#cost of risk

[blackswaneuroparedux]

If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives and maybe even your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery - isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance, of how much you really want to do it. And, you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods, and the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is.

Charles Bukowski, Factotum

#bukowski #charles bukowski #quote #fire #literature #cost of risk #risk taking #character #live life to the edge #femme #flames #woods #outdoors #night fire

[slimynematode]

ode to sierra sam

#piece and the general project revolves around the discard for flesh and life #pigs being used as crash test dummies only after human cadavers #THEN they made the dummies #theres no real debate with cost outweighing the benefit and risks that shouldnt be taken #life is regarded as lower and easier to discard because its convenient and cost effective #art #my art #collage art #digital art #traditional art #ink art

[imminent-danger-came]

I was rewatching s2 last night, and ohhh man mk looks over mei so much it's not even funny. times mei has been ignored:

maybe you need to really listen! (during the blindfold ep)

mk just? grabs stuff she's using out of her hands all the time? (video game ep)

maybe you shouldn't skip the tutorials? (video game ep again)

the way he addresses her in dumpling destruction and then immediately pushes her aside for tang

i honestly remember it lowkey kinda bothering me on first watch but now it's REALLY egregious on rewatch. are you scared? I'm so scared. do you WANT to end up like shadowpeach MK

2x03 is so rude because the whole fucking episode they're like "MK you don't listen" and it's so true. He doesn't. Pigsy literally points it out again at the end of 4x14 with the whole sun screen bit:

Pigsy: "Tch, don't bother, I've been telling him that for years but he LITERALLY never listens." Sun Wukong: "Yep! That's how we role."

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THEY'RE SO FUCKING RUDE. "That's how we role." We. We????? Wukong and MK???? Like WHATEVER. FINE. (("I told you going against the Jade Emperor was a bad idea, but no. Wukong doesn't listen to ANYONE! He just does whatever he wants" Like shut up. Shut up!))

MK gets so stuck in his own head ("You're all stuck up in your own head! None of this is your fault!" +1 to the MK ignoring Mei counter from 4x08) and I think that really contributes to his s2 scramble to get more powerful.

LIKE:

MK: "Stop? Now? Never! I just have to try harder. It's just like the Monkey King said! *laughs manically* I just need to get stronger!"

(2x06 Game On)

VS

MK: "Why didn't he just stop, right here? He was already so much stronger than anyone ever needed to be!" Macaque: "Wukong didn't think so, he always felt he had to be stronger—more immortal."

(4x11 A Lifetime of Mistakes)

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(Bonus thing between eps 2x03 and 2x06, look at 0:42 in this video for MK hearing Mei but not listening to her. Because of course that's what he would do. *head in my hands .png*)

The terrible s2 choices both Wukong and MK make in relation to their friends is just absolutely delicious after 4x11. Like, OH. This has been a lifelong pattern of Wukong's—paranoia is one of his fatal flaws (paired with his terrible communication and self-sacrificial nature), and while he had the power to stop LBD before he still feel's the need to go after the Samadhi Fire to stop her now, and to protect MK.

Hold on look at this parallel that I don't know what to do with:

MK: "Ugh, I can't do it!"

Mei: "It's alright MK—you did it before, you'll do it again!" Sandy: "Yeah! Maybe it's like Monkey King said: the power will come when you need it most!"

(3x04 The Winning Side)

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MK: "What! But you said the Samadhi fire was the only thing that could stop her!" Sun Wukong: "I KNOW WHAT I SAID! But I've beaten her before I'll- I'll do it again! Mei was right—I need to stop dragging you into my fights, all of you."

(3x10 The Samadhi Fire)

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Wukong and MK's reach for power inspires a lot of fear in me! It does! Because, well, MK's current reach for power is going to lead him to his Monkey Form, and uh:

Like I'm scared. I'm scared!

