fantasies.

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Hi anon!

Maybe they meant to imply that we are denying a fundamental part of Jon's character by not focusing on his childhood idealization of a Targaryen conqueror? Which, of course... silly?

His idealisation is not only constantly undermined, it is also focused on a historical figure and his propaganda "De Bello Gallico"-inspired autobiographical self-praise book. The war-based equivalent of the "Aemon and Naerys" romantic songs that Sansa is into. A deep contradiction of the family's very real and very recent traumatic hostility toward House Targaryen this is not. Daeron lived over a century earlier. Aerys is only fifteen years dead.

I mean, Jon has no evident desire to be king anywhere in the text. Only the fantasy to earn through impressive merit what he cannot have by birth.

His desire for recognition and importance follows a fairly similar pattern in all attendant fantasies.

"Daeren Targaryen was only fourteen when he conquered Dorne," Jon said. The Young Dragon was one of his heroes. (AGOT, Jon I)

When Jon had been Bran's age, he had dreamed of doing great deeds, as boys always did. The details of his feats changed with every dreaming, but quite often he imagined saving his father's life. Afterward Lord Eddard would declare that Jon had proved himself a true Stark, and place Ice in his hand. Even then he had known it was only a child's folly; no bastard could ever hope to wield a father's sword. Even the memory shamed him. (AGOT, Jon VIII)

If I could show her Winterfell . . . give her a flower from the glass gardens, feast her in the Great Hall, and show her the stone kings on their thrones. We could bathe in the hot pools, and love beneath the heart tree while the old gods watched over us. The dream was sweet . . . but Winterfell would never be his to show. It belonged to his brother, the King in the North. He was a Snow, not a Stark. Bastard, oathbreaker, and turncloak . . . (ASOS, Jon V)

When Jon had been very young, too young to understand what it meant to be a bastard, he used to dream that one day Winterfell might be his. Later, when he was older, he had been ashamed of those dreams. (ASOS, Jon XI)

A son was something Jon Snow had never dared dream of, since he decided to live his life on the Wall. I could name him Robb. Val would want to keep her sister's son, but we could foster him at Winterfell, and Gilly's boy as well. [...] He wanted it, Jon knew then. He wanted it as much as he had ever wanted anything. I have always wanted it, he thought, guiltily. May the gods forgive me. It was a hunger inside him, sharp as a dragonglass blade. (ASOS, Jon XII)

When Jon had been a boy at Winterfell, his hero had been the Young Dragon, the boy king who had conquered Dorne at the age of fourteen. Despite his bastard birth, or perhaps because of it, Jon Snow had dreamed of leading men to glory just as King Daeron had, of growing up to be a conqueror. Now he was a man grown and the Wall was his, yet all he had were doubts. He could not even seem to conquer those. (ADWD, Jon VII)

He dreams of doing something amazing and impressive. -> He dreams of being rewarded by being recognized as a true Stark. -> He is immediately ashamed of the fantasy.

Even his later, less intricate fantasies entirely circle around Winterfell. Ygritte isn't the star of that fantasy, Winterfell is. Val isn't the star of that fantasy, Winterfell is.

The Daeron worship fits very neatly into the "amazing and impressive" category of achievement that is then followed by the reward, which is Stark-centered. Copying Daeron is only a means to an end, ultimately. His young age is the main draw here, because it makes for a great projection surface for a young boy dreaming of glory ASAP so he can be just a little more worthy of being a Stark all the sooner.

Always Stark-centered. Winterfell-centered.

As you say, it's visceral and deeply ingrained. Interesting to talk about and analyze. Unlike the Daeron fantasies.

#jon snow #childhood dreams #bastardy #shame #daeron i targaryen

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that-glitter-chick · 1 year

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Finally get to show my mother the Bumblebee movie and we’re having total 80s aesthetic serotonin overload🥰

The movie is set in 87, I was two that year and my Ma was twenty-eight. Our lives were good back then, our family was still whole, now nearly everyone is gone.💔❤️‍🩹

The opening scene is a love letter to G1 fans, freaking gorgeous and practically a roll call of characters. Ma and I were pointing at the scene shouting names.

“I saw Ironhide!”

“That was Thundercracker!”

Side note, totally jealous of Charlie. Omg that character lives my dream of being Bee’s human partner🥰🐝 Happy thought, I can cosplay her easily.

#bumblebee movie #charlie watson #80s asthetic #i love the 80s #my childhood #childhood dreams #Optimus prime is badass!#coolest opening scene ever!#all the boys were so gorgeous!

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jadewing-realms · 9 months

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so when I was little, I had a recurring nightmare about being stuck in a Halloween corn maze. I would run round and round, trying to get out, and as I went, all the wooden cutout monsters along the way would come to life and start chasing me. They wanted to eat me.

and every time, at some point in the panic, there was always The Vampire, the one cutout that would come to life at a dead end and instead of trying to eat me, he'd reach down to baby me and speak gently. "Hold tight. I'll get you out."

And then he'd lead me in a straight line out of the maze, just ignoring all the walls because he was strong enough to do that. And once outside, he always reassured me that I was safe now. That the monsters couldn't go outside the boundaries of the maze.

And I dunno. Maybe that's why I have a soft spot in my heart for vamps.

#astarion #this post is about astarion #childhood dreams #nightmare analysis #why is it always corn mazes tho

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angelunderheaven · 1 month

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Lord, make all my dreams come true, I can't make 'em my reality, I just can't. Please understand. I need your help, I need somebodys help, but there's no one around who'd care enough.

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samantabrzozowska · 4 months

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"Remember that you are so loved!"

~ Sam

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#me #myself #my body art #my summer shape #artist #child of paradise #flower child #bikini babe #cute girl #skinny girl #childhood dreams #spirituality of the eternal child of paradise

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ladytanithia · 9 months

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My friend @mareenavee gave a little discourse on seeing improvements in our writing, and in it, she mentioned that she'd been writing since childhood. I, too, have been writing stories and poems since maybe even before kindergarten (I was the only one in my kindergarten class who could read, and at first my teacher thought I was faking it).

I don't have any of the earliest stories or poems handy, but I still have this old notebook I started in 1980, probably before most of you were born - haha! I was in 6th grade, I believe. Thought I'd share for the fun of it, cos I illustrated it, too, and obviously, I've come a VERY long way, with both my writing AND my art, since then!

Have a good laugh, y'all!

(Tagging all my friends who I thought would get a kick: @gwilin-stay-winnin @skyrim-forever @thequeenofthewinter @thechaosdragoness @thana-topsy @dirty-bosmer