going INSANE. what is he thinking. why did he say this. why does he do all of this. i am thinking so hard.
we know he's seeking arceus to recreate the world bc in his eyes the world is cruel and unjust and it needs to be destroyed and remade. he's set himself on a mission to create the better reality he's envisioned for his whole life.
but everything else he does. the way he spends his time on pasio making people smile with togepi. even if he justifies it as something purely transactional to get more customers, we know he doesn't really take his merchant job seriously. the way he loves his pokemon so much that they will pop out of their pokeball to excitedly tell whoever will listen how much they love volo back. him trying to capture these moments of happiness tangibly because they never last long and can be wiped away any second.
he still hangs onto hope so much despite what's implied to have happened to him. in spite of all the anger and bitterness that's festered in him, he doesn't really want to destroy everything as he says.
it all started with a wish for the world to be a better place, for the good in the world to outweigh all the cruelty. he's still trying to spread what happiness he can.
but at the same time his past drags behind him and reminds him that he can't afford to trust in the goodness of the world.
that self-assigned mission to usurp arceus's power and rewrite everything.. to him, it's his duty now. he has to do it for himself and, as he rationalizes to himself, for the world.
so he ignores the flaws and holes he finds in his own reasoning. he can't help but seek out the brightness and happiness and goodness that does exist in the world, yet he has to dismiss it to justify his goals.
... all this to try and explain to myself why volo's asking all these questions and making all these comments that seem to go against what we'd expect given his ulterior motive and plans. and it's like he's asking the few friends he has to remember him as the one who seeks joy, even when he does the worst to fulfill his dreams
624 notes
·
View notes
ok maybe im just a silly lil tguy but the april calendar photo is just incredibly transmasc to me. i looked at it from a distance and thought phil was wearing a binder for a second but its just the guitar strap blending in w the tank top
5 notes
·
View notes
one of my favorite art pieces i own i literally pulled out of a trashcan so like even if you think it's garbage someone out there will love it. i love it
4 notes
·
View notes
Hi High was like freshman year of summer where you and your friends from high school meet up and have a joint slay and then Flip That was like senior year of high school in the spring when you and your girls know you’re about to embark on separate journeys and have one last hurrah while in your shitty school (BBC). and now they are in different colleges working on different projects but still hanging out
3 notes
·
View notes
You know what fundemantal reading I have of Anakin that feels very niche?
His anger/rage are anxiety induced trauma responses.
So one way anxiety manifests itself as a symptom is through irrational and intense irritation.
The perfect example for me is his reactivity when his (very fragile) sense of self-worth is perceived to be challenged. He gets mad and snappy (intense irritation). And while it can be read as arrogance/pride, it feels more like a defense mechanism to me.
(Now does this have anything to do with Hayden Christensen's portrayal of having Anakin nearly on a verge of tears when someone questions his abilities, maybe so)
But, also, Anakin has all the building blocks to have these responses?
As someone who was once owned, it makes sense that Anakin relies on external input to measure his self-worth. As Watto's slave, worth equated his ability to work. He's freed bc of his ability to help the Jedi. And, then, he's placed into a community that doesn't bolster pride/confidence, as it's seen as a detriment.
However, thanks to modern psych, we know that to create a stable personality/identity, having self-worth is necessary. Self-worth, bolstered internally, is our foundations as people. It's why building self-esteem and self-worth is such an important part of recovery.
But Anakin NEVER ends up with that internal ability to create foundations for himself and the Jedi are completely out of their comfort zone with him, as he is not a blank mind that they can raise to help build those foundations.
So it makes sense that Anakin has these reactions when someone questions his ability. That's where he perceives his self-worth to come from. So, as a trauma response, when that sense of self-worth is seemingly challenged, he becomes very reactive. (Like that one time he lost an arm to Dooku lol).
So yea, idk, I just read Anakin as constantly anxious and he doesn't even know it lol.
44 notes
·
View notes
you’re telling me justin h min and david castañeda flirted their way through that geeked week cast interview thing a couple weeks ago and then showed up in matching outfits to this red carpet thing tonight???
45 notes
·
View notes
I know the pandemic won't truly be over for a long time if ever and there are worse problems obviously, but I truly cannot wait for the day that movies and tv shows stop Looking Like That and stop having tiny casts that stand arms length from each other, except when they can't. I can't wait normal amounts of extras to be allowed and filming locations to expand. maybe it's all in my head but I'm so tired of films and tv looking so disconcertingly sparse and confined, with people spaced alone in frame even when they're supposed to be in crowded busy places. of course I appreciate the creativity and determination that goes into any act of producing art with people in a pandemic but I really miss how....populated, unconfined, and intimate (for lack of a better word) pre-pandemic media looked.
17 notes
·
View notes
people are like don’t force a romantic arc on sydney & carmy!!! (which sure, whatever, idc much either way if it does or doesn’t happen) but then go and ship her with richie like what .. ?!!
2 notes
·
View notes