"All doomed to play a role in tearing this world apart!" ; "This is Azure's utopia, and this barren wasteland is the price he paid to build it." ; "I'd do anything for my friends! But at the cost of the world?" "I'm sorry pal, ain't NOTHIN' worth that price!"

#I've said it once and I'll say it again: 2x06 is one of the MOST retroactively mean episodes #Game motif. The callback that 4x10 does. Whatever the fuck is going on with the MK and SWK parallels in that ep #I hate lmk's exchange theme I hate it. Like FUCK #Anyways #asks #wlw-wukong #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk MK #lmk SWK #lmk Sun Wukong #lmk analysis #lmk theme: exchange #fuckasdfoqweg #Sandy saying ''Helping my friends is more important than anything in the world!'' in 2x08 vs #''I get it! I'd do anything to help my friends! But at the cost of the world?'' in 4x13 is SICK. SICK IT'S SICK #Sometimes it's like. Hmmm. ''If you aren't doing everything in your power to help your friends you are nothing!'' #''I'd watch my sword shatter 1000 times so long as I used it to protect the ones I care about'' #I'm telling you Mei would choose MK over the world. I'M TELLING YOU #MK'S ALREADY CHOSEN MEI OVER THE WORLD (thank you 3x10) AND PIGSY/TANG/SANDY OVER THE WORLD (4x02) #MK really went: ''Oh releasing this curse could end the world? Well I'll risk it for my friends!'' and I went ''ohhhh nooooooooo'' #WE ARE IN SOME DEEP SHIT IN S5 #And Wukong? Lol of course he's choosing the people he cares about over the world. No surprise there. #He's like ''yeah I'll go fight the jade emperor to finally be strong enough''. If eamk theory proves true he like #Chose MK over the world initially #And he was totalllyyy willing to sacrifice LBD's child host to protect his friends (MK)/the world #I'm. AUGHGHG. #''It's what he would do if he had to. That's the hard part of being a hero!'' OKAY BUT MEI WOULD YOU DO THAT SO EASILY IF IT WERE MK #ME THINKS NO #ME THINKS YOU WOULD NOT

[tangledinink]

I can imagine the first cycle after moving. Probably Leo because Donnie likely has internal scarring, so leo goes through the process of laying his eggs, panics, his brother can't help, and finally, *finally* they ask for help. It's not willingly. It's not for fun. It's purely necessity. It's purely because there's *literally noone else* and the idea of telling anyone at all is so scary that the way they do so is in a note. Splinter sits them down and basically walks them through "You're safe, you're fine. We can handle this however you feel most comfortable, including getting you both on blockers if you prefer" and they just.... sigh. For the first time, there's *someone else* in their circle, and it's willing and it's warm, and it's *safe*. There will be tears.

Yes, except I'm not convinced that either of them could stand to tell anyone. Even if it was literally life or death (which it has been before,) I'm not sure if either of them could bear to give up that information. Donnie is finally, finally away from the people who hurt him when he got found out last time, and even though logically, he knows that it's different here, he's absolutely petrified of the thought that the same thing will happen again and it won't be over anymore. He's still horrified by the idea of anyone else knowing about Leo when he's gone to such lengths for so long to protect him, and Leo is likewise terrified in the same way. They've spent years with this being their more closely guarded secret, and that's going to be really difficult to give up.

But it's really not a secret they'll be able to keep for long.

They're in a completely different environment, with far less space and privacy. They're both stressed as hell and Donnie WAS on birth control and taking all sorts of vitamins and supplements to make sure he didn't eggbind again and now he's suddenly not and it's not only messing with his body, it's fucking scary. It literally keeps them both up at night. Neither of them know how to wash blood out of clothes or sheets. There's no private en suite bathroom they can sequester themselves away in. They're both literally making themselves sick with anxiety trying to deal with this, and they're used to handling this on their own, this is routine for them, but they're not used to all of this.

They'd probably metaphorically limp through a few cycles before their family puts it together and gently confronts them.

Venus probably figures it out first. She's pretty smart, and incredibly observant, and after all-- she quite literally experiences the exact same thing. April may not lay eggs, but I think she'd be able to get the idea after a bit as well. And while I think Splinter would realize something was wrong pretty quickly, Draxum would probably realize what was wrong first. Splinter has April, so he has a little bit of experience in this realm, but Draxum has Venus and so he has far more experience.

And so when they do sit them down and talk with them, it's going to be really scary at first. And then they get to, "you're safe, you're fine, we can handle this however you feel the most comfortable. It will be okay. No one will hurt you."

And then there's finally other people in the know, in the circle, people who will actually help them. And yes-- there will definitely be tears.

#leo in particular will probably panic at least a little when theyre confronted #because its been what? almost four years? #almost FOUR YEARS of him keeping this a secret at any cost #almost four years with no one else in the universe aside from his twin knowing #and now the spell is broken #but its okay #and they might panic and cry for a little but then they calm down and its... actually ok. things will actually be okay #april will take to big-sistering them so hard #and lowkey just? having venus exist in the household will be incredibly helpful #(she was honestly so baffled that everyone else didnt realize what was going on right away. it wasnt obvious????) #mikey tries to spoil them the same way he tries to spoil venus whenever she feels nasty #(but has to adjust a bit to respect boundaries because. donnie will bite him...) #likewise raph tries to take care of them the same way he'd take care of casey #(ie by leaving offerings at their doors and staying the fuck out of their way. just overall letting them do or have whatever they want) #their family will take care of them and keep them safe and things will get better #its honestly a huge relief when they get caught in some ways because leo can finally be like #and donnie got really sick one time and almost died and im scared itll happen again PLZ can we make sure it doesnt happen again #donnie in the background like >:0000 that leo just fucking OUTTED HIM LIKE THAT #but to leo 1000% worth it if it means donnie wont get sick and die #(as if donnie is actually realistically at any more significant risk of that than leo is) #(quite frankly theyre BOTH at risk of it at the time because of how stressed they are. lowkey a miracle neither of them eggbound yet smh) #also donnie def has internal scarring lmao;;;; poor bab. makes it a bit rough... #menstruation #tw menstruation #cw menstruation #gemini au #asks #anon #csa implied #cw csa implied

[verymuchsoyes]

Upon rewatching, it's clear that RayV is the saddest, wettest creature, but he doesn't behave in that pathetic way Fraser and RayK do, so his suffering gets overlooked

#due south #almost every day off and holiday he gets is ruined #his car gets blown up #fraser nearly skips on bail and costs him his house #he feels so guilty that he maybe subconsciously shot fraser on purpose that he takes a bullet for him #he feels so guilty about not intervening in an incident when he was still a kid that he risks getting a hit put out on him #his dad is fucking awful #the first love of his life dies horribly in his arms

[pocketramblr]

Au where quirks exist ever since the beginning of humanity but thought the last 200 years they started becoming rarer for no explainable reason

"for no explainable reason"? Not "because someone born two hundred years ago started eating them all"? Well, both can be true I suppose

1- humans have always had quirks so just go ahead and disabuse yourself of the idea that world history looks anything like ours now. Any boundaries humans have drawn between themselves or their spaces are totally different. Anyway, our story is set on the island nation of Akitsuba, which has begun to receive reports of children who are born without quirks- it seems impossible, but apparently the child born in Canton Province to two glowing parents but had no light himself was not the result of an affair. He is genetically both his parents child - just, without any unique plus alpha factor at all.

2- when the news breaks, Setsuji looks over at his twin brother. The two stay in a group home, and on the record, they have a spike quirk, just like their mother did before she died at their birth. In truth, Setsuji can take others quirks. He assumes he took his brother's in infancy, which why the boy can't use them, but now he wonders if his brother was in fact simply born without. He doesn't say anything, but his brother does- whispering it at night, apologizing for assuming his brother took it all this years ago and refused to even try to return it, but there's simply nothing to return, is there?

3- more people are born quirkless over time, and more people lose their quirk to AfO over time. Ujiko theorizes that quirks would get too strong, so both quirklessness and AfO are evolutions to prevent plus alpha self destruction. That is, sadly, a generous view- quirklessness is largely viewed as a horrible strange disability, and suddenly quirks become more important. Few people before had jobs that specifically used their quirks, but now no one wants to be mistaken for not having one. Many people campaign to treat and 'fix' quirklessness, trying to force activate one, study and prevent it, etc. Just go ahead and assume all the terrible things that can happen with this mindset, it all happened.

4- by the time of canon, however, quirklessness has been around for two hundred years, and it isn't going away- clearly the opposite. about half the population of the world has no quirk, and the number's hanging around 45% in Akitsuba when our main character, Akatani Mikumo is born. He's quirkless, and lives in the capitol of Higakyou, as schools there are required by law now to no longer require certain or any quirks. It's an election year, so his first semester of high school all anyone can do is talk about the candidates- especially Yagi Toshinori, a bit of a symbol for quirkless politicians and one people thought would run years ago. Mikumo, who helped Yagi carry groceries home one day and didn't recognize him outside of the bright suit, camera lights, and makeup, makes friends with a few kids at school. (Ochako, and the twins Tokoyami Fumikage and Kuroei- while the latter has a quirk, the former does not).

5- Then one day, Yagi is kidnapped, vanishing on live tv through a smokey warp. Mikumo doesn't know what to think about that, until he runs into the man on his way home from school- clearly in bad shape, with strange dark eyes that glow with some quirk he shouldn't have. Mikumo helps Yagi hide, and asks what happens, and how he can help. (AfO decided to end Yagi's use as a symbol by forcing a quirk on him and controlling him, but one of his brother's successors managed to break Yagi out first and give him his brother's quirk, allowing him to fight against AfO's quirk and withstand them safely. As for what Mikumo can do to help... he's done far more than he should already, a kind boy, but that answer isn't going to be good enough for him- he's determined to do more anyway.)

#kuroei is dark shadow btw #wow this is a Entirely Different Genre from canon isnt it #also izuku is just straight up mikumo yeah. looks like him but acts just like izuku #uhhh and im not sure if anyone else is more of their prototype #but i do know the todoroki kids dont exist #or at least. arn't todorokis here #because the Himura line kinda just went all out preserving the family ice quirk lineage at all costs #and would not risk 'tainting' rei with a fire quirk (what if they cancel out? what if enji has a quirkless gene somewhere?) #also. you may notice i said nothing of heroes. im not sure they'd be a thing in a world where people always had quirks #and are recently going away #so i dont know if enji would have any need for that anyway #so. yeah. #very different! #except afo being a bastard. thats about the same really #pocket talks to people #ask game #anon

[drinkingdeadpeopletea]

becoming a magdalyne and nicholas fleit stan immediately. jesus CHRIST man.

#midst #midst podcast #midst spoilers #midst podcast spoilers #i've been saying i want to know more about other breach operatives but at what COST........... #quickest turnaround time i've ever experienced of being introduced to a character deciding i love them and having them be dead #(don't let me fool you here i'm completely delighted about this entire thing.) #what a way to give Shape to the undercurrent of fear in the entire breach operation. harry and saskia probably KNEW them. #jesus christ the timeline even lines up that SHERMAN may have..... #parody of myself moment learning this and going 'ah. so THIS is what hieronymous is risking if he gets caught.' #i'm going to make up SO many things in my head about maggie and nick fleit. #i hope one of them (presumably nick) did get away i think that would be kind of awesome.....

[byooregard]

nine hours nine persons nine doors for the Nintendo ds is like. The narrator is telling the story and they know it's a tragedy but the narrator isn't here to just watch the story happen the narrator is telling the story because they are asking the player do you want to change the way this ends? The narrator is looking you in the eyes and saying this will not end in tragedy. do you want to help me?

#and!! and and and #999 is like what does it cost to change a story #what are you willing to risk for the tiny chance that somewhere in some timeline this story will not end in tragedy #ze #9 hours 9 persons 9 doors #cleb talky

[lloydfrontera]

love how realistic lloyd's survival instinct is, he doesn't even try to hide how much he really, really wants to live and how very against dying he is, like he really hates the idea of self-sacrifice and he's not shy about it lol. partially because it makes it all the more heartwarming when he goes against that instinct in order to protect the people he loves cause he cares more about them than he cares about his own safety. but also because it gives us lloyd deciding to risk his life to give javier a chance to live bc he just realized javier is his friend and he cares a lot about him,,,, only to come face to face with the bone dragon and then he starts asking himself if having friends is really worth it actually like does he really need them after all?? like he's so real for that lmao

#i talk a lot <3 #tged #the greatest estate developer #lloyd frontera #he's so funny i love him <3333 #he's not perfect or absolutely selfless or completely altruistic #he wants to live and be happy and not have to sacrifice himself for others #and he's afraid and angry and upset when he thinks he's about to die #but... he still risks his life he still puts himself in peril he still puts himself between danger and those he loves #he'll avoid it at all costs if he can but if he doesn't he still does it #and i think that just makes him all the most lovable <3 #i just have a thing about characters that are afraid and a little selfish and a bit unkind #but that push through all of this in order to protect the people they love

[mudinyourshoes]

Ya’ll, Porsche is fucking bonkers. He’s absolutely unhinged and NOT IN A CUTE FLUFFY WAY.

He wanted to be loved so badly that he transformed himself from a reluctant jester who’s best left at home watching TV with Khun into a ruthless criminal who is party to mass murder and torture.

He did that not for a “just cause” or out of “love of a good man” or because he was misguided or manipulated. He knows Kinn is not a good person! The first few episodes make that clear when he compares Kinn and himself to the debt collectors he’s always hated. He was willing to turn himself into something he knows is terrible, something he’s always hated, for the love a man who is only going to win “citizen of the year” through heavy corruption. Porsche did it with his eyes open.

Can you imagine being willing to toss aside your sense of right and wrong and become a career killer in because you are so deeply desperate for romantic love? No? Good. Because if you can, your probably part of a fictional TV show about gay mafia.

Porsche wanted love. He’s greedy and selfish enough to sacrifice everything (including other people’s lives) in order to get it. He’s not a good person and I love that for him. I really, really do not think he needs to be rescued from Kinn.

#kinnporsche #These are my current thoughts™ #I do not insure or guarantee them in any way #Use at your own risk #I don't think Kinn is a good person but I think he would like to be #Porsche....might like to be a good person but not at the cost of his heart's desire #the show sets us up for this by showing what Porsche would do for Chay #based on ep 6 & 7 it looks like the only thing Porsche won't sacrifice willingly is Chay

[taylorshope]

Laying awake at night sobbing because Elena is literally too kind for her own good. Her compassion almost killed her but she's still so caring

#i love her.. #she just wants to help everyone even if it puts her life at risk #she's just. she's so good man 😭 #protect her at all costs #uncharted #elena fisher

[dungeons-and-dragon-age]

yeah you fucking tell him!!

#get his ass merrill #he is genuine when he says he means well! #she talked about how this mirror already killed someone and it immediately set off alarm bells #and yknow maybe if her whole clan is scared of this mirror then maybe it really is that dangerous #and he is *not* risking losing another friend to some foolish stubborn errand #which does not change that he is butting in where its none of his business (re: the eluvian) and treating merrill like a child #which ironically is also (almst) costing him a friend #laya plays dragon age #da2 #oc: liam hawke #he ends up max rivalling her since rivalry gets so high just from refusing her the arulin'holm #but this whole ordeal is at least somewhat of a wake up call #still takes him a while to get his shit together and really realise how unfair hes been to her but i do imagine they end up close again #(/build their friendship up stronger since they are on the same page now)

[imminent-danger-came]

The 1x00 AHiB -> 4x06 glowup

#this just reminded me I need to make a ''being there for your friends when they need you'' post #because that shit is EVERYWHERE #LIKE THAT'S ALL THEY FUCKING TALK ABOUT #''It's okay sandy! You're always there for us when we need you. The least we can do is be there for you when you need us.'' (4x06) #''No! Mei is my best friend. I'd never abandon her when she needs me—we're heroes! It's what we do!'' (3x10) #''You don't know! We'd risk it for sure! I won't abandon them when they need us'' (4x02) #''As long as I'm doing something to help out a friend- I don't mind what it is! I just want to be there for 'em when they need me.'' (2x08) #''Wukong only values people by how useful they are to him'' (3x08) #''No no honestly—this is exactly what I need right now. I'm trapped under a mountain- but the 6-earred macaque brought me a peach!'' #(4x11) #Literally just the shit off of the top of my head #and then. And then that in contrast with #''I get it. I'd do anything for my friends! But at the cost of the world?'' LIKE GOD DAMMIT LEGOS #You took the basic bitch ''Help you friends'' theme and went ''But what if helping your friend hurt others'' like come on man #Hello #Where am I #I'm dying. I'm dying #Okay imma go do hw......I guess....whatever.... #lmk #lego monkie kid #lmk parallels #lmk Sandy #lmk Mei #lmk Pigsy #lmk Tang #OH GOD ALSO. ''I will become someone they can depend on...the way I can always depend on them!'' (3x08) #AND #''But you're always there when I need you- so it's time for me to return the favor!'' (2x04) #Which also just ties into ''we'll figure this out together'' as a whole right #what. ever.

[rollercoasterwords]

doing a cost benefit analysis before making a haterpost on this stupid blog

#cost: risk of annoying notes & anons etc #benefits: chance 2 bitch & whine w beloved mutuals #much 2 consider… #txt

[suncaptor]

they should make university but like in a way that isn't made for people who have tons of financial support or safe living situations

#incoherents #i actually think the people working with at risk homeless youth at my university are SOOOO lovely and if the cost of living hadn't #gone SO far up the programs would have me more comfortable if I didn't also get so sick in 2021 #but even then its like. even in 2020 i would Not Be Able To Eat #so #imagining if i got the susi in ireland. that was upsetting #ireland should have more programs for returning people #i mean they have a few dkkskdkakaka but theres so many things i just cant do since I'm not a habitual resident

[bijoumikhawal]

"no one reblogs anything nice about biden" that's because none of you post about the good things the decrepit sack of flesh has done without jerking yourselves off about it. You can't let the good thing speak for itself, which alienates others from spreading that information because they dont agree with the unnecessary shit you added on. You're doing the electoral politics equivalent of "reblog this or you're a bad person" additions (which we have all agreed are incredibly annoying) on posts that are otherwise good and have a point.

#cipher talk #A few times I have wanted to reblog such posts but again! Could not with the masturbatory nonsense #And maybe this sounds like bitching but some of you are two degrees from 'anarchists get the wall' with your DERANGED #Conspiracies about us costing you the 2016 election (1- there aren't enough anarchists 2- Hillary won the popular vote) #So when I don't want to associate with shit that's often related to that it's because you REALLY don't like people like me #And a smart anarchist knows when most Americans get like that they start executing anarchists for crimes they didn't commit #You may not directly support that. But you will easily be swayed to make apologia for it as it happens #(Cough look at Cop city and remember that Biden has in fact called anarchists and enviro activists extremists at risk for terrorism